Project Life Tuesday: Last week in November

The last week in November passed in a whirl of friends and fun and busy-ness.  Only some of which I remembered to photograph!  Monday was Bodeans with Matthew and Henry - good food and chat.  Tuesday was a blogger meet-up - always lovely to meet some new folk and catch up with some familiar faces.  On Wednesday it was back to the warehouse for a final push on Holiday Hampers.  Thursday I actually made it home by eight and had a cosy evening with my honey and the katzen.  We even managed to finish the trees!

On Friday we joined Eileen, Rory and lots of other friends for a late Thanksgiving, on Saturday in was K.  Sunday was lazy and restful, will a good old catch up with Hannah and a card writing session.  Love this busy and blessed season!

 Dave the tree, in all his splendour!

 First Christmas card of the season!

 Little Miss Paws.

 Mmmmmm, barbeque....

 I love our Christmas card this year!

 The bag of fun I made for the raffle at K!  Hope you enjoy it, Eileen!

And now we're in December!  Woo!

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Project Life Tuesday: Third Week in November

How on earth are we here already?  It feels like last week I was driving friends loopy with my Christmas countdowns (100 days!  99 days!) and now here we are, late November, dark evenings, and the very best time of year just around the corner....

I have *not* been the best photographer this past week, but it's been a busy and exciting time.  Large on the horizon was definitely Holiday Hampers, but I also found time for friends and fun too.  And snuggles with kittens and my favourite boy also.  I'm a lucky, lucky girl!

 Got to go and see my very clever boy pick up his CFA.  It's a long process of exams and admin - he was just starting Level 1 when we very first met.  So proud of my boy!

 Now that's a lot of tea!

 The boys at school donated so many gifts to Holiday Hampers.  Such kind and generous wee folk!

 Blue skies over the Thames.

Davina Tree!  The decorations have started appearing...

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Hampers Update 2

It's hard to believe that the time has come for all the hard work for Holiday Hampers to come together.  The thousands of emails, the plans, the lists, the fundraising, the toy drives, the supernatural patience of our Committee Chairs (hurrah for Liz and Natalie!) all now should come together, in three very busy weeks, to provide over 1000 hampers to families in need here in London this year.

If you'd like to learn more, or to contribute, please click here.

Bring on those delightful red boxes!

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Hampers Update!

I can hardly believe how quickly November is whipping past!  It seems like yesterday I was sat at the start of October thinking, "Wow, it's so long until the holidays start up," and now we're well and truly on the slope.

One of my key focuses this month is the Junior League of London's Holiday Hampers appeal.  We are doing a toy drive in school which is going well so far - we're about a third of the way there timewise and have already collected over 100 toys, books and other items.

Our donations page is going well too.  If you'd like to know more about the programme, or to donate towards the project, please click here.  

Have a great Wednesday!

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