So the cold that has been threatening me since we have been up here has now fully developed with a hacking cough. I have a week to get rid of it, nothing is going to spoil this Christmas. I am so excited at our first Christmas in the country together. What makes it even more special is that 6 of our closest friends will be spending it with us. There are other friends I would love to have here,like C whom I have known since I was 2. That is a very long friendship & I am godmother to her daughter, so we have a very close bond. I hope she will come & visit in the New Year.
What have we done since the last blog? Saturday was not good for me. I had my first doubts about whether we had done the right thing. It felt very isolated here & I missed being able to pop round & see my friends. Not that I did that much when I lived in London, but it was nice to know you could. Anyway a nice supper of pork chops with kidney in & Strictly Come dancing on the TV cheered me up & by Sunday I was feeling positive again.
We have put up our outside lights which look lovely. Very tasteful, only a string of white lights hanging from the side of the house & some coloured lights wrapped round a big tree in the front. We have done this partly so that friends & delivery men can find us. As I have said we are on a very straight road with no obvious sign of our driveway. So if we tell people about the lights that may help. Of course that is only til xmas, we will have to think of something different for the New Year.
Sunday evening we went to the carol service at the local church. It was lovely, quite a full congregation for so many scattered villages.We introduced ourselves around at the mulled wine & mince pies. I bought a parish magazine & hopefully will go to a few more of the advertised events. I have to point out that we re not outwardly religious but I do enjoy the community that the church generates.
Yesterday we went to Beccles. The better half wanted to get me a surprise present & I needed to do some store cupboard shopping in Tescos. Well firstly he forgot his wallet & then he couldn't find what he wanted. How intriguing! So after I had finished my shopping we came home. I realized that a very important delivery of locks & handles hadn't arrived, & on phoning Parcelforce, it transpired that they couldn't find the house.(See above)
So the better half offered to drive to Norwich(only 17 miles) and collect it & then he could look for my present.
It must be special,I will know in a week.
Today we get lots of deliveries. the new door has already come(he couldn't find us), the TV arrives & the man from the council. I hope he knows where we are.
I must now start doing some cooking towards christmas. will let you know how it went in a couple of days.