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Well despite my good intentions here I am on catch up again.. but I have been following the trail and sneaking a peek at everyone's blogs even if I haven't managed to comment!  Good on everyone for their efforts, I feel kind of flawed in that I didn't join 365+1 until about day 20 but I think it would be wierd to play catch up now.. (and to be fair I was retrospectively blogging our holiday well into January)

So.. what's new here.. well the health of us all is okay now.. Kate is on recovery mode and will be back at school tomorrow but she has been laid low a bit, sore neck and not much appetite, but no more sickness and hopefully we contained it! (she didn't move off the sofa all day Thurs / Friday so no worries she was trailing it around the house.. that girl knows how to do 'sick' but at least once she is better she gets bored and is up pretty soon!)

I don't have pics of the health or the blanket on the day but here is our Lilly modelling the blanket one day a while back!

April and I were on tidy mode Friday so I have been having a great positive feeling about the forthcoming weeks. It is so nice to have the kids grown up, they all seem to pitch in with plans and chores and getting great gifts for each other, and with JB baking too my pre-Christmas suddenly got a lot more of a group activity than a trial for me alone and then the feelings of martyrdom that used to accompany it! (but none of that, it is for years gone past!)

I have missed the input of our Mums a lot in recent years but now having almost grown women about again, even if that makes me the elder, it is .. all good..xx

 

Saturday was a lazy day, Col in recovery after the long week driving and visiting customers. I was due out in the evening and as everyone was out I languished in a long bath.  JB's chap was part of a group singing the Messiah in Penzance so we went along to watch. It was quite long but lovely, though church seats have not got any more comfortable since I went as a child!  I whispered half way through that at this point my Mum would produce some sweets to make the time pass a little., so Jordan put her hand out.. another time when I realised I am failing in some of the 'Mum' duties my Mum was so reliable for! ;-)

Today we went for lunch in St Ives, Jordan was working so we went there, I had a gorgeous cauli and cheddar soup, full of cheese and milk, somewhat different to my curried cauli soup handed down from his Mum's days at WeightWatchers!

St  Ives was gorgeous as usual, a host of independant and very tasteful shops, though fairly expensive too.. a reflection of the wealth it enjoys and attracts.

the Porthminster Hotel used to have a dreary car park opposite and this is the underground car parking with Spa they have built in its place.. you wouldn't believe they could use the space so well.

 

 And tonight was a wealth of Christmasness for me and the start to our official Christmas week.. carols at St Levan, abley (sp?) organised by Lynne and her posse. I loved being there, seeing so many people I knew and chatted with someone I was at primary with, we laughed and agreed we were still really twenty five years old.. or was that ten!?  I told her about the blog and how I always think of the first (of two) times I ever sat on a horse.. it was her pony and I was about nine.. I never did get the whole pony thing!

The church was lit with candles and fairy lights and we stayed behind a while for mulled wine and snacks. Ross and the others ended up planning a festive get-together in the next few weeks and I came away with a feeling that in the plan of things, in the plan of making sure family traditions and links are secured 'my work is done'.

.. for good measure a healthy looking Ross & April buying into my Christmas magical mystery tour!