Christmas Eve

At Last We Settle Down For Christmas

   Well it's Christmas eve and the wood burner stove is warming the cottage, warm sausage rolls are fresh out of the oven and the house has that all round Christmas feel. Yvonne is enjoying a well deserved rest while she watches Christmas films and I'm filling my notebook with bead and ceramic ideas. I need to get things sorted for a fresh start in the new year, ebay and etsy shops need to be stocked and of course I have a huge job ahead of me getting the ceramics listed and not just beads, pendants and pots but many more items, it's an exciting time a fresh start and I hope a new look to Rob Johnson's work, one I hope will please my customers and friends.
   I know we are all thinking of the year past, maybe we have lost people dear to us or we have had problems in our lives but now we can all look forward, it's time to sit and feel that excitement of facing the coming year, a year that I'm sure will bring us all good times and new ventures, some will work and others may fail but one thing is for sure, we will learn and if we really want 2012 to be a successful one then we can make it so.
   As I sit and watch the daylight fade I notice the odd Christmas lights and the last of the shoppers returning home after fighting their way around the stores and all for that one special day, haha are we all mad, no of course not, we all enjoy this time of year and we all celebrate in different ways, some will hold huge family parties, others will spend a quiet Christmas at home and some very special people will be out helping those who are less fortunate, those with no homes or family around them, a lot of which find themselves it such situations through no real fault of their own and to those that are out there helping others I really take my hat off to you, your what the meaning of Christmas is all about.
   Well I guess I better get back to my notebook, but before I go I want to wish each and every one of you a very merry Christmas and enjoy tomorrow in which ever way you choose.
Merry Christmas !