{"id":2888,"date":"2023-12-02T17:42:20","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T16:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/?p=2888"},"modified":"2023-12-02T17:42:20","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T16:42:20","slug":"a-wonderful-time-of-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/?p=2888","title":{"rendered":"A wonderful time of year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I love Christmas, but before the glorious 12th, I&#8217;m a bit down.  This is a little new because I didn&#8217;t know my diagnosis date for certain for many, many years, but I knew it was around this time before Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I know it&#8217;s a bit strange because this all happened a long time ago, 46 years this year.  For the first time, I&#8217;m taking the day off work to attend a charity function &#8211; not for type 1, but interesting all the same.  I have plans for most of the days that week &#8211; keeping my mind off it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unusally, this year, it&#8217;s actually cold: below freezing, which is notable in the UK.  We had snow yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve downloaded my favourite cooking show, my husband has lit a fire, I&#8217;ve closed the curtains, grabbed my oody and I&#8217;m settled, while my dough rises to make bread rolls.  These will not only complement my carrot and corriander soup later, but serve as lunch material this week with left overs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like many, we&#8217;ve rolled off our fixed rate mortgage over the past couple of days just as the bite of winter hits the UK.  We&#8217;ve had plenty of warning is coming &#8211; which allowed us to budget, so hopefully, we will not only be able to celebrate midwinters eve but have a happy new year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Planning is everything, and I am not talking about pre-cooking the veggies on the day.<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love Christmas, but before the glorious 12th, I&#8217;m a bit down. This is a little new because I didn&#8217;t know my diagnosis date for certain for many, many years, but I knew it was around this time before Christmas. 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