The Best Laid Plans…

I originally chose this clip to bring some cheer… which of course it does.
Just not the way I thought it would 😆

We were entering the finish line for Christmas, before the wheels came off.
Or, the car broke down.
Last week, just before a block of events and obligations that had to be reassessed to find other methods of transport. We hoped it was a minor fix, but it seems that fixing the faults would cost more than the car is worth. So, here we are. Looking for a value priced, reliable, not too old car. Just before Christmas.

This year seems to have gone very quickly.
Good things happened; bad things did as well. I had hoped to overhaul my health issues and get them on the way to “better”, but that still needs work!
My boys are both adults now, though, and Sweet Bean has been forging ahead into becoming a grown up – changing accounts, looking for work, basically separating himself from us as much as possible (in a good way – not emotionally 🙂 )
We will have a good Christmas, whatever happens.
Life still has many beautiful surprises in store.

But here is a song for the sad places in our hearts, where we feel lonely and unheard.

Be blessed.
Be merry.
And know that there is still the possibility of light.

Published in: on December 15, 2021 at 1:04 pm  Leave a Comment  
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Wassup?

Our tree!
😀

Hello, my Renaissance angel!
…presiding over our tree.

Now I can sit down with a mug of gingerbread milk and watch Elf.

Published in: on December 13, 2021 at 8:05 pm  Leave a Comment  
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Eggnog?

Why is that supposed to be a Christmas drink?

Two weeks to go…
Still haven’t got our tree up, but here’s the one in the mall –

Shiny! 😀

I’ve been doing bits and pieces as I can, and resting in between.
Been having pain episodes again – off to the doctor to have a check. He suggested looking at medicinal cannabis… that would be interesting, but I don’t think we could afford it.
So ends my chance at a real hippy life! 😆
Yes, I know most medicinal cannabis uses CBD without THC, but it seems that some pain control needs the THC component. I’ve never used it in any form, so it’s an unknown quantity at this point in time. I tend to be a bit wary with those.

Still, if I were to try the whole shebang, it might help to understand this little Christmassy musical interlude!

Published in: on December 10, 2021 at 7:06 pm  Leave a Comment  
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Looking To The Glory Realms

Still haven’t put the tree up.
Still have presents to buy and food to sort.

… but still able to have another look at what it’s really all about.

Published in: on December 7, 2021 at 11:38 am  Leave a Comment  
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Having A Laugh…

First day of December, so I suppose it’s acceptable to get a bit Christmassy.
We haven’t put any decorations up yet – maybe this weekend, or the next. I love decorating for Christmas! It just requires a bit more energy than I can sometimes access…
In the meantime, here’s a bit of a song to cheer us into the season.
😀

Published in: on December 1, 2021 at 9:16 pm  Leave a Comment  
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My Song

Christmas Day, and we’re in the “eat and chill” part of the schedule…
Opened the stocking presents before breakfast, watched “Mr Bean’s Christmas” while eating breakfast, then opened the tree presents.

Both boys got each other things they knew were going to be special presents for the other, and have been excitedly waiting for the big reveal… Biggest Boy was especially on tenterhooks, and even put his presents aside until his little brother had opened his ❤ I was loving the gleeful anticipation and evidence of love – the reception of the gifts was all that had been hoped for as well.
My gifts were a combination of books, coffee, and Doctor Who – I am fairly easy to buy for!

From my boys – 13 and TARDIS (she has a tiny detachable sonic screwdriver!), and a Dalek pendant.
My Babe got me the books and coffee things, but also wrote me a song… on one of those days I thought he was racing to uni to finish an assessment, he was actually recording the song with a couple of mates from the course! ❤ (I have tried repeatedly to download the song in a format I can use here, but haven’t been able to – I’ll add it as soon as I work something out!)

For now, it’s back to doing nothing much…
Hope your day is going well, and don’t forget to take time to rest – have a nice Christmas biscuit, and take care of your elf! 😆

Published in: on December 25, 2020 at 3:13 pm  Leave a Comment  
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All Is Calm

…and peace has come!

Published in: on December 25, 2020 at 6:01 am  Leave a Comment  
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A Complex Party

Last week we had a Christmas party for the complex we live in. We got platters of food (and a huge chocolate mud cake!), soft drinks, chips… there were sparklers and glow sticks in there somewhere as well.
It was originally organised for the week before, but had to be postponed because of the storms. What had been planned became just sort of put together. We had good food, but the decorations were forgotten…
I took some of our decorations from home down to the pool area, where the party was, and some of the other neighbours brought theirs as well.

It wasn’t the most spectacular of light shows, but we all pitched in and had a great time!

It’s nearly Christmas Day. Our family party will be on Christmas Eve, and we’ve been cleaning, shopping, mentally organising… I have to ration my energy output these days so I can get stuff done, but we’re on schedule. I’ve done pretty much everything I wanted to.
And again – it won’t be spectacular.
But it will be enough to have a good party.
It won’t matter, in the end, if I don’t get everything cooked, cleaned or decorated to the standards I’ve held myself to in previous years. We’ll have the parties and eat Christmas food. We’ll also take time to remember Whose birthday we’re celebrating.
And it will be enough.

Published in: on December 22, 2020 at 10:11 pm  Leave a Comment  
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Tree’s Up!

A bit late this year, but it’s up…

My angel is presiding over the tree for her 26th year.

Once again the boys enjoyed spending the time with us – they badgered us a bit about when we’d get round to it, and kept asking this morning until we eventually started. They have their favourite decorations to put up. Biggest Boy asked about the “birdnade”, which I hadn’t yet found… it’s a quite pretty ornament of a robin on a pinecone but, yes, it does look a bit like a bird sitting on a grenade! 😆

I do love decorating for Christmas! ❤
Most of these have been around for a while, but we’re a bit overrun with tiny gnomes this year.

What other news?
I finally got around to getting my hair cut. With COVID and everything else this year, I haven’t had it done…it was probably around this time last year I had my last cut. I like it short, but I hadn’t realised there was quite so much grey!

Went down to the pool this morning, for the first time in a while. I had been picking up the fallen frangipanis whenever I went down. It seems to be their flowering season so because I hadn’t been for a while there were a lot more than I usually get. I’ve put them in a bowl, which looks nice and smells sweet.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
🙂

Published in: on December 16, 2020 at 4:38 pm  Leave a Comment  
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Singing For Christmas!

🙂

Another Couch Choir collaboration…
I’m in there somewhere, in voice if not in image!

Published in: on December 15, 2020 at 6:32 am  Leave a Comment  
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