What made you smile today?

[Sophiedoodle]

Oreo in the snow

 

[Candy]

Oreo in the snow View attachment 35211

Sweet girl! Impossible not to smile!

 

[Kelsey]

Not that you can see the toy, but Koko choosing Axel’s favourite toy to go play fetch with

 

[Cath]

Wonderful photo @Kelsey&Axel

 

[Atemas]

Oh she looks such a velvety dog

 

[MrChew]

The kids at preschool wrote letters to Santa with help from their teachers. R dictated his as follows:

Dear Santa

For Christmas I would like lots of yoghurt and lots of toy cars please.

Love Rowan K (it's a really long name)

The teacher had actually written "(it's a really long name)" because that's what he said. Also... Yoghurt?? Anyway, Santa has bought some matchbox cars and will buy a fancy yoghurt for Christmas breakfast.

 

[Candy]

Just very simply the pain from my Sciatica going (almost completely) and being able to take my GGJ for our usual walks again is making me smile so much! I think I tend to take good health and fitness for granted, being blessed with both most of the time, and I honestly hadn't realised how important our morning walks ( usually about an hour and a half, no matter what the weather) were to me.
It's made me so happy today to be able to resume this and I think I will never again take it for granted.

 

[Stacia]

@Candy, so pleased for you that your Sciatic has almost gone, do you know why, did it just go with rest? I am asking as I have a friend who has had sciatica for over a year now and it shows no sign of improving. It must be heaven to have your morning walks again, though not sure about this morning, black ice here!

 

[Emily]

I took Nathan to our local carols this evening. It was a warm 28 today and just cooled enough for me to put my jumper on as the sun was going down. It was such a nice evening to spend some time with my big boy.

 

[Jen]

Rorys got an eye infection (that isn’t what made me smile!).

He hates having the drops in and now he’s cottoned on I’ll be coming again he keeps saying randomly “my eye feels much better now Mammy”.

they learn from so early on the tricks.

 

[Jen]

Rorys just licked Stanley. “I was giving him kisses mammy”

I give up.

 

[Candy]

Put the tree in situ today and took the net off it to let the branches relax down before decorating it tomorrow. Couldn't resist hanging this one new little bauble on though, bought at a local Christmas market!

 

[Candy]

And tomorrow is Winter Solstice, so decorating the tree and house and another day closer to the Great Too Much! (Elizabeth David's very apt term for Christmas!)

 

[Selina27]

Great Too Much!

Never heard that, but very apt indeed. I'll be doing mine today aswell.

My tree is staying in the garden, lit by fairy lights.

For years we've had a minor tussle in this house -- I've wanted an artificial one for various reasons but my son and daughter insisted on real. I always found when I was working (with little time off over Christmas) that sourcing a real one and getting it set up in the house was a hoo-ha too far, and hankered after one with roots in a pot.

Last year my son came home with a non-shedding tree with a root ball, saying that;s it now Mum, my last offering! Marvellous! I duly put it in a pot -- which I now can hardly budge because it is so heavy!

Neither of them are coming home for Christmas this year , so outside the front it will stay, looking very pretty!

 

[Atemas]

My tree is staying in the garden, lit by fairy lights.

I like that idea

 

[kateincornwall]

I like that idea

So do I xx We planed our real tree at the bottom of the garden 15 years ago , it started off being about 4ft tall and is now around 15ft , it happily stays where it is xx

 

[Stacia]

And tomorrow is Winter Solstice, so decorating the tree and house and another day closer to the Great Too Much! (Elizabeth David's very apt term for Christmas!)

That was comforting as I haven't put any decorations up yet, no time, so now I feel better because I can say "I decorate on the Winter Solace"

 

[Lottie'smum]

This so struck a chord with me. I was persuaded by a staff member outside focus diy to give a tiny Christmas tree in a pot a home as it would be lonely on its own in the store over Christmas. It’s now 30’ and I love it. OH hates it because it dominates the top f the garden. It’s staying!!

 

[edzbird]

We went to get a tree last weekend, but leaving it late ( ?? really), there were only 7-8ft ones left. Too big for our house. We turned to go and the chap said "well there's only those over there, but they're rubbish" - there were 3 odd looking 4ft-ers, in stands, decorating the front of the shop. Well let's have a look.... - and so we got the "ex-display tree".

 

[Atemas]

I love your Manx decorations @edzbird and your personalised shooting ones