Your comments yesterday helped me feel more positive; thank you!
Daughter has decorated the table beautifully and I’m enjoying lashings of butter on this crumpet with a milky cup of tea just before I make the trifle. I located the tablecloth in the barn amongst the dusty boxes of detris and washed it last night – phew! (I say tablecloth… it is merely a 3m length of cotton fabric from a haberdashery which I never got around to hemming, but we won’t worry about that – even if mother does π€£).
Man of the Woods is excelling himself in the kitchen today – he’s made one of Jamie Oliver’s stuffing dishes and the house smelt divine as he was doing so. We both enjoy watching all the Christmas cooking programmes but whereas I forget the content the minute the credits have finished, he makes mental notes and re-creates some of the masterpieces.
Rather than worry he is taking over my space or role in the kitchen, I have found being his sous chef a most agreeable pastime ππΌ
When he not on a tractor, he has cooked me many a meal this last year, with words like “No, it’s ok, I want to – you keep writing.” … I don’t think it gets any better than that for support does it?
I’ve enjoyed wrapping presents for the parents… and cleared the kitchen of clutter and discovered a whole windowsill underneath!
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In the absence of sherry, I’ll use toffee vodka to soak into these blueberry muffins. I’ll cheat with tinned fruit and carton custard because my second of four dates with Daniel Craig is not far off and I wish to give him my full attention… one each of his four films on consecutive nights, starting last night with Casino Royale …
I’m an emotional soul and know that many of you have followed my ramblings for a year now and have not left my side and I feel grateful for that and have loved getting to know you. It is my ambition to present to you a fiction novel at some point and I make this pledge that alongside my writing buddy over at ALittleBookProblem I shall continue my efforts to finish the first draft and edit it to the best of my ability before submitting it throughout 2019. If I get no nibble with a traditional route, I will consider self-publishing but won’t be rushing into that as would want to get it right first time.
His stuffing is cooked and will simply be heated up tomorrow – it smells amazing πππΌ
I wanted to send you festive wishes from a more positive place and hence this extra post! Have a wonderful 25th December everyone and let’s not forget what we are celebrating π«
(It’s ok, Joseph is round the back, cooking for his wife and son)
xxx
PS Bollocks. Don’t get side-tracked on social media when you’ve got pigs in blankets in the oven ππ
Toffee vodka and overdone pigs-in-blankets π Now I know what my Christmas was missing.
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Tee hee π
Youβve got over 11 months to locate some π₯
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Wishing you a late happy holiday and a happy New year viola! Haven’t been too active there’s been a chaotic whirlwind of activity around me for the past 2 weeks
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Good … real life is about real people; not phones and technology.
We are all simply shooting starts floating around the ethos, enjoying the connectivity, but really we should take this holiday to engage with reality.
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(PS .. how long do we have to do that for ππ)
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Talking about engaging with reality, Xlub it’s time for you to take off those VR-474x goggles I know you’ve been having quite a lot of fun playing the English countryside writer character but the day of devouring is in 2 nanoeons
Ps: please bring some of that purple flesh jelly it was delicious
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Merry Christmas xxx
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Same to you!! ππ₯
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Glad you’re feeling better! Enjoyed your post! Always…. entertaining! Merry Christmas, Dear Friend! Hope you and “Man of the Woods” have a very Merry Christmas have a Happy New Year! π
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And same to you … hope itβs filled with positivity, family and friendships ππΈ
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Sounds like things have cheered up a bit. MoW sounds like a dream man all around. Enjoy your dates!
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Jesus, Joseph and Mary-
Vodka in lieu of cooking sherry-
Christmas will be bloody merry.
So have yourself a merry one, and a serving of trifle… or two.
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Bless you … I shall and I may save you some π₯
Have a relaxing break yourself π
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I’ve read a few books about the battle for the skies during World War 2 – we owe much of our existence to the judgement of one man – Dowding. Ask your Dad about him.
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Ok, cool. Heβll love that … and Iβll report back π€
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Merry Christmas!
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And you! I trust itβs a tasty one π
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Sure is!
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I was thinking of you last night as I was watching Mr Craig emerging from the waves in his swimming trunks & wondering if you would be too, I should have known!
Merry Christmas! πππβοΈβοΈ
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ππΌππΌππΌπ₯πxx
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Merry Christmas Eve β₯οΈπ π»
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And to you π₯ππ€
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Merry Christmas to you!!πππ
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Thank you lovely.. the same to you ππ₯βΊοΈ
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