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Phew!  What a week.  It's all go go go at the moment with Christmas less than a week away.  I've got the cake almond pasted but not yet iced I think it might be a hurried snow scene the way things are going at the moment.  Mince pies are still waiting to be baked and I have the red cabbage and baking apple ready for one of my favourite dishes.  The freezer is well stocked with soups (my favourite is called Pistou and is delicious, a kind of, thick with veg, minestrone) and there is a pan full of leek & potato waiting to be packed up and put in the freezer.  I think all the shopping is done.

The cards are all delivered, some to the postbox so no idea if they have been received or not, and some to the actual houses along with gifts to those we buy for.  I just had one for my other half to get and that should be arriving via Amazon today.  I had to take out a trial with Prime to get it delivered in time for Christmas, so annoying when we have Prime but it's under his name.

I thought I had made enough cards to send out but on writing the names in them I found I was sixteen short.  Thanks to Jo Rice and a workshop I did with her I managed to make some quick ones one morning and get them sent out.  Then I found I had two more to do two special ones and so I ended up making two like this :

Yes, it's a take on the birthday cards I made for members of our craft group.  I've three more to do, of the birthday cards, and then all members will have had one.  I actually enjoyed making them so might do some more next year for Christmas.

My desk contains only the new dies which arrived the other week.  They've been sitting on my trolley since then and finally got moved into my craft room yesterday.  One of them is for the four tags and the holder that I showed you a few weeks ago when Carol did it at the club.

There is also my Dylusion Journal showing the last two pages I did and I now have to do a page for tomorrow to fit in with the winter theme that Jo chose on Art Journal Journey and the snarky comment that Wendy and I chose for our Jeudi Journal.  That should keep me busy tomorrow for an hour or two, then I can ice the cake and write a note to Chas' brother.  (His brother has had a fall and is in hospital down in Gloucester with a broken fibula, operated on on Monday, so that's been a worry with him being so far away.  He rang me on Sunday so we were able to have a nice chat despite him being in pain.) 

The car front passenger window decided to play silly games and in all the rain on Monday it kept opening on its own.  Guess who got wet?  Apart from that we are relatively ready for the big day and so I am taking this opportunity to thank you all for the support over the past years and to wish you all ...

A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS, MAY YOU BE SURROUNDED WITH LOVE.  

Happy Christmas!