And yet, somehow, with all that excitement, we managed to make the Good Deeds number up to 16. It all started this morning...
1) After the 6th January, all the decorations are squirreled away into the cupboard under the eaves. It's not a nice job, and it's not pleasant trying to get all the boxes out and downstairs either. So I was very relieved when J got out all the boxes!
2) It's frosty again today so the birds are in desperate need of food. We put another filled coconut on the square and it was much appreciated! Particularly by these starlings...
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| Starlings enjoyed their breakfast. |
3) As we mentioned before, J is organising and leading the Christingle service next Wednesday. Even on decorating day, she spent some time designing and printing a fun activity for the service.
4) On the same note, she also wrote the prayers for the Christingle so they can be sent to the readers in advance.
5) In Summer, V and J went south to visit Grandma and took her out with our cousin and her family to Normanby Park. I love Summer trips as these are when memories are made, and they took a super photo of everybody at the Park. J sent the picture to Grandma today, along with a short letter.
6) As it's icy, we didn't want Dad going out to post a letter, so V and J took it instead.
7) When V and J went to walk Orlando, they saw a horse-rider struggling to open the gate at the walkies site. J went to open the gate for them which was not only a good deed, but also very brave as the horse was very nervous on the ice.
8) Again, when they went to walk Orlando, V was very considerate when driving there and back. It's always nice to see considerate drivers but when it is so icy outside, it is particularly pleasant!
9) When the temperature is below freezing, the water (of course) in the birdbath freezes over. This means that it's quite difficult for the birds to get water to drink or clean themselves. I went out to check if the water is frozen. Sure enough it was, so I broke through the ice and filled the tub again. I would really encourage everyone to make sure that birds always had water available.
10) We are very proud of our Christmas tree and other decorations in the house (Mum has a lovely potted tree in another room). I love to see Christmas pictures from other people, so J shared our Christmas decoration piccies with some of the family who aren't at home. Here are some...
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| Orlando loves Decorating Day!! |
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| Our tree, in all its glory! |
12) There's always one! One of the Christmas decorations has been broken all year, with a poor wooden soldier lying in the quaich since January. Thankfully, J managed to fix him today.
13) If there's one thing that I've learned from being a teacher, it's how to cut out paper shapes quickly. (I'm joking - there are many things I've learnt!) I was able to use this knowledge today to save J from going mad as she was cutting out too many Christmas baubles for the Christingle service!
14) A tradition in this house is to have a Chinese take-away on Decorating Day. I'm unsure how long this has been going on - 16 years was mentioned. It's such a great idea as everyone is too busy to think about cooking. We all clubbed together to make this as easy as possible. J rang up, Mum and V set the table, and Dad and I went to collect it.
15) J made us all snowballs earlier as a treat (advocat and lemonade) and to top it off, I made a cocktail from my book "Tequila Mockingbird" (it's awesome - they are all cocktails inspired by classic novels!) Yummm...hic...
16) This last one is actually a little bit in advance. We are going to (when we've finished our cocktails) put the cushions back in the cushion covers. Mum always washes the cushion covers for Christmas and this is one little job we can do to make things a bit easier for her.
So, there we go. 17 good deeds tomorrow....
- C.
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