So Christmas is over for another year, it’s official, the tree is down and decorations banished to the cupboard for another year.
Here’s a query for you…for many years I took my decorations down on January 6th which is the Epiphany. It was what my Mum did and I followed suit. But, then I discovered that most people take their decorations down on 12th night which is January 5th. Despite my Mum teaching me it was incredibly unlucky to take them down before the 6th, I have in the past couple of years taken the opportunity to be rid of Christmas a day earlier, sorry Mum. So, what do you believe is the right time to take down the tree and decorations? Maybe you are like a lot of my friends who like them gone before January?
This Christmas passed peacefully and we had a lot of fun as a family. I think maybe I got stressed out in the run up, not because of the usual things, but because we are renowned to have disastrous Christmas holidays and I was worried it would go wrong again. Our track record includes 3 family deaths, pet deaths, huge fall outs, and calls to the police and ambulance services. Even I didn’t escape as only 3 years ago I ended up in hospital on New Years Day. You know what, we only need a murder to fully compete with an Eastenders Christmas script.
New Year!
Sadly we did begin the New Year on a bad note as my Mother-in-law’s dog passed away during the night on the 4th January. I’m not a huge dog lover but Sasha was such a gentle friendly dog, she will be missed.
On 7th January I am having my hospital treatment which is much needed. I think I totally wore myself out over the Christmas period. Bad eating, too much alcohol and too many late nights have taken their toll.
The Little Man is back at school on the 7th and the Girl’s go back on the 9th. It will be strange getting back into a routine. But, I’ve found the solution to a lot of my woes. My son bought me a new tumble dryer for my Birthday back at the end of November, and last week I bought myself a new washing machine. Both new machines are 10kg loads and super quick, I can’t believe what a difference it has made to my washing mountain. (my old machines were both 7kg loads) I’m almost looking forward to tackling the school uniforms and p.e. kits again. (almost)
The Blog
I’m migrating my blog this week to a new host so I may disappear for a while. I should be back by Friday for my Word of the Week though. Nothing will change, Raisie Bay will still look the same. (hopefully)
Thanks for reading x
Good luck with the transfer to a new host. I did that about 2 1/2 years ago and it took some fixing by me. Glad you enjoyed the holidays and I look forward to visiting you in 2019! #MMBC
I moved about a year ago, but unfortunately I cannot afford to stay with my current host. I’ve someone else who is going to do the move for me and host me for a fraction of the price. Fingers crossed it will go smoothly. x
So sorry to hear about sweet Sadie. I am sure she will be missed. I took my Christmas decorations down on the 6th this year, but I don’t really have any set date. Happy New Year!
I am not really superstitious but my Mum was. I do like to keep mine up until early January though, I actually feel sad taking them down. x
Oh no! You do not have much luck over the festive period. I’m so sorry about your mother in laws dog.
I hope your treatment went well.
The washing machine and tumble dryer sound fantastic! You’ll always have an empty washing basket. hehehe
Good luck with the blog move. x #MMBC
The washing machine is super quiet too so I don’t have to worry about using it when others are in bed 🙂 x
sorry to hear Christmas in the past has been so awful, glad this one was more relaxing although sad news about the in laws dog. I’d never fill a 10kg washing machine with just hubby and I. Hope back to school went well and your treatment has helped #keepingitreal
Hope your procedure went well on Monday. We also lost a much loved pet a couple of days ago and the whole house feels weird without her.
As for the tree my mum always put it up 12 days before Christmas and took it down 12 days after. I just took up that tradition until a couple of years ago when I decided I didn’t like carrying the echo of Christmas into a new year (I love the up energy of Jan 1st). So now I put it up still on the 13th December when the kindness elves arrive and take it down on Dec 31st.
Hi Anne, I could almost hear the Eastenders drumroll as I read your post! I am so sorry to hear about your Mum-In-Laws dog, losing them is the one big downside of letting them into our lives. You do actually sound excited about tackling the washing! Now that’s a good way to start the year… I hope your treatment went well & your blog migration goes to plan.
Thank you for sharing your post at the #keepingitreal link up.
xx