Knilly Frickers

  We all knew when I posted a Blogmas post on December 1st that it would be highly unlikely I'd post daily.  It's not laziness, I promise. I just don't like posting when even I don't find it interesting!  My December has been very different this year.  On a 'normal' year I'd be out nearly every day playing Christmas music either in the street, in a church of some sort or in a care facility for the elderly.  This year, I've largely been sat on my posterior binge watching Riverdale.  I've cut down largely on actually reading social media but I have been watching people's stories and posting nonsense, I just find it healthier not to engage with everything I scroll past.  I think that might be what I take from this year, consume less - create more.  James christened me 'Little Miss Christmas' in the past and that's actually quite a fair description, for a grown woman I am absolutely nuts on Christmas.  It's fair to say I get high on t...

I always make some sort of blogmas plan and never stick to it because work and other commitments take over. This year, I’m unemployed and my commitments are limited so I thought I’d try again.  Today was all about the tree. I actually decorated it yesterday but the official switching on ceremony was today. The official ceremony consisted on me counting down from ten to one and then blasting I wish it could be Christmas everyday.  Normally I don’t bother with decorations til mid December because I have loads of commitments, this year with everything stripped back, I felt a bit of festive cheer was in order.  I doubt I’ll post something every day and can’t promise it will be interesting if I do but in the spirit of festive cheer, I’m giving it a go! Today’s Christmas Film: Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square.  Today’s most repeated Christmas Song: I Wish    It Could Be Christmas Everyday by Wizard 

I know I said I wasn't going to post everyday and I'm fairly certain I won't but my lovely dad found the mini cake cases I was searching for and I decided to post up my second Quirkmas post!  I also thought about calling it bakemas - I'm just winging it now.  Someone I know took this recipe from pinterest and I messed It's a totally customisable recipe and there are plenty of variations online if you don't fancy the ingredients in this one. Homemade Ferrero Rocher I'll get straight to the ingredients because it really annoys me when I have to scroll through endless paragraphs to get to the ingredients...... 1 Bar of Cooking Chocolate (Melted) - I opted for dark chocolate because it contained no dairy, use any kind you fancy. You could also use chocolate spread. 2 Bars of Weetabix (Crushed) Blanched Hazelnuts (Dipped in Chocolate) - If you cannot have nuts, the hazelnuts aren't essential, I just added them for experimentation.  My ingredients are also ess...

So, a few years ago on my old blog I decided to attempt blogmas and I totally sucked. If you can be bothered going back far enough in my archive I think I still have the posts live and you can see for yourself just how terrible they were. I was in a creative rut and trying to make myself do something creative every day by putting up a post. I was also trying too hard to do the same types of posts I was reading and the vlogmas videos I was watching.   That was counterproductive as forcing creativity conditioned my brain to be unimaginative and my post were all crap!  This year I'm going to attempt my own little Quirkmas. I doubt it will be every day and it certainly won't be groundbreaking but it will hopefully be fun or interesting to read. My December has some quirky elements to it, as does my Christmas Day so I should be able to come up with something to write about! I quite often end up chasing my tail at this time of year, as do most people I guess, so it is quite nice to ...