Family Dinner

All the lists ticked off

All the kids arrived

The house filled with chatter , laughter and fun poking at each other .. wow

I miss my kids.

I cooked and I cleaned .. they are still a little lazy in that respect .. although I guess if I had asked they would have jumped. Plus we have a dishwasher now so it was fairly easy..

Meatloaf and baked potatoes with Broccoli Salad and Carleens Salad.*

Self Saucing chocolate pudding and ice cream to follow..

a nice glass of Sav and a sit down finally ..

I called the meeting to order.

Over the past year the family have struggled with lowered income, work cut back days and changes of hours and living arrangements. so we decided to go for the secret santa approach this year.. and capped at $50 .. ( I think thats too high .. ) I wanted $30  or $20 and a home made gift..  lol I was laughed out of the lounge.. but they all agreed on nothing over $50 and if you get to a sale and can find a $100 thing for $10 .. yeah for you .. . what ever .. I just don’t want the stress.

We also did one for the under 18’s .. TOH’s kids and Maxi and S.. capped at $10..

No one can really afford to go camping .. and most are still working .. Dino and Em and moving , Sparky may be out of work as his contract ends 11 Dec.. so that was not finalised.

But they are all able to come to a cousins 21st Next month in Waihi.

Wicked .. must book another cabin at the Hotel.

*Carleens salad as thats the name of the person who gave us the recipe and we have no idea what else to call it. .. and Funnily enough Carleen calls it Lisas salad.. for the same reasons

TTFN..xox