Day 3

Yesterday we woke to very strong blustery winds and heavy squally rain. Looking outside we could see that a large section of the covering on the roof of the shed had been blown off but fortunately nothing worse than that. Mum phoned shortly afterwards to say their side fence had blown down and they were trying to prop it up again. The afternoon was a bit brighter but still had heavy showers from time to time.

Yesterday afternoon also saw the Christmas tree and decorations come down and be packed away. With Emily going back to school tomorrow, it felt like the right time to pack away the Christmas things. On with the new year now :)

xx

01 December :)

Taken at the County Mall this morning

Emily came down this morning in a very good mood - why? because it's the first of December and she'd opened the first door on her Advent calendar :)

I then had a text from Claire to tell me Alice was very happy to have a chocolate out of her Advent calendar this morning :) and Claire is now feeling festive. I'm told Craig is even talking about putting up their Christmas tree this weekend (but we won't tell Emily that one! Our tree goes up 12 days before Christmas but I know she'd love it to be earlier!).

This morning, Mum and I went Christmas shopping - ready for the long haul!  I don't have much left to do but did pick up a few more presents today, which can be ticked off my list :)  
Now I don't want to jinx things but I am feeling slightly more organised this year. I think perhaps it's knowing I have Alice three times a week and, therefore, need to be more organised.

Whatever it is, I'm hoping for a fairly stress free December and the chance to keep up with Journal Your Christmas/December Daily. I'm still not 100% how I'm doing this but think it'll be a combination of the two.

xx