Tales from The Shire

beanielou · 16 December 2021 at 8:51PM

So glad that the annex if finally as it should be

savingholmes · 16 December 2021 at 11:17PM

Fortune_Smiles said:

savingholmes said:

Decorating your house for Xmas sounds fun. I am sure there will be loads of home made touches

Very few actually SH - I mainly make things for others. But you've made me think and I might plan to make some things for myself next year.

Fortune x

I am glad that in most rooms there's something I've personally created. The only exception might be DS's room as he took my art work with him when he left. It gives me a lift when I look at them. I've got chunky cross stitch cushion covers, decorated glass, fused glass, acrylic poured paintings, normal cross stitch stuff plus some of the things the kids have created over the years...

I have made xmas stuff in the past - like reindeer soap flannels - based on ideas from here etc. I haven't tended to keep any of those.

ruby_eskimo · 17 December 2021 at 12:13PM

So glad to hear about the annexe, and I have no idea what it looks like but in my mind it just sounds cozy from your descriptions. Good call on delaying the blinds. We're also locked in now till Christmas apart from DH picking up his new glasses tomorrow and a visit to the supermarket on Sunday.

Fortune_Smiles · 17 December 2021 at 3:20PM

ruby_eskimo said:

So glad to hear about the annexe, and I have no idea what it looks like but in my mind it just sounds cozy from your descriptions. Good call on delaying the blinds. We're also locked in now till Christmas apart from DH picking up his new glasses tomorrow and a visit to the supermarket on Sunday.

Hi Ruby. It's feeling far cosier now I've erased all traces of Uncle F 😆

Mr F has got to go out and pick stuff up that's been ordered (beer, turkey, etc) but will mask up and be in and out quickly. Whether all eight of us make it to the Christmas dinner table is yet to be seen but we are certainly doing our best to get there.

Fortune x

Fortune_Smiles · 17 December 2021 at 3:33PM

A Day Off

I've given myself the day off today. Well not entirely - just a break from the usual cleaning. Instead, I have completed my favourite Christms task - decorating the cake! I like to take my time with it and the house felt quiet and calm this morning so I took advantage while I could.

We've had pizza for lunch, topped with tuna and sweetcorn, with a side of sweet potato chips. Just something quick and easy because I was late getting lunch started due to aforementioned cake decorating. I'm going to try and do something a bit healthier for supper.

I think I'll iron the Annexe bed linen this afternoon, get the bed made up in there and put a few decs up. Nothing too demanding. I have a video call with a couple of girlfriends this evening so want to do stuff I can just pick up and put down as time allows.

I didn't get time to wrap any presents yesterday so will try and fit that in over the weekend. A friend dropped a present off for me yesterday so I have at least one thing under the tree 😁 And a parcel arrived this morning which I wasn't allowed to open so I suspect I've made it to the Nice List 😁

Hope your preparations are going to plan.

Fortune x