It’s 2.15pm and I’m having a lovely relaxed Christmas Eve so far.

I woke really early and tried to go back to sleep for a while. I’m not sure I managed it but at least I tried.

I’ve had the best morning pottering around, cleaning and tidying. No agenda, no plan, just bits and pieces.

I put Christmas tunes on and sang as I worked…. Or hummed, maybe mostly I hummed!

Love this from Butterflies and Pebbles.

I cleaned the kitchen this morning before Craig got up. I washed all the tiles down and can’t tell you the last time I did that.

The weather is atrocious but I went out anyway.

I did a festive Christmas Eve poo pick in the garden (ok that’s not even a thing!) and was breathless by the time I got back in! It’s soooo windy.

We had coffee and as I was brewing it I spotted this… how our house rolls on a day off.

I literally polished the bathroom 😂 I want to go and live in there now, it’s so clean.

We have wax melts in every wax melt receptacle…. Cranberry in the hallway, fresh linen in the bathroom and Mediterranean blue (Watermelon), in the living room. The house smells lovely. Both fires are lit. One of them only took me about 5 times but it’s burning.

I had a shower in my lovely clean bathroom and I did not leave it like a hurricane had blown through it… 😆😘😂

We had a lovely nibbly lunch…

Now the photos do not do this food justice. They were all actually really nice unlike most oven food. In the foreground were kind of steamed dumplings with duck & hoisin sauce , to the left back, big chunks of fish on mushy peas in a crispy chip basket. Then there’s Yorkshire puds with beef in them and chorizo pigs in blankets!!! They are a game changer! They were all really good. Wish I’d kept the packets so I could remember where they came from.

Craig had the football on and now we’re sitting by the light of the tree watching Christmas movies.

I’m fairly certain there’s a nap in the post…. My eyes are heavy.

I’m super cosy, the dogs and Craig are asleep, the candles are lit and the tealight houses are all aglow… is that even a word?!

I look like I’ve been dragged through a hedge backwards but I’m loving my Christmas Eve.

I hope that you all have a lovely day and a lovely Christmas Eve evening.

Stay safe everyone ♥️🎄♥️