Saturday morning treat

We went into town to go Christmas shopping. Along the way we got distracted.

The sugar was the energy boost needed, the lemon sharp and refreshing. Only on Saturday mornings is there time to enjoy, don't you just love the weekend.


Jane

habit

a fews years ago, listed under the top 50 best food blogs in my sunday supplement magazine, i read about a blog called orangette. i can't remember what number it was. suffice to say the write up sounded right up my street so i googled and have been following molly's blog ever since. as with a lot of bloggers she shared on her page a list of blogs she followed. being new to blog reading at the time i had a look at the others she was recommending, one them was habit. habit struck a chord with it's simplicity. one photo of your day, not staged, along with 30 words or less to describe it. the ones i loved were when the image and words didn't match at all, somehow there was magic there. i started following habit too. when i logged on on 1 july 2010 there was a message to all habit followers. emily and molly had opened a flickr pool, they invited all who followed habit to turn contributers. i opened a flickr account there and then. that month i uploaded images most days, enjoying the challenge of looking at the everyday in a different way and giving it voice. the penultimate day of the month brought a squeal of delight. i logged on to find one of my images had been selected and published. me. my image. i was amazed to be included amongst these accomplished women who i had been following for over a year. to me it was an honour to be able to upload in the flickr pool let alone be selected for the blog. 2011 they did the same and opened the pool in november. that time i had two images selected. 2012 guess what? they did it again. this year i had seven images selected and published. this to me has been somewhat mind blowing. i thought i'd give you a round-up here but please, i urge you, check out the other images at habit. it's amazing how sometimes the simplest of ideas are the most effective.

3 november 

the sun shone all day, it made me feel so much better. the to-do list got done. there is snow on the hills.

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5 november

it's been a day of excitement and coincidences. these next few weeks are going to be good. i can feel it.

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7 november

at choir practice we sang carols for the first time. somehow it doesn't seem too early.

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10 november

it was our first weekend away together, just us girls. turning the corner we entered jules verne's world.

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13 november

i fought back tears in the car and the shop. i should have cried them yesterday. grief doesn't work that way. you'd think after ten years i'd know.

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21 november

i know i'll enjoy it once i get there but right now the effort required seems monumental.

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28 november

the day started with car trouble and ended with a compliment. i blushed. i really thought i'd grown out of that. 

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Emma

christmas flashmob

tonight i have been at choir rehearsal. we were practicing for our christmas concert next week. on coming home i remembered the video i saw on facebook yesterday. our choir isn't this big nor does it sing in shopping malls in a flashmob style but i hope we connect with our audience as much as this lot did.

Emma

Embracing the day

Sometimes things don't make sense, and at times like that my natural reaction is to withdraw and be still, as it's easier than explaining. But sometimes you need just to embrace the day, accept the situation and be open to whatever happens, trusting in God's promises.
To-day I've got my arms wide open, waiting for what's next.

Jane

favourite christmas song. ever.

on 1 december this song came over the airwaves. it immediately made me smile. this morning it was the first song i heard on the radio. as plans start to form for the christmas season i am beginning to get into the swing. i hope you are too. enjoy.

Emma

together

for those of you who have been following along with us for a while you will have noticed sometime last month we updated our profile picture. that's it up there on the right. due to distance photo opportunities don't come around very often for us. however last month jane and i got to spend a couple of nights away, together, just us girls. we realised that is something that we have never done. we had a great time, hanging out, walking, talking, shopping, eating. i think both of us would have said that our best time was walking on the beach. there is something about the sea. i don't know if it is because we are islanders that we love the sea or whether it's down to childhood memories of beachside holidays in the uk. whatever it is it was great to spend time. 

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Emma   

one on one

last night i got one on one time with my nephews. the littlest has been quite poorly and is now almost back to his content, crawling and smiling self. we are all relieved and grateful for that. last night he fell asleep while having his milk resulting in an earlier than usual bedtime. so while older sisters were out at their christmas fair the eldest nephew and i got cuddled up and had cinema night. a festive cinema night. with treats. it was fab.

Emma