h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

with bows of holly. Fa la la la laa la la la laaaa…..

Nine teaching days left here until the end of term. The arrived yesterday and now that it’s dried out and the fairy lights have been tested the decoration has started.

It’s amazing the little things that can cheer up what has otherwise been a fairly stressful week. B’s car died a horrible death whilst he was on his way to work on Monday – so the alarm has been going off much earlier in the morning so that he can go and meet his lift. Oh, and there’s the joy that is car hunting to contend with this weekend.

I broke an already damaged tooth in half yesterday whilst eating lunch. Managed to get an emergency appointment at the local emergency dental place for people who aren’t registered and had some patching done on it. Now it hurts – it didn’t hurt before the dentist got hold of me, and I know I’ve got to go and have it drilled out and repaired at some point in the near future.

To round of my woes it took me four and a half hours to get to work this morning. The journey usually takes me just over 30 mins.

But never mind, time to turn the Carols on methinks….

And a very Happy Christmas Season to you, Lady O.

We've just concluded the car-shopping ritual a couple of days ago. Ain't it all just so much fun? So with that fun out of the way, this week-end will be dedicated to erecting and decorating the tree, and generally turning the whole interior of the house into some sort of festive place. For the outdoors, I did manage to keep some control, and have only LED-lit garland along a hand-rail, and a couple of lit and animated 'reindeer' grazing on the front lawn.

Are the reindeer life size? Have you got the animated droppings ready yet?

I shan't do anything to the house until the weekend before Christmas.

way too early for a , more than 3 weeks you are so use to that is not special anymore! you will remove it before 6 January too!

we have first Sinterklaas (also known as Sint Nicolaas) on 5 December!
time for Sinterklaas song!
Sinterklaas kapoentje,
Gooi wat in mijn schoentje,
Gooi wat in mijn laarsje,
Dank je Sinterklaasje!

transalation:
Sinterklaas kapoentje,
trow some in my shoe,
trow some in my boot,
thank you, Sinterklaasje!

Oh I agree it's too early to have a at home yet, but the students finish college on the 15th December which is only two weeks away and officially the tree is up for them.

In reality its up for me.

I normally prefer to not have the tree and decor up before the 10th, at the earliest. But with various things going on in our life, and a very insistent spouse, ... this week-end it must be.

And of course, I have the pre-lit shovel at-hand, for those glowing droppings.

For those who don't know what a kapoentje is, it's a castrated rooster.

Oh! I never knew..

~ waves joyously to one and all, ... and departs ~