…I am enjoying the restive season
My middle-aged bones are not what they were. I could once prepare for Christmas throughout the whole of December, look after a big house and a small family, host as many as twenty-two people for Christmas Dinner and four grandparents for a week, throw in a New Year’s Eve party with guests sleeping in the lounge, bakkie and their own tent in our large garden, manage the cooking, cleaning and washing, and still wear make up and a big smile at the end of it.
Now, five of us for Christmas Dinner and my legs ache, my back creaks, my tired body slept until nine this morning and make up? Forget it. The Hub knows what I look like with a naked face. If he doesn’t like it, he can hobble through the door.
Roll on grandkids, when my sons can start hosting Christmas.
PS That NYE party when guests camped in our garden? They woke on New Year’s Day to find their tent smothering them. Our Doberman had chewed through the ropes in the night.
English: Christmas is over 2 It must have been some kind of party in Gillingham around New Year’s Eve 2010. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
For more Six Word Saturdays go here.
The Laughing Housewife 
Poor Tilly. Go on a go slow and go to sleep early
LikeLike
I have. Yesterday I only did a bit of ironing and gave the bathroom the bottoming I was too tired to give it on Christmas Eve 🙂
Today I have caught up with blogging and comments.
LikeLike
what’s wrong until sleeping in until 9am – that’s early!!
I like the idea of a ‘restive season’ – nice idea!
wishing you a wonderful 2013
LikeLike
Thank you; and to you.
Nine is at least two hours oversleeping for me 🙂
LikeLike
Love that tent story!
LikeLike
I like this new phrase ‘restive season’ – I think I will adopt it in our house! 😉
LikeLike
i love that! “restive season”
wishing you a very happy new year!
♥
LikeLike
Thank you! And to you 🙂
LikeLike
The link doesn’t work to your blog. Can you try it again?
LikeLike
My Beloved Sandra’s family, who had come on a 10-day stay, finally vacated yesterday morning. The comparative silence is golden. Now it’s just me and her again…me and her…me and….hey, wait a minute!Happy New Year to you, TB!
LikeLike
I am so beat. I need a restive season. I still have guests for a few more days. After that, nothing will get cleaned or cooked in this house until spring.
LikeLike
Eminently sensible!
LikeLike
We were thinking on the same lines this week, Tilly.
Aren’t you supposed to feed Dobermans?
Happy New Year to you and the family.
LikeLike
Titan liked to chew. What can I say? 😀
LikeLike
You must be getting–OLD! Things aren’t what they used to be. Are you sure you can stay up ’til midnight to see the New Year in?
LikeLike
Wake up and smell the roses, girl.
The kids and THEIR kids will all come to you for Xmas!
LikeLike
Gasp! I never thought of that!
LikeLike
Pygama day is the first day of the restive season. The Doberman resting on the tent makes for a hilarious visual.:)
LikeLike
WE couldn’t stop laughing 😀
LikeLike
I can definitely see why!
LikeLike
It’s too bad your party was not potluck. Did you think to order take out from the Chinese restaurant? Just kidding.
LikeLike
Gasp! Not do it all myself and collapse from exhaustion? It’s tradition!
LikeLike
isn’t it awful how our bodies begin to fall apart??? LOL
LikeLike
Shocking! And a terrible surprise when it starts 😦
LikeLike
I love the term “restive season”. My daughter and her family went home yesterday and I still haven’t stripped the beds. We just enjoyed the quiet.
LikeLike
Time enough to do housework in February 🙂
LikeLike
Wow some days I sleep in until 7 AM, but rarely. My parrots begin calling to each other at first light. This means I get more sleep in the winter. On the other hand, the dogs sleep most of the day.
Happy New Year to you and yours. Other than a short visit and meal out with my daughter, I am curling up with a cup of Java and a good book. Dianne
LikeLike
Our NY is always quiet. I stay up to see it in but I am in bed by 12:05 🙂
LikeLike
I still love Christmas and all there is to do, but I live for those in between days when I have nothing to do.
