04-01-26 and the Tenth Day of Christmas

Morning again, all.  How are things your end?  It's been pretty cold here but no snow.  By keeping moving or using my heated fleece, I've not needed to turn up the heating which is always a Good Thing.  

I've noticed the days are getting slightly longer which is cheering.  It's more obvious in the afternoon than in the early morning because I'm drawing the curtains closed later than a week or so ago.  

Lovely!

Yesterday, I did all the ironing, some more washing, an online Groove class and some meal prep, etc.  Nothing exciting.

The coffee machine arrived and I drank more coffee than is good for me trying it out.  :-)  It's good; just one problem - well, not exactly a problem more a niggle.  The maximum amount of water it uses for one go is a bit less than I want.  No worries, I just push the button one more time.  It makes the coffee weaker but first thing in the morning that's perfectly OK.  It's quicker, the coffee is hotter and the water holder is bigger.  And it doesn't seem to grumble when I use my Wonky Pods; the old one used to be a right pain about Wonky Pods.

https://wonkycoffee.com/

On the Tenth Day of Christmas

I gave unto myself . . . 

One cross stitch moggy

one Christmas book

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

This one wasn't a mistake.  I want to make it for Beth for next Christmas.  It's a good kit and even has the frame but I might have it properly framed so it can stand up.

I'll ask her nearer the time when I've finished it.

Today is clear in my diary but I will be spending some time in the kitchen.  I have bread to make (the leaven has been - er - leavening through the night and is pretty much ready to go) and I want to try a soup recipe from Pinch of Nom that arrived in my mailbox yesterday.  Bacon and butterbean soup sounds really nice, doesn't it?

Real Life starts again tomorrow - The first week of Shimmy and Groove new block starts and, weather permitting, I'm off to circuits.  Christmas was nice but December as a whole was quite chaotic one way and another and I am glad normality is resuming.  It will help my eating too - it's always better when everything else is on an even keel.