• 08:13 Why have I been awake for an hour?By the time my body clock changes for th holiday, it will be time to go back :( #
• 09:17 Ah, thats why I've not been reading my digital subscription to NYLON. Because it wants to install a load of crap on my computer. #
• 12:28 There is a girl on the train with longer hair than @zoecorkhill. That's just ridiculous. (was down to her knees in a plait) #
• 15:30 Yay tea with @juliancheal and Ally at the tea place. Yum yum #

• 00:32 Tonight I have eaten too much ice cream, did lots of tidying and was dumped in favour of the Queen.Tomorrow I get to look after the pub.Fun! #
• 06:32 It's half 6, of course I'm awake. Silly body seemed to know it's not Christmas anymore :( #
• 10:17 Trivial Pursuit is free in the App Store today, everyone download it so I can kick your arses. #
• 11:34 Hi 20000th tweet. You are a ridiculous number. #
• 12:10 Traffic around Cabot Circus is INSANE. Backed up on the motorway almost to jct 2! #
• 13:12 Yay, got my netbook from Currys. Bloke wasn't too happy to price match, but got it for £227 so yay! #
• 13:54 I know Fishponds is backwards (sorry @veronika_lives) but Currys was still selling Vista as an "upgrade" #
• 13:55 Not used to using XP on my own computer...keep trying to do Mac shortcuts. #
• 14:12 I wish someone had made this graffiti festive: www.noirlettes.com/2009/12/hiding-him.html #
• 14:35 So bored :( #
• 14:57 Just saw a pic of my great uncle on Facebook. He has an uber Santa beard going on. Kinda hope Dad ends up the same. #
• 15:34 Argh, sugarless tea, I fail :( #
• 15:37 Woo, Hollyoaks nostalgia thing is on E4+1 again. I get to be total 'Oaks nerd again. #
• 16:01 Am getting teary AGAIN at Niall knocking Max over. #hollyoaks #
• 16:10 The pub seems to have turned into a crèche. Sigh. #
• 16:28 I hate being in the pub, I have to be polite to very stupid people. #
• 17:03 Awesome, Veronica Mars is on, and it's the one where they catch the rapist in 3rd series. #
• 17:05 Must resist urge to say "I love Dick" in pub. They wouldn't understand. #
• 18:29 Arse, took Win7 DVD from DAD, forgot to take DVD drive. #
• 21:07 I have watched a ridiculous amount of How I Met Your Mother this week. Barney is far too awesome. #
• 21:13 My hand is going a beautiful shade of black. Or purple. Thankfully, because then I could prove to Dad that I wasn't faking the pain. #
• 21:30 Thanks HIMYM - I have remembered about the amazingness that is the Sky Mall. bit.ly/865gxm - want #
• 22:09 Suz just texted me to say she is having hot Frijj with Baileys in. That is just TOO decadent. Damn you Christmas! #
• 22:42 Finally watching the sectionals episode of Glee. Ooooh, all the cliffhangers! #
• 23:15 Glee was awesome, but that ending - bleh! (Although I did like the last song) #

• 11:00 Hello Twitter, opinion needed! I'm looking for a netbook, would like to spend less than £250, but dont know what to look for. Help! #
• 11:19 Happy Birthday @jamescorkhill! Hope @zoecorkhill is spoiling you :) #
• 11:53 Wish I hadn't gone on the Register to look at reviews, now I'm looking at the rumoured Apple tablet PC. #
• 12:03 Maplin have the Dell Mini10v for £230 - will other places price match? #
• 12:19 OK, now I want to go shopping,but that goes against the lazy thing I want to do today.Wonder if I can get Dad to take me shopping tomorrow. #
• 19:08 Caramelised onion houmous. Om nom nom #
• 20:42 Feel sick. Damn you Tesco for putting Ben and Jerrys on £2 a tub. Bastards, #
• 21:02 I'm really getting bored of seeing the Family Guy Xmas episode. I think I've seen it about 5 times this week. #

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• 12:22 Lazing around the pub in my PJ's. Going back to the house today, then babysitting the place on Monday. Oh the joy. #
• 12:33 Dad gave me money towards new laptop. YAY. #
• 13:35 Alex bought me a Magic Mouse. This is obviously far more awesome than a pony because its much easier to look after. #
• 13:35 Although I still want a pony #
• 16:32 Craving salmon and cream cheese bagels but lacking energy to go to Tesco to buy things #
• 17:32 Trying not to think of my family all at my Nanas house today having fun. Refuse to get in crappy mood again. #
• 17:58 Hee! @NeilCrosby and @bookwormbecca bought me the Cyanide and Happiness book, "I'm Giving You The Finger". Its pretty awesome #

So my grandmother's gift to me, on hearing me bemoan my lack of laptop, became the funds to purchase one. Now I'm facing the task of finding one that fits my needs, which is proving relatively complex.

I don't need one that can play games, my needs on that front are fulfilled. It basically just needs to connect to the net in a variety of ways, be hardy enough to travel, light enough to carry, and comfortable to type on.

I am somewhat intrigued by the litl, but the lack of wired Internet option puts me off, after my past week of wired only hotel Internet. However getting an older model of laptop promises to be large and outdated. I'd like something I can use with a minimum of fuss on the go without a lot of setup or file shuffling, the laptop equivalent of an iPhone.

