Since I have so very many Advent Calendars we obviously don't use every one every year (or any year unless I get really wealthy and have lots more room to display them!!) So here are our picks for 2016:


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I did not really mean to not post for so long... but work has been busy and even my days off have been taken up with other things for people so when I have had a minute, I haven't had the brain space to string coherant sentences together ( Read more... )

For various reasons, my BFF came to visit on Thanksgiving rather than closer to Christmas this year. (One day I will eventually be free enough to go and visit her.) It was lovely- we observed the traditions we wanted to and ignored the ones we don't like... no family drama, no turkey etc. (Okay, almost no family drama- we tried for it anyway ( Read more... )

Leaf #9 Antibiotics and modern medicine in general... otherwise I'd likely not be here to be grateful for anything ( Read more... )

Today I am very very grateful for my coworker Doreen!

I'm grateful for a day off and a chance to sleep in.

Today I'm grateful for my health, both mental and physical, and my body's uncanny ability to heal.

Everybody be safe tonight if you're burning the Guy and celebrating Bonfire Night.

Today I'm grateful for the ebay seller who packaged my tea cup so well that even though the global shipping seemed to take "Fragile' as a personal challenge, it wasn't broken when it got here. I'll try and post pictures tonight.

This morning I'm grateful for the comforts of modern life- electricity, running water, internet, the microwave, municiple garbage pick-up and so on. And shopping on line would not be nearly as convenient if we didn't have a fairly good delivery service ( Read more... )

This morning the cats have got the message about the time change and waited until 5am when my alarm went off to wake me. Consequently, I woke up with a raging headache because I was late with my coffee... half a cup and I'm fine. So today, I'm thankful for coffee!