I found myself today trying to sort out the many, many jobs, activities, and necessary things which need doing in the next few months, especially in the run up to Christmas and I got to be like Winnie The Pooh so raveled up, I just didn’t accomplish anything!  Do you get days like that?

Anyhoo I am going to have to get out my notepad and start making lists again, it seems, to me, to be the only way I can keep things straight at the moment.  The action of writing the jobs down seems to clear the buffer in my brain so that I can then move forward.

More and more Christmas things are appearing (!) including an advert for Christmas 24 on the Movie channel on TV.  I was only half listening when it came on and they said only two weeks to go to Christmas!  What!  Have I been asleep for ten weeks and suddenly it’s Christmas?  No it is two weeks until they start showing Christmas movies twenty four hours a day for eight weeks!!!!!  Good grief Charlie Brown!!!! You just can’t avoid being swept up in the whole merchandising of it!!!!!

The more I see and hear about it, the more I want to stick my head in the sand to pretend it’s not happening.  There was a great quote on the TV show “The Middle” where Frankie was doing Christmas and she said “Christmas is like giving birth, you don’t remember the pain, so you can do it all again next time”!!!!! and she is so right! 

Treacle is in hibernation mode today as it is cold and very windy!  Alright for some!!!!!

She does occasionally move, mainly for food or when I insist that she needs a turn around the garden.

How is your Tuesday?

Hugs, Susie x

Yes, end of the week again and these weeks are flying by and I can’t keep pretending that Christmas is months ahead!  Every day you see another little reminder that that time of the year is fast approaching!  Youngest and I were driving home last night and he spotted some Christmas lights in a house!!!!????  Really this early?  Then the local farm shop sent out an email about getting ready for Christmas!  All the restaurants and pubs are promoting Christmas meals and the magazines are running articles about how to be fit and fab for the big day!  Really?

I remember when I was small and Christmas was done by my Mom and Grandma and they didn’t start even thinking about it until end of November, although my Grandmother had made the Christmas cakes and puddings before then, but that was all.  Now Christmas seems to last from the 1st of September until the beginning of December and then it is into the Sales.  Really?

Youngest has his first “Extra” acting part on Sunday (!) and this guy is in it!  I don’t know whether he will be there on Sunday but Youngest is really excited.  DH is playing taxi driver for the day, so the jobs which I have been trying to get finished for the past oh five weeks are going to be needed to be done on Saturday and of course Saturday night is a swimming competition (!) Really?

I am hoping to get lots done on the sewing front, well that’s the plan, especially as they are out on Sunday. Really?

Treacle is hoping that all the jobs don’t take too long and we won’t forget her lunchtime biscuit! Really?

Definition :

“Really” – “in actual fact, as opposed to what is said or imagined to be true or possible”

Hmm don’t think Really is the right word, now Maybe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope you have a Fantastic Friday and a great Autumn Weekend.  Here the weather is supposed to be a little warmer again so Maybe we will get the last of the gardening jobs done too!!!!  Yeah right!!!!

Hugs, Susie x