Christmas Day 2009 - What a lovely day!

Today is Christmas Day. The unofficial fastest day of the year. You get up, open presents, I go and do the horse, we have lunch and suddenly it's the evening??! Why does this only happen on Christmas Day?!

It's been lovely, thoroughly enjoyable day though. Parents had told us that we wouldn't be getting mountains of presents because times are hard, which, of course, we all understood. They lied! As usual, they were amazing and we were thoroughly spoilt! I do love Christmas! I wonder how old I will have to be until I don't get treated like a child for this one day of the year? I am 22 now and still get a stocking, dinner cooked, etc. and I dread the day my childhood Christmasses come to an end. I assume this has to happen eventually? Or perhaps even when I have children of my own, Mum will go on treating me as if I am still 5 years old... who am I to complain?!

So, we now have a fire going, after a small unfortunate incident where Dad accidently filled the room with smoke and we all had to cover our faces. But he quickly corrected that and now we are almost clear of smoke and the fire is finally looking healthy. Mum is just dishing up a variety of deserts to order. I've chosen a 'toffee bomb' with custard... I'm not entirely sure, what with the huge dinner I've not long consumed, where I'm going to put it, but I'm sure I will find room. After all, the big holiday diet starts after New Year, so I may as well make the most of it now!

I went an sorted Freddie out this morning after I'd opened my presents. None of the ponies had been fed when I got there and they were all stomping and grumbling at me. I did what I had to do pretty sharpish, helped Julie do Toby and Ace and then we all left them to their own devices. I gave Freddie his Christmas swede, which he seemed appreciative of and hoped that it'd keep him occupied for some of the time. Sarah has just text me to say he seems to have enjoyed it so hopefully that went some way towards making up for the neglect I have shown him over Christmas. I will hopefully be able to spend some time with him next week... although he hasn't been ridden or turned out in over a week due to the snow being around for so long, so that should be... interesting!

Anyway, I've just been handed a bowl of toffee sponge and piping hot custard so I'm off to fill my face! Merry Christmas everyone!

Christmas Eve

We have a fire roaring, a glass of Baileys, a Chinese ordered and all the presents wrapped. Is this the warmest cosiest feeling ever? I absolutely love Christmas Eve... everything is done and ready for tomorrow, nobody is worrying about deadlines or work or what needs to be tomorrow. Everyone is relaxed, there are decent watchable things on television and all you have to do now is enjoy!

I'd planned to go and do Freddie quickly today but when I arrived at the yard Sarah had already mucked him out and his bed was ready to lay... but I did feel sorry for her, there on her own, having spent hours clearing a path in the ice and still having four to muck out before going home and sorting out her own Christmas. So I stayed and helped her with the babies and Jasper and Percy and then finish the front ponies. I also said if she needed help tomorrow then leave one of the ponies for me to do... afterall, I'll be there anyway, what's one more to muck out?

I have a swede for Freddie for tomorrow. No doubt it'll be a quiet day and hopefully this will keep him busy for all of two minutes. I did mean to get him some Guinness but completely forgot. Oh well, never mind, he'll never know.

That's all for today, I'm going to go and enjoy my Christmas Eve! Have a good one!

My Early New Years Resolution

How have I only just discovered this thing they call a blog?? Well I have, this is my first entry...

As one of my New Years resolutions I wil endeavour to use this more often and to keep a written record of my life with Freddie and other things. Freddie being my horse... my coloured horse... hence, life in colour! So I start my New Years resolution a little early and begin my 'blog' this evening.

What to write? Nothing much is occuring in life at the minute... this ridiculous weather is putting a stop to any Christmas riding I had planned... menage to solid to ride in, roads to icy to hack on.

I had planned to finish work on Tuesday, however true to form, people phone, things are wanted and here I am, uploading photographs, answering emails and tieing up loose ends that I didn't realise were loose.... I do wonder whether it is indeed possible to get everything 'tied up' before Christmas, or whether some issues will just have to remain untied until the New Year...
Either way, tomorrow is Christmas eve and I will not be working... things can wait!

As I said, nothing much going on. Perhaps I should update again when I actually have something to contribute.