Been some time since my last post...lnd for that I apologise.

Christmas Day was quiet but good. Mia. Nick and grandsons Jack and Angus stayed Christmas Eve and eventually went to bc at around 10 pm. We also had fi e locals come for Christmas drinks, and they departed about 9.30 pm.

All in all it was a pleasant lead-in to Christmas. The grandsons woke at about 6.00 am, and oohed and ahhhed at their presents utilities the rest of us woke at around 7.00 am. Lunch was delicious....good squid, oysters, prawns and baked ham accompanied by two salads.

Then at about 5 pm the delusional ex husband arrived to collect the kids. Jules got him alone and told him what she thought of him, and then I did the same....but all we received in reply were grunts. He has no answer to our questions, and has no idea of what Jules and I would call "communication" ....but none of his family have ever communicated anyway. As they say...the apple never falls far from the tree.

Today is Boxing Day...and I gave been watching the Test from the MCG and the start of the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

The body doesn't improve,but at least I am weathering the occasional storms it creates.

We leave for Carrickalinga on Dec 29, following Mia, Nick and the two grandchildren, who depart on Dec 28.