We
found out last week when we went to the Carol Service in Parthenay Church that
two lots of new-to-us friends, Rob and Maggie, and Angela and Terry were in the
throes of renovating their kitchens and planning to eat out or from the
microwave on Christmas Day, so in true spirit of Christmas we invited them all
to join us for our Christmas meal.
This turned out to be a great idea as we were all a little new to each
other – so plenty to talk about, and lots of exciting plans for the next
year. They were excellent
company. We talked to all our families
over Christmas via Skype – Mary and John in Georgia, Rob and Bill in Haddington
and then Bill and Ella and family in Skelmorlie. It was great to see the grandkids in
Bradford and Newark enjoying all their presents - don’t know how our forebear
Brit settlers must have managed without all this technology.
We
had already planned that week to have a ‘betwixt and between’ party to
celebrate the season with friends. Jeff
made pies a la Paul Hollywood style
and lots of other goodies. It was a
great day starting with a muddy walk in the morning through the local forest ....
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| Walking back to the party.... mud galore! |
... and then the party was underway by lunch time – ending at midnight with DJ Jeff
‘in harness’. At one point there was
over 40 people and one dog (enjoying all the fuss) so a bit cramped as weather
wise we had to stay indoors. A great
day with lots of good cheer.
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