wagwaan?: L'entre-deux-fêtes

So Christmas is over for another year and it's that "in-between" kind of time where the presents have all been opened, the food has all been eaten and, in my case at least, you can't wait for the new year to just be here already! Especially this year, when I and so many people around me have had such a bad time. Roll on 2011.

We had a rather quiet Christmas. Just the three of us. Oh, and the cat of course, who got a catnip Christmas tree to get his claws into.

Sadly, the OH had flu and stayed in bed most of the day, and I came down with a rather bad cold that kicked my asthma into gear on Boxing Day. Apart from that, we are really well, thank you!

Claire really spoiled me this year. First thing on Christmas morning I croaked that "I must go and make some coffee" but she insisted I open at least one present first.... it was a rather fabulous gift set from that famous Seattle-based coffee company, including 2 cups, 2 gingerbread cookies and a yummy packet of special Christmas blend. Dee-licious.

Here's the gorgeous girl herself in her Christmas PJs (hope she doesn't hate me for posting this, but I think she's beautiful. Ok, I'm biased.)

We would have gone out for a walk once the sun came out, but in the end we didn't eat till gone 3pm, so it was getting dark by the time we'd finished. Instead, we stayed in the warm, listened to Christmas carols and watched festive television.

Also under the tree was another mug from Claire, and I can't quite work out which one I prefer, so I alternate between the two, and the frothy coffee tastes equally good in both...

The only other picture we took on Christmas day was of one of the glasses my sister SR sent me - such pretty, delicate things, with gold stars scattered across them. Perfect for a glass of "Christmas drink" like we used to have when we were children (red wine + lemonade)....

Talking of festive television (yes I was, a couple of paragraphs ago), what do you think of this year's offerings? I have caught the first 2 episodes of the new Upstairs Downstairs on catch-up and loved them - looking forward to more. I also started to watch Just William, which was really promising, but I had to leave before the end to go to a doctor's appointment. Maybe Claire and I will watch that tomorrow. I also planned on watching When Harvey Met Bob, but haven't yet. I hear it was rather good...

Well, that's it from me. I never manage to find a satisfactory way of finishing blog posts, so "toodle pip" and all that :)