Reality Check

No, not time to hang  the stockings up yet, thank goodness ... A lot has to happen before we put out the carrot and the mince-pie and pour ourselves a glass and think, that's it, all ready, do I hear the sound of sleigh-bells? ......

We did put the tree up today.  That was after a long discussion about where it was going to go. Bearing in mind that we'll have a crawling baby and a brawny Lab in the mix this year, we decided on the back corner of the sitting room, where it can be sort of cordoned off. This meant a lot of furniture moving, and TM, normally an amiable sort of a guy, hates moving furniture.  Well, there's a lot more to this saga, none of it very gripping. Current status: room in disarray, no baubles on the tree, and in a rash moment we ordered an item of furniture online and who knows when or if it will get here before the visitors.

The good news is that the cards are all done and the parcels posted. The blip is my card for my friend E. We always exchange cards that we've made ourselves. This is an Emergency blip of an Emergency card.