Tis the season to be social.

I thought we were going to have a very quiet Christmas as our family get together had been held a couple of weeks earlier.

Our daughter in law asked us to join her family for lunch on Christmas day, which was a pleasant day, over the years that Fiona has been part of our family we have met on several occasions so we knew all of them. Nineteen sat down to lunch, it was cold meats and salads, so sensible at this time of the year. So many people try to keep with tradition and have a roast dinner with all the roast vegetables followed by pudding, great in the UK but definitely not for our weather. Although the weather was hot it was not unbearably hot which is often the case on Christmas days gone past.

In the Christmas week, we had our tax done which meant preparing lunch, then we had friends over for dinner the same day, only time we were all available.  Then Christmas. Monday and Wednesday saw us entertaining friends that we hadn't seen since we had lived up here. Both couples now have family living in Queensland and had travelled here for Christmas.

It was great to catch up, one couple we met when we were first married about 40 years ago and hadn't seen them for fifteen years. The second couple we met later, Warren worked with the wife in a small office and the boss, his wife and the other couple and us used to go to dinner in and around Canberra on a regular basis.

Today we have delivered the car to the new owner and have tidied up the loose ends caused by making changes. All ready now for the New year. A happy and safe 2016 to all.