The Beauty Of A Real Christmas Tree From Christmas Forest

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We haven’t had a real Christmas tree for years and we have had ‘gasp ‘ fake Christmas trees including pop up trees but I was offered the opportunity to have a real six foot Christmas tree.But having a 6ft you’d think would make Mr T say “ what on Earth have you agreed to now ?” but luckily he was very cool about it and he actually decorated the downstairs and we had a move round of furniture to accommodate the tree .The Christmas tree came complete with a tree stand where you keep your tree topped up with water.

How exactly do you decorate a larger tree and I think the answer is however you like really! We went for in your face baubles and 500 lights but no tinsel and the tree was topped off with a star. Delivery was seamless and even though I wasn’t in the tree was carefully placed behind my gate.Mr T followed the instructions on the Christmas tree stand and trimmed a bit off and then placed in it the stand and made sure it was safely held with the supplied bolts.

I am so pleased how it has filled the space it has made so a lovely addition to my home for the Christmas season and it was lovely decorated by my husband and son as soon as we got our son home from University and he had raided the fridge.

Christmas is so a magical time of the year and we do so love Christmas and Christmas has always been a busy time for my husband as he is one of seven and the youngest so Christmas was always an hectic but fun time for him.

 The great thing about having a Christmas tree delivered is that we didn't have to wrestle it into the car and this time of year it is usual chock full of university gear from our journeys to and from to our son who is at university at York.

When it arrived Mr T did ask if I was going to out the tree up and I said well first I needed to saw some of the trunk off the bottom and this resulted in Mr T doing it himself, I don't think he trusted me with a saw ! He did all this before his works night , we left it in the holder but decorating it on the Sunday.

It isn't Christmas with a snowman and how jolly he is !

I would saw with a real tree it is far easier to put the tree in the holder then take off the tree that holds it then do it all before and do make sure that you top up the tree with water after you're finally happy with its position as it is a lot hard to move a tree round if the stand is full of water.

Do you have a star or an Angel on your Christmas tree or perhaps something else ?

Do you have a Christmas style or are you just throw it all together and just enjoy the moment of the decorating ( perhaps going back in after to organise it all to your standards ) I must admit to the odd tweak over out Christmas decorations on the tree !

So thank you to the Christmas Forest for the lovely review tree we love it as a family and the cat hasn't once tried to scale it PS have you seen the cat ?


Disclosure I was sent the Christmas tree and stand for review , I brought the lights and decorations myself.

Photos by Mr T thank you ps he works for peanuts .

Christmas With A Yankee Candle Christmas Set

There is nothing better than in Wintertime than the glow of a candle and even better when it is a Yankee Candle with their myriad of fragrances that are available.And I do love to light a candle especially at Christmas as the light bounces round and everything is so twinkly and comforting.
And a good quality candle is essential and that is why I do love a the smell of a Yankee candle but I do ensure that any candles are never left unattended and blown out before anyone goes to bed.

I was very pleased to be sent this Yankee Candle set from WOW FreeStuff to try out and it is utterly divine.The scent of the votive candle fills the room and there is a choice of candles Frosty Gingerbread,Icy Blue Spruce  and Winter Wonder compete with a starry candle holder.Each votive candles provides up to 15 hours of fragrance and always make sure you sure a votive candle with a suitable holder.

So if you would like the opportunity to win your own Yankee Candle Christmas set from Wow FreeStuff then head over there ( all the terms and conditions are on their page and you must be over 18 to enter ).
So why not pop over there and try your luck and see what other bargains you can snap up not just over Christmas but for the following year.

Living In And Loving Life

Absolutely no problems at A&E when I mentioned I am autistic, professional staff with great care and good instructions at Derby Royal and pain killers for my back #ActuallyAutistic

And being treated with respect and not being talked down to is the bees knees , it actually makes your mood bouyant.My journey through life is much more sign posted now as I’m actually listened to and given the space to explain myself.

I was listened to from reception staff to the doctor who saw me and who kindly gave me directions not only telling me but showing me ~ fantastic. Yes there is negativity in the press and other places roundabouts about the overstretched NHS but I wanted to highlight one piece of a twinkling fairy light in the string of lights of life!

Bit of an opener for a blog post but I pull no punches in telling you about me well mostly me !

I exactly 2 months in my diagnosis and I’m doing alright I think , people can be incredibly irksome at times and this can cause me to have to reboot myself but oh life !

Live to love the life 

And love to live 

Talk your heart out to be one 

Good Night Anti-Snoring Ring that Helps With Snoring

Mr T says I snore but I can't hear it .. any way it's not about me as Mr T does snore and his snoring does disturb me greatly so I was extremely grateful when Mr T was given the opportunity to review the Good Night Anti-Snoring Ring.Mr T went into trialling this with an open mind as he does with anything except maybe the decorating although recently he has been hit by the decorating bug.


The ring uses eastern acupressure principals to reduce or allotter climate your snoring and Mr T followed the instructions to wear it on his ring finger as shown in the picture below.






The little bump needs to be placed on the inner part of your finger and you do this 30 minutes before you go to sleep.Selecting your size is very easy to do the sizes are small.medium and large.The ring fits on the smallest finger and you adjust to fit so one one of the 3 sizes will fit you.


The ring costs £30 and it comes with a a 100 % money back guarantee , the company do ask that you wear it for a minimum of 21 daysFor us it works MT T has perhaps only snored once every now and again and that is it.


For the ring to work you need to wear it correctly and if you're a heavy snorer you might need to wear 2 rings ( I am going to keep an eye and ear on Mr T is to see if this is the situation ) but the occasional snore is getting fewer and fewer now so fingers and ears crossed.

There is a FAQ questions on their website and I am extremely grateful to The Good Night people for allowing me to have more rested sleep ! and so is Mr T as he is more rested to be able to do loads of decorating!

The Writers Block And That Sea Of White

When you start writing a blog post you do so to eradicate the blank page that stares before you in so many different ways and the words they either come easily or taking a little more coxing out. And the whiteness like a blanket of snow slowly gets covered as you type or write away or scribe I like the word scribe it is so intelligent and full of history.And with words you can damn well do what you like and I am not short of words though of late my mind has been stuck on the traffic light of society and it just remembering to pause push that button and cross the road. As I write I see the white just peeking out in between the spaces ; the words they are cradled by the white. I am trying not to be intimated by the the sea of white for it only a wonder not yet told and though it is as I have said a sea of white it is also a sea of opportunity.

And as you have written the first paragraph then simply you must soldier on and write more sentences because without your sheer resilientance the rest of your words won't have any support you must support the precious words that you lay down upon the page. These words that you write you might not think that that make sense you might think that you are furtling around in the dark with no chance of a lighthouse beam to guide your ship of words to safety, keep on going and be sure of yourself.

I am writing because I want to not because I have to , you can't force the words you just have to let him come to you and being Autistic my words can get a bit back to front to at times and what I think I am saying or writing isn't want is on the page or I have actually spoken. I need that little bit of extra processing time like a super computer on a tea break and then when bam I am there fast as lightning.

As I write how I feel gets a little easier and the Autism/Aspergers is pushed aside not defining me but just part of my everyday life, when you have yourself explained it takes a while to feel your feet again ( and speaking of feet I haven't put my socks on yet and it is rather chilly out there and I have a cold ) .

There above us is magnificence in those words there is silent bravery there is heart there is soul there is me.

Tea any one ?