Howdy everyone!
Wow, I'm really not very good at thi's blogging lark. Its been nearly 2 months since my last post so it is most definitely time to write again.
My sister, who you may recall visited me back in October had her birthday yesterday and so I asked her to ring me so I could wish her happy birthday.
I am planning on heading back to leafy East Yorkshire for a week at Christmas. It will be a chunk out of my budget of course, but if you have people who care about you in your life, then you have to make some effort and embrace Christmas. Indeed I positively enjoy the Christmas season. People compain a lot about how stressful it is, but personally I find it so so easy to not throw money away, whilst still treating it as a special day rather than just another day to be 'endured' that will 'soon be over'.
I will be going around to my sisters in Howden, who will have bought a turkey plus all the trimmings. Too much if you ask me, but she's happy to have me and I'm happy to be there. Beside's I've agreed to provide roast potatoe's from one of the markets in Beverley for her, so I'm doing my bit tee hee.
The nieces and nephews will be getting a small gift as well. They will no doubt be getting all the latest gadgets from their mum (sigh), but my homemade gifts plus a pack of chocolate coins will hopefully be appreciated too.
The thing with Christmas is that there are 2 extremes, neither of which are going to make for a happy life at this time of the year. Either you are running around like somebody not right, throwing your cash away without a moment's though or you are ignoring the whole thing, telling everyone how you cant wait until it is over and it is just another day in a 365-day calendar.
As long as you don't let yourself be taken in by all the adverts, you can have a wonderful, stre'ss-free Christmas with your loved ones and when it's over you feel all the happier for it. Don't ignore it, don't let it stress you out, don't let it burn a hole in your pocket. Simple eh?
It is of course also true that you can celebrate loving family values at any time of the year but with holidays Christmas is just more practical, as well as being traditional. It's nice not to feel left out, even if you don't share the same stres'ses and budgetary worries as many people.
Ta-ra for now!
