Christmas is coming and the geese are getting fat
Please put a penny in the old Man’s hat
If you have no penny a halfpenny will do
If you have no halfpenny God Bless You!
And that seems like the order of day with worries about money, putting a little aside for the difficult times ahead, and cutting back on Christmas presents and cards and maybe even a smaller turkey!
There are, however, still wonderful ways of passing ones time, walking, talking, getting to know ones neighbours, starting and resurrecting old hobbies and looking at this wonderful world around us. Ponder and prepare – rather like a garden. Cut down the old and bedraggled plants, remove the weeds, mulch the flowerbeds, and remember where the lovely plants are that stay and take out or transplant the ones that are not so good. And if you haven’t done it all already, you can sit back and do it all in your mind! Count your blessings.
After a foot operation, I have had the convenience and fun of getting most of my presents on line. It takes practice and if the website isn’t good it can also be a little stressful as well… but the savings are really worth it. As this is a gardening site, and because I got most of my stuff through the Garden Factory, I found out how easy it was to order and most everything arrived the next day. No heavy bags of fertilisers, bits of equipment, bags to lug and no unwieldy packages to wrap and post (I gave a great many birdbaths/feeders for Christmas!) they did it all for me. A real blessing
I wish you a happy Christmas and a great 2009.
XX BUMBLE
