Week 52 2025 - One Daily Positive and Project 365

I've been blogging a lot from my phone and correcting mistakes has been tricking. I've been using my laptop this week to catch up with commenting and the spelling and grammar is shocking. I do apologise.

Sunday

Day 355 My first opportunity to lie in and I was awake at 5am downstairs with the heater on in a sleeping bag, drinking tea, catching up with blog comments and watching christmas movies. Late morning into Worcester for a food shop and a coffee. It took a while playing fridge, freezer and cupboard jenga, followed by winding the cat up and just chilling out. My friend drove up from Monmouth for the evening.

Monday

Day 356 A bit of a lie in then collected my friend and we had breakfast at the local garden centre and met the new donkey. I picked Peter up and we went into town for a coffee, posted some letters and collected a refund from the post office. We had to go to another part of Malvern to drop a gift off with a friend at work and I bumped into an ex colleague for a chat, an ex student with her mum also. It was lovely to have a catch up and coffees have been arranged for the new year. Home, got changed and Peter dropped me off at The Clock Tower and I went for a 5k run/walk on the Malvern Hills, down into town, across the common and home. I did some dusting, made beds, watched TV, bath and an early night.

Tuesday

Day 357 Child 4 and grandson woke me with a video call at 7.30am to see the Elf's latest antics. Back to bed till mid morning then I went to pick up a last minute gift someone else forgot to buy, had a coffee, bumped into a friend, went to the gym and home to make up beds, the cot and do some dusting and run the hoover around. Peter headed out mid morning to the Forest of Dean to collect our granddaughter and in the evening we took her to see the Panto at the Malvern Theatres, getting home at 9pm. She went straight to bed, we watched a bit of telly, had a bath and I covered the toilet in the spare bedroom in Christmas paper for her parents to find when they arrive tomorrow and left the elf sitting on top of the loo.

Wednesday

Day 358 Out for an early morning walk up the first part of the hills and a run along the top into town where Peter and granddaughter met me for a coffee and I got a lift home. Son, DILand grandson arrived while we were out which gave them time to unpack the car and hide the gifts. DIL and I with the grandchildren went to the Christingle service at Malvern Priory while Peter cooked dinner. Granddaughter and I went next door to drop off gifts and she had a 2nd dinner and played for a while. Bathtime for the grandchildren, letter written to Santa with biscuits and milk left out with the magic key and instructions to take the elf back with him. Evening spent in front of the TV.

Thursday

Day 359 Merry Christmas. I was up at 4am to put the beef on, then fell asleep in the back room after a bit of reading. Everyone sorted their own breakfast, we didn't unwrap presents until 10.30am as child 2 (aged 36) didn't get up till gone 10am. He did say we could start without him but DIL said no, she wanted him involved with his children. I got on with the lunch, we ate at 1pm. Forgot to make stuffing and cook the pigs in blanket. Afternoon of TV, phone calls, picking at food and generally chilling out. I cooked the pigs in blanket and some sausages rolls for tea and everyone helped themselves to them and stuff out the fridge and cupboards and we had pavlova once the grandchildren went to bed and watched the Morecambe and Wise show and Gogglebox.

Friday

Day 360 A bit of a lie in, then I said my good byes and drove to Birmingham to the football for a 12.30pm kick off, no trains today so I booked secure parking. DIL took the grandchildren shopping. Son played on his laptop all day and hubby cooked lunch. They all left at 5pm and I got home at 6pm. It took an hour to get out the car park (I sat in the car and read my book, nicely chilled) and an hour to get home. Peter had dinner ready. I had a bath, we watched TV and I was in bed by 9pm. 

Saturday

Day 361 I was up in time for the parkrun in Worcester, but there was a layer of frost on the car so I took that as a sign to stay in bed so Peter went for a coffee at the retail park then he dropped me off at the far end of the Malvern Hills and I ran and walked back into town and got my nails done. Peter picked me up and the rest of the day was spent reading my library books that are due back on Monday, watching TV and a little tidy up, plus washing and drying.

Things to make you smile:

How do they get away with some of these jokes in the panto? Granddaughter had a total breakdown at the theatre. Was it Jill getting kidnapped by the baddie? The sinister music? Low lighting? No. It was Daisy the cow being taken to market to be sold. She wouldn't stop crying.

Things that made me happy:

24 hours with our granddaughter without her handlers. The elf went home. Boxing Day at the football.

On the blog this week:

Christmas past and present

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