Merry Christmas Blog readers (that mostly means you Mum and Dad) and Christmas greetings to anyone else who miraculously turned up to read Charlie’s Mum’s Blog during 2015 – I appreciate it. Our tree (ignore the washing hanging on the radiator) before Sons Numbers 1, … Continue reading It’s Chriiist-maasss!!! 0 days to Go
READ ON ONLY IF YOU HAVE ALREADY SEEN Star Wars Episode 7: The family trip to Star Wars 7 took place last night at 8.00 pm and I can say that thankfully J J Abrams knows what he’s doing which, according to Star Wars aficiandos in the … Continue reading Twas the night before Christmas (CONTAINS STAR WARS EPISODE 7 SPOILERS) – 1 day to Go
I’m off to see Star Wars The Force Awakens (more Star Wars musings here) this Wednesday in 3D, which will be a trial and a tribulation; probably equal to the trials and tribulations the new Star Wars crew will be going through this time around. I don’t do well with … Continue reading Joy to the Sci-Fi World – 4 days to Go
I got the tree up 5 days ago, which was an unexpectedly calamitous event. The tree is artificial and nearly 25 years old. Every year it sheds more and more non-real leaves. The moulting, fake leaves leave a trail on the stairs and across the … Continue reading Deck the Halls – 8 days to Go
I bake sporadically, which is to say about once every 5 years. Baking is not a hobby I’d take up on a daily or even weekly basis. It’s something to do with the transient nature of it all. You spend all that time measuring stuff … Continue reading Bring us some Figgy Pudding – 12 days to go
Well, I’ve read Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. I’ve watched Michael Caine being nasty Scrooge and nice Scrooge on a Sky Christmas movies’ loop; and sung along with assorted Victorian muppets (including horses, raccoons, and lobsters – who knew Victorian society was so diverse) all seated … Continue reading My Christmas Countdown – 16 days to go
I joined a community choir about 6 months ago, under slight duress (I do virtually everything under slight duress actually - apart from eating and sleeping.) A couple of ladies from another tiny little choir I’d joined, at around the same time (this time under … Continue reading All Together Now……
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