I'm sorry, I have been absent without leave, I know that "almost daily diary" has turned into "almost weekly diary" but I blame CHRISTMAS. Christmas made me do it, Christmas has caused me to neglect my almost daily diary, Christmas has caused me to spend what spare time I have ( not a lot) writing copious Christmas cards to family and friends in the UK. Christmas has been to blame for me balancing on one leg from the top of a ladder trying to string a garland or a set of lights, Christmas has to be blamed for a slightly fuzzy head after a one too many mugs of spiced mulled wine.(..but it is REALLY good !!!) So, the living room looks like Santas' grotto, Greg is having palpitations in anticipation of this months electricity bill and I'm in Christmas heaven !!! Today, Bill Cosbys quote " Noah, how long can you tread water" came to mind as the christmas lights infused with the torrential rain, drains stressed and creeks and drains overflowed...it was no fun !!! Dear old Destiny has finally got smart and goes into her shelter when the rain is falling, Dolly and Molly Moo hide in the barn from the rain ( good job or we'd be drinking watered down milk !!!!) The christmas tree twinkles with lights reflected in the rain drops on the window panes and the holiday garlands with baubles and bright lights reach out through the darkness. Christmas is a time of demand, family and friends wait for acknowledgment, animals needy through the cold look for special care and strangers, touched by the Christmas spirit reach out for friendship. It's a wonderful time of the year. I 'm sorry if my diary entries are a little inconsistent over the holiday, it MAY have a little something to do with overindulgence ( well, we can't let our farm friends toast the holidays with hot spicy mulled wine alone, it would be rude !) but it is more likely to be my laptop. Greg ( computer wizz) once told me that "a computer only does what you tell it to do"...I beg to differ, I NEVER told it to translate my daily diary into Chinese ! It looks like my laptop has a bug.....and it looks nasty, Greg's going to have to put his computer head on and make it better,...fast. This is going to be a big weekend for us, Greg is going to get some treatment for his back problem...so he can do without pain all the things he shouldn't have been doing in pain !! Keep your fingers crossed, this wont make him better and we know a very serious surgery is in the future but hopefully this will buy us some time and help us keep the farm running for longer. Got to go, take care, keep warm and dry ( we wont !!). M
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