Winter hobbies all year round
Is it just me or does everyone have winter hobbies? Those things that seem to get dropped every year when the days start gradually getting longer and the snow threat is gone. The activities that get picked up again as…
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Project 52 2020 week 50 – Christmas tree is up
It’s felt like this week has dragged on to get o the weekend. As per most of this ear it’s been about work and school, a bit of tennis thrown in. General goings on in the news have been that…
How to make dried oranges and other natural Christmas decorations
We don’t have masses of decorations around our house at Christmas, mostly because the OH is a bit of a Bah humbug about Christmas. But also because it’s a lot of time and effort when it all comes down after…
Ways to save ahead for Christmas and not blow the budget
A slightly different post today. While I rarely have a strict budget for Christmas, I like to have a broad idea of what I’m spending on gifts. Having been brought up by a mum who counted every penny and was…
Favourite gifts I’ve given at Christmas
As you get older you can get jaded with buying Christmas presents (or birthday ones). But I’d say I’m much better at buying gifts than receving them. I’m not a good present recipient – as a child everyone knew from…
Easy homemade Christmas wooden garland
I’ve been planning to make some circle garlands for a while. The ones I’d been looking at were felt circles sewn together, but I could see myself screwing up my sewing machine with the threads inbetween the circles. You can…
Gift Guide for rock music lovers – children or adults
*Ad – gifted / contains affiliate links In our house you can’t often get away from rock music. While I pretty much stopped listening to Guns n Roses after I finished secondary school, the OH continued his love of rock…
13 Secret Santa tips for givers and receivers
I have to admit to not being the biggest fan of Secret Santa. My experience has been very mixed, but they do have their place. I think they only work if there are quite strict rules. And if you’re in…
Christmas isn’t a competition; think Christmas memories
Christmas is a big thing for so many people. But for some it also feels like a lot of pressure. For us, we’ve been able so far have the type of Christmas we’ve wanted. I don’t take much notice of…
Project 52 2020 week 49 – citrus decorations
This week’s seemed to drag so slowly to get to Friday, but we’re on countdown to Christmas holidays. I’m lucky as my work closes down for a week over Christmas so it’s quite easy to get the extra week off…
31 Christmas blog ideas to get you over writer’s block
So many bloggers get stuck with post ideas. Many are just starting out so might not be used to thinking up lots of post ideas. Others might have been writing for years and can’t think of anything new to write….