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A QUIET TIME


Mr. spent the big day in bed, eventually joining me on the sofa in the evening for a couple of hours. Thankfully, he's much improved today.

We just had our Christmas dinner, a day late, and rather on the meagre side as neither of us is particularly hungry.  If Mr. was on form, those pigs in blankets wouldn't be in this pic, neither would the potatoes, sprouts and stuffing balls!


The dogs had a little feast too and there's plenty for us all to nibble on over the next few days.
We were really bad and ate it on trays, in front of the fire (slap wrists!).

We bought our turkey from Lidl again this year, as last year's from Fen Farm was one of the tastiest we've ever had and at £46.50, well worth it.


This is the first year we've been on our own for Christmas and Boxing Day, which has felt a bit weird to me, but I'm grateful for it to be honest.  We will entertain family in a few days time, when Mr.'s fully back on his feet and not looking and feeling like a wrung out dishrag.

We've just watched Reindeer Family and Me, with Gordon Buchanan and his reindeer, Grumpy, in search of the Northern Lights.



What a treat, and how I wish I could have been on the journey with them. That would certainly be one off the bucket list.  I have also now fallen in love with Grumpy.


To be honest, TV has been a major disappointment this Christmas.  I can remember when you would buy your festive Edition of the Radio Times and sort out your viewing pleasures for the holiday period.  We don't subscribe to Amazon Prime or have Sky channels, but we do have Netflix, for what it's worth, but their Christmas selection of films were dire.  So glad we have a good selection of festive dvd's to fall back on, oh and our Christmas jigsaw puzzle.



As it's been so quiet, I've started to crochet a sweater for Pearl.  We think she's about 10 years, and I wonder if she feels the cold when out on walks. She's ok when running off lead, but as she's going in to be spayed on Thursday, it will be walking on lead for a few days and if the temperature drops, I want her to be warm. 

I had a real problem finding a suitable free pattern  but settled on this one by Bernat.


You can size it accordingly, so I'm hopeful it'll fit, I'm making it in a purple aran yarn from my stash, so she should look quite regal in it.

Right now though it's time to light some nice smelly candles, as the sprouts seem to have had the usual effect on Elsie!

Bye for now!


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