Chuckles Chuntering

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it and Happy Holidays to everyone else! We have had a quiet couple of days with no mass excitement or upheaval which is good! We don't exchange gifts now but we still find a good excuse for lots of food!

At 11am, we had our traditional glass of Buck's Fizz along with a prawn cocktail. Lunch at 1pm was a turkey joint with sage and onion stuffing, bread sauce and roast potatoes. At about 4pm we then had caramel churros with single cream. I'd always wanted to try churros so when I saw it in Aldi this year I had to grab it! Later, I got stuck into a big box of chocolates! That's the way to relax in front of the TV!

On Christmas Eve I reached my Goodreads goal of 200 books with a few zombies getting me over the line! The same books also got me over the line in getting my TBR under 900 books! HURRAH! Getting to my goals meant that on Christmas Day I caught up with the Darts in the afternoon and then had four hours of fun watching a 4 part DVD documentary following a year inside Parliament. It was fascinating following the MPs going about their business, the way members fight to get attention for their issues and bills, the plotting to wreck a government bill or opposition bill, the debates, getting ready for big Parliament events like The Queen's Speech, the men who repair things, the guy who owns the hawk that chases the pigeons, those who maintain the clock on Big Ben, interviews with a ton of MPs...fascinating stuff! My dad spent last night playing games on the PS3!

Today we ate the second half of the turkey joint so I just had to reheat that and cook more roast potatoes and bread sauce. I'm totally stuffed now and trying to catch up on a few posts before another night of TV or maybe fit in a couple of short stories if I feel like it.

Can I just say a thank you to Barb, Sam and Laura who suggested looking online for tutorials for my washing machine. I found it straight away on YouTube and have downloaded it to my computer for reference. It has all the details I need on the washing cycles and buttons and regular maintenance. Thanks guys! I'll be doing my first wash with it tomorrow! 

Plans for the rest of the year include preparing my first few challenge posts for next year which won't take long, trying to get my final book reviews done, then think about what my first read of the year will be. It's always a very important selection and last year I picked a couple of big books, starting them just before New Year and getting them finished a few days later. I'm toying with trying Fire and Blood first because it's HUGE! I'll be doing the Goodreads Challenge with a reduced target so I can fit in more TV nights watching films and box sets. I'm way behind on a lot of TV so I need to fit that in with my reading next year.

Hope everyone has had a good few days and that Santa was good to those he visited! Did you get anything fun? Any booky treats?