Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
We had snow this morning. I can’t tell you how heartened I was to see it. I love snow and I love West Sussex in the snow. I love England in the snow. I love snow. The End. But did I also tell you how much I love snow BEFORE Christmas? It’s only the [...]
Tuesday, November 27th, 2012
Yesterday I discovered Christmas 24 on my Sky box. Yep, Christmas movies 24 hours a day (or thereabouts) in my sitting room. It has been on ever since. Every film is cheesy, heartwarming, Christmassy and cute in equal measure. And some of the actors appear in more than one film! Who knew? I had [...]
Wednesday, November 7th, 2012
One of the questions I am asked the most, apart from “is that your real name?”, it is yes, is “what type of fairy lights do you use?” I’m quite particular about the lights I choose in my home and if I were to advise anyone working within a budget in their house I [...]
Friday, December 23rd, 2011
‘That’ll Be Christmas’ by Thea Gimore Rain falling and a chance of snow Jona Lewie on the radio French beer and mistletoe That’ll be Christmas Cars queuing on the edge of town Afternoon with the blinds pulled down It’s just the way the year goes round That’ll be Christmas I was going to head for [...]
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
It’s Sausage Roll time again! I’m not sure why but I only seem to make these at Christmastime when what I should be doing is making them CONSTANTLY and eating nothing but them right throughout the year. They are that good! I’ve made several batches as they have been requested and I find it best [...]
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
Hello! So, after weeks of having Pomegranates drying in my kitchen yesterday they were ready to be attached and made in to my Christmas door wreath for this year. The wreath is actually hanging from what is officially the back door but this is the door that everyone uses when they visit so it makes [...]
Friday, December 9th, 2011
Yesterday was a pottering day. You know the sort, all the Christmas bags are out on the floor and you have to decide where to put the lights, which plugs to use, are people going to break their necks if they trip over the wire, that sort of thing. Yesterday was also the day that [...]
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
I love our tree this year, I can’t tell you how much I love it. Aesthetically it’s a little scraggy, lets be honest, it’s slightly patchy, uneven, has no presents underneath it yet as the twins run around the room with them playing Drop the Box. But I sat in this room yesterday evening with [...]
Monday, November 28th, 2011
It is Monday, the start of a new week, and the week that I begin to slowly, slowly decorate the house for Christmas. Pottering about the place in the evenings putting up lights and sorting out the decorations. We purchased our tree on Saturday and if you follow me on Facebook or Twitter (links below) [...]
Monday, November 21st, 2011
Hello! Guess what? Mincemeat is one of the easiest things to make on this planet. There are quite a few ingredients but basically they all go in to a big bowl, sit there for a bit, and then get put in to a jar. OK, there’s a teeny bit more to it than that but [...]
