'Tis the season... to be stuck at home with a cold.

Well, it's December the third, a special day as it's my sister's birthday (Happy Birthday Anni! I hope you don't mind me using your picture!) I hope she has had a lovely day. I thought this picture of you was suitably stylish and Parisien to use!

We bought a Christmas tree and have been decorating it and making Christmas cookies. We have a twinkly, cinnamon smelling house... aaaah!

Sounds great until you factor in the cold that is making me SUFFER just now - my nose is sore and runny, my throat is sore (as is most of my upper airway) and my head feels like it's full of cotton wool - making it almost impossible to think straight. I am enjoying a brief time without a dull headache which has been with me since Thursday. And don't get me started on the sneezing......

But I am not the only one - just about every person I have talked to this week has one or more family member under the weather - I've never talked to so many croaky people! My hope is that this will clear up soon, and we'll all be well enough to enjoy the run up to Christmas in full health.

I can enjoy the lovely tree though, as I'm finding the need to sit down a whole lot more than usual - what a fabulous consolation. (and I must have used a LOT of cinnamon and ginger in the cookies as I can actually smell them!)