5.30pm on Christmas Day, Ray is asleep and I have the house to myself again. The family have all gone and it is so peaceful. We started lunch late, as it was almost 1pm by time everyone arrived. Steve did one pick-up this morning from a nursing home. That meant the whole family arrived late as of course they waited for him to arrive home and change.

The mums insisted that the presents get opened first. It all went well, presents appropriate to size and age, no eye rolling or rude remarks. I get a subscription to a magazine I asked for and Trev gets