We've had a lot of rain today. Even at 9.00 in the morning the sky was still hardly light. 
Today I am thankful that this holiday time is an opportunity for the family to get together. It is also good that the arrivals are spread out- Romas and I have had a couple of days together before Linas arrives tonight. Then it will be a relaxed few days before the rest of the party arrive. As we may not see the boys for months at a time these visits home are something that we look forward too.
Romas and I headed into town this morning for some last minute shopping, mainly food. The rain was atrocious and on our way home a big 30-40ft tree had blown over (up by the hospital traffic lights), with the top branches in the road. A police car was there to stop people driving into the branches. At the supermarket full shopping trolleys were being blown by the wind and the rain was reaching right into the store through the porch? that is supposed to protect the main entrance.
Comment from Romas as we were driving down a road that requires drivers to wait for oncoming traffic. (I had just made a comment on the rudeness of a driver who had failed to wave a thank-you and we had noticed that it was a little old lady who could barely see over the steering wheel.) Romas - " You know how they have booster seats for children, well they should have booster seats for old people too so they can see where they are driving."
We had a very brief spell of sunshine in the afternoon and then the clouds rolled in again. It does also seem to be getting a little colder, we have been having temperatures of 11C in the night.
Today I am thankful that this holiday time is an opportunity for the family to get together. It is also good that the arrivals are spread out- Romas and I have had a couple of days together before Linas arrives tonight. Then it will be a relaxed few days before the rest of the party arrive. As we may not see the boys for months at a time these visits home are something that we look forward too.
Romas and I headed into town this morning for some last minute shopping, mainly food. The rain was atrocious and on our way home a big 30-40ft tree had blown over (up by the hospital traffic lights), with the top branches in the road. A police car was there to stop people driving into the branches. At the supermarket full shopping trolleys were being blown by the wind and the rain was reaching right into the store through the porch? that is supposed to protect the main entrance.
Comment from Romas as we were driving down a road that requires drivers to wait for oncoming traffic. (I had just made a comment on the rudeness of a driver who had failed to wave a thank-you and we had noticed that it was a little old lady who could barely see over the steering wheel.) Romas - " You know how they have booster seats for children, well they should have booster seats for old people too so they can see where they are driving."
We had a very brief spell of sunshine in the afternoon and then the clouds rolled in again. It does also seem to be getting a little colder, we have been having temperatures of 11C in the night.The only other jobs done today were more tidying up, especially of Linas' room and bringing a second table into the kitchen so that we have a big table that can at a pinch seat 16. Romas also cut down the tops of some of the leylandii as he feels we ought to have a tree, which I hadn't planned for this being our 'quiet' Christmas. They are drying off in the conservatory and we shall put them up and decorate them tomorrow.
2 comments:
Merry Christmas to you and your family. I hope that Father Christmas is good to you all.
Thank you for sharing your daily life in this blog - I look forward to reading it each day.
From this side of the pond,
a quiet lurker....
Toni
Hi Toni,
Thanks for dropping by. I do always wonder who reads my ramblings and it's nice to get some feedback.
Have a good Christmas.
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