Xmas Day
Another strenuous morning of sleeping in…lol, one could get accustomed to this lifestyle. hmmm.
Karl and I had already received our early xmas/birthday presents from each other so it was lucky that Ella-Jane did a bit of last minute shopping and surprised us with a small pressie each 🙂
Our day was pretty relaxing, reading, taking Ella for walks (which she is sooo enjoying), snoozing and a bit of telly before Karl had to pick up his daughter. Once back she opened her presents and Karl started on our traditional (very loose term) Xmas dinner (we were pretty lucky as Coles is next door and we managed to snag some bargains).
Look we had the basics of a baked dinner covered……stuffed Turkey breast wrapped in bacon (baked in the oven) – tick, chicken (chicken kiev, baked in the oven) – tick and baked potato (curly fries, baked in the oven) – tick, pasta salad and an Indian chickpea salad, Xmas dinner in a nut shell and it was delicious!!
With full tummies, we vegged on the couch and had an early night.
Boxing Day
We met Karl’s father,wife and brother at Bilgola for breakfast and of course Ella joined us (everything is so doggy friendly up on the beaches). It’s also my dads birthday today.
Breakfast done and a surprise phone call from dad to say mum wasn’t well but he’d keep me posted. Mum did ring later in the day to say she was feeling better. More walks for Ella and it starts to sprinkle time to say bye.
Another lazy day, well we are on holidays…no guilt here. Karl drops his daughter back and our friend Leonie arrives for a visit. Chin wagging and nibbles, hmm a good way to spend the late afternoon before dinner, if you ask me. The menu tonight is Thai and we toddle off down the street to have dinner, which we then followed with what has become a nightly occurrence of walking along the beach…noice!
The three of us a having a good old time but we have been watching the sky which is getting increasingly dark and yukky looking. Bam, yep, big drops start hitting us (which just quietly I thought a bird had pooped on me…shhh), holy crap, and here we are running up the sand to reach cover. Too late!! 🙁 weez wet. Refuge round the back of the surf club but it’s not letting up and we have to make a run for it. By the time we get back we are soaked (Leonie says “nice pink undies Kimmie”, hmm lucky I wore a dress with a lining hey….lol). Drying off and not long after another friend Paul arrives – he’s soaked to the bone (he rode, oops).
Kettles boiled again and we chat away. Time flies and our friends have a decent hike to get back to their own homes, so we say good night. I can’t remember what time it was or when we got to sleep, thank goodness we can sleep in though.
