'Success!'

I am chuffed to bits to report that I have now received FIVE Christmas cards in the post in reply to the 'THANK YOU' cards I have secretly been popping through people's letterboxes under cover of night! I have one last batch of 15 or so to 'deliver' before the big day yet and will have delivered almost 50 when I've done that. I have been all around Hastings in the last week or so and almost got eaten by a dog who heard me creeping through a gate with a squeaky handle on it up on the West Hill last night. It has given me a lot of pleasure this year trying to spread the spirit of Christmas and the exercise along has helped to lift my spirits at a time I have inevitably been thinking of my Nan and feeling a little more lonely than usual. I know I say this every year but PLEASE do make the effort to check in on those who may be alone this Christmas. A short chat and/or a culpa can make such a difference to a persons day - in fact, that you bothered to call means a lot to a lonely person. I am fortunate to have Mum & Dad still at 49 and I have some truly wonderful friends but there is nothing like having a 'someone special' to snuggle up to in front of a log fire at Christmas, is there? Oh well, maybe I will find that person myself in 2015?

If you like Hastings and want to see what my home town looks like at the moment, take a look at this video of mine...