Nothing overly wrong but my family - two late teenage children, husband and I are all a bit miserable at the moment. Nothing dreadful but we've had a few years of close bereavement and exams and everything just feels a bit 'meh'. We do usually get on but lately there have been flare ups or we simply hardly see each other.
We'll be having a small Christmas at home rather than travelling to Wales as my FIL is off to see my BIL's family overseas which is great but I feel a little sad. As a teacher I've had the luxury of taking a bit of time over the Christmas period off and just enjoying being together. My daughter has retail job now in her year out and is working most days over the holidays but she too said life isn't very 'special' at the moment. I know that we can't be happy all of the time but where do I start? House is cluttered, in fact so much so I think it's a problem and there's loads of stuff to do/fix/sort.
Usually make my own Christmas cards but haven't bothered this year as my Mum's friends who used to love them have mostly gone now. Sorry - I'm depressing myself here. Anyone got any suggestions? I'm thinking of trying to walk the dog more and spending half an hour a day chucking stuff or putting it away! I'm off to see a friend this weekend and am planning to make some orange short crust pastry for my mince pies to put in the freezer...Anyone got any other suggestions?
We do volunteer at children's groups and try and be kind to our neighbours but I'm not feeling the cheer at all this year,😔