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We saw “IBM Father Christmas” yesterday. Yes, that’s his name. He brings presents to all of the boys and girls of IBM parents, then he goes off to help the normal Father Christmas, apparently. He also provides a magic show, disco, face painter and card making station. He’s pretty amazing.
Dear Hero, Merry Christmas, tiny one. How the time has flown by. I have to remind myself that you’re still a baby – and yet you’re so headstrong already. You’re the most contented little boy – feeding brilliantly, sleeping like no baby we’ve known, and bursting our hearts with your smile each time our eyes…
Every year we chop our own tree. We had real trees in our home occasionally whilst I was growing up, but we never felled them ourselves. It’s a family tradition now and every year we head out with our old saw and gloves to find our perfect spruce. The mister usually cuts it down and…
You might be wondering why I have a photo of milk and donuts instead of something technical looking when I’m talking about slideshows. Well, I’m currently obsessed with the Donut Showdown program on TV and can’t stop thinking about them. Do you know how long I spent trying to figure out how to make a…
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It’s just a field. A field that grows magic. The tree farm. We don’t know what it’s called, and we don’t know how we found it. They don’t advertise…and they always ask us not to tell others. And with gloopy mud puddles, jewelled cobwebs and mystical weeds, we find Christmas here, every year.
Do you completely overspend on your groceries every. single. week? I realised just how much we spend on food when I looked over the mister’s bank statements this past week. Over £1,000 a month, easily. And yet each week by around Wednesday we’re stuck deciding what we can make from the contents of our cupboard….