Five days on from the first serving of turkey breast and we have finally (thankfully!) finished the last few strands of the big bird. Never again will I purchase such a mammoth bird – so big it almost didn’t fit in the oven – as if I ate any more of the darn thing I swear I’d go down with turkey poisoning.
Apart from Christmas dinner, we had turkey sanwiches (spinach, salad, etc varities), turket toasties and turkey curry – arguably the nicest of the lot, apart from it’s intended Christmas dinner usage of course.
Looking on the bright side, at least that’s it for now, well until next Christmas anyway.
It’s in part thanks to my over indulgence of the turkey – not to mention the trimmings – that I’ve found my running being somewhat hard work during the last few days – or at least that’s how it feels! I felt decidedly iffy after my 56 minute 16 second workout today. Mind you if could also have been the fact that the distance of approximately six and a half miles was the most I’d done for a heck of a long time.
It was as much in anticipation as hope that I ventured to the Liberty stadium today hoping to see the Swans break their 6 game drawing streak, but alas it was not to be and they ended up with draw number 7.
Despite the blank scoreline the game itself was an interesting affair with the Swans (as usual) dominating from start to finish without showing that killer touch (again). Personally I felt Coventry offered very little in any department (other than defence) and a great ability to waste time – which was disappointing considering they were managed by an ex-Swan in Chris Coleman.
It also appears that this sort of ploy is now becoming the norm for visiting teams with most this season – with the exception of Forest, Brum, Southampton and Wolves (from what I can remember!).
The majority of the team played well today – with the back 4 outstanding all game, giving the usually lively trio of Freddie Eastwood, Michael Misfud (later replaced by Leon Best) and Clinton Morrison only 2 chances all game. Having talked about our defensive display, I still don’t feel that Dorus DeVries is the man for the sticks at the moment. Is lack of command in the area and at claiming crosses is alarmingly inconsistent – unlike the assured displays we saw from Dimitri Konstantopolus in Dorus’s absence.
Still I’m happy with our current position of 10th in the Champioship table and I definately see the glass being half full, rather than half empty.
Christmas Day is special every year, but this year it took on an even greater significance in the house of DDWT as it was our baby daughter’s very first Christmas.
Despite being only 6 months old, she was a dab hand at taking with Christmas wrapping off her presents from Santa – with the help of DDWT Junior of course! Needless to say they both had a great day and were well pleased with what they received.
It was also pleasing that despite being awoken at 06:30 – to shouts of “Has Santa been yet?” – that my turkey dinner went down a treat with everyone. So much so that I’m considering changing career and becoming a cook/chef rather than a web developer. Only kidding!
But as happy as the occasion was, it was also tinged with sadness as it was also the first Christmas without my Dad. It was hard on times to get upset, especially as my Mam was with us for the day. In fact I took great strength from the way my Mam handled the occasion and it made me realise how important it is to look forward and not back at times such as this.
Anyway, for anyone who is reading this – may I wish you and your families a very Happy Christmas.
The Marks and Spencer Sale kicks off on Christmas Day, but a post about M&S from the Money Off Shop can help you bag the bargains before the sale has even begun!
I’ve been a regular Marks and Spencer Christmas Day Sale shopper over the last 4 years, so here’s my guide on how to get the best bargains and save yourself some time in the process!
1. Make list of the items you want (using the Marks and Spencer Sale Preview links below) before you visit the Marks and Spencer website to BUY (taking note of the product codes – the Txxx xxx numbers).
2. The Marks and Spencer online sale starts just after midnight on Christmas Day – BUT you can usually buy the stuff before then, at the SALE price (as all of the offers are already on the site but not available to the public.
3. Use the FREE Delivery code available to you:
FREENDAY is free nominated delivery day when you spend over £150 on the M&S website. NOTE: You MUST have selected nominated day delivery for this code to work.
Ok, last but certainly not least… the following links will take you to the Marks and Spencer Sale pages, which are NOT SHOWN on the main Marks and Spencer website YET.
All of these items will be in the M&S sale and the sale prices for each of them will ONLY be displayed when the sale starts (or maybe an hour or so before) – but at least you will know WHAT is going to be on sale.
You never know M&S might put the sales prices on before the sale goes live (it’s happened in the past) – so you’ll be able to beat the rush!
Good luck – I hope you have as much success as I usually do at the M&S Sale 