Happy anniversary, Pudding

It is December 30–exactly one year since I took my darling Christmas Pudding home from the pound. Mwah, love you sweetie.

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The Night Before Christmas

It’s the night before Christmas, and all through the house not a creature is stirring, not even a mouse.
Pudding saw to that.

Merry Christmas, everyone, everywhere! We’re celebrating, tonight, with fresh-baked bread, bitter hot cocoa, documentaries, sock-knitting, and lots of each other. I hope that wherever you are and whatever you’re doing, you’re as happy as [...]

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A cozy early Christmas

Sparks and I are determined to have a grown-up Christmas by ourselves this year… or maybe that’s just how I’m thinking about it. Anyway, my parents were here this weekend to celebrate Christmas early. I still am having such fearful trouble coming up with blog posts, even though lots of nice things are all around. [...]

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Christmas is still happening

Phew. Is this my first post in December? Oh, I am a bad bad blogger. A cold knocked me off my feet, and by the time I had mostly recovered from that, it was time for parties and preparations. Phew! There’s so much to do, but it looks now as if it will all get [...]

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Christmastime is here

This year, my big holiday rush happened in November. I am now facing a beautiful December without a single weekend away from home! On Sunday, we all woke up to snow and I didn’t leave my house once. There were waffles for breakfast, berry crisp for dinner, the fire crackling, hot cocoa, cuddling with Sparks, [...]

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