A Quick Catch Up

Hello Readers

How is everyone in Blogland doing ? Wow it's been a busy few weeks here in the run up to Xmas but I think I have finally got everything ready and under control. All presents are wrapped, all cards have been sent and handed out, the house is all decorated and looking nice and festive, and other than Xmas day puddings, all the little extra bits of food needed have been bought and stored away ready to come out Xmas eve. I will be dropping youngest son at Bestie's a bit later so that I can do my usual yellow sticker shop and pick up the last few presents I need. I have been fortunate enough to get some extra hours work over the last few weeks which has enabled me to buy the boy's a few extra presents each.

My sister and her lovely partner came up from London for the day yesterday with a big bag full of Xmas presents which have gone under the tree for Xmas morning. They also came with a few bags of shopping for me bless them. My family and friends are pretty sneaky when it comes to helping me out as they know I am a bit of a stubborn git and refuse any handouts so they tend to do things without telling me so that I can't say no lol. They also pinched the electric key without me knowing and put £20 on the electric for me. I gave my sister a telling off but also thanked her. There is a 10 year age gap between me and my sister and I helped her a lot when she was a teenager and facing difficulties in her life that I will not go into. She see's this as her way of being able to return the favor and help me out now that she is grown up and settled with a good job. I am blessed to have some incredibly wonderful people in my life. They also treated us to lunch out yesterday, I had an all day breakfast which was absolutely delicious. But the best bit by far Readers was they brought eldest son up with them for the day. They live just half an hour away from where eldest son is staying with his Dad temporarily so I asked my sister if they would mind picking him up on their way and then asked my ex husband if it was OK for them to do so. If I get nothing else this Xmas then yesterday was the best Xmas present I could have wished for. I had an amazing day surrounded by a few of the people I love most in the world. Eldest son seem's to have done a lot of growing up in the last 3 weeks that he has been staying with his Dad, and I now feel confident that his moving out was the right move for him. I still miss him like crazy and can't wait for him to move back to this area once his supported living house has been put in place but I feel a lot happier knowing that he is doing well.

Anyway I better get on "no rest for the wicked" lol. I will be having tea at the Bestie's this evening after I have been shopping and will be bringing little S home with me for the night and having her for the day tomorrow to give Bestie a bit of respite as little S is Autistic and can be very hard work. If I get time and little S is not running rings round me by that time I will do my post about best buys from Pound land for Xmas presents for those on an extremely tight budget this Xmas.

Until Next Time
Much Love
Maria xxx