I work nights and so when I am off I end up going to bed early and then getting up early.
I know, you shout "go to bed later"!.
If only it was that simple, Christmas Eve I fell asleep on the couch about 7:30pm and ended up going to bed about 9pm.
Then it was up about 3 am peeling potatoes and carrots and cleaning up around the house.
I then took a leisurely bath, whilst listening to proper Christmas music (no Noddy Holder).
Real carols and some beautiful angelic voices on Classic fm, they really helped to make my Christmas day. Music linked to Christ and the celebration of his birth. Forget the presents and the commercialization.
http://ukrp.musicradio.com/classicfm/live
http://www.classicfm.co.uk/
The Pope made some good points and I was impressed, but his impact was lessened due to the fact that he gave his address in a "gold" tunic.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16328245
I have many things in common with the views of the Pope and his church and the stance of his church in lots of ways mirrors that of my religion, which is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Catholics like lot's of religions have many good members and some pieces of truth contained in their creeds.
However I don't belieive they have the whole picture or gospel of Jesus Christ.
That I believe is found in the Lord's church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
See our Christmas devotional here.
http://lds.org/broadcasts/watch/christmas-devotional/2011/12?lang=eng&vid=1309616245001&pkey=AQ~~,AAABJMwIxCk~,V-s4Hivdj0tPNypCoK3-U7EDiMwrZ90Q&pid=1302760218001
If you would like any more information visit:
http://mormon.org/
So now to some pictures of Christmas in the Sinclair household, with more to follow!
Some of Anna's tasteful Christmas decor
A Christmas gift calender I gave to Anna a few years ago
Made by the Armish people of the USA
Father Christmas has arrived and he enjoyed his carrot and peanuts!
Adam with his stocking
Ahh the stocking!
Anna with the love of her life
About to read all about the birth of Christ
Pre-present
One of Anna's gifts
Well Ryan and Adam's main gift was all the parts for a new computer
We decided to build one as a father and son project
Adam likes using it, but not as interested in building it
So me and Ryan completed the task
Ryan earned the money for some of it and the rest I had to subsidise!
Here we are with the mother board, and about to insert the ram
The mother board is military class
Intel 15 processor
Ram is 8gb
Graphics card 2gb of ram with mother board allowing dual graphics cards
Power supply of 650 watts
Our Samsung Blu-ray player/cd rom
The assembled pc
It took us about 2 hours
The completed project
This took much less time then we anticipated
Cost a bit more then I thought
But was cheaper then buying a ready made one
with a higher spec
It was also a great father and son project
Merry Christmas
