James and I had a productive couple of hours this afternoon sorting and wrapping the last few presents and rewarded ourselves by watching the last episode of the first series of Engrenages. I like detective / police series but James usually isn’t so keen on them, however this is really well made and has good characters so he seems to be enjoying it so far.
We had very sad news at the weekend when our friend, Gordon's wife Sue died. She was a truly lovely person and will be much missed. We had popped over with flowers for her and a wee hamper of tasty treats for the household just last week. I feel so sad for her family.
Covid deaths continue to rise - there were 744 today which is the highest daily amount since the end of April, when numbers were beginning to decrease. Most of Europe has banned travel to and from the UK because of the new mutant strain of coronavirus, although this will hopefully be sorted out soon via testing for the virus. The same goes for all the lorry drivers blocked at the Channel ports, although sadly it will take days for them to be tested so a lot of them will miss Christmas with their families. And Nicola Sturgeon has banned travel between Scotland and England apart from for essential travel.
I must finish with some better news. We had our traditional pre-Christmas Sunday lunch with Heather and Ewan, at new restaurant Ralph and Finns. The food was absolutely delicious, although due to current regulations there was no alcohol and due to restricted numbers (groups must not be more than six) we couldn’t meet up with our usual collection of offspring afterwards. Our Christmas lunch with our dear friends is always one of the highlights of the season for me, and at the end of this strange year, the lunch and the company on Sunday was just as lovely as ever, and in fact very important to me.
Yesterday James iced and decorated the Christmas Cake that he made a few weeks ago. He also made dates stuffed with marzipan which are delicious. Cat and I watched Sleepless in Seattle, which she has never seen before and we both enjoyed it - the technology and hairstyles are rather dated but I think it’s still a great film. We also finished our latest “girls’ series”, which is called Dash and Lily, a feel-good Christmassy story which was very satisfying. We all played Monopoly in the lounge last night, with the Christmas tree all lit up at the window and the cats companionably lying around on the couches. The Christmas shopping was delivered at lunch time today and the cupboards are pleasantly full. I think that we are just about ready for Christmas.
We had very sad news at the weekend when our friend, Gordon's wife Sue died. She was a truly lovely person and will be much missed. We had popped over with flowers for her and a wee hamper of tasty treats for the household just last week. I feel so sad for her family.
Covid deaths continue to rise - there were 744 today which is the highest daily amount since the end of April, when numbers were beginning to decrease. Most of Europe has banned travel to and from the UK because of the new mutant strain of coronavirus, although this will hopefully be sorted out soon via testing for the virus. The same goes for all the lorry drivers blocked at the Channel ports, although sadly it will take days for them to be tested so a lot of them will miss Christmas with their families. And Nicola Sturgeon has banned travel between Scotland and England apart from for essential travel.
I must finish with some better news. We had our traditional pre-Christmas Sunday lunch with Heather and Ewan, at new restaurant Ralph and Finns. The food was absolutely delicious, although due to current regulations there was no alcohol and due to restricted numbers (groups must not be more than six) we couldn’t meet up with our usual collection of offspring afterwards. Our Christmas lunch with our dear friends is always one of the highlights of the season for me, and at the end of this strange year, the lunch and the company on Sunday was just as lovely as ever, and in fact very important to me.
Yesterday James iced and decorated the Christmas Cake that he made a few weeks ago. He also made dates stuffed with marzipan which are delicious. Cat and I watched Sleepless in Seattle, which she has never seen before and we both enjoyed it - the technology and hairstyles are rather dated but I think it’s still a great film. We also finished our latest “girls’ series”, which is called Dash and Lily, a feel-good Christmassy story which was very satisfying. We all played Monopoly in the lounge last night, with the Christmas tree all lit up at the window and the cats companionably lying around on the couches. The Christmas shopping was delivered at lunch time today and the cupboards are pleasantly full. I think that we are just about ready for Christmas.
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