I know we are only just into Autumn but I need to start sorting out some things for Christmas, especially as I am going to be laid up for six weeks!  Not strictly laid up but I won’t be able to be out and about like normal!  So I have started to get some things done.

I have already booked the Steam Train to see Santa as we needed a specific date so that is one thing off my list!  This week these have arrived;

The Christmas Cards!

I am not going to write them yet (!) as I can do them when I am back from my Op!   The next thing I need to plan is all the Christmas baking!  I have suggested that I buy the mince pies, Christmas Cake and Christmas Pudding this year and so when I was shopping last week I got some mince pies for DH to try.  He was not impressed!!!!

The supermarket I shop at, Sainsburys, do their own range which is called “Taste the Difference” which is better than the basic range.  So I bought these last week and although DH said they were okay he preferred their basic ones!!!  So I will be buying some of those this week for him to try and if they are okay I will be ordering some each week and putting them in the freezer.  

Last year I did buy our Christmas Pudding from Fortnum & Mason and then we ended up with two so we had one and the other is in the cupboard for this year so that is already here and ticked off my list.  With regard to the cake that is going to be the trickiest.  Eldest loves the cake I make which I cover in Royal Icing.  DH loves the cake but not the icing, Youngest prefers the chocolate log I make and Partner does not like fruit cake at all. Fiancé being pregnant is off all things rich!  So if I get the Fortnum’s Christmas Cake it is fruit but it is covered in the fondant icing which none of us like!  However they may just have to put up with it for this year!

I have already bought a few Christmas presents when I have seen things during the year but again there will not be as many this year as I will not be able to get out and about.  Although you can buy anything on line now I still do like to go out and see things but we shall see.  I have ordered the Christmas paper though!!!!

I have quite a bit of storage now in Youngest’s room, so things will be going in there to be stored and I am keeping a list of things I have bought already and for whom, so I can keep track of things.  Of course it will be Gordon’s first Christmas and I have ordered him his own stocking from Etsy which is arriving on Saturday.  I need to sort out the animals presents too!

DH is already booking events for Christmas and a few have been confirmed.  There was one enquiry  for a Friday evening at the beginning of December but I had already booked tickets for DH and I to go and see Vivaldi by Candlelight that evening.  I have booked my hair and beauty appointments for December as they get booked up really quickly.  

It is not all Christmas though, we do have some lovely things coming up in the next few months too, although DH and I will not be going away for our Wedding Anniversary this year as I will have only just had my Op!  However I will be booking for next year!  We think we will be going away for a week with Coco at the end of February, beginning of March just for a week to decompress after Christmas & New Year.  

Work is busy which is a relief although we are still having ups and downs thanks to our Government and their “policies” which are all over the place at the moment, as well as the volatile situation generally.  I think we just need to keep our heads down and get on with things and ignore everything going on out there!

I hope you are all having a good week.  Next weekend DH is busy with a swimming event and then he and The Boys are doing some work on their own vehicles so I will hve two days of quilting time!  I am sure Coco will be helping. 

Hugs & Love Susie & Coco xx

Coco would normally be doing Coco’s Corner today but she is a bit tired again!