Knilly Frickers

Missed a day again! I'm rubbish.... I also planned to start my Christmas shopping today and didn't, again I'm rubbish.  I tell a lie....I ordered something off etsy for my friend Nicole tonight,which may or may not arrive in time for Christmas! I've mentioned before a few days ago that I tend to leave my Christmas shopping to the last minute and that I thrive on the pressure, but It occurs to me that I only actually have one more weekend in which I can shop because the next one is Christmas....yikes!! Tomorrow my aim is to actually do some Christmas shopping, write a decent blog post and also to put my tree up in my room.  Our living room tree is in the picture above....decorated by Mum, with zero help from me.......I'm rubbish. 

At time of typing, I can currently watching the original Miracle of 34th Street from 1947, which I'd never seen before. 'Oh Christmas isn't just a day, it's a frame of mind, and that's what keeps changing' That quote jumped out at me... almost 70 years later, it's still pretty strong.  Christmas movies have some of my favourite movie quotes... The Grinch is full of them "Hate hate hate, double hate, LOATHE ENTIRELY" "I myself am having some Yuletide doubts" "Blast this Christmas music, it's joyful and triumphant"  "One man's toxic sludge, is another mans pot pouree, I dunno it's some kind of soup" It's a Wonderful Life "What do you want Mary, you want the moon? Just say the word and I'll throw a laso around it and bring it down, say, that's a pretty good idea, I'll give you the moon Mary" "Atta boy Clarence"  Flint Street Nativity  "She's not Mary, I'm gonna ...

If I got money every time someone asked me if I was all set for Christmas and all my shopping was done, I'd have enough money to buy myself lots of expensive presents. I know plenty of people who have it all done and dusted or know exactly what kinds of gifts they need to complete their list.... I can't operate that way.   I have to happen upon a gift while browsing shops, I have to see it and decide on impulse, if I forward plan, it doesn't work.   I end up with something generic or not quite suitable and end up shoving it in a cupboard somewhere in the hopes it suits someone else and just go out shopping again until I get it right.  It's only the 7th day of December, so I still have time before any sort of panic has to happen, but I also can't bring myself to do Christmas shopping in advance.  I'm a last minute girl, I thrive on the pressure of knowing I have a very limited amount of time in which to find the perfect gift....it helps me bring out my A game!  I...

I recently started watching the Gilmore Girls revival....A Year in the Life - I'm only two episodes in at time of writing..no spoilers please.  I've been a long time Gilmore Girls fan, I think I was around 14 or 15 when I saw my first episode after my mum had discovered it on one of our cable channels, we watched the series right through.......then when it ended about seven years later....we watched the whole series right through again.....and again....and again.  We became word perfect, we have scenes we watch over and over again, we have scenes that we just can't watch, we have quotes we slip into every day conversations that make no sense to anyone else unless they too are a Gilmore Girls Fan.  I even named my ukulele Paul Anka after Lorelai's dog (who was named after the singer...yes I know,I'm nuts).  If you've never seen Gilmore Girls - do so - it's a tv show about a mother and daughter who live in a very unique small town, their lives, friendships, re...

I know it's only the fifth of December but Christmas is almost in full swing already....Christmas services have started, Christmas shoppers have descended upon retailers, office parties are about to take place and lights are everywhere.  If you weren't paying attention, you'd think it was Christmas Eve with the sheer volume of Christmas decorations.  Everyone has there own marker for when it's officially Christmas for some its the Holidays are coming advert, for some its the John Lewis Advert, for some its when the lights go on, for some its when Eastenders comes on during Christmas Day or when the office closes.  Mine has moved around over the years. One of my favourite things to do as a kid was to go with my parents, just a few streets over and view the lights of once house in particular - everyone knows someone who goes overboard with their Christmas decorations and one family a few streets away from me, really did go to town.  There was Santa waiting by the ...

It's been a busy old weekend.  today my mum and I spent the evening with our friends who recently returned home from abroad after living in another country for several years. We had hot chocolate (well everyone else at the table did, I had Irn Bru) and went to see some Christmas lights.  It was both lovely and surreal to see them, their children are older now than they were the last time we saw them so it was strange to have a change from how I've seen them in my head over the years while they've been gone.  It was a nice reminder that with friends, it doesn't matter how often you see each other, what matters is that when you do see each other, nothing changes,  Welcome home x

On the third day of Blogmas Rachie blogged to me.....absolutely nothing! Day 3 is a day late........ I left the house in the morning, tenor horn in hand to go play some Christmas music and got home just after midnight, yesterday was a busy one.  I began my day playing carols in the city centre before hopping over to a Christmas Fayre a little further afield to help out at a Christmas light switch on.  After that, I went to see a friend and hear all about her wedding plans. It was a fun day and I even met a few familiar Disney faces without having to travel abroad! It was definitely a day where it was hard not to feel festive but I've had similar days in similar years where I've really struggled to see the festive side of things because I've been too stressed or highly strung to think about the bigger picture.  Family The fayre I was at yesterday was in a small village but the hall was absolutely packed with children and families.  It's very easy to forget amid t...