It’s been a funny old week.

The decorations have started to go up, as I’d intended, but there have been some interruptions, so I need to dig out the boxes again and make the house look a bit more festive. It all started with my auntie of 98 pressing her panic button when the crumpet she was toasting caused the toaster to fuse the circuit. She’s not tall enough, or agile enough, to stand on a chair to reach the switch! Since that episode there have been other unexpected challenges to deal with for a number of elderly neighbours and friends. No recipes to film – we’ve done all that, but dishes to try out and remind myself of the pitfalls so you don’t fall down any pits 😉 We have plenty of ideas for the next weeks (and months). So yesterday we just needed to record a family Christmas message. Nothing complicated, just a greeting from three of us… wearing jolly jumpers. Normally a video runs smoothly, start to finish, one take. Do you think we could do this one? No way! We laughed so much it took about 10 or 12 goes get it right. One of us kept saying the wrong words, which scuppered the next one… Never work with children and dogs…. what about working with other adults? Chaos, but more fun than we’ve had for ages. Look out for it soon. x