after Christmas, now 2017!!

Now its almost exactly half way through January, and I cannot believe how fast these days are flying by. I am still using food that I bought for christmas and have not made any major food purchases since that time... I am amazed how I can conjure up meals for my husband, using all sorts of bits and pieces and which he thinks are tasty and amazingly good ha ha... good for him... it really feels nice that he appreciates all the meals he tastes here.  We had a lovely quiet christmas day lunch and then in the late afternoon, both my daughter and youngest son arrived to stay over. We played quiz games all evenings, sorting ourselves into teams. ~As Rebecca had also bought along her youngest who is over 6 ft and 18 years old, we were able to divide into two teams, and for the first time ever I was on the winning side!  Rebecca took it hard as she almost always wins, and the very first thing she said to Charlotte her daughter who arrived early on Boxing day with her fiance and baby son... was that she had actually lost in the quizes,.so she must have been quite shocked.. ha ha... theres still life in the old dog yet!

Tomorrow I attend my third visit to the slimming club I have joined in order to shift some over weight. the first week which was last week I lost two and half pounds... this week I wanted to lose 4 but we shall see..  Their scales are half a stone heavier than mine, so I cannot rely on my one to be accurate... as long as I lose, I shall not mind... In Oxford, Rebecca and Charlotte and Jason are also joined to a club in order to lose in time for their wedding in June and as Mother of the Bride, my rebecca is also certainly hoping to be quite sylph like by the time the wedding comes around!

The weather here has been very cold recently, but thats winter for you... we saw snow for about five minutes, and then had rain and sleet since.  I shall end now as I have a lot to do yet....

Here we go again**

Well, its all over for another year, the Christmas has come and gone and so has the first day of the New Year. Outside it is bitterly cold and the ground is hard with a hoare frost each morning. However, I do like this month, as the month offers so much in the future.. Already the buds are appearing tiny though they are, the grass is looking lumpy and ready almost for a cutting, and the little bulbs are starting to just show a little a promise of the many flowers that will come into the garden in the Spring time. Everyone I know seems to have had quite a nice Christmas, not very stressed, and very enjoyable, so all in all a good positive way to start the year of 2017*