Merry Christmas

 So it is now very late on Christmas Eve, and I am trying to unwind from work with a second cup of tea...

It was icy on the way home and I am glad of the woodburner being lit for our boiler packed up a couple of days ago...

Actually I realised this as I was washing the dishes from out of a less than a week old dishwasher that has gone wrong...

It surely must be Christmas folks...

My rum balls are not balls yet...but the mixture does contain rum!

The kittens have been very playful...read climbing the curtains and biting our toes...

But whatever...Christmas Day will surely dawn tomorrow...

Yes you see correctly...

A kitten right up with Arthur...

Merry Christmas one and all...

Blessings J. x

When Blood Runs Cold

 Life has been nothing if not fraught with sadness and angst for various people we know in the past few weeks...

Work has not been easy either...

An incident on Thursday evening has left me reeling and having flashbacks of some things that happened where I worked with adults with learning disabilities a few years ago. I did not personally witness the Thursay incident...just got caught up in the aftermath and I'm afraid to say I was like a rabbit caught in headlights...

The power of memories is very strong...and sometimes unwelcome...

I could not think straight...I have been shaking...

My pulse is normally around 62...it is currently 83...

I am trying to keep myself busy...

And dragged my sorry self down to the woods a short time ago...

I stood in the fast flowing stream...

Willing my horrid memories to flow away with the water...

This stream...

Wearing these wellies...

In these woods...

I feel slightly calmer...hopefully this won't last too long...

Hope you all have peace in your hearts and souls...

Blessings J. x

Check

 Fire lit...check

Stairs hoovered...check

Mold wiped off bathroom ceiling...yuck...check

Rock cakes baked...yummy...check

Work bag ready...groan...check

Tea left for hubby...check

Logs brought in...check

Attempt cutting out christmas card toppers...failed...check (need new big shot plates)

Load of washing put on...check

Kittens...well the little monkeys!...check 

Blog hopping...just about to!

Blessings J. x

 

 

A New Day

 A new day has dawned once more...

I can hardly believe Wednesday has clicked around in the weekly run...

Yesterday saw me taking my last dose of steroids...

Sleep has been an elusive beast and I am shattered...

The half-life of the tablets is only a few hours, but they have done a remarkable job of keeping me up until at least 2am all week...

Currently waiting for a Morrisons delivery before heading off to get my hair cut...

I'm considering a choppy bob...

Something a little different...

Quite frankly I'm fed up of just clipping my hair into a messy bun...

Hair has to be up for work and I end up with a tangly mess...

Whether I shall be brave enough...or awake enough to request such a change remains to be seen!

Oops...Mr. Morrison has arrived!

Blesszings, J. x

Cold

So glad to be sat with a small sherry beside a beautifully warm fire.

I was supposed to be working this evening, but ended up doing the early shift instead...

I shall be glad to be away to my bed on time this evening.

Out little hamlet is beginning to sparkle with it's annual display of festive lights...

It really is getting quite the look!

Tomorrow it seems hubby has a hankering after looking for a Christmas tree...

Hopefully if the weather stays dry we can enjoy an hour or two outside of these four walls doing something other than work.

Hope you are all safe and well...

Blessings, J. x

Grey November in December

This morning has been as grey as any day could possibly be. I have been grateful for the Aga's warmth along with a couple mugs of delicious milky coffee.

However...

The VAT has been completed and all paid up for the last quarter...

Happy sigh...

This afternoon I will be doing my first late shift since being poorly...

I am currently taking a course of steroids...lets knock this whole sorry episode right out of my body...

I have recently lit the woodburner...it is chilly in the living room and hubby will be home later after a day out in the cold...

See...good wife!

Anyway chin up and best foot forwards everyone...

Blessings J. x

Earlier

 Earlier today I feel sure I thought of a witty title for todays post...

But if I did its clean gone now...

Maybe I left the thought somewhere on this afternoon's walk...

Before returning to the duty of attending to hubby's VAT...

I sure do know how to live life to the full!

Blessings, J. x

Oh My!

 So on this first day of December...

                                     I have had the privilege of looking after my two grandsons...

                                                           They had more energy than me,

                                                                             Way more...

                                                               And so I bid you goodnight!

                                                                           Blessings J. x