As you may see in these photos Roy has so far got his usual Xmas treat of a cooked English breakfast, aka a cholesterol cocktail. Unfortunately I had the silly idea of cooking it in an ordinary frying pan instead of a non-stick one, so the egg broke. He still loved it as you can see.
Currently we are a whole floor apart, as it has been the custom lately, due to the WiFi and the new desktop upstairs, which instantly became his domain, while I am on my laptop downstairs. What would we do without computers and the Internet? Well, probably talk to each other and such old fashioned pursuits! Seriously though, we have just been saying today that who would have thought what sort of a revolution the Internet would represent in our lives, even just 10 years ago? The globe had shrunk, I can have regular video chats with my grandson 6000 miles away totally free at the push of a button; I can shop for anything from anywhere on the planet and it will arrive in 3 days. Well, if you are lucky, like I am - poor old Stephen is obviously plagued by Amazon never to have his presents on time!! :-(
Our Christmas presents to each other this year were: a new desktop computer with headphones and printer/scanner for Roy, a truffle making course and equipment for making them at home for me. I also had in the post a lovely little parcel from Callum with some more excellent examples of his art and for further amusement a few of his report sheets from daycare. He has a fascinating, varied and nutricious diet there, which sometimes does and at other times does not seem to have any relation to the number of his nappy changes during the day. :-) Roy got a CD with the Sussex Marriage index on from Stephen and Lucy which will help him with his family history research. The highlight of the day, of course, will be the phonecalls, which are not due until this afternoon. Hopefully we can connect up with all of them spread around the globe to wish them merry Christmas.
The snow unfortunately has melted, so our much awaited White Christmas has not materialised, but we are still happy, just the two of us, quietly having a good time together. Roy's fillet steak (his usual Christmas treat no.2) has been marinading in the fridge since yesterday and my enormous piece of salmon awaits its lemon sauce eagerly.
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR FOR EVERYONE READING THIS!!
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