Christmas Almost Over (for another year)

Yes, I know, this should be a travel blog but still have 2 weeks until we depart Sydney so these next blogs are more about getting used the this complicated blog spot.

So, for us in Australia, it is Christmas Day night after having eaten and drank ourselves  into a food coma.  Well, I tried to be good, well as good as possible.

Now, you will all soon be used to the names Chelsea, Jon and Georgia, my little family.  When you have only one child you can become a little obsessive so I guess that's me.  Anyway, Chelsea made the decision to 'do' Christmas in their new home (a 15 min drive from our apartment in Canberra).  We planned  the menus, did the shopping and all was going to plan -.that is until her silly mummy bought bunches of holly and leaves to give a Christmassie feel, left them for her to put in a vase.  A few hours later I receive a call to say she had 5 stitches in her right pointer finger.  She tried to trim the stems with scissors.  Too tough so rather than ask Jon, husband, to cut the stems she decided to use a serrated bread knife.  Now, we are talking about a reasonable baby intelligent 30 year old, left handed woman!  So, a rush trip to the local medical centre to repair the damage!

Suffice it to say old mums here was left to do all the food prep and cooking!  Instead of going over for a BBQ at 7pm on Christmas Eve it was a hurry over before 5pm to help out (we were having a sleep over).  Luckily she has a very supportive husband who doesn't mind getting his hands dirty.  (I have to say that as they will probably read this blog haha).  Meanwhile Chels is walking round with her pointer heavily bandaged and sticking up in the air and us making jokes about hiding the knives away from her.

Anyway, our well planned Christmas slipped by the wayside a bit with daughter giving mum directions, poor David driving back to our apartment to bring bits and pieces back that were forgotten but in the end it all came together and Christmas lunch was superb - not at all traditional - but a more Australian meal beginning with a starter of prawns, mango and avocado in a coriander and chillie dressing followed by Tasmanian salmon, baked ham and various salads and too many desserts to mention.

Boxing Day will be one of high intensity and a tradition of many Australians - plonking yourself in front of the tellie to flick between the Boxing Day Test (cricket for the uninitiated) and the start of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, gorge on left overs and promise to never eat a bite of turkey ever again.

Good night all and safe travels over the festive season.