Back To Work

 After a lovely Christmas and chaotic New Year, it's time to go and make some money!

Christmas was lovely and very unconventional for me. 

I always think of Christmas as a time to stay home with family. Nice food, a good movie or two. Relax and enjoy time with your family!

This year, we had a lovely dinner on Christmas Eve. It was nice to have everyone around the table, laughing, talking, reminiscing. I'm glad we could do that this past Christmas, as I'm not sure how many more times we can do that!

Christmas Day was great. The Phantom of the Opera was spectacular. The Christmas Market was crazy, just too many people. I hope this year I can go earlier, I've also seen that there are markets at other places, so maybe I'll have a chance to explore them!

Even that weird week between Christmas and New Year was nice. Hannah and I could visit a little British Village and a Frog Temple.

New Year's started off all right; we could celebrate together. But ended in chaos of ambulance rides, emergency room waits, and then a dentist visit!

I really hope that things get better from now on!

I only have a couple of lessons today. I'm looking forward to seeing my students and catching up with them. 

Also, I need to get into the garden this week and try, yet again, to get it sorted to grow something! The weather is nice at the moment, sunny and cold. It might be colder tomorrow, but above freezing during the day! At least it isn't snowing. I've been watching the news from the UK. It looks very cold there!

A few photos from Christopher's birthday!

Christopher with Mom

I wanted to put this one on the other day, but I was having problems with Blogger. What I was typing and what was showing up on the page was different!

I made a cake.

This is a nice, moist chocolate cake. I thought I had lost the recipe, but I managed to find it again. Even though it has 2 cups of sugar in it, it isn't overly sweet! I only had a small piece. I used to love sweet things, but I've found that I'm satisfied with just a taste of sweet things now!

Christopher and Sam, both sleepy!

For me, starting work again is the real start to the New Year, a time to put into practice the plans and ideas I have to make this year great!