Post Christmas

I've not had a day where I've stayed in and done nothing since Christmas Eve. Every day I've been out seeing people. On Friday I went out for lunch with Sarah to Wagamama. I've not seen her in ages as all she does in work. She was actually in work after we met up.

Sarah got the cod ramen.

I got the teppanyaki yaki soba but in soup. This is what I usually get but I get it with udon noodles from the teppanyaki but I didn't want something that was fried. I asked the waiter who had to ask the chef and ask around. He came back and said it was fine but they didn't know how it would turn out. I said it would be fine because with noodles you can have it dry or in a soup. I did ask for udon noodles but they did it wrong and gave me yaki soba noodles which was fine I didn't want the hassle of the food going to waste.

I did take a photo of Sarah with her food but I clearly mustn't have as there is no photo which is really weird and never happened before.

I went home and later on in the night I met up with Kelly and Josh in Woolton Village. I met up with them in Pickled Olive where we had a drink then went over to Nowhere but it was packed so we walked back out. John Kelly's brother came to meet us and we ended back in Pickled Olive as it wasn't as busy and had another drink. Then we went over to the Elephant for a drink. We ended up in one of John's mates family parties down the road. (Kelly knows him too). I wasn't even drinking as I had my car and didn't get back till 1am. It was a weird night but it's always nice to catch up with Kelly as I won't see her for a while now!

So I made waffle mix on boxing morning before I went to the match when I made scones to make them in Tracy's as she has a waffle maker but there was so much food we didn't end up making them so she asked me to go back yesterday to make them.

Good job we didn't make them on boxing night when everyone was around as it was so messy. It just over flowed out as the maker wasn't deep enough to hold it all in when we didn't even fill it up that much! I'm so glad I don't have one as I would probably use it once and realise the mess and never use it again as it was a nightmare to wash. Definitely going out for waffles and not making my own or someone else can make and do the cleaning up.

They turned out alright but the recipe I used was a bit rubbish they weren't really sweet you have to have it with something but I guess you wouldn't really eat them dry. The mix ended up making quite a few so I used up all the mix and brought them home to just toast them to warm them up. They taste alright once they're toasted like they've just been freshly made.

This is is it for the year! It will officially be 2020 after tomorrow. The year has flown by - I feel like I've done loads but also haven't like there was so much more I could have done. I did run a marathon, go to Canada and a cruise - which I need to finish posting which I will eventually... Hope you've had a good 2019 and an ever better 2020!

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Sunday Walks

Catch up with Holly we thought we would do something different from the usual lunch as we were both feeling fat and sick of eating we thought we'd do something a little more active. We decided to go to Sefton Park and rent a bike to ride around the park. That plan completely failed as when we got to the park there were no bikes on the bike stations! We checked the website and there were no bikes close by and no-one had returned any but then we didn't see anyone with them so not sure where they all are. We didn't think of checking the website before we got there.

 I rented a bike a couple of years ago with Kelly and rode around the park but it was in the summer and a lot nicer.

I wasn't dressed for the weather at all I was freezing as I was dressed to be riding a bike so would have been warmer. If we were just going to walk around the park I would have fully wrapped up for it. I went for a run this morning and it wasn't that cold. The weather did drop loads. We did a little loop then went to Lark Lane to Pippins Corner to have a hot drink.

We both got a green tea to warm up.

We just did a couple of laps around the park admiring everyone's dogs wishing we had a dog. We need to do this more often make the most of the parks as Liverpool has a lot of nice parks that we never go to visit. If I had a dog I would definitely go to them more often but there is no reason to go to the park now when I don't have one. The last time I went to Sefton Park I was running through it for the marathon. Definitely a lot more relaxing this time round. Back to work tomorrow which I'm dreading.

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Boxing Day

Everton v Burnley

Thursday 26th December 2019

I got to go to the Burnley game on Boxing day with my Uncle Mike and Brandon as my Uncle Ray couldn't go. It's been a while since I've been to see Everton. I've still yet to see them lose so was hoping my luck was still going strong and with Carlo Ancelotti's first game as manager it was going to be a good game!

I only got asked on Christmas day if I wanted to go to the match and already said I was going to bake scones to take to Tracy's and make waffle mix as she has a waffle iron. I had to get up early to make sure they were all done before going to the match. I got picked up at 1pm as kick off was at 3pm.

The weather wasn't great it was that horrible drizzle where you just get wet. Because my little cousin Brandon has a season ticket my Uncle Ray and Mike have moved to sit in the family enclosure. They used to sit in the Lower Gwladys Street end but there's just too much swearing there. These seats are good dead close can see all the players. You just can't see the right corner flag as we were sat closer to the left side. Less shelter being low down and we did pretty wet.