I just don't know what that would be!

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• 00:02 Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you get everything you want and deserve :) x #
• 01:12 Can everyone stop being cryptic with clues about their presents and just admit they bought me a pony? #
• 08:41 Am only one awake. Am I too old to run into the parents room and jump on the bed? #
• 10:23 Dad has bought me a video camera. If only he hadn't bought me one 3 years ago which never got used. #
• 10:24 (I realise that makes me sound ungrateful, but I don't like it when I get something I'll never use! Such a waste :() #
• 11:33 Kitchen downstairs only had little cups, so am drinking tea from a soup bowl. I am all about the class. #
• 14:31 Yay, everyones gone! Time for our Christmas to begin! #
• 17:25 Lovely massive dinner, quite stuffed but I want cake! #
• 17:29 Argh, the puppy just stuck its tongue in my mouth. Then tried to chew my iPhone. #
• 18:00 Can I be bothered moving upstairs to watch Dr Who, or wait till tomorrow and watch on the VBox? #
• 18:03 Yay! We have Dr Who on in the bar. #
• 18:36 It's nice to see a quarry in South Wales be just a quarry #drwho #
• 18:55 #drwho is proper mental...I'm going to miss this. #
• 20:07 Why am I watching eastenders? #
• 20:41 Cheez n bikits. Hooray. I like Xmas food. #
• 21:26 Looking forward to going back tomorrow - it's nice being at the pub, but I want to slob about in my pjs and not have to be polite to people! #
• 22:19 Curled up on the sofa with Leo, the big Rottweiler :) #
• 22:39 Here's Leo, with his gold crown :) twitpic.com/v7ysy #
• 22:46 I just recognised the underpass in the Being Human advert. Am I totally awesome at Bristol spotting, or totally lame? #
• 23:42 Here's the other dog, Buttons. So cute! twitpic.com/v8bgl #

• 10:18 Oh Royal Mail. Even when you are operating "normally", you're still amazingly shit. Just joined queue at depot.Will tweet when I leave. #
• 10:24 I am childishly pleased Tim recieved my card which had "Dirty St Neots" written on it. Insulting a whole town in one go - awesome. #
• 10:33 Escape! After 15 mins queueing :( #
• 10:53 Wish I had a decent camera with me...just saw this view while walking thru the park & thought "I love this city" :) twitpic.com/uxqne #
• 11:08 Oh Chrome, don't offer to save passwords if you're not actually going to do anything with them. #
• 11:18 .@becskr is SO awesome...she read that I left my facewash at Alex's, so sent me a facewash, body wash and body cream. Squee! Thank you! #
• 11:20 And now I have hot Frijj. Chocolate fudge brownie, OM NOM NOM #
• 12:44 So can't be bothered with packing to stay at Dad's. On the plus side, my dress from three years ago still fits. #
• 12:46 One of the good sides to moving across the country - noone has seen any of your pretty dresses before. Like having a new wardrobe. #
• 15:35 After watching Nickelodeon all day, I am now hoping Santa has brought me a Barbie Fashionista doll. #
• 16:51 Dad came over, made me wrap his presents to my stepmum then was summoned back to pub to serve. Cheeky git. #
• 16:56 I took lots of painkillers and I still have wrist pain AND A FUCKING HEADACHE. I hate everyone. #
• 17:51 Pub is really busy, so obviously it's a good idea for Dad to go to the clubhouse. #
• 18:02 There are ~15 blokes in fancy dress, who just quoted HSM. How cool are they? #
• 19:23 Can finally have a drink, but can't even decide what I want. Oh indecisions. #
• 20:17 People with screaming kids in the pub: kindly fuck off, you are annoying everyone now. #
• 21:06 So tired, but there's no chance of sleep before 1am (at least!) :( #
• 22:16 I am so boooooored. But there is wine. #
• 22:34 My dad has just said "I didn't know you liked gin". Words fail me. #
• 22:37 Taking the piss out of Dad for when he built a desk for me on Xmas Eve, drunk, when I was 12. It was so wonky :( #

I have walnut and raisin bread rising.  I have stuffed the goose with a mix of sausagemeat, cranberries, apricots soaked in Cointreau, crumbled black pudding, a mixture of white and soda bread crumbs.  I have made stuffing balls with herbs from the garden, and more breadcrumbs.

I have rubbed fivespice powder into the goose’s skin, and Pete is currently trimming his legs (the goose’s, that is!) with a hacksaw so that I can fit it in the oven.  Mr Goose will be basted with the aforementioned Cointreau, and some honey.

I have cooked a gammon in ginger beer, cloves, cinnamon and satsumas.  I have made a huge fruit cake laced with bourbon.  I have pigs in blankets, and red cabbage in the freezer. I still have to do do the potatoes, sprouts and parsnips, and make brandy butter, but we’re on target.  Tomorrow’s plan is to go for a walk on the North Sea coast once Johnny Goose is en-ovened, to work up an appetite.  And there will be smoked salmon and blinis for Xmas Day high tea.

*And* I have industrial quantities of Maltesers.  Well, it is Christmas.

I wish all my readers a very Merry Christmas, and see you in the New Year!

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