Preparing Christmas, but…

All my cutting shapes when I was making Christmas cookies with our children.

 

Hello Friends!

Yesterday I baked mince pies for our Christmas 🎄 meeting on Saturday. 

I had the mince meat since last year when our son came for Christmas. It has been travelling from England to Dubai and back to France ! ( not a carbon free mince meat!) 😂 

I made my pastry from my old English  baking book ( from the 80’s) I used half butter and half lard and it is the British touch ! On the net they use butter only but lard makes the difference!

I did my Christmas decoration with traditional colours, but I added a pink ones  on the console for a little touch of fairytale and childhood!  

Last month I should have been to Dubai but i decided to go in January end of January.

( i didn’t tell you but I am not feeling too well for some  months. I’m I having terrible  headaches and troubles with my eyes and I have been waiting long to get better…

I don’t know if you remember but long ago when I was a baby I have been the victim of a car crash and had brain,  eyes damages and cervical vertebra and since my spine cord surgery 

I have a lot of headaches and eyes problems, so December for me will be unfortunately a busy month going to appointments. First the ophthalmologist, then ultrasound sound and MIR the day after Christmas. Anyway, I will be going to visit my son in January and see my grandsons with assistance like I did last time. I have been wanting to see if it was going to be better but now husband doctor’s orders I must do all these annoying things! 16,22, 26 of December.) it is  usually very long to get appointments so December is not too long I have no choice but to go.

It’s not great fun!

 I tasted the mince pies and they have a very good taste, I love mince pies at Christmas !

On another subject. We have a program on tv which is called “ the cleaners” these people are helping to clean and tidy very, very dirty homes. On last Sunday as it was raining I watched an episode of it. I am telling you this because I can hear my husband cleaning the bathroom right now. Each time I watch an episode he is shocked and is cleaning and tiding everything! On Sunday he tidied until late at night! It is very helpful! 😂 ( I must tell you our home is clean and tidy! But he wants it to be perfect!

So he bought their book and clean 🧽! And we finally are both involved in the process…) 🧹 🧼 

Today, I will bake Christmas cookies for our Saturday event. On the picture below there are Italian goodies Panettone we use to have one for breakfast on Christmas Day so good with a strong coffee!☕️ 

( source:ZZZOe)

Thank you for all your visits and comments!

I wish you a good day.

Preparations.

 Hello Friends,

Let me show you the fun Xmas glasses I found I the Netherlands . I found some Xmas crackers in France ( not easy to get here) and my daughter brought mince pies and mince meat from Dubai.

This morning I phoned the butcher to order a goose for Xmas. I like to cook a fruit and nut stuffing goose from my Crabtree & Evelyn cook book brought from England.

Everybody love it!20 ingredients in the stuffing! This Saturday Mr L will drive me to the shop to get all I need

As it takes a long time I will freeze it until Christmas.

I just had a look on Amazon I payed it 19£95 it is now 103 €! I bought it in the 90’s.

So expensive now!

The Christmas tree 🌲 is arriving tomorrow evening.

Yesterday, between resting and watching Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple I began to paint the stars and made some clay gingerbread. They are drying and I will have to paint them, it will be part of the stair railing decoration with pine cones and dried orange slices.

With rest and medication I begin to feel better and it reassures me to be able to do something before the children’s arrival in two weeks!

Tidying day !

Hello friends!

Today, it is a busy day, sorting out all my crafting items.

It is hard work 😓! Next tidy my craft room and make room for the new dryer arriving next week. I am changing the dryer’s room.

I found this to put at the foot of the Xmas tree and last Saturday I ordered already the tree so it’s done ✔️ before their arrival.

I have put the little cardboard houses on the mantel but did not decide what will be the decoration yet.

This morning I applied the last protection on the armoire

And tomorrow I will tidy the room, one project  done ✔️ 

And we will go shopping and get a new changing table for the baby and a child booster chair for Maxime.

Grandparents shopping!

I wish you a nice weekend!