There seems to be the same number of christmas events that there used to be at work - but without the joy of slacking off work at the same time ... because every day is a slack off day! Haha, retirement, the only downside is constant leisure.
We had our usual long boozy christmas lunch with friends (31 years and counting) - we even managed to get them out to the countryside. Some stayed over and a good time was had by all. I'm not sure if you can see the christmas stockings hanging from the mantel - that was the quilt shop challenge for the show this year, I did one to be companionable but ended up doing two left sides so had to do two right sides to match and ended up with two stockings. And now they hang over the mantel (not to be filled, far too old for that nonsense, purely decorative at this point).
We still have enough roses to make a bunch. Maybe we'll get a second flush? I don't know how roses work. The garden club christmas lunch was fun - met some new people who (like all new people we meet) were very interesting and terrifyingly well qualified in random ways. People have such interesting lives (not us). The art class christmas lunch today was also fun but it was 37 degrees so I did not have a cocktail with my meal and scarpered down the beach instead. Where I went for a swim at 5.30 when it was still 30 degrees but the ocean was COLD. Same again tomorrow apparently.
We did a run into the city for shopping (presents, food) and did not miss going to the old house to clean it one bit. Our old cleaner still works for the neighbour so rang yesterday to report that there were eight tradies' utes outside the house doing various things (air conditioning we think). We agreed that some works were probably over due but (a) some people have more money than sense and (b) young people today have no stamina.
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