I hope everyone has had a lovely Christmas day in whatever way you chose to spend it. We had a lovely morning together with the bratlets (Cookie and Bramble) and then we went round to Ken's sister's place for Christmas dinner with the family.I was very brave this year and had my first attempt at … Continue reading Christmas Time

It's top ten Thursday (sorry I missed last week) and this week we're looking at last minute ideas to help Christmas go smoothly, whether that be Christmas hacks, last minute gift ideas, recipe ideas, etc. Thanks as always to Tamara at Confessions of a part-time working mom for hosting this blog challenge.In August we did top … Continue reading Top Ten Thursday – Last Minute Christmas hacks

Today we went for a drive to Ullapool which is on the northwest coast of Scotland and 71 miles away from Nairn - here's a little map to show you where it is. We're the blue dot and the red marker is over Ullapool.It's a lovely little town and it's been dressed up really nicely … Continue reading Christmas spirit in Ullapool

The Christmas theme is continuing for the top tens and this week it's all the songs we love but for some reason it's only okay to listen to them in December. Thanks as always to Tamara at Confessions of a part-time working mom for hosting this blog challenge.So many songs to choose from and it's taken … Continue reading Top Ten Thursdays – Christmas Songs

Recently my beloved took me to Skye for a night. Skye is an island off the west coast of Scotland and is the biggest of the Inner Hebrides, being 50 miles long. It's connected to the mainland by a bridge whereas in the past people would have used a ferry to get to the island.On … Continue reading Over the sea to Skye

This week's top ten Thursday is all about what we need to do to be prepared for December with Christmas fast approaching and 2017 looming. Rudolph will be coming out of hibernation to help Santa deliver all his pressies to boys and girls of all ages all over the world.Here is my list in a … Continue reading Top Ten Thursdays – Holiday Season Checklist

End of the month and it's time for the photographic blogging challenge that is hosted by PJ at A 'lil Hoohaa blog - make sure you pop over and check what other people have posted this month. So the theme for November was thanks, which was a little tricky as last week I did being thankful for … Continue reading Thanks – a photographic blogging challenge

This weekend has been spent exploring early Christmas markets (it is still November) and more of the beautiful highlands. Yesterday we went to Forres as there was a Christmas craft fair on and we just wanted to have a bit of a mooch around.This door was near the carpark and whilst Ken thought it was … Continue reading Forres, Fochabers, and Santa in November

It's top ten Thursday and as it's Thanksgiving day in America we're talking about the things we're thankful for. Normally I would do a list that was full of things like my beloved, the furbies, and my favourite foods, but today I'm feeling a need for a different type of gratitude, especially with all that … Continue reading Top Ten Thursdays – Being Thankful

I'm going to do something now that is really going to annoy some people, my beloved included - I'm going to write a post about Christmas in November!!! Mr Grinch (Ken) believes that Christmas should be banned until two weeks before the day - I don't really believe him, though he has bought himself a … Continue reading Five Fridays Until Christmas