Christmas

Whilst I don’t usually post on Christmas day, I thought I’d take the time to very quickly thank you all for your love, care, and support throughout this past year and to wish you all a very Merry Christmas, and of course a fabulous new year – let’s hope that 2024 is filled with happiness and ‘good elf’. Thank you for reading this month’s #LivingArrows . I look forward to catching up with your #LivingArrows either through your posts or comments on this post.

Whilst on a personal level Christmas felt somewhat alien this year, the kids thankfully loved every moment of the day. They especially enjoyed the ‘big unwrap’ which I watched from the kitchen whilst multi-tasking between latticing bacon over a turkey breast and sealing a beef joint. After decimating their piles of perfectly arranged parcels into bin bag fulls of ripped wrapping paper, the kids pulled their crackers and eagerly tucked into their Christmas dinner at the table. Though I’d usually spend hours writing lists, prepping, and stressing over timings for various dishes, this year I seemed to have everything sorted …