Writer's Block: B.Y.O.B. Holidays

[bk_forever]

I'd just like to have a Christmas where nothing disastrous happens - where everyone stays healthy, the pipes don't burst flooding the house, the heating doesn't break down leaving us freezing... Just a nice Christmas where nothing bad happens. The last few Christmases have been dismal, to say the least.

That and a very BIG bag of crystallized stem ginger - I can eat that until it comes out my ears!

(I wouldn't say no to Ianto Jones either =P )

Comments

[sassysailorgirl.livejournal.com]

*pats you affectionately* Oh, honey. You've had more than your fair share of holiday hells. Here's to hoping this one is nice & uneventful!!!

What is stem ginger? Is it an English thing?

[bk_forever]

I think it's really the ginger plant root, all crystallized and coated in sugar! I just love ginger in any incarnation, it's yummy but a bit pricy at my local health food store (like over £7 for a BIG 1kg bag!). I still buy it occasionally, though usually only a small 400g bag which might last a couple of weeks if I ration myself strictly, which I seldom manage to do... The stuff is addictive!

[sassysailorgirl.livejournal.com]

I'll have to look for it & try it! I love ginger, too.

[bk_forever]

I think any health food type store should stock it. Here, I get it from Holland & Barrett, they're the staple British health food store. Some supermarkets stock it too, but it's usually not such good quality and even more expensive and in smaller packets - I prefer to buy in bulk, those little 100g packets wouldn't last me 5 minutes. For lovers of ginger though, it's hard to beat! Takes the roof of your mouth off it's so hot! Just ask for crystallized ginger, I'm sure you'll be able to find some somewhere!

[aviv-b.livejournal.com]

OK - I'm sending good vibes your way - so that you can have a nice holiday for once. I think you've waited long enough - it must be your turn this year.

[bk_forever]

Thanks! It would be really nice to just have a quiet Christmas - maybe with a Christmas dinner this year! There won't be decorations since we're still in too much of a mess to find a place for the tree, but I won't mind that if we can just be reasonably healthy, dry and warm and have a bit of a celebration.

[debmommy22.livejournal.com]

Oh I am so sorry. You shouldn't have to go through that at Christmas

We don't usually have disasters, but Christmas stress nearly kills me every year. I wish I could learn to love it! It "should" be a happy, giving kind of year, instead of craziness to buy too much and nearly get run over everywhere you go.

We are ordering some gifts this year, just in time!...sorry I guess I digressed. lol! :D

[bk_forever]

Last Christmas was grim! The house was still damp from the burst pipes, there were industrial size dehumidifiers running 24/7, the house was freezing because they only finished fitting the new fire on Christmas Eve - all the doors has been open most of the time for the 3 days the work took, while the workmen scurried in and out, and we'd been without heating for several days before that while trying to find someone to do the work, and outside temperatures were below freezing even during the day, dropping to as low as -15 at night! There was no christmas dinner, no decorations... We did have a few presents and I watched Doctor Who, but it didn't feel like Christmas. To be honest, it doesn't feel like Christmas this year either, I can't find my Christmas spirit. No decorations again, we're still in a mess from renovations, but I don't mind that so much if it's not chaos, cold and panic like last year!

Hope you won't get any more stressed than you already are and will have a happy holiday! Christmas is a very stressful time - sadly, that's become a sort of unofficial custom!

[debmommy22.livejournal.com]

Oh my! I should never complain about Christmas again! That is so awful what you went through last year...and here I am worrying about getting all the gifts in my nice warm house.

I do hope things get a little better for you this year. I hope you at least have family, love, and food for Christmas and more gifts than last year.

{{{Hugs}}}

♥

[bk_forever]

Thanks *hugs*

I'm cautiously hopeful! Presents don't really matter to me, I might get a few things. I've got things for mum that I know she'll be thrilled with, so that's okay. I'll send the rest of the family money as they prefer that.

As long as we're healthy and warm and I get to watch Doctor Who, I think I'll be happy enough. I already got my ginger! Had to go pick up my new glasses yesterday, and the health food store had ginger on a half price offer, so I got a load! =) Now I don't have to ration myself!

[debmommy22.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm glad. I hope you have a great Christmas and watching Dr. Who will help. :)

Me, got to watch Torchwood!...just wish I had more than 2 really good seasons...cause they didn't make more like them...as you know. I'm glad you got your ginger too.

You're a very giving person and that is a very special thing.

Merry Christmas!

[bk_forever]

Just wish I could give you peace, joy and no stress for Christmas!

Hope the Holiday season turns out to be a happy one for you, despite everything! *hugs*

I have the first 2 Torchwood seasons on DVD so maybe I'll watch a bit if I have time! A bit of Christmas Ianto would go down well =)

[debmommy22.livejournal.com]

Yeah I have the first 2 Season's on DVD too, seen 3, but haven't bought it yet...wonder why?!

Thank you, I hope things get better too here.

Ianto is always a good thing at Christmas. :D

[daniforblue.livejournal.com]

I hope all your very humble wishes will come true. Ianto Jones, too. ;)

[bk_forever]

Thank you =)

Well, I think Ianto isn't such a humble wish, but I doubt if any of us would complain if we found him in our stockings on Christmas morning! ...

Ummm, that looks odd now I've typed it! I now have visions of Ianto in stockings, which is way hotter and a lot less disturbing than it probably should be! In Britain we traditionally hang a Christmas stocking which is then filled with presents - by Santa Claus apparently ;) I don't know if stockings are used in France. When I was little, though, it wasn't a stocking, it was one of Dad's socks left by our beds and in the morning it would be all lumpy and full of small presents. I'm not sure Dad's socks ever went back to their proper shape! Our big presents would be downstairs, beautifully wrapped and stuffed in pillow cases. Mum was great for making do, pillow cases and socks are always available and it saved her storing things that would only get used once a year! Ah, happy childhood memories =)

Merry Christmas! *hugs*

[daniforblue.livejournal.com]

Merry Christmas to you too. :) *hugs*