All our Christmas decs and the tree came down on New Year's Day as I like to start a new year afresh. They didn't go up until 5 days before Xmas either, can't stand them hanging around for weeks.
I have a pretty pendant set with fake diamonds, a couple of which have fallen out. I popped into a charity shop and found an inexpensive brooch which I think I can use as a donor. Unfortunately, as I was walking out, I caught sight of a cute necklace for £5. Feeling slightly guilty at yet more stuff for my jewellery drawer. However, very pleased that I managed to walk past the brand new party shoes ( in my size!) that I was tempted by last time I looked in the shop. If they are still there next time....maybe I’m meant to have them!
I have a bookcase of cookery books in my kitchen which also contains a few gardening books.
I have another bookcase in the main guest room full of novels I like to re-read occasionally and in my sewing room I have reference books - travel, history, gardening, art, photography, crafty/sewing stuff and larger size hardback novels that don't fit on the other shelves.
No use to me hidden behind cupboard doors or in boxes and not for decluttering - yet.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I’ve only kept one cookery book, an ancient copy of Delia Smiths Complete Cookery Course. Pre microwave! Took a lot of stern talking to myself, and against all my principles, but I have taken to writing favourite recipes inside the book, in the blank pages at the beginning and the end, and any other spaces between chapters. I’ve added the extras to the index. Seemed like sacrilege at first, but it means that I only have one place to look. If I need a new recipe, I look on the internet. If it works, I’ll add it to the book. I keep many of the books I’ve bought in a glass fronted cupboard in the living room. Mainly my precious signed copies of Jack Reacher and Iain M Banks. I do re read them every few years. They are there for me to see, and to keep them safe, not as a display or to ‘impress’ visitors. They are only the tip of the iceberg, I usually read a couple of books a week, mostly from the library. I don’t have the budget or the storage space for the amount I read!
OH has 2 outdated books on golf plus a few written by his nephew who writes biographies of British pop/roc/punk musicians and always sends a copy.
Can't get English language books in local libraries or shops so I hang on to mine and have a kindle for every day use. Possum has shelves full of mangas and fantasy but has appropriated my Agatha Christie books and John Le Carré's Night Manager because I muttered - wrong scriptwriter, wrong actor - all the way thru the TV version and she likes the actor.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
@rowlandscastle444. There’s nothing to be superstitious about if you leave the decorations up a bit longer, if you follow the Christian Faith then they should be down on the 6th which is Epiphany, marking the last day of Christmas.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I know people who think that if a decoration is missed, it must stay up until the following Christmas. I worked in one office where a bauble was left hanging from the ceiling for that very reason. Annoyed me no end on a hot day in July 😁
The Christian tradition comes from the ancient Celtic celebrations which started on 25/12, once they were sure the days were getting longer again after the solstice, and lasted 12 days. The Catholic church just adopted and adapted the dates, as they did wth Easter and All Saints.
As OH is golfing all day today, our tree and most of the other lights and decs came down yesterday and have been neatly stashed away for next time. We're leaving the two festive branches in the kitchen and dining room till after Possum's birthday on the 20th. They hang from the ceiling so are no bother and add a bit of cheer on dark winter evenings.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
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I have another bookcase in the main guest room full of novels I like to re-read occasionally and in my sewing room I have reference books - travel, history, gardening, art, photography, crafty/sewing stuff and larger size hardback novels that don't fit on the other shelves.
No use to me hidden behind cupboard doors or in boxes and not for decluttering - yet.
I keep many of the books I’ve bought in a glass fronted cupboard in the living room. Mainly my precious signed copies of Jack Reacher and Iain M Banks. I do re read them every few years. They are there for me to see, and to keep them safe, not as a display or to ‘impress’ visitors. They are only the tip of the iceberg, I usually read a couple of books a week, mostly from the library. I don’t have the budget or the storage space for the amount I read!
Can't get English language books in local libraries or shops so I hang on to mine and have a kindle for every day use. Possum has shelves full of mangas and fantasy but has appropriated my Agatha Christie books and John Le Carré's Night Manager because I muttered - wrong scriptwriter, wrong actor - all the way thru the TV version and she likes the actor.
Annoyed me no end on a hot day in July 😁
As OH is golfing all day today, our tree and most of the other lights and decs came down yesterday and have been neatly stashed away for next time. We're leaving the two festive branches in the kitchen and dining room till after Possum's birthday on the 20th. They hang from the ceiling so are no bother and add a bit of cheer on dark winter evenings.