No decorations here either, I prefer to wait until a couple of weeks before Christmas day to put do mine. However we are now delivering approx. 300 Church Christmas cards around our area, and it is surprising how many people do decorate early - we deliver in the evenings when my husband gets back from his work, and count the number of houses with trees lit up or outside decorations. They do look very welcoming.
Hi amy280,I had Plantar fasciitis from August 2013 until August 2015.Two whole years. It was awful. It wasn't till about may 2014 my GP sent me to the hospitals mobility centre and I had an insole made for my shoes. They said the pain would get a lot worse before it gets better. I thought to myself "It can't get any worse than this " but it did. I was in agony. Not only did the insoles cause me to walk on the sides of my feet, it caused me to have a lot of hip and groin pain. My dad also had it for 18 months.
Anyway back to decorations. There was a point where I couldn't be bothered for a few years to put up my decorations,cause when Christmas approached I just wasn't ready. I would just wrap some lights around my tree fern in the conservatory and that was that. Now my baubles go up 1st December, if not a few days before. I am now a collector of WEDGWOOD BAUBLES. They are to heavy to go on a "normal" tree so I had to buy metal display trees. But I look forward to putting them up. I have three trees altogether. Two have Wedgwood and the other with clear baubles so when it's light up it just looks like a chandelier. I also have one in the conservatory.
Those Wedgewood baubles are superb! I've never seen them before, and am in awe of such a lovely "tree" and the subtle blue and white theme.
This year I have opted for silver and white. I have had white lights since the early 1970s (before it became fashionable, and before they were easily available). I had seen them in Austria on an early Ski-ing holiday, and was much taken with the simplicity of plain white lights; My first set was bought in Berwick Street Market, since I was working in Upper St Martin's Lane in the centre of London at the time, and you couldn't buy them generally. I was very proud of them, and they lasted for years! I had a silver and white artificial tree, and my mother and I scoured the local shops for red baubles (at a time when everything was automatically multi-coloured). The effect was lovely, and brought many local compliments - the tree stood in the bay window at the front of the house. Such a colour scheme is almost taken for granted these days.
The clear glass baubles also take me back to Austria: Salzburg Christkindlmarkt was a joy of classy tree decorations, the like of which had rarely been seen in the UK. I acquired a few (for the second tree at home) and they were much prized, but oh, so fragile!
Today OH and I went to a large GC near Exeter; the range of Christmas decorations, themed by colour, is breath-taking, and we felt obliged to purchase a few more white clip-on flowers and some clear icicles for the tree!
Next year may be a gold theme - who knows? But I just love the preparation and anticipation of Christmas!
aym - point me in the direction of the exercises for Plantar Fasciitis pleeeeease! I am suffering constantly. Nothing thus far has had any impact. All advice gratefully received!
Hi amy280, my mother in law, when she was alive, had something what looked like a small abacus frame that she use for her feet,it had little bobbles on the rollers to stimulate your feet. I tried it once and couldn't bear the sensation on my feet. I use to take two paracetamol before I went to bed so the shooting pains weren't so bad. Wasn't long before it wore off though.
As for the baubles, I do tend to buy them in the sale,for half the price if I can.Wedgwood have just reduced them in their sale, so the ones I didn't get from H o F and JL, I got from Wedgwood. I bought 9 new ones this year. As for the clear glass and acrylic ones I got them from GCs, JL, H o F, Christmas markets,TK Maxx and Homesense. I have bought quite a few Wedgwood ones from the States that you can't get in UK. I love my twelve days of Christmas ones. They are a retired collection and was never released in the UK.
Hi Shrinking violet, JL and H o F use to sell them in store ,but you have to order them online now. You can buy them direct from Wedgwood.
aym - many thanks. I've looked at the YouTube link (and there are lots more - why are they all American???) Any way - I already take glucosamine, fish oil supplements, and will add magnesium and Vit B5. Plus - out with the rolling pin, and exercise each day, plus the stretching etc as recommended. I so hope that it works - I'm fed up with not being able to exercise regularly, and need to be able to walk without pain. So fingers (and toes?) crossed.
Re St Martin's lane: my office was on the 12th floor, so I looked out across Trafalgar Square which, at this time of year, would have the huge Christmas tree donated by the Norwegian people. It was lit with plain white lights. Who needed anything else? It was a decoration to marvel at (and regret when it was later removed after the festive season).
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Aym I do mine a week before Christmas.
