Our New Life in the Country: Merry Christmas 2013

Wednesday, 25 December 2013

Merry Christmas 2013

I would like to wish all the my Blogging Buddies, Followers and readers of the Blog a very Merry Christmas.

After finishing the unpacking late last night and bringing in the little Christmas tree from last year, we managed to find some decorations and get the house looking suitably festive, and we have just had the most wonderful relaxing day with my Mum and brother.

Presents were exchanged from under the tree ......

... and the contents of the hamper were laid out for all to see.

I hope each and everyone of you has had a lovely Christmas doing exactly what you wanted to do. Tomorrow it's Boxing Day and a chance for us to potter about our new home, finishing off some little bits and pieces and taking the dogs for a long run on Llandudno beach.

I'll leave you with photos of a couple of suitably festive little doggies ....

... Jingle Bells Rosy ....

.... and Jingle Bells Suky

(who had to be blackmailed with a piece of popcorn to hold her head up).

Happy Christmas everyone :-)

Sue xx

20 comments:

Retro Wren25 December 2013 at 19:01
Bless you both.
I hope you'll be very happy in your new home too!

Take care both of you. Xx
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Kim @ Him, Him Me25 December 2013 at 19:14
Merry Christmas to you all and enjoy your new life
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Alex M25 December 2013 at 19:28
It looks like a wonderful Christmas. Small trees rule!
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sweet blondie blue eyes25 December 2013 at 19:50
Lovely for you to take time out to post. So glad you arrived safely and are getting settled in. Have a wonderful rest of Christmas.
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Lynn25 December 2013 at 19:55
Wishing you much happiness in your new home.
L.x.
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rusty duck25 December 2013 at 20:27
Happy Christmas Sue & LH, in your new home. Jx.
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Unknown25 December 2013 at 21:34
Happy Christmas! What a wonderful way to start your new life!
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Willow25 December 2013 at 21:46
Merry Christmas to you , your family and the fur kids !
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Unknown25 December 2013 at 21:55
Every Girl reaches a point where she's happy to be blackmailed ... Happy Christmas x
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Judy Y25 December 2013 at 22:29
Merry Christmas Sue and LH!

xx
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Sandies' Patch26 December 2013 at 01:49
Oh so happy for you both!
Enjoy Llandudno beach, blow those cobwebs away getting some very fresh air!
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Winterfell Mixed Media26 December 2013 at 03:11
Have a great Boxing Day Too!
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ted and bunny26 December 2013 at 09:47
love to you Sue xx
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BadPenny26 December 2013 at 10:32
Glad to hear you are settled in and had a happy Christmas day together x
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Sue in Suffolk26 December 2013 at 10:53
So lovely to hear about your very first Christmas in your new home. It's all coming together beautifully for you. Happy New Year!
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AlisonB4326 December 2013 at 10:55
Sorry, had a day off from blogging yesterday to be with the family. Your house looks lovely, I bet you cannot believe you do not have to travel back to Berkshire. Have a lovely festive time off, and enjoy the better weather (before it all starts again!!) Best wishes for the remainder of 2013 and looking forward to adventures and challenges in 2014. X
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Shaheen26 December 2013 at 11:16
Merry Christmas Sue to you and yours. I am so happy to learn that you have moved and settled into your new home in North Wales. We seem to be on a similar ride here, as I have been in my present home nearly two years come February and we will be fleeing from here soon, hopefully into A NEW HOME, we have made on offer on a place, will hear in the NY . Warmest of wishes, x Shaheen
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Karan26 December 2013 at 12:24
Thanks for your email:) have a very merry christmas.... Rebecca really WANTS Suky:) xxxxxxx
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Aril26 December 2013 at 20:24
Glad to hear you're safely in Sue and enjoying your first Chrimble. Iook forward to reading all your adventures in 2014!
Arilx
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Anonymous26 December 2013 at 22:04
So glad you made it to your new home in time for Christmas :) I can't wait to follow your adventures in the new place, best wishes for the New Year.
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This was my Blog, just me writing about our day to day life learning all about and then living the smallholding life. First we started on a farm in Oxfordshire, then we moved to a smaller place in Berkshire (both in England) and then we found a place of our very own at the bottom of a hillside in North Wales. Along for the ride were all our various animals, and we ended up with just our dogs, Suky and Mavis, our cat Ginger .... who secretly thinks he's one of the canine gang, a sheep called Ethel who wandered in off the road and stayed... and a roving band of egg laying chickens that live cheek by jowl with the local wildlife.

We grow our own fruit and vegetables, selling surplus plants and edibles at the gate. We sell the eggs the chickens lay, we reuse, recycle and rethink ... and life ticks over at a pace that suits us.

It was simply the wild and wacky ramblings of a 50 something townie turned country girl called Sue, who lost her heart to a sailor and started a new life in the country .... many years ago. On a path that took us from Cumbria to Oxfordshire, to Berkshire and then we found our home at the bottom of a wet and windy Welsh hillside by a busy main road.

Pull up a chair, grab a coffee and relax into a world of dogs, cats, chickens, polytunnels and veggies with the occasional grass munching sheep thrown in for good measure.

Sue xx

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