Christmas Break
Posted by Josie on Dec 14, 2009 in Uncategorized | 21 comments
In case you were at all worried that I had suffered some sort of nervous breakdown over the weekend and had been whizzed away to a padded room sans Wi-Fi, I’m here to reassure you: I’m fine. The being whizzed away part was true, although there were fewer men-in-white coats and electric shock treatment and more obese ducks and sitting around drinking tea watching the sunset. Either way, it was good therapy. Dad’s off to China so this weekend marked our family’s pre-Christmas gathering at a beautiful cottage nestled by the canal. The weather was gorgeous, the company witty and entertaining (well, I was anyway), the Christmas tree was only slightly crap looking. There was food, there was cheesy Christmas music, there were long walks in frost. It was fab.
Now I’m home and trying very hard to fight off all the worries that I had thought I’d left behind.
I have a ton of stuff to do before the end of the month. Cleaning is one. Pulling 2,500 words of literary brilliance out my ass is another. Finding a way to survive financially through the toughest two months of the year is pretty high up there too. Oh yeah, and it’s Christmas isn’t it. Which means I should probably write some cards or something.
Apologies if you’ve arrived looking for the Writing Workshop prompts but I’ve decided to close up shop till the New Year. There will still be blogging and twittering, but as-and-when, in between all the other stuff with no added pressure of workshop deadline’s type blogging and twittering.
There is good news though: if you’re REALLY stuck for inspiration this week then you are very welcome to email or tweet me and I will provide you with your very own, customised, one-of-a-kind writing prompt. Call it a Christmas present.
In the meantime, if you fancy looking at some beautiful scenery and some ducks and stuff then click here to be magically transported to the rest of my weekend snaps.
And because this post seems to have a slightly (and unintentionally) melancholy edge, I’m going to finish on a high note. Apologies if you’ve seen these already but it is TOO cute not to share…
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Gorgeous! the cottage4, the dancing, everything. Im a little scared of the idea of being given a tailored writing promt though…
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Did I give you permission to post videos of me dancing on the interweb?
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Great photos and very cute videos! It’s a crazy time of year, but holding on to those great moments with family (or whatever one does to celebrate) make it worthwhile.
Best of luck with the deadlines. I’m looking forward to the in-between tweeting and blogging. And may we all have a great Christmas!
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Yay for cosy cottages and videos of boogie Kai!
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Josie Reply:
December 15th, 2009 at 8:29 am@Insomniac Mummy, Yay indeed! Glad you got your very own cosy cottage experience this weekend too
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So cute Josie – I love the way he’s moving. Brilliant sense of rhythm, too! x
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Josie Reply:
December 15th, 2009 at 8:31 am@Liz (LivingwithKids), He doesn’t do most other stuff but yes, that boy can move. I love it
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Great little mover! =)
Enjoy your Christmas break Josie, try not to let everything get to you, and i shall try the same haha.
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Oh, hurray for Christmas weekends with the family and boogieing boys! But I say fuck the Christmas cards. I never send any, and now people have stopped sending me them, so the guilt factor has gone. And only the stuck-up bitchy ones don’t like me any more, so it proved to be a good weeding mechanism.
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good for you…. by the sounds of lots of us, we all need to slow down a bit over the next couple of weeks. so without further ado, I’m off to bed at 9.15 with my fantastic Wolf Hall and my computer will hum softely without me…
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Josie Reply:
December 15th, 2009 at 8:33 am@Mummy Mania, Good plan. I was in bed for 9 last night too. Hope you’re feeling a bit better xxx
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Josie Reply:
December 15th, 2009 at 8:22 am
@Rosie Scribble, Thank you Rosie. I would be getting all my jobs done if it wasn’t for the small person that keeps attaching himself to my leg…
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