Making a list and checking it twice

Not for presents but ‘things to be done’.

Tomorrow and Saturday I shall be in London for high jinks.

On Sunday, it’s church and the carol service in the evening.

I am really looking forward to Monday when I shall gently potter around at home, putting up a few decorations and doing a little cooking. I need to make a dessert for Tuesday and I plan some other little treats. I think I will aim to not talk to anyone on Monday, since there’s been rather a lot of socialising this year and my introvert self is protesting.

On Tuesday it will be Christmas Day at my parents’. My sister-in-law is nearly nine months pregnant, so that could be even more exciting than planned. A niece or nephew would be a nice Christmas present.

On Wednesday, my godson’s family will come for a now traditional Boxing Day walk and games.

On Thursday I shall have a quiet day. Maybe with my new jigsaw.

And on Friday I have friends coming over for tea and we’ll go to the pub for dinner.

Phew. At some point I shall need to brave the supermarket. And clean the floor. Maybe even tidy up a little. I think I’ve stopped work for the moment. Looking forward to a bit of a break.

Here’s my recommendations for some Christmas reading:

Susan Cooper’s The Dark is Rising

Courtney Milan’s A Kiss For Midwinter

Marion Lennox’s Christmas With Her Boss

Sarah Morgan’s The Twelve Nights Of Christmas

Beatrix Potter’s The Tailor of Gloucester

Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women

Antonia Forest’s Run Away Home

Heidi Rice’s On the First Night of Christmas

Kelly Hunter’s Flirting with Intent

Kelly Hunter’s Wife For A Week