Christmas Eve 6am seafood shopping (only in Aus) carpark manic and people crazy I got only a bump but enough to throw me off balance and fall against my car. My handbag took the brunt, in it my iPad with screen now shattered. He of course reversing caught me with his SUV corner blind spot left the scene, no cctv footage and no number plates.

Christmas night and now I'm really feeling the pain it hurts to bend into the fridge to pack away the festive leftovers. DB busy caught up with his own poor health jumped off his wagon into the bottles lure and is oblivious. But the kids said its the best Christmas they have ever had so it was worth it.

I put all I had into Christmas Day with cleaning and cooking to get everything ready for the evening /night celebrations. Up at 5am to cook the bird and begin cleaning, moving furniture to create room for Santa & 9 eat in comfort at the big table. The 2 young ones on their own little table closer to the floor (my old aerobic step came up a treat decorated with cloth and crackers) began cooking the pork at 3pm along with the ham and at 6 began shelling the prawns. Good thing I have 3 ovens. I squeezed in a shower at 4, I reckon I needed it! The family began to arrive around 6ish, DB home at 7 and at 7.30 Santa arrived. Bed never felt so wonderful!