Sunday, December 18th, 2011
Today has turned out to be a special day. In honour of the occasion I’m having a giveaway and you can see from the prize just what I’ve been getting up to instead of preparing for Christmas (sometimes a girl just has to have a little fun 🙂 ) There is no jumping through hoops […]
Can you guess? Giveaway!!!
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Saturday, December 17th, 2011
Sometimes I bury myself in a project that seems like it’s, well….jinxed. You know the sort of thing – the project where everything goes wrong and you keep going and keep going and it kind of never goes right and you’re overwhelmed by the feeling that you’re never going to be done. If I was […]
A little bit crazy
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Friday, December 16th, 2011
As I’ve got older I’ve become more and more resistant to going out in the evening – especially in the winter. It takes a lot to drag me away from my cosy hearth. This week though I braved not only cold and dark, but also wind and torrential rain to go and see the most […]
What to go and watch at the cinema this Christmas if you want a really good evening out!
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Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
Somehow, amazingly I’ve managed to keep to my plan of doing a little bit of preparation towards Christmas every day. I don’t do big things – it’s more along the lines of ordering the turkey or buying chestnuts and wrapping paper. The tree and putting up the decorations are planned for Saturday, with my eldest […]
Small steps towards Christmas
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Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
Last Sunday Peter and I took part in the Zürich Silvesterlauf – it  seems a little early as Silvester in Switzerland is actually the New Year, but the run always takes place on the second Sunday in December. That’s me above in the turquoise – and for once in a race I […]
A sparkling Christmassy run
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