At the start the atmosphere was a bit quiet as people weren't sure of the new manager but it did pick up. My luck continued as we won 1-0! Clearly I need to get a season ticket because if they win or draw every time I go to see them could actually win the league... Don't think I could do that every week though if it's raining. It's alright in the summer when it's dry but sitting in the cold and rain definitely isn't for me! I do love going to the match but being wet is a no.

Everton has just beat Newcastle 2-1! Good start for Ancelotti, just need to keep this up for the rest of the season.

After the match we went to Tracy's as she was doing a gathering at hers.

There was a lot more food than this but was too busy eating it to take a photo of it!

So annoyed this was the first batch which also happened to be the biggest but was over baked!

The next two turned out so much better. We had so much food that we didn't even end up making waffles so I'm going back to Tracy's on Saturday to make them as I left the mix in hers.

I have a new favourite board game now - The Logo Board Game. Me and Chris were against Tracy, Laura and Brandon and we smashed them. But then wasn't as good with Articulate. Shouldn't have stayed with Chris for that... 

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Christmas 2019

Annual cousins Christmas photo!

Tee - Zara

High waisted cigarette pants - Topshop

Merry Christmas!

Hope you had a good Christmas!

This year Christmas Eve was spent at home as my mum and dad were actually at home. I did manage to get a gym session in with Jo then got back to have crispy duck and pancake.

On Christmas Day we went to nanny Wing's on Christmas day for lunch at 1pm.

Christmas spread done by Nanny Wing and Auntie Christine. Food was good!

All the Wing's minus Gary, Kirsty, Lucas and Oliver!

After we played Articulate which I finally bought myself which I've been obsessed with since playing it in Sindy's 2 years ago. My favourite board game especially when I'm so competitive.

I say this every year but it just doesn't feel like Christmas at all. It's always nice for the family to get together though. Boxing Day was fun I got to go to the Everton match..!

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Pre Christmas

Yesterday I went to Sindy's parent's house to have Chinese hot pot - da beno. 

There was so much food ! Chinese know how to eat which is a big contrast on the food on the cruise for sure.

Food photo shoot as it was so good. Don't know how other bloggers and Instagram people do this every time they post food photos - so much effort and standing on a chair couldn't do that in a restaurant!

Jess didn't get back from London till late and brought dessert - Lola's cupcakes! I had the squashed Oreo cupcake and it was really nice.

We don't see each other often at all Christmas is probably the only time we're all together now but even then we couldn't get everyone! Still missing a few sadly. Alex is so grown up as well. The last I seen him he was so shy and barely spoke now he doesn't stop!

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The Polar Express

Our annual Christmas day where we go to the cinema and have food. We were back at Woolton Cinema this year to see The Polar Express. We went to the 11:30am screening which was full of kids and families. Me and Hannah have never seen the film before. I can't say I'm a fan of it and when it started I didn't get how it was a kids film as it was a bit creepy and wasn't that christmassy but did end up being christmassy towards the end.

After the cinema we went to The Coffee House pub as we had time to kill before afternoon tea at Coast. 

We exchanged our secret Santa gifts. This year everyone had a theme of what they wanted so their person had to buy them stuff from that theme they picked.

My theme was The Killers and or Bastille. David got me and this is what he got me...

He decided to go out the box and got me a book on serial killers and french themed things - French Fancies and a giant French baguette as Bastille the band is named after Bastille day which is France's national day which also happens to be the same day as lead singer Dan Smith's birthday - 14th July.

Not what I had in mind when I picked my theme and the baguette was a nightmare to carry round and needed explaining to people when I had it with me around the village.

I got Danielle - her theme was narwhal so I got her a narwhal mug which had a teddy in it from Dunelm. Danielle had Hannah - her theme was alcohol and holiday so Danielle got her a luggage tag and a green lime margarita cocktail set but didn't have enough in the budget to get her tequila. Hannah got Kelly - her theme was sloths so she got a mug, notebook and blanket that all had sloths on them. Kelly got David - his theme was alcohol and he wanted a pack of cards so Kelly got him a bottle of alcohol from Lithuania where she was at the weekend and a pack of cards. She also made him flapjacks which was an in joke we have.

Afternoon tea at Coast

We got a mix of smoked salmon and cucumber, egg mayonnaise, ham and mustard and cheese and pickle sandwiches.

Got scones with jam and clotted cream, Victoria sponge and we weren't sure what the other cake was. Like a sticky toffee/syrup cake.

Afternoon tea was nice. I wasn't fan of the ham and mustard sandwich - definitely don't like mustard. The cakes were alright too.

After we just went to the loft pub to have a drink. Our Christmas day is always a nice catch up where we're all together and is a tradition now. Hopefully see them again after Christmas before the new year before they head back down to London! I also got the best Christmas card off Kelly.

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