Wow, I am so much at home with all of you people who don't have sparkling clean houses, cos we have other stuff to deal with, i.e. ill relatives. Thanks so much those of you who have said you don't clean the windows before putting up the tree, I think I might enjoy a bit of Christmas after all! I am hoping that on Christmas Day it is so dark I can close the curtains so no-one will notice the grubby windows! Bless everyone with grubby windows.
Karen, I don't think Brucie was crowing, he was just telling us of a relative he has who is fortunately still very compus mentis, and I have an aunt in the same situation, she is going to Blackpool for Christmas cos she thinks it will be more lively than Glossop, and she is 90 - great! Meanwhile some of us are coping with our sick relatives, but that doesn't mean we have to ignore the fact that some relatives are as lively as hell. Good for them.
Hey folks, let us all wish ourselves the best we can hope for over the festive season. For some of us it will be ****, for some manageable, for some hopefully good, but for all of us we will be doing our best. This is my first Christmas knowing my mum has AD, and my first Christmas on this site. I wish every single person the happiest Christmas they can get.
Love to all
Margaret