Snow!

I love snow, I really do. It’s warmer than rain, and it’s been made by penguins with cheese graters…honest!

No really, I can leave whenever I want!

I know, I look just like him, don’t I?

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Christmas Stockings

As you might have guessed, I’m not terribly good at Christmas. My childhood memories of it are usually endless tedium, broken up by making something exciting (like Goose) for dinner and trying to find a Hindu friend to come with me to the cinema.
Once I started spending Christmas with Batman’s family, I started picking up [...]

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Rubbish

I’m just rubbish at being ill, yesterday I made a cushion cover for a travel pillow I bought ages ago, finished a present and started cleaning the kitchen.

It’s pouring rain and we have no more food in the house, so we’re going to have to brave the great oudoors!

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Gold

All that glitters is not gold.. nope, even better… chocolate!

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Sometimes…

…a girl get a hankering for an eye veil (or is it just me?)
At any rate, we went to a friend’s wedding last weekend and after a huge Dress Debacle which ended with the purchase of a lovely 50s style dress for less than £50 and ticked all the boxes.
But, it lacked a little something, [...]

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Colour

I found this in my drafts folder, guess I ought to publish it!
I seem to be mainly obsessed by blue…

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Decoration

This is the wreath I made with the remains of a fine New England Clam Chowder and a hot glue gun a few years ago. (I probably shouldn’t tell you that I made the clam chowder, enjoyed it thoroughly and then had a phone call from mum to wish me Happy Rosh Hashanah..woops! I try [...]

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Star

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Tradition

A while ago we bought Claudia Roden’s ‘The Book of Jewish Food’ and I have to say that I immediately sat down and read it cover to cover. Entertainingly, the Ashkenazi section is about a quarter of the size of the Sephardi section.
Mum went through the book and put the initials of the relatives and [...]

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Advent

How can you count if there’s no chocolate?

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