Advent 2024 and Plans Change + Other Notes

• Bought myself the Festive Puzzle Collection - for a change from reading -  these Take a Break Puzzle magazines always come with a pen that falls to pieces after a month or so! The 150+ puzzles take me longer than the pen lasts.
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• Last year it was plans for Boxing Day that got cancelled due to everyone being ill. This year it's Christmas Day that has got altered for me. The YD and EGD had planned to go to  a friend and that fell through so now they are coming here instead and my plans for going to the community lunch had to be cancelled - I guess it's what Mum's do! I don't mind at all as it will be a treat to have them here.

• Hopefully this year there will be fewer winter illnesses in Son's family as DiL, YGD and MGS are all at the same school rather than 2 different  schools and a pre-school. Last year the colds, sore throats etc just went round and round the three lots of small children - who love to share all germs!

• I came across this blogger who has listed lots of vintage Christmas books  Babs Beloved Blogs , and I've decided that 2025 Advent photos will be pages from my Christmas books. I did this a few years ago and they were well received. 

• Whoop Whoop new series of Strike (J.K. Rowling) starts tonight. I don't read the books - they are too big and wordy, but love the televised version, plus there's a Christmas special on Wednesday of The Good Ship Murder with the rather handsome Shayne Ward, who should have gone further in Strictly.

• After reading several blogs with people moaning about or refusing to go shopping in the run up to Christmas I've decided I'm odd because I don't mind shopping in the days before Christmas at all. I like the hustle bustle and the decorations in the shops. Colin never took many days off at Christmas because his holidays were more useful in the summer for smallholding so I often got a lift into Ipswich with him when he went into the office a few times before Christmas - the town would be packed, Christmas music playing and lots of Christmas lights.

• Apologies to people who had comments going into spam. If I check daily there are none there, if I forget for a few days there are dozens - including some that were published months ago. Also the follower button had vanished and is now back again - All Jolly Good Fun!

• I need a recommendation for a starling proof bird feeder, if there is such a thing, the darn hooligans flock in and clear out the mealworms in just a few minutes. Very frustrating.

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Sue