Christmas time

Despite several illnesses going round my family this holiday season, even including the cat, I had such a wonderful Christmas! With mum having more spare time, I definitely noticed the preparation she put into the house with the decorations, and even with the food, and presents this year. It felt all magical and Christmassy being able to curl up next to the fire in my new onesie and watch the Christmas episode of Downton Abbey, with the Christmas tree lights twinkling in the background.

Christmas Day ride

Mum bought me a beautiful new necklace to replace my old locket-and-horse piece which I lost in France whilst out running. It served as my lucky charm, and for those of you who have ever lost something really quite dear to you, you’ll know how lost you feel without it. Plus, I’m a tiny bit superstitious and ended up believing that every single thing that might go wrong, would go wrong without this necklace. So it’s a good job I got a new one I suppose!

Each year we seem to have something important to remember Christmas by: last year, the power went out and we didn’t think we’d have a Christmas dinner; the year before we got our cat. This year, it was certainly illnesses: mum got a tooth abscess; the cat got cat flu; and I had stomach cramps for the days leading up to it. But nevertheless, we managed a painless Christmas day in the end and, as normal, I ate far too much.

I hope that those reading this also had a wonderful Christmas time. It won’t be long until we’re doing it all over again!