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We spent the morning packing our bags, and the presents and making sure the animals were sorted for the weekend – during which time the new fencing unexpectedly arrived, and, in the nick of time the ‘unofficial’ wedding album arrived…
Continue readingWe’ve actually had the tree up two weeks but I’ve been meaning to post pictures for a while now, especially as this year, our mantlepiece is looking all the more special and perfect, thanks to the 1920s fireplace we got…
Continue readingEmma’s mum and dad left us after breakfast, and we had time to sling the vacumn cleaner around the housea before the Shaw family arrived to exchange presents and enjoy a snack lunch. After the loud and frenetic day that…
Continue readingWaking up on Christmas morning, we had a relaxed breakfast, before putting The Bird in the oven and heading out for a Christmas morning walk at Brill Hill. Absolutely beautiful… It has to be said that Christmas Day hasn’t been…
Continue readingIn the end I got to bed at about one o’clock last night (or should I say one o’clock this morning?!) and put the light out shortly after a quick read to ease me into sleep. This morning it was…
Continue readingIf yesterday was like working in a ghost town; today, even the ghosts had got up and gone out. For my last morning of work this year, there was no one about. I had feared that it was going to…
Continue readingIt’s been a weird day at work today. The students are all off on holidays, the lecturers are all conspicuous by their absence, and much of the site, in grey gloom, resembles that of a ghost town. It’s weird working…
Continue readingI am shattered. Have just completed the Christmas food shop. There was a money off voucher for Waitrose deliver in a copy of The Oxford Times that I was looking through in the staff kitchen today, so coupled with free…
Continue readingIt is the third day of our little, mini-holdiay, and the first day of Emma’s birthday weekend. Sue came over to see us for the day, and after an early lunch, we headed into Oxford. We started off the afternoon…
Continue reading~ I’ve now got a pile of Christmas letters, and a pile of Christmas cards, and list of names. All I have to do is put the three together, address, stamp and post, and I’m sorted. Sounds simple when you…
Continue readingEmma made a very good point in reply to a facebook thread this evening: The true holiday spirit is about love and kindness, not materialism and shopping. Do your best not to get caught up in the latter. This is…
Continue readingAfter the craziness of last night I had a much nicer AA man this morning who was not backward at coming forward about voicing his displeasure and unprofessionalism of last night’s AA man. Far from rescuing me to the garage,…
Continue readingLeaving work today, I met up with Em and her sister in Blackwells and we wandered amongst the Christmas lights of Oxford and we did some festive shopping and bought traditionally over the top decorations for our first cake. Then…
Continue readingOur Christmas tree is up! Our first tree which is a fusion of Emmaâs trees and mine of recent years, is up and decorated and looking mighty special. When we thought about this before the event, I think both of…
Continue readingWhat a warm and comforting feeling it is to go to bed in a house that smells richly of Christmas baking. Somewhere during watching the season opener to Survivors (not sure how I feel about this, it was good enough…
Continue readingAccording to tonightâs episode of The Archers today was what is known as âStir-up Sundayâ, the day when everyone is supposed to make the Christmas cake. I didnât know this at the time that I stirred up Sunday myself, but…
Continue readingMore talk about weddings. Is this what its going to be like for the next 18 months? A nice sunny day today, and we went for a walk in Stowe Landscape Gardens. I didnât realise but Iâve never been there…
Continue reading1. It feels a little empty waking up to Christmas Eve with Emma gone back home. The weather reflects my mood, engaging frost and cold and magicness is replaced by a hibernating weather of cold greyness – real Dark Comes…
Continue readingThis morning, Emma and I got up and set off from hers in time for lunch at my mum and dad’s. We had a delicious rice and cheesy bake, before taking Barney for a little, local walk before returning back…
Continue reading1. For the first day of my Christmas holidays I managed to get up early, or should I say, on time for a change. I guess its an incentive thing. If what I am doing that day is either, a)…
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