The annual festive fiesta
This year squeezed in between Christmas and New Year, and even then some people couldn’t make it… :( Apart from that, there was mulled wine, musical crackers (fabulously conducted by M), 3 types of baking, T’s Quiche and A’s magic sausage rolls.. yay!
Advent – 23 Dec ’05
Dec 23: Last minute baking… Just had time to make this (thanks Nigella) and use the cranberries that were bought on impulse earlier this week…Turned out well! :) Will wrap some and take it up on the train as part of our Christmas Eve picnic…
Advent – 22 Dec ’05
Dec 22: Good News It’s always nice to finish off the year with a bit of good news – looks like I have 2 months work booked for the New Year starting in Feb. This, dear readers, is something unusual in the world of freelancers! It looks like it will be an interesting project too…
Advent – 22 Dec ’05
Dec 22: Bring a bottle and bauble! What a great idea from R of North London – her blog is amazing anyhow so read the rest of it too…
Advent – 21 Dec ’05
Dec 21: Bring back Toga! A baby Jackass penguin has been stolen from the Isle of Wight Zoo… he will die if he’s not returned soon; needing to be kept cool and only accepting food from it’s mother… :(
Advent – 20 Dec ’05
Dec 20: Guerilla Xmas Some things to do instead of last minute shopping… Even better you could come to this tomorrow: You are cordially invited to a public carol service in Parliament Square at 6pm on Wednesday the 21st of December 2005. This inclusive service will contain both Christian and secular verse, and is expected ...
Advent – 19 Dec ’05
Dec 19: Actionette offspring and Christmas dinner… Went to visit S1 and her baby F, S2 and her baby L along with M and her bump and S3! Stollen and mince pies were eaten in front of a mini glittery xmas tree and we played with the dolls, sorry, babies and took photos…:)It all felt ...
Advent – 18 Dec ’05
Dec 18: Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without a family revalation! Went over to west London today to see uncles and aunts for a delicious dinner.. Aunt G just finished writing the A-Z of Italian cookery (after 2 years – apparantly the previous author had taken 20 and the editors were keen to keep her from ...
Advent – 17 Dec ’05
Dec 17: Tree! Decorated the tree today (if you haven’t done yours yet, here is a cool idea for recycled decorations). Tried to get a living one we could keep on the balcony unitl next year, but no such luck… This one smell gorgeous though.. yay!
Advent – 16 Dec ’05
Dec 16: Live snow! (part II) The Actionettes were dancing at the beast that was last night’s Offline. 10 bands, 15 Dj’s, poets, dancing girls and 16 Brazillian drummers!
