Merry Christmas to all and I hope your day has been fantastic and full of family and of course  all of that love .

I had absolutely no plans for Christmas lunch when mum asked me the other day if id like to come over to her house and join her and dad for salmon for Chistmas lunch .

I thought that was a fantastic idea
And I accepted.

So I rock up to mums house at twelve as thats Gardner lunch time ,
And Mum was in the kitchen preparing lunch and dad was fast asleep on the recliner chair .

Mum and I chatted about things in general and mum went to wake dad up for lunch .
She woke him up saying come on Curly its time for you to wake up.

His eyes opened wide he half sat upright,
there was a really really weird look on his face and he just said loudly
No
No I don’t,
was the next thing he said but he was now awake so I helped and pulled him up and out of the chair .

This is where it gets a little weird .
So at the table our conversation was about family as I was to message Dylan after lunch to ring me back .

I was telling lots of jokes and Dad said something about an operation.
I said what Curls they are finally giving you a lobotomy.

He looked at me and with a straight face said I want one .
I said what?
I want one
Mum intervened and told me thats true as they have discussed it before.

In
My mind I was trying to get my head around it and  I asked him why ?

He replied it will fix everything .

Oh my

Then i just hit the jokes button and I said that there is too much good stuff in there to just waste it ,

And
How about we make an appointment in Traralgon and Ill take  you over and get you a dose of ECT

Whats that he asked me ?

Its where they knock you out and put electropads on your temples,
Turn on the machine and turn up the knob to where it herts  and then they turn it up more and they send electricity through your brain  and they target certain sections.

I said we can use Dicks renewables

He thought that was funny.

That might be a better option for you pop
And the sad part he sort of agrees with me .

He is at a stage of life he always said he didn’t want to be in .
He hates what he is becoming.
Yet ,
Like lots of people,
he is afraid to die

No matter what i can always manage to make him smile and even to rarely laugh ,
so thats a pretty good thing.

I did tell him that the ETC treatment was no good for him because it would take his dreams away and then what as thats all he has left ,

Now that I think about it he is clearly in a bit of a difficult spot .
Especially in his mind.

It works a bit like mine .

So when it came to eating
He is not really participating much in the  activity .

He still has mum running round  for appointments everywhere.

But after lunch came the best bit of a Gardner tradition that goes way back to my childhood.

Mum asked me if i wanted sweets
and its plum pudding?

I said is there money in it?

She said no

I said bugger I loved that .

When I was a kid ,
when dishing up our plumb pudding and custard ,
Our parents would stuff coins into the pudding and cover it with custard and cream and we kids would all line up and wait our turn .

They actually contained a good return for us kids.

Say you would get like a dollar early on ,
and it grew each year or so in line with inflation and it was a part of Chistmas that I loved.

Hmm
I came up with a smart plan to make more money and thats to ask for seconds .
I was always outsmarted by mum and noni.
Id get back to the couch allready so full ,
But I was so greedy lol
In our house if you asked for something to eat ,
You ate  it all no questions asked.
By the time i got nearly through the second serve that only contained fifteen cents    bugger

I cant even get out of the couch so I just have to kick back while i digest half a plum pudding and a litre of custard and just watch in black and white tv ,
The great ,
Mario Malano  ,
slay them in the ring and id day dream of being a wrestler .

We as kids loved inflation because when they introduced gold coins i didn’t want lunch lol

So merry Christmas to everyone out there
but especially to everyone here in Australia 

I want to say that I’m so glad that you enjoy reading my stories as the feedback that i do get is always so positive.

I guess in a way its like sharing a bit of a personal diary that Is written out in my mind and i just let it flow and my stories are what results .

Every single thing that I write is the truth at least in my own opinion.

Im not sure what happens next ,
if I was to write a script 
It would be that I meet and marry a real live princess ,
I kiss her first,
and take her to my Castle,

It has nearly a moat around the house sometimes ,
Like a real castle.

And then I would write real stories about my and her’s love 

 and how it grows if its nurtured and everything else like hobbies that I get up too ,.

Babies are coming into my life again soon , so thats super exciting.
Twin girls to corrupt .

So ill sign off now
Ho ho ho

Cheers xxx
Curlyg