It’s was such a heavy frost today. Again I’m grateful to have the heating back on. There was a lovely warmth from the bathroom radiator. 😂

The car was frosted solid, if that’s even a thing?! It took me at least 10 minutes of scraping before I got it cleared. Made it to work with 4 minutes to spare.

First things first, the world lost another lovely lady yesterday, my uncle’s Mum. She was such a breath of fresh air. I know I say that a lot of people are lovely but she really inspired me. She moved out to live in an apartment in Spain in her later life. She always had a giggle, a cheeky wink and a smile. She never seemed to complain, certainly not when I spoke to her. I was so sad to hear about that yesterday too. Heaven has a few more angels (that I know of) this week.

So the Christmas wreath making last night was SO much fun. we walked across the road to the Gateside Plant Centre for 7pm.

It was our Memorial Hall Committee Christmas night out! 😂

Elly did so well explaining every step of the way. We had a giggle and we were all very creative. Everyone’s wreaths were so well done.

Almost finished, just needing a bow.

I took some lovely hot chocolate and had that with marshmallows and sprinkles. Here’s my finished wreath. I’m super pleased with it.

Michelle and I ♥️♥️ we had such a giggle looking for fluffy bits…. 😂😂

Anne and I ♥️♥️

Claire with her lovely purple wreath.

Rachel’s looks lovely on her blue door two doors down!

Here we all are, a lovely bunch and a special night.

What a super event. I can’t wait to make next years’ already, it’s quite addictive!

Our street looks lovely as we have 3 doors in a row all with original Christmas weaths!

I took another photo of it this morning… of course it did.

One last thing before I head off to meet the Crochet Hookers….

I’m listening to a really good podcast again which I’ll post a link to. I’ve listened to the first 45 minutes and it’s really worth listening to. Steven Bartlett interviews Mel Robbins. The show notes explain the subject matter:

I’m totally hooked and can’t wait to hear what comes next. Her words on our inner critic hit me between the eyes. My inner critic talks to me ALL the time, telling me how useless I am, how I could have handled a situation better, why did I say what I said, why did I do what I did, you name it. She tears strips off me. I’m sure many of us are the same.

It’s actually unfair of me to say she talks to me all the time… she’s a lot kinder to me now as writing the blog has quietened her a bit. But when she starts…. She kicks off.

Mel explains how we handle our inner critic and what makes us unhappy. I’m captivated!

Here’s the link if you fancy it.

Mel Robbin’s on Diary of a CEO

I get all excited about these things and want to share them but realise not everyone wants to listen to a podcast. I do highly recommend it.

So off to crochet now!

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️