No decorations here either, I prefer to wait until a couple of weeks before Christmas day to put do mine. However we are now delivering approx. 300 Church Christmas cards around our area, and it is surprising how many people do decorate early - we deliver in the evenings when my husband gets back from his work, and count the number of houses with trees lit up or outside decorations. They do look very welcoming.
Aym, why can't you stand up properly?
At least your positive about it, can't they do anything apart from giving pain killers.?
Hi amy280,I had Plantar fasciitis from August 2013 until August 2015.Two whole years.
It was awful. It wasn't till about may 2014 my GP sent me to the hospitals mobility centre and I had an insole made for my shoes. They said the pain would get a lot worse before it gets better. I thought to myself "It can't get any worse than this " but it did. I was in agony. Not only did the insoles cause me to walk on the sides of my feet, it caused me to have a lot of hip and groin pain. My dad also had it for 18 months.
Anyway back to decorations. There was a point where I couldn't be bothered for a few years to put up my decorations,cause when Christmas approached I just wasn't ready. I would just wrap some lights around my tree fern in the conservatory and that was that. Now my baubles go up 1st December, if not a few days before. I am now a collector of WEDGWOOD BAUBLES. They are to heavy to go on a "normal" tree so I had to buy metal display trees. But I look forward to putting them up. I have three trees altogether. Two have Wedgwood and the other with clear baubles so when it's light up it just looks like a chandelier. I also have one in the conservatory.
Here's my Wedgwood Bauble collection.
Those Wedgewood baubles are superb! I've never seen them before, and am in awe of such a lovely "tree" and the subtle blue and white theme.
This year I have opted for silver and white. I have had white lights since the early 1970s (before it became fashionable, and before they were easily available). I had seen them in Austria on an early Ski-ing holiday, and was much taken with the simplicity of plain white lights; My first set was bought in Berwick Street Market, since I was working in Upper St Martin's Lane in the centre of London at the time, and you couldn't buy them generally. I was very proud of them, and they lasted for years! I had a silver and white artificial tree, and my mother and I scoured the local shops for red baubles (at a time when everything was automatically multi-coloured). The effect was lovely, and brought many local compliments - the tree stood in the bay window at the front of the house. Such a colour scheme is almost taken for granted these days.
The clear glass baubles also take me back to Austria: Salzburg Christkindlmarkt was a joy of classy tree decorations, the like of which had rarely been seen in the UK. I acquired a few (for the second tree at home) and they were much prized, but oh, so fragile!
Today OH and I went to a large GC near Exeter; the range of Christmas decorations, themed by colour, is breath-taking, and we felt obliged to purchase a few more white clip-on flowers and some clear icicles for the tree!
Next year may be a gold theme - who knows? But I just love the preparation and anticipation of Christmas!
aym - point me in the direction of the exercises for Plantar Fasciitis pleeeeease! I am suffering constantly. Nothing thus far has had any impact. All advice gratefully received!
Hi amy280, my mother in law, when she was alive, had something what looked like a small abacus frame that she use for her feet,it had little bobbles on the rollers to stimulate your feet. I tried it once and couldn't bear the sensation on my feet. I use to take two paracetamol before I went to bed so the shooting pains weren't so bad. Wasn't long before it wore off though.
As for the baubles, I do tend to buy them in the sale,for half the price if I can.Wedgwood have just reduced them in their sale, so the ones I didn't get from H o F and JL, I got from Wedgwood. I bought 9 new ones this year. As for the clear glass and acrylic ones I got them from GCs, JL, H o F, Christmas markets,TK Maxx and Homesense. I have bought quite a few Wedgwood ones from the States that you can't get in UK. I love my twelve days of Christmas ones. They are a retired collection and was never released in the UK.
Hi Shrinking violet, JL and H o F use to sell them in store ,but you have to order them online now. You can buy them direct from Wedgwood.
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Aym, yes I'll look out for new programmes for you.
aym - many thanks. I've looked at the YouTube link (and there are lots more - why are they all American???) Any way - I already take glucosamine, fish oil supplements, and will add magnesium and Vit B5. Plus - out with the rolling pin, and exercise each day, plus the stretching etc as recommended. I so hope that it works - I'm fed up with not being able to exercise regularly, and need to be able to walk without pain. So fingers (and toes?) crossed.
Re St Martin's lane: my office was on the 12th floor, so I looked out across Trafalgar Square which, at this time of year, would have the huge Christmas tree donated by the Norwegian people. It was lit with plain white lights. Who needed anything else? It was a decoration to marvel at (and regret when it was later removed after the festive season).