I feel I've been a bit absent from you all over the last few days! I'm sure everyone will understand that it's because I've been with Little Brother and Jenny and I do feel it would be a bit impolite to be chatting online all the time whilst in their presence. GGJ and I have added the occasional post though, just so you know that we haven't forgotten you!
We've had a lovely Christmas with good company and walks, a ludicrous amount of food and presents, a lot of laughs and more alcohol than is entirely wise, but nothing like how silly it got sometimes when we were (much) younger.
Tomorrow Jenny has to work from home for a few hours in the morning, so Guy and I will stay out of her way, take Joy for a walk and get a nice lunch together. Then it's everyone into the car and back to our house for a couple of days, with more of the same but without the presents. They have just taken themselves off to bed with strict instructions to me to finish the opened bottle of wine, 'After all '(they said) 'It's hardly worth taking it with us and it won't be quite as nice by the time we get back '. So here I am, following instructions , thinking that I've had a lovely few days and have more to come and smiling, sitting here with my GGJ at my feet and thinking how lucky I am to have a family like this.....and all of you as well!

