Another crazy week along the run-up to Christmas. I’m writing this today from a very messy bedroom, half the Christmas presents are wrapped, and they are hidden amongst the piles of wrapping paper, string, labels, tape and scissors on the floor. I’m flying out of the door as soon as I’m ready and umm, I’m moving house soon and haven’t started packing.
You’d think all this would stress me out, but it’s quite hard to feel stressed after this past week. As a birthday treat, my mum took me to the absolutely gorgeous Ragdale Hall in Melton Mowbray for two nights. It’s a full-on health spa complete with room-service breakfasts, a gym (that’s mostly empty), exercises classes, swimming pools (indoor and outdoor), saunas, steam rooms, plus more chill-out space than you can shake a stick at – if you have the energy to shake a stick, that is.
I absolutely adored Ragdale and will definitely be going back once we’ve saved up for another trip. It was just what we needed in amongst the madness of the festive season.
Following our trip, it was time for York’s Annual Community Carol Concert on Sunday. I’ve been attending this concert pretty much every year since I can remember, I performed at there last year with my sister Joanne, but this year I welcomed the chance to just sit back, relax, and enjoy the festivities. The concert raises so much money for wonderful causes and usually sells out so have a look next year if you want to go and get your tickets early.
One last thing to report this week, just a little thing… Tim and I are now homeowners!! We collected the keys on Monday (yesterday) and I went to check it out, electricity was on, water was on, and there were lightbulbs in the fittings – hurray! Keep your eyes on my youtube channel as I’ll be doing a house-tour in the new year and keeping you updated of all the ways in which we plan to make the house our own. We can’t live there until there’s some furniture in – this is happening between Christmas and the New Year – so between now and then we’ll be cleaning, sprucing, and getting seriously excited about having our own little sanctuary, just to ourselves.