Time

is simply whizzing past me in a maelstrom of days that have no set pattern and it is confusing me!
Dates and days are now one and the same and I have lost at least one week this month….my head is telling me it is the first week of December and not the second which is rapidly moving towards being the third and Im shocked!! I think it is because I have not decorated the house this year so have no reference points to hang the days on:

no tree day with Tim
no advent calendar to open
no decorations to hang
no menu planning and scouring of my Christmas recipes
no presents to put under the tree
no flowers on the table
I have not played my Carols CD yet

I have been making Mince Pies though which are disappearing as fast as I bake them!
I have made and posted the cards
I have made all the presents I set out to make apart from the round hat….but I am stalling on that!
I have made the usual December Daily album but it will be a Christmas one only this year Im thinking
Im practicing wearing dresses for Christmas!
We are having Christmas meal together as a family next week
I have watched one Christmas Film The Holiday which I adore

So, I think it is time for me to make another batch of Mince Pies and read through my recipes so we can discuss them this afternoon together, my beloved and I.


Still thinking about my ONE LITTLE WORD for 2014…………..

Sue xx

Yorkshire Airlines

Misty morning

As the light begins to break it is possible to see the whole world outside my window is sheathed in thick mist this morning. I already knew that it was cold:  -2C at around 7am and that there was fog,
and asked to stay home in the warm, but I had not realized how thick it would be!!! First real sign that the weather is turning colder, and the arctic winds are heading our way. I was so hoping they would hold off til January!!!! Time for the heating on in my little snug - yesterday it was so nice I didn't need it, with the sun shining directly in at me, what a difference a night makes!!

Today I need to concentrate on the last Christmas Cards. Hence the heating being on in here already!
My designs this year are varied and still don't make me 100% happy if I am being honest, but I need to get them out at the weekend, so the pressure is on!

I am also loving James Martin's programme about changing hospital food and make sure I am there to watch it. I watched the original series set in Scarborough hospital, and now this is in Birmingham at another large hospital. It is so important that things change. Watching James's frustration with the waste, and non-business attitude of staff and the views of patients and staff really brings home the need for change and what can be done in relatively no time, if there is the WILL. He is going to rope in a number of other top chefs to get to other hospitals in the episode today. Being an avid fan of Saturday Kitchen I recognize them all, which adds to the enjoyment. Brilliant series and desperately needed.

I suppose I ought to get a move on now……..enjoying radio 2 this morning!!
Sue xx