Welcome to December Daily; my favourite project of the year. Day 21 was all about the school's Christmas Concert and lunch out to mark the start of the Christmas holidays.Day 22 was all about the Panto at the Palladium.Day 23 was all about a quick visit (and present swap) with Cachirulo and Los Pequeños.Day 24 … Continue reading December Daily | Days 21-25
The online stationery company, Paperless Post, reached out just before Christmas suggesting a collaboration. My immediate thought was thanks, but no thanks ... but then I thought of The Boy Child and his dislike of the many, many thank-you notes he writes between late December and late January each year (the downside of a birthday … Continue reading Simplifying Those Thank You Notes
Welcome to December Daily; my favourite project of the year. Day 16 was all about the Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square.Day 17 was all about Elvis the Elf. Now that The Boy Child is a Secret Keeper, Elvis is a little more subdued. Every so often, however, he likes to keep us on our toes.Day … Continue reading December Daily 2018 | Days 16-20
Even though this month was such a busy one, I managed a fair bit of reading (there are some pluses to doing the school run twice a day by bus) and everything read was in the form of a 'real' book. The Zion Chronicles by Bodie Thoene: This is a set of five books, all … Continue reading For the Love of Books | Currently Reading December 2018
I wish you all the kind of Christmas you wish for yourselves. I’ll be rounding off the year with three more scheduled posts: a round-up of December's reading and my final two December Daily posts. I’ll then be back in early 2019 with my annual Blog Review. See you on the other side.
Welcome to December Daily; my favourite project of the year. Day 11 was all about Christmas Shopping with The Brainy One.Day 12 was all about a pre-Christmas lunch with two of my girlfriends.Day 13 was all about the purchase of the legendary double issue of the Radio Times.Day 14 was all about Christmas Jumper day … Continue reading December Daily 2018 | Days 11-15
Last weekend, we had friends to stay and we treated them to the Christmas Sing-a-long at the Royal Albert Hall. It's a lot of fun.Ordinarily, whenever we go to a carol concert or the Panto, we throw on a Christmas jumper and call it done. I was, therefore, rather alarmed when my friend, she of … Continue reading Christmas at the Royal Albert Hall
Every year, The Brainy One and I choose a day in December to go Christmas shopping. I say Christmas shopping, but what actually happens is this (or something very similar) ... To Green Park on the Underground. A quick stop at Fortnum and Mason to see their decorated stairwell, which although pretty, wasn't a patch … Continue reading Weekday Walks | Christmas Shopping
You can see what feels like hundreds of windows decorated for Christmas and almost every road, street or cobbled mews seems to be festooned with a myriad of twinkling lights. However, if you want to see something a little classier and dare I say it, a little more tasteful, look no further that London's leading … Continue reading Weekday Walks | London’s Christmas Classics
This year, unlike previous years, I avoided the obvious areas of London when seeking out Christmas lights. Oxford and Regents Streets have had the same decorations for the last few years. Somerset House has a magnificent tree in its inner courtyard, right next to the pop-up ice skating rink. I timed my shot perfectly, as … Continue reading Weekday Walks | London’s Christmas Lights
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