Expensive advent calendars – what’s that all about?!
Now you may be forgiven for thinking I’m an old Scrooge. I am a bit. I do actually like Christmas. I like the break from…
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Decorating ready for Christmas
This is a collaborative post. So it’s mid-November now and, as regular readers know, I’m a bit of a Scrooge. But I’m also a realist….
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To me, it’s still Christmas
I’ve seen a lot of people on social media talking about taking their Christmas trees down already. Christmas Day was FOUR DAYS AGO. Just think…
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Christmas Eve – do we have any traditions at all?
Going back to when the kids were younger, we had a traditional Christmas Eve. We would go on the steam train to see Father Christmas…
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Christmas stress
It happens every year. One minute Christmas is ‘ages’ away, the next it’s crept up on me and suddenly it’s a few weeks away and…
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Don’t let a burglary ruin your Christmas!
Heading off to stay with family over the Christmas period means lots of planning, packing and organising. Planning the trip, the route, what you’re going to…
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Panto 2017: It’s all over
And, just like that, panto is over for another year. And it’s been another fabulous year. Twenty five performances over 15 days, 16 rehearsals in…
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Project 365 2017 Week 52
So that’s 2017 over and my fourth consecutive year of Project 365 completed. Here’s our final week of 2017 in pictures… (With apologies for the…
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Taking a break on Boxing Day
Christmas is undoubtedly a time for family. But, sometimes, in the rush to see parents, grandparents, siblings, cousins and uncles and aunties, it’s easy to…
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If Christmas didn’t exist, would we invent it?
Christmas is, without a doubt, a bonkers time of year. Think about it rationally – we put a tree in our house, we have lights…
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Project 365 2017 Week 51
Christmas has definitely landed at our house, although I’ve still been working. Here’s our week in pictures… Day 351 – Sunday 17th December – my…
