And so Christmas is done for another year. We ate, we laughed, we opened so many lovely, thoughtful and generous gifts and spent time with our nearest and dearest.
After hosting our respective families at our house for the past two years, we were on the road this Christmas and spent a few days with Ian’s family before driving back to our house to do it all over again on Boxing Day with my parents, my brother and his girlfriend.
When I think back to this time last year when my Mum was halfway through a gruelling cycle of chemo, I realise we all have a lot to be grateful for. Tomorrow I will be driving up to Liverpool to attend a family funeral which is very grounding amongst all the expense and extravagance of Christmas. Not to bring a downer upon proceedings but it really makes you stop, think and appreciate what you have.
With only a few days left of 2014, I wasn’t too sure what to post today. I am planning a little blog content revamp in the New Year so am saving some posts for then but thought I should ‘check in’ over the festive period. I didn’t actually take many photos this Christmas which is a bit of a shame blog-wise but it’s the one meal of the year I just want to tuck into straight away rather than taking arty shots of it! However, a dog in a knitted reindeer hat is another story…
We have the family over again tonight and I can hear my Dad calling us for dinner…leftovers with an extra batch of pigs in blankets made just because they are our favourite and we have all been reaching for them throughout the day! I think one of my less serious New Year resolutions will be to have these little beauties with every roast dinner as they shouldn’t just be enjoyed once a year!
