Hello everybody. First of all, I hope you’re all keeping well. At the moment, I’m full of cold, but then again, so are lots of other people. I call it a winter cold, so, I try and keep myself warm by wearing layers of clothes – which seems to work for me. I do however, think that as you get older, you feel the cold more.
Did you have a good Christmas – and get lots of presents? Our great grandson is 18 months old now and seemed to enjoy opening his presents; he’s very bright for his age, has started to take an interest in his environment, and begun saying simple words. My husband took him to see my son’s chickens and he wanted to pick one up and stroke it! Then he kept pointing to the trees and saying ‘apples’, and he’s definitely picking up other words like chocolate, mummy, daddy etc. He’s also been going to nursery, where he has a lot of friends, for about a year so he’s progressing linguistically.
The weather today is bitterly cold here and snow is expected in the days to come. We are going to go and see Dean and Brenda tomorrow, which is Saturday, so, I’ll make sure I am well wrapped up. Like I said in other articles, I love going to Halifax and meeting up with them in Marks & Spencer’s for a lovely cup of hot chocolate, and then onto to Pearson’s fish and chip restaurant. As I am writing this article, I’m looking through the window and the sun is shining, and although it’s cold, it’s lovely weather for this time of year. It takes me back to when I was younger although I don’t think it’s cold enough to make an igloo or snowballs like I used to.
I love a train journey so, I’m looking forward to being on a train tomorrow. When I go to a town, I love to look for bargains in the shops as some things have been reduced at this time of the year. I tend to buy perfumes, soap, gloves and socks which I put aside to add to larger presents in the future.
I admit that like to reminisce about when I was a child and was waiting for the snow to come so, we could build an igloo, put a mat inside, and enjoy jam and bread as well as water – this might not sound much today but we enjoyed it anyway, as things were scarce. I loved Christmas Eve when I earnt money carol singing with my uncle Alfie. Most people were very kind to us but some people were rude and not at all generous. We split the money we got in half and I was able to give some of my money to my mother, although I held some back for myself.
Well back to the present: Yesterday, we went to North Allerton and had a look around the shops. We then had a lovely meal in Barker’s restaurant before resuming looking around the shops. We had a great time and returned home feeling good!
Well, that’s all for now. Will write more next month. Love June. X.
