Happy Christmas Eve!Actually, Christmas is already here for us. We celebrate this evening, so I won’t linger long. The presents are wrapped, and we will have our little gift opening ceremony later on. Nothing grand, nothing excessive. I’ve been up since 6am, making the house festive – lighting candles, listening to gentle jazz, easing us into the day. Even cleared the ironing! I made some really tasty sausage rolls for lunch, and I’m pleased to report they were a hit….
Ho ho ho! Well, it’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas now, isn’t it? Trees twinkling everywhere, Christmas lights in all the windows and gardens. Ours is quite modest; I am more of a natural pine cone wreath gal… We leave it to the neighbours to illuminate the street. There’s a whole row of houses up the main road which have gone all in for merry and blinding! It’s quite magnificent really. Bold. Fearless. Bright. Very bright. And flashing….
Ho Ho Ho! I hope you enjoyed the SHAC this morning! Here’s what we drew. I am really looking forward to the New year already, and taking this further. Three days to go – HOHOHO! Right, me hearties! Here’s a Festive challenge. Christmas Cracker jokes. You know the ones! The cheesy ones that we read out at the Christmas table! Right. I’ll get the ball rolling.. What’s yellow and frightening? Shark infested custard Here‘s another one…a balloon one… Why don’t…
Hi there Four days to go, and the party poppers are poppin!! After an early Roast lamb, we headed off to the rugby club up the road, for a sing song. It was epic, as ever. So many friends and families. Just love it. Spot Grace and Mark…and guess which Carol we were singing. Let me give you a clue: it was MY FAVOURITE! 😂 I loved being kind of invisible in the crowd, if you know what I mean….
Happy Saturday. It’s been a beautifully crisp, sunny day here in the south-east of England. So the kids and I headed up to the forest for a proper long walk. Good exercise, good banter – just all-round good. And not another soul in sight! Five days before Christmas… now that is something. You know what they say: The best things in life are free…. Later this afternoon, we made our way to The Pantiles, strolling through the cobbled streets and…
Hi there. How was your day? Mine has been a good one thus far. Grace and I went to Lewes this afternoon, to do some Christmas shopping. On the way from the car park to the High Street, we met a homeless guy called Mark. I have met him there before. Spent a good while talking to him today, and listening to him. He’s usually quite chipper, but today you could see he was very low. And just in case…
Hi there. Thanks so much for sharing all your Musical faves yesterday! So good to remember those great performances. I remember taking my Nan to see Cats with Elaine page in the 80’s. She was so chuffed to have front row seats. I will never forget that day with her. Right. Ready for a run down of today? It was pretty epic! Train up to London this morning. Wait for it: £12.90 cheap day return. I’d say that’s a bargain!…
Hi there Just got in from a lovely evening! We all went to see Evie (Grand-daughter) perform in her school musical,Annie. Absolutely delightful. It was great to see the kids and characters on stage. Miss Hannigan in particular was so talented! He will go far. But what am I saying. They were all simply awesome. And tomorrow we are all off to see Lionel Bart’s Oliver at the Gielgud Theatre in London. So it’s been quite a week of orphans!…
Hi there That little trip down Memory Lane yesterday really took me on the Nostalgia Bus, and judging by all your comments, you were right there with me! Nice xxx Makes you feel like you were there when it was special, doesn’t it? So how did you get on with the Word Search the other day? The 12 Days of CHristmas? Did you find all twelve? There was a little curve ball, a little cheeky diversion with the Pipers…. errr….
Hi there We looked at family traditions yesterday, and I showed you our Adventskranz, which sits on the window ledge in the kitchen… This got me thinking about what December used to feel like, in the run-up to Christmas – before it became quite so busy, quite so loud. What Christmas was like back in the day. When I think of past Decembers and Christmases, I always think of England. Even though I lived abroad for many years – in…