fionnabhar *sadface* - thank you for all the 365 memes ( Read more... )

Mr Cee had today off so we've been busy doing 'stuff' today. We started the day walking down to the local town to pay in the Christmas cheque we got from Mr Cee's parents. The town was deserted at 9am and it was trying very hard to be sunny, but it was -1C/30F so it was cold!  We popped into the supermarket as we were virtually the only people in ( Read more... )

I got all excited yesterday as the numbers of cases of the dreaded Covid19 had gone down a bit in my area, but today they are higher than ever (6580 cases). *sigh*  We will remain in full lockdown and it's likely that most school/colleges nearby will open more slowly than originally planned. I think that's a good idea as this new variant seems to ( Read more... )

I've got to the point where I don't know what the day is - apparently it's Bank Holiday Monday because Boxing Day was on a Saturday (so confusing). Yesterday we went for a long walk in the morning, then I made homemade soup from the leftover parsnips which was delicious. The afternoon was spent doing some chores and I had a meeting with the ( Read more... )

We had a very nice day yesterday all things considered. It did seem almost normal because we had Youngest Cee here, and I've really enjoyed seeing him as it's been too long just Mr Cee and me.  We opened presents about 10.30 which was nice as it meant we could get the lunch all sorted out and the table laid (this is it just before I served lunch ( Read more... )

Whatever you do today - stay safe and well! Have the best day you can.


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Christmas Eve means preparations for the feast tomorrow and that hasn't changed, and I doubt would have changed if it was only the two of us as I really like to make the food a little more interesting than a regular roast dinner. So I have prepared the vegetables (potatoes, parsnips, brussel sprouts, carrots) and I've cheated and bought the ( Read more... )

Today started very early so I could collect my turkey and trimmings which I'd pre-ordered from our local large supermarket. I'd decided on an early pickup slot so Mr Cee drove me there and I got into the store at 7am.  There were people leaving with trolleys full of food! Clearly I wasn't that early. There weren't that many people in the shop ( Read more... )

I have been sitting here wondering why I am finding things difficult at the moment and I've realised that in a normal dull winter I tend to pack my days with things to do out and about, I meet up with friends or I go out on my own and see an exhibition or something which tends to stave off my winter blues. Even if I'm not out and about I do lots of ( Read more... )

Europe and several other non-European countries are closing their doors to the UK with a very firm slam. I don't blame them!

( Small rant.... )