Christmas Photos

Christmas Day seemed to flash by.  We saw Becky and Dean for part of the day and Nathan was thrilled with his presents although the excitement was all a little too much for him and he got very tired.  His Dad did manage to get a lot of video of his first Christmas and we also took some photos:-

As you can see, our little Elf was not in a smiling mood (until the minute we put the camera down - then he would beam!)

Mike and I were playing Granma and Granpa Christmas although Mike did not go the whole hog and wear a Santa suit.  Here is a picture of Nathan with his proud Mummy and Daddy.

After they left, Mike and I had our Christmas dinner much later in the evening.  In the past we always had the Christmas feast at around 3p.m.  It was the first time in our marriage that it was just the two of us at the Christmas dining table so we stuck to our usual routine. The meal was very enjoyable and "him indoors" got a wee bit merry.  Believe it or not, I did not have one drink. I must be getting old!

Later on I was tuning in my Christmas present. I had dropped big hints to my beloved that I would like a digital radio.  I missed not having a radio in the lounge since our stereo system packed up.  Since then I have played all my CD's on the computer. So, now we have a nice radio again.  Well, as I said, I was tuning the radio in and came across one of our local BBC radio stations.  I happened to hear the presenter ask three questions and requesting people to phone in with the answers.  I do not know what came over me because I picked up the phone, not expecting to get through, but I did.  I answered the three questions and was thanked by the operator for phoning in.

One hour later the telephone rang.  It was the radio station.  Would I like to chat with the presenter for ten minutes on air?

I know a lot of you have probably spoken on radio or met somebody famous, but I was totally taken aback by this unexpected turn of events. Feeling very daring, I agreed.  I did not have time to inform anybody as I was told that I would be on air after the current song finished playing and I could hear it was already coming to an end.

Next thing I find myself talking live to Patrick Anthony who used to be one of the presenters of Anglia television. Instead of being nervous, I felt like I was chatting to an old friend.  We discussed Christmas, the weather, things I had done in the past. I told him that I remembered him from his days on Anglia and we talked about how it had changed since then etc. etc. etc.

So, on Christmas Day, I had my (not fifteen minutes) but ten minutes of fame.

At the end of our "chat" he thanked me very much and told me I had been entered into "the draw".  Only one problem, I had not realized that a draw was involved, I had no idea and still have no idea what the draw is for.  Although I listened for a couple of hours afterwards, it was not mentioned again and it has not been mentioned on the radio station at all this morning.

Oops, what have I got myself into? Well, if I am lucky I will find out.  If I am not, I will probably never know although I shall keep my ear to the radio.

So, a totally unexpected thing happened to me this Christmas Day!

Later on we watched t.v.  I had just got settled in bed and was drifting off to sleep when him indoors came running in and said he had "lost" one of his Christmas presents.  So, up I get and we took the living room apart piece by piece.  No fun moving a very heavy sofa at 12.30a.m. We hunted high and low. Nothing.  This morning he was emptying the dustbin onto the lawn at 7.30 a.m. desperate to find it.  Nothing.  We phoned Becky and Dean to see if they had picked it up by accident.  They did not have it.

Him indoors was in a mood by this time and quite upset.  Then he saw the corner of something sticking out from under the bed.  Yes, there it was.  Now, how it got in there we do not know but thankfully the panic is over. Men!!!!!!

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas.

Tag thanks to ~ Angel