Christmas Week

I do hope you all had a fabulous Christmas and are still enjoying the Festive Season
To be honest, I am just glad it's over for another year. Once the girls had grown it all lost it's appeal to me, but after Peter passed it has become just another anniversary to be endured.
Anyway, enough of that.
The week started off very nicely with Saskia, Sue and I meeting up at Fijnbosch coffee shop for a nice breakfast on Xmas Eve morning.
Then late afternoon I went round to Saskia and Terry's where we had a lovely spread of savoury treats before going to watch Santa's procession. This turned out to be a lovely experience watching all the excited children so happy to meet The Man of the Moment and his entourage. We then returned to Saskia's for her tasty homemade Xmas cake and mince pies.
On the way back to mine we stopped off at The Light House. This is well known in Sedgefield for it's thousands of Xmas lights and decorations.
Such a lovely way to end a really great day.
Xmas Day was spent on my own, but that's my choice. I had a super freshly made xmas dinner provided by the local supermarket of perfectly cooked roast beef and gammon with all the trimmings and a dessert, all for the brillant price of £6!
Since moving to this apartment away from the sea, I have been missing the presence of water. So on Thursday morning I decided to take advantage of the cloudy morning and take my morning walk down to the Lagoon. I hadn't bothered to check the tides timetable so was disappointed to find the Lagoon was practically dry when I got there. However, I had lovely time sitting reminiscing about all the best times Peter and I have spent there over the years.
On Friday afternoon a few of us met up at Barbara's house for board games which we all thoroughly enjoyed. A lot of fun and lots of laughter.
And today (Sunday) was breakfast out (again!!) at Lakeview Restaurant. A perfect ending to the week.Read more