Hang out the flags! I have cleared the ironing! Now I've got to take it all upstairs and actually PUT IT AWAY!

It is now 10.30 pm, and I need to be up early tomorrow to get the place sorted for my 360 day old granddaughter coming for the day around the same time as my financial advisor is due to pick up and sort out my income tax paperwork, which I have been nagging him to do for 2 months. he's gone into panic mode because he's going on holiday for 3 or 4 weeks in 5 days' time, and when he comes back he will be entering a load of tax returns online for the 31st Jan deadline, so won't have time to come and see me - and I go to NZ in 6 weeks or so.

All of a sudden he has cleared space in his diary and is able to come (he's based about 70 miles away). Apparently he has worked out Ian's last tax return, but hasn't submitted it yet. It was due in 2 years ago! As I haven't heard a murmur from the revenuers, I thought it was all sorted and was just a bit miffed that they were taking their time returning any tax overpaid...

Oh well, it'll be nice when I get it, and hopefully I am paying too much as well!

Carol service went well, and I have also managed to quickly rig up my illuminated door wreath. I am starting to feel in a bit more of a festive mood as I am off to the pantomime on Thursday evening. By then I will have hopefully survived Tuesday night's "Christmas Cracker" making session with the local Homestart group's parents. I still have to work out how many tubes I can get sorted to fit one inside the other, and cut a load of papers to fit so that they can be covered. I will probably do it with my usual "fly by the seat of my pants" method!

Andrea