Here we are the weekend before Christmas! Eek! I hope everything is going to plan for everyone and you are getting all those little jobs done. I think we are just about ready for the big day. Today I am linking up with Erika and Andrea to share what I have been loving over the past week.
Fixed internet!
We had no internet all day Friday and half of Saturday! Eek! It is crazy how much we relay on it for simple things like online shopping, tracking parcels, transferring money through the bank, chatting online to friends and of course blogging. Our internet provider said out router was the issue but then found a fault local to us and lots of other people were affected too. So we ended up being sent a new router, when the internet was back working we set it up and have discovered there must have been a small fault with out box as the speeds we're getting now online a lot faster.
Watching the girls wrap presents!
On Sunday the girls were at either end of the living room doing their gift wrapping. My eldest, Becky loves wrapping, my youngest, Ellie doesn't. It was so funny to watch. Becky with her lovely, square, easy to wrap boxes and Ellie with everything that wasn't square and easy to wrap. There were encouraging words coming from Becky which just seemed to rile Ellie up, she says next year everyone is getting a gift card then there will be no wrapping to do. I think she has the right idea.
Cat presents!
I have decided to cause chaos at Christmas. hehehe My dad always says not to waste our money on him, he doesn't want Christmas presents but I've got him a few bits regardless but I have also bought his cat a present. He adopted a cat earlier in the year, it turned up at his place and never left. The nearest house to his is a 10 minute walk away and the next one another 5 minutes so we say the cat chose him. He found the owners and they said just keep the cat and he has. It's a sweet little thing and as he lives in the middle of fields it does a good job of keeping the mice and rats away. Anyway it deserves a treat so I've bought it a little stocking filled with cat treats. Puss will love it, my dad not so much. He doesn't think pets need presents.
John Cena!
He retired from the WWE in his final match in the early hours of Sunday morning. Becky and I stayed up to watch it. I remember when Cena first appeared on WWE shows over 20 years ago and he's had quite the career. I was happy with the ending of the match, he tapped out and most likely gave a huge boost to the career of Gunther who made him tap out. I cried, not when he lost but when he took his boots and wrist bands off and left them in the ring, it was the end of an era.
Chocolate Limes!
These remind me of my childhood, going to the corner shop and getting a quarter of them in a little white paper bag. I saw these in a shop in town and had to get them to see if they were as good as I remember, they are! Hooray! Sometimes I have got things I remember from my childhood and they are just not the same, it was so nice to get something that tasted just how I remembered.
The end of Neighbours (Again)!
Neighbours the Australian TV show ended in 2022 and then Amazon took over and it ran for a few more years and last week it ended again. Hmmf. I caught up with the last episodes and it made me sad all over again. It has been on the TV for over 40 years so most of my life. They left the end open so it could start again, just maybe not on Ramsay Street.
Spotify playlists!
I know that over the next week I will be listening to more music than watching TV so I went and sorted out my Spotify playlists. Adding more songs to certain lists like musicals and rock and making a couple of new lists. I also deleted a few lists that I haven't listened to in years, now I just have to get the rest of my family to organise their lists to make it look a bit more sorted.
What have you loved over the last week?
How nice of your dad to take in a cat and how nice of you to spoil the kitty!! I have never heard of chocolate limes- YES to food tasting like it did when we were younger as so often it does not... I´m glad you are ready for Christmas. Abby was talking about the John Cena match. I think it was the weekend she was away at a bachelorette get together and had to watch it on her phone or something like that since she was the only attendee who likes WWE! Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteI wish I enjoyed wrapping presents. It’s sweet they wrapped together. Love the cat story! The chocolate limes sound like something I would like.
ReplyDeleteI love that you are getting the cat presents! I don't love wrapping and I'm not good at it, but I do it!
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing how much we rely on the internet now. We get our pets presents too. Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteJill - Doused in Pink
I only wrap square objects; odd shaped gifts tend to get put into gift bags for just that reason! I keep lots of gift bags on hand for Christmas time since Alec is the only one aside from me that actually wraps. The others all rely on gift bags.
ReplyDeleteOk I may need to try chocolate limes- they do sound incredible! Cute pic of your girls wrapping too :)
ReplyDeleteI love the cat story. I love what you have planned for your dad. Please share his reaction.
ReplyDeleteThe candy looks fun to try. I also liked your memory you shared here about the candy.
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Carla
That's terrible being without internet ! Fortunately it only happened once since I am here in "my castle" I hate gift wrapping too, fortunately I only have 3 to wrap, my grandson prefers an envelope !(not empty of course !
ReplyDeleteGlad your internet got sorted - yes we do take it for granted. We had a power cut last week for a few hours. That was fun. Not! lol fortunately it was close to bed time so we just went to bed but we forgot to turn all the lights off so when the power came back on we were woken up by the doorbell ringing and lights going on. Aww hope the cat appreciates the treats! Yes wrapping is not my favourite thing either but I might put something on my laptop to watch while I do that chore later. Have a lovely Christmas.
ReplyDeleteI used to love wrapping presents when I was in school, now not so much! Reading about your girls wrapping presents made me smile. So good that your dad decided to keep the cat. Love that you got a stocking for the cat. Did you include any noisy toys?! Wonder if I can get chocolate limes here. My husband might like them. Have a lovely holiday season!
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