Life is a Journey

Well I’m happy to say that Christmas 2010 went much better and was more enjoyable than 2009. Except for being crazy busy for most of December and a slight stress attack on the 23rd everything went swimmingly.

There were goodies to be baked and eaten…

cards to be made and posted…

presents to be wrapped …

and opened…

shortbread and milk to be left for Santa….

good times to be had with friends and family…

tables to be set…

Christmas lunch to be made and enjoyed…

toys to be played with…

a movie to be watched…

and a nap to be had…by a lucky few…

and lots of cute photos to be taken…

I have made a slideshow video which has lots more photos – hopefully it’ll be loaded later today. Meanwhile, today is all about a jammie day – pottering around getting the house back in order, having leftovers for lunch with Mum & Dad and watching some of our UK trip video.

With just 2 days left til Christmas I realized I haven’t shared many Christmasy photos and none of our decorations. I even missed doing the Christmas Tour of Homes this year because it was a particularly crazy week. It’s been an especially busy month and I’ve spent a LOT of time out of the house (which I don’t like and am not used to), so I’m looking forward to our small relaxed Christmas Day, followed by a few days of not doing much… besides splashing around the pool and eating leftovers:-). I haven’t even taken many photos but here’s a sample of what been happening around here. And I’m so behind on Journal Your Christmas it’s not funny.

This is my favourite photo so far this season…

Reflections… a prompt for Picture the Holidays…which I am also behind in :-(.

Plenty of shopping – love using my Christmas bags.

Flowers in Christmas colours and my new tablecloth by Dandi (a new discovery – great quality)

Christmas albums – love getting these out and reflecting on past Christmases.

The print and wooden reindeer are two of my new purchases this year. Both were bought in Canberra.

And a scene from our Christmas village.

The internet is painfully slow this morning so I’ll share some more later.