Christmas

[agriffin]

NOOOOOOOOO! I'm making soap this week. Talk about last minute.

 

[Relle]

20 days and counting down, yes we are down to days, less than 3 weeks. :shock:

 

[Dragonkaz]

In 16 days time, Wilson and I will be flying to Sydney! Yah!

 

[Relle]

Who's in Sydney Kaz ? and who's Wilson. Nosey aren't I .

 

[Dragonkaz]

Both my kids live in Sydney ... and I can't wait to spend chrissie with them. Amie works in a community youth centre as a nurse and Andy is 3ic of a JB Hi Fi store.

Wilson is my constant companion ... he's a maltalier ... a cavalier king charles spaniel x maltese. My daughter has a moodle ... maltese x poodle ... and they're best friends!

 

[Relle]

Is it expensive to take a dog in flight with you ? What area are you going to ?

 

[Traceyann]

OOOOO u r nosey Relle lol

 

[Dragonkaz]

I don't mind questions.

It's costing $50 something each way ... can't remember the exact amount.

My son lives on Elizabeth Street and my daughter in Plumpton ... I'm going to be staying with my daughter, but we travel to many areas of Sydney so we can visit my son at work etc.

Can you recommend any places to visit?

 

[Relle]

Yep, nosey me, if you don't ask you don't find out.

Thats a good price to take your doggy with you, always thought it would be dearer than that.

Not sure what your interested in Kaz, the art gallery in the city is good to have a stroll around or their's another at the Quay.
Botanical gardens by the harbour, darling harbour (shops) - japanese gardens at darling harbour (small fee to go in there). Paddys market in the city.Bondi school market on Sunday - soap. Another good market - handmade stuff - Paddington on Saturday.

 

[Dragonkaz]

Thanks for those!

We usually do the Rocks Market ... Circular Quay (as that's where Merv and I used to stay at Christmas) ... Darling Harbour ... Paddy's Market ...

We are planning to do a ghost tour around the rocks, take a trip to the Blue Mountains (have friends living there), visit Andy at work and home ... go to the movies ...

I'm keen to go to a different market ... Bondi or Paddington may be it. I love markets with loads of interestng stalls... with creative people and minimal 'junk'.

 

[Relle]

Well, Paddington and Bondi would be the ones to go to with handmade nice stuff to look at. Dh use to have a stall there for a few months selling his custom knives, but it wasn't such a good market for his stuff. A pain for setting up extra. We did a ghost tour of the rocks, they make you part of the whole thing - they give you a character to play. I'll have a look at their site and let you now which one we did. You'll really like it.

 

[Relle]

6 days to go.

 

[Sunny]

anyone freaking out yet? I am done gift BUYING but have a lot of baking left to do. I think I will do it all on Friday. gulp

 

[dieSpinne]

anyone freaking out yet? I am done gift BUYING but have a lot of baking left to do. I think I will do it all on Friday. gulp

Well... as of today all my soaps are getting shipped out and sent to family scattered hither and yon.

Now I have to wrap gifts for local family, bake a TON of cookies, shortbread, rock-cakes, etc etc etc and figure out what to make for Xmas dinner desserts (We are having Xmas dinner at my MiL's and she has asked us to bring just the desserts).

In the meantime, we also have a Holiday party of our own, houseguests to entertain and plenty of basic household maintenance chores to do. I will be so glad when this is over so I can REST!

 

[IrishLass]

she has asked us to bring just the desserts.

When I first read the above I had to take a doubletake, for it looked like you said, "she has asked us to bring the just desserts."


I'll be happy when all the mad rush is over, too. I thought I had planned ahead really well this year, but I got many unexpected and last minute ( :twisted: )requests out of the blue from family and friends for extra soaps, lip balms, body butters and solid lotion bars that kinda knocked me off-kilter and sent me back into to my 'laboratory' to keep up with the demand. Whew! I think I got it all covered now (hopefully).

Today I am preparing cabbage/sauerkraut/salt pork pierogi filling for our family's big pierogi assembly line tomorrow. We do this every year. It's a big tradition on the Polish side of my family. We get together a few days before Christmas to prepare the pierogis and then we gobble them up them on Christmas Eve.

IrishLass

 

[BakingNana]

Oooh, Lassie, you're making me hungry for pierogi! This is the first year I've been too busy to get all my fun stuff done. Only made it through half my cookie list. Don't know whether to be happy about that or not. Ambivalence; isn't that the word? Happy Holidays, everyone!!

 

[Relle]

ITS HERE !!!!! HAPPY CHRISTMAS DAY and HAPPY BOXING DAY. Don't clean out on all the sales.

 

[Hazel]

It's not quite Christmas for us yet.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone!

 

[Relle]

I was too hot today, so we had prawn rolls for lunch and I didn't have a xmas pudding so I opened up the xmas cake and we had custard on it.

Still too hot and full from lunch so I'll cook a baked dinner tomorrow .
Think it will be something light for tea, like some ham on toast and some fresh fruit - mangoes, bananas, peaches and we got a new fruit called acha achas - something like a lychee - yum.

 

[IrishLass]

Merry Christmas, and a happy and healthy New Year to everyone.

Oooh, Lassie, you're making me hungry for pierogi!

They were very yummy!

IrishLass