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First Sunday of Advent.....

And breathe. I say that to myself a lot at the moment. A lot over this weekend, especially, when a bug wiped me out for Friday and Saturday meaning any plans I had for a quiet Christmas putter in my house were wiped out. No slow amble around a supermarket looking for red candles for my Advent wreath, no pootling through the advent chest to find and choose which calendars made the cut this year and filling them with gold-wrapped chocolate gingers, no slow sipping of a Costa mulled wine. Oh, no! My Saturday was passed on the sofa, plain builders in hand, snuggling 'neath a quilt and checking that everybody else was cold as well, or was it just me? (it was; everybody else was toasty warm) And of course that means I am a weekend behind in any house preparations I wanted to make. My settee will not now be pulled out and carefully cleaned behind before the tree takes centre stage and makes housework redundant. My kitchen cupboards will be dirty and unlined as I cram the December goodi

Absences....

and apologies. I haven't been on the internet for a while. I haven't read any blogs, commented on any blogs or written on mine. I need to make a change and make room for this, because I miss my virtual friends. Not to mention my favourite time of year is coming up and I am missing it all at the moment. Life will slow down (sometime) and I will return, but until then.... please be patient and wait for me, please?