02-01-26, the eighth day of Christmas and thinking out loud.

Morning.  It's Friday and I'm still getting my days muddled.  It will feel good to get back to what passes for a normal routine on Monday.

It was a jolly cold night - I was super-grateful for my electric blanket that stayed on all night.  Very cosy!  And this morning we have the thinnest ever sprinkle of snow.  Most unusual around here.  It won't stay around, of course.

OK, all together . . . 

On the Eighth Day or Christmas

I gave unto myself . . . 

my favourite perfume

twenty gnomes to crochet

stuff for my hair
one book to read ................

two smelly soaps

one reed diffuser

warm, fluffy socks

and a Jamie Oliver book

Jo Malone English pear and freesia, bought a while a go and tucked away for now.

Thankfully, I felt a lot more energetic yesterday.  I think the post viral aches and tiredness are finally leaving.  I did Lindsey's online SET without too much coughing and I didn't flake out afterwards.  A great relief.  I'm sleeping better too - three morn9ngs this week I have overslept and had a morning rush!

I got the other blog up and running.  I'll post the link in here for a few days for those of you who said they missed the old one and I am super-grateful for the comments it has already had.  

https://sw-the-med-way.blogspot.com/

Today starts with Slimming World and I'm back on it.  I've gained loads but it is what it is, as I am fond of saying, and now I move on.  New blog, new SW book with all the changes, new year.  

Then Alex is over for his cookery lesson.  Sausage, bean and cheese mini pasties (using wraps instead of pastry) - I have everything needed  and am trying to use up, use up, use up.  I have less than I used to have but still wayyyyy too much!

Thinking out loud!

I got started on giving my freezer its more or less annual sort out a few days ago and finished it New Year's Eve.  There wasn't that much waste, there rarely is, but it did set me thinking about what I really want out of my new freezer when I get it.

I'd prefer a frost free one, of course.  That is very important.  When I got this one, quite a long time ago now, the frost free ones were very expensive.  Now they do seem to be more or less standard.
I've decided to go for upright, front opening rather than chest.  In the past I have preferred chests - you can get more in and there's less 'wasted' space but as I get older and shrink a little bit (as you do), getting down to the bottom becomes more of a challenge - I keep imagining head in one bottom corner, little legs waving in the air!  I already have everything organised in bags so it's not such a big organisational change to shelves, is it?

So I've started looking.   Unless you are going for an 'American' fridge/freezer - which I am not - the double door ones tend to be catering standard and very, very expensive!  You can get pretty tall single door ones but I don't want tall for the same reason I'm moving away from chests.

So - maybe I should look at a couple of smaller freezers - I've looked it up and you can put light things on top as long as there's circulation and the air vents are not blocked.  After all, built-in freezers are fitted pretty snugly especially where the top is concerned.

Still pondering, there's plenty of time and I need to have a good look around as I hope whatever I get now will see me out.  :-)

Well, I had better start the day given that I have to be out for SW some time after eight and, yes, I overslept.  Have a lovely day, everyone, stay as warm as possible and, if you have snow or ice, be very careful.  See you tomorrow.  xx