days between christmas and new year – T E Shepherd https://shepline.com author | illustrator | digital designer Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:43:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://shepline.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cropped-shepline-white-on-green-square_512-32x32.jpg days between christmas and new year – T E Shepherd https://shepline.com 32 32 On the fourth day of Christmas: those days between Christmas and New Year https://shepline.com/2010/12/29/on-the-fourth-day-of-christmas-those-days-between-christmas-and-new-year/ https://shepline.com/2010/12/29/on-the-fourth-day-of-christmas-those-days-between-christmas-and-new-year/#respond Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:43:00 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/on-the-fourth-day-of-christmas-those-days-between-christmas-and-new-year/ It never ceases to amaze me that no matter where Christmas falls in the week there is are always three, and only three, days which are work days for (some/most/a lot of) people. Emma is one of those people and so it was an early breakfast for her and then jobs for me in the morning. I did snatch a leisurely shower though, before heading out to feed the animals and clean out the bunnies, and boy did the bunnies need cleaning out. They had been deep-littered for much of the snowy weather and it had worked in that they they weren’t wallowing in muck but there was muck down there underneath.

Then I headed out to buy more hay, and visit the butcher in Launton (with the Young Farmer of the Year finalist) but they were still closed for Christmas and so I went to the not-quite-so-good-but-still-proper butcher on the Bucknell Road for my neck of lamb with which to make tomorrow’s hotpot.

Arrived home and set about tidying up the dining room and giving the house a good vacumn clean and clean up the sick on the landing. I’m tired now and guzzling down water. I also see that its now raining outside. May I permitted to hibernate into the rest of the day…?

]]> https://shepline.com/2010/12/29/on-the-fourth-day-of-christmas-those-days-between-christmas-and-new-year/feed/ 0 On the the third day of Christmas: hibernation https://shepline.com/2010/12/28/on-the-the-third-day-of-christmas-hibernation/ https://shepline.com/2010/12/28/on-the-the-third-day-of-christmas-hibernation/#respond Tue, 28 Dec 2010 16:01:00 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/on-the-the-third-day-of-christmas-hibernation/ The thick snow has now been replaced by a slow thaw and an endless fog and gloom. We head out in the morning for a very foggy drive to Thame (why do so many people, particularly in fog-coloured cars, drive with their lights off?). Emma finds some comfy shoes in the Clarks sale and I find a new stock pot which you can use both on the hob and in the oven for doing my cooking – I’ve been looking for one of these for ages – and then we hit Waitrose for a shop aimed at seeing us through the New Year to the end o of next week.

I am happy with the more than average total based on the fact that this shop is going to last for a week and a half and incorporates some moderate treats for the festive time. Not too bad at all.

I don’t really achieve much in the afternoon, but I do read some. This is good.

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