You’re Frozen When Your Heart’s Not Open

You’re Frozen When Your Heart’s Not Open

You only see what your eyes want to see How can life be what you want it to be? You're frozen when your heart's not open You're so consumed with how much you get You waste your time with hate and regret You're broken when your heart's not open Mmm-mmm, if I could melt your [...]

Ode to Joy to the World

Ode to Joy to the World

I was thinking this morning about my Christmas Day morning routine and how many parts of it have changed over the years...mainly as my kids have grown up and now left home and have families of their own. But, there are still some traditions that stay every year. Christmas Eve I light my Yankee Candle [...]

Red Nose Day

Red Nose Day

So please just fall in love with me this ChristmasThere's nothing else that I will need this ChristmasIt won't be wrapped under a treeI want something that lasts foreverSo kiss me on this cold December night Michael Buble - Cold December Night Mr Smith has had a few technical issues...not the usual ones like being [...]

Santa’s Biscuit Break

Santa’s Biscuit Break

Santa has his work cut out for him getting ready for Christmas night so you can't begrudge the big man a moment to put his feet up and relax with a nice cup of steaming hot cocoa and his favourite crumbly Christmas biscuits. He'll probably take a moment to check the naughty or nice list [...]

Where the Fires Crackle & Hiss

Where the Fires Crackle & Hiss

It hasn't been snowing this Christmas where I am but it's been bitterly cold and we've all been snuggled up with hot water bottles in our Christmas sweaters with big Santa socks on to keep our feet warm. I simply love this time of year when everything is cold and chilled. It's so much more [...]

Christmas Time in the Morning

Christmas Time in the Morning

We've sort of had our Christmas morning early. This weekend we both received our gifts irl from each other and as the saying goes, great minds think alike, fools seldom differ! We both sent each other the same present...a rather nice bottle of Sloe Gin each! I'm saving some of mine to make Prosecco and [...]

The Nutcracker

The Nutcracker

I have been wanting to do a photo with this gorgeous ballerina set from Dead Doll since the moment I saw it....in fact I've done a couple because I wore it for the cover of one of my Advent Calendar vlogs that I have been doing with my friend Maria.  https://youtu.be/leIjNWcplLU Then yesterday I decided [...]

Good Tidings of Comfort and Joy

Good Tidings of Comfort and Joy

I am surprisingly Christmassy this year...panic has not set in yet and it really should have because I have not bought a single present yet in real life. I have a huge Christmas planned. Many of you know I welcomed my first Grandson to our family Christmas last year...he was all of 3 months old [...]

Celebrate Good Times!

Celebrate Good Times!

Yesterday got away from me a little bit and I was a little lazy. I'm not great at New Year and I find the lead up to it quite emotional and I never really expect to have a good time celebrating either. Isn't it always the way that when you least expect to have a [...]

When You Wish Upon a Star

When You Wish Upon a Star

I'm writing this while nervously waiting to see if a Government press conference is called for later today regarding a toughening of Coronavirus rules in the England. I have been looking forward to the first Christmas with my grandson and I'll be extremely miffed if that is now in jeopardy as I have the whole [...]