Tim
LikeLike
Yes, it’s most fun when it’s over 🙂
LikeLike
I always think of the days between Christmas and New Year’s Eve as the calm before the storm! 😉
LikeLike
These days, for us, it’s the calm before the calmer 🙂
LikeLike
Enjoy your restive season….I am at an age I take life at my own pace…full creaks ahead. 🙂
LikeLike
I must remember that one 🙂
LikeLike
Ah Tilly! Do I ever know that feeling… what happened to our spunk and our youth?
Here’s hoping 2013 brings you everything you need!
LikeLike
A wheelchair would be a start 🙂
LikeLike
Enjoy, and a Happy New Year to you- and may humor follow you everywhere you go! It’s going to be a great new year!
LikeLike
I hope so! Happy New Year!
LikeLike
I take it that your guests have not returned for NYE….I must admit I laughed out loud when I read that…imaging their surprise as they awoke the next morning wondering what you put into those drinks. 🙂 Have a wonderful recovery from the holidays!
LikeLike
We all had a hearty laugh over a full English breakfast, as I recall 🙂
But they did emigrate to New Zealand soon after…
LikeLike
I don’t mind all the catering if I have a crowd, but this year since I was on my own, I went on strike. I had plenty of food but nothing festive. AT ALL! I cooked what and when I wanted, and had a very quiet time. In fact I never unlocked my front door for three days! If I am typing here, then I didn’t cause the world to end. Happy New year to you,Tilly, and all your family and and off line.
LikeLike
Whatever makes us happy is what matters. So long as you DON’T cause the world to end, of course. 🙂
Happy New Year!
LikeLike
My family are of the same opinion, Tilly, though I get a bit restless stuck inside watching the pouring rain all day….wish our country was a tiny bit sunnier…
LikeLike
Sigh. Me too.
LikeLike
Great job, Linda and that’s why I don’t like Christmas .. because mums are totally worn out – for only 2 days. But you mums … love Christmas. But it also means that you had a great Christmas. I hope you had a good night’s sleep.
LikeLike
All caught up now, thank you 🙂
LikeLike
It took me a full week to recover from Thanksgiving with just six of us! For Christmas I took the easy way out and had Prime Rib, baked potato and broccoli. It was easy and everyone liked it! I won’t be doing another Thanksgiving like that again! Wishing you a wonderful restive season and a very Happy New Year!
LikeLike
That sounds tasty!
We are fortunate because we don’t have to recover from Thanksgiving.
I’m thankful for that 🙂
LikeLike
Don’t over-indulge Tills!
¸.•*¨*•.♪♫♫♪Happy New Year to You & Yours!.♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸ ♥
˜”*°•.˜”*°•.˜”*°•.★★.•°*”˜.•°*”˜.•°*”˜” Have a restful weekend!
Eliz
LikeLike
Too late!
LikeLike
Dream on Tilly – your sons will still come to you for Christmas – along with their wives and kids and pets! Sorry to burst your bubble . . . it happened to me, I know!
LikeLike
Arggh!
And, Phew!
LikeLike
I don;t think I could ever have coped with what you used to! Certainly never tried. I think you’re heroic, but enough us enough. Maybe you shoud yell for a bit more help next time?
LikeLike
I do get help, but don’t tell anyone. I don’t let the truth spoil a good story 😉
LikeLike
Or, you might someday retire to a “smallish” place and just contribute part of the Christmas feast at the home of a sibling-host. Soooo much easier and certainly more “restive.” 🙂
LikeLike
It’s an attractive idea but one sibling is in Canada and the other three hours away. 😦
LikeLike
that has made me chuckle!Beware of tent destroying dobermans then 🙂
LikeLike
Always 🙂
LikeLike
I completely understand the after-Christmas exhaustion. But I have a sincere suggestion…you CAN’T refer to yourself as middle-aged. You’re so much younger than I am, and I have only recently admitted to middle-age myself. If you plan to live to be more than 100, and I think that’s a reasonable “goal,” you’ll see that you have some time before you need to admit middle age.
My Happy New Year gift to you! I play games with reality ALL the time! 🙂
LikeLike
Hmm…have to think about this. I don’t mind living to over a 100, so long as I’m not still making Christmas Dinner 🙂
LikeLike
I intend to be like Maggie Smith in her Downton Abbey role when I’m older. I’m working on it now, but I’ll have it perfected by then. I won’t be doing any housework at all!
LikeLike