Me? Stressed? Oh Yes Indeedy!

First off, my apologies for not being as prompt at my blogging as I once was.  Truth be told, I am facing a MAJOR deadline at the end of the month, threatening my enjoyment of Christmas and generally trashing my festive spirit.

Husband and I are off on a cruise next week for an injection of much needed relaxation and a sprinkling of Christmas magic, but the sad fact is that the prospect of being away for a week is just increasing my sky-high stress levels even further!

So.....in a nutshell........not much blogging from me this month.  Any spare time I find myself with will be focused on gift buying, gift wrapping, gift buying and a little bit more gift wrapping.  I am a teensy bit behind schedule festively speaking!

I may blog a bit on the cruise - depending in wifi connection and alcoholic consumption (and not necessarily in that order!) - but the idea of a week away from modern life is so appealing that I may even leave my laptop behind as well!

We shall see.

For now, dear blog friends, I will simply wish you a happy December, an enjoyable festive build up to the big day and the promise that I will be back once the fog has lifted and I am back to full strength.  xxx

Stressed? Me? Hell, yeah!

Child is having a Nintendo Wii birthday party.  All well and good you might think.  But you would have to think again.

Children have arrived, Wii is switched on.  Remotes are connected.....but wait.....two of them aren't working!  Two children are clutching Wii remotes that are blinking furiously but not connecting.

A little voice from the corner says "Black remotes don't work with white Wii's you know".

Actually, no.  I didn't know.

So am now mediating between four children sharing two remotes while my husband dashes to the supermarket to get another two.  He cannot get back quick enough.

So my beautifully simple party plan has gone spectacularly belly-up.  Great.  Only two and a half hours to go!