Advent, day 6

Also known on these shores as St. Nicholas' Day - the day when the Nicholas visits the houses and gives the children small presents.

Well, the Nicholas didn't come to our house today. Neither did our cleaning lady, who's fallen ill, the poor thing. Since everything was prepared for the bi-weekly cleaning ritual, I bit the bullet and did the cleaning myself... well, a seriously reduced version of it, but still.

The exterminators who were due to their quarter-yearly visit didn't come, either. Mum rang them and asked what was the case, since they'd promised (last Friday, on the phone) that they'll call if there's any change of plans. They didn't call. They didn't come, either. They said they'll come tomorrow. We'll see. Alas, this is something I can't do for them myself.

But the day wasn't completely wasted. I've finished Christmas Gift Fic#5 and got a - hopefully working - idea for #6, which will be the last one. thesmallhobbit gave me a prompt that had caused me a great deal of headache, but I think something has begun rolling now. *fingers crossed*

Today TV Paprika will show one of the Great Christmas Bake-Off programmes - I don't know which one, but I love them all, so I'll be glued in front of the screen. Yesterday they showed "A Berry Royal Christmas", which we saw for the first time and enjoyed greatly. I've got a soft spot for Prince William - perhaps because he features in some of my Torchwood stories and I feel a certain (unfounded) degree of ownership concerning him. *g*

Advent, Day 6

Also known on these shores as St. Nicholas' Day - the day when the Nicholas visits the houses and gives the children small presents.

Well, the Nicholas didn't come to our house today. Neither did our cleaning lady, who's fallen ill, the poor thing. Since everything was prepared for the bi-weekly cleaning ritual, I bit the bullet and did the cleaning myself... well, a seriously reduced version of it, but still.

The exterminators who were due to their quarter-yearly visit didn't come, either. Mum rang them and asked what was the case, since they'd promised (last Friday, on the phone) that they'll call if there's any change of plans. They didn't call. They didn't come, either. They said they'll come tomorrow. We'll see. Alas, this is something I can't do for them myself.

But the day wasn't completely wasted. I've finished Christmas Gift Fic#5 and got a - hopefully working - idea for #6, which will be the last one. thesmallhobbit gave me a prompt that had caused me a great deal of headache, but I think something has begun rolling now. *fingers crossed*

Today TV Paprika will show one of the Great Christmas Bake-Off programmes - I don't know which one, but I love them all, so I'll be glued in front of the screen. Yesterday they showed "A Berry Royal Christmas", which we saw for the first time and enjoyed greatly. I've got a soft spot for Prince William - perhaps because he features in some of my Torchwood stories and I feel a certain (unfounded) degree of ownership concerning him. *g*