Well then, here we are in 2012, year of the London Olympics and Paralympics, Chinese Year of the Dragon and very probably the year when the UK economy reaches the same state as that of the Greek folk.
Christmas in my world was eventful for various reasons. On the plus side there was no snow to trudge through in order to visit people, Santa delivered some lovely gifts (and was very tidy as he crept around the place, no footprints on the carpet or reindeer droppings anywhere) and my parents conservatory didn’t fall down. Just as well really as in a week or two the whole lot has to be rebuilt due to shoddy workmanship four years ago prior to them buying the house.
Christmas morning went well, the dinner table was groaning under the weight of enough food to feed an advancing army of emaciated foot soldiers and the table presents caused much amusement (a walking monkey clashing a set of cymbals and a shark eating a swimmer). We sat down as a family in the evening and played Pictionary..............this always causes hours of laughter, bizarre sketching and even stranger guesswork and this time was no exception.
From then on the week went rather downhill. First of all my Mum took ill having eaten too much too fast at lunchtime and was poorly for the next few days. My Dad spent two days looking after her and on the Tuesday decided it would be a good idea to snack on some sausages which had been sitting on the kitchen worktop since Christmas lunch...............not his best ever idea as he was then laid up for several days. The doctor paid a house call, prescribed anti-dizzy-head pills and fresh sausages and fortunately they appear to be on the mend.
Onward to new year’s eve and the spectacular fireworks display in central London. This year the Big Ben tower had explosives shooting out from the clock area forming spectacular sparkling clusters of bright lights. When Guy Fawkes and his chums tried to do the same thing back in the day, they were arrested and given a thousand lines. Just shows how times have changed.
Following the festivities I finally got organised using Skype to chat to my friend and her family in southern China. Mari has been living in the Far East for ten years now and although we email and chat on the ‘phone we have never got around to Skyping...............until now! What an amazing tool the internet is and we are determined to do this regularly.
My Christmas decorations are down and put away for another year well ahead of twelfth night. Much as I love to have a tree indoors and cards decorating the doors and frames of my hallway, it is a good feeling to get back to some semblance of normality again and be able to vacuum without brushing against the tree then emerging covered in needles looking like an eco-friendly hedgehog.
Apparently one in four British people is obese..........only one in four? Looking around a local town I would put the numbers higher than that. However, with the amount of chocolates, biscuits and other sweet stuff I was given for Christmas it will be nothing short of a miracle if I don’t join their ranks. Two Zumba classes a week for me now...............one on a Friday morning which allows me to eat chocolate over the weekend and one on a Monday evening to burn it off again. I think this is an acceptable arrangement but only time will tell.
Happy new year to you all.................I hope 2012 brings all you wish for (although the wish for the winning lottery numbers has already been reserved by me, sorry).
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