If IKEA sold Christmas trees

At least the evenings start getting longer again on Tuesday.

Gearing yourself up to wearily suggest going for the 350th walk of 2020.

If we lived one village further north, we'd be in Tier 2 rather than 4 🤔 #UKlockdown #Covid19UK

We're in #Tier4 = stay at home. Govt review on 30th Dec but very unlikely anything will change. Things I will do to enjoy home time: go for local walks, read books, study for another certification at work #Covid19UK

We had planned to visit family for #Christmas but we can't in #Tier4. We aren't sure if we can get any Xmas provisions now but we won't stress about it. It's just another day. We really like fajitas. Can we make Xmas fajitas a thing and make roast for New Year's? #Covid19UK

I worry that the forthcoming lettuce shortage is just the tip of the iceberg.

A Riddle: If today is a Sunday and Boxing Day was a Saturday and you are in Tier 4, then what day is bin day?

My wife is a teacher and apparently one kid has been changing his name to 'Reconnecting' during the Zoom lessons so that he doesn't get asked any questions. Been doing it for weeks. The lad doesn't need to worry about his education, he's already a bona fide genius.

I could probably still get lost…

A reminder of some of the old, pithy, beautiful markers of time: ‘sennight’: a week (‘seven nights’, just as a fortnight is ‘fourteen nights’). overmorrow: the day after tomorrow. yestreen: yesterday evening. ere-yesterday: the day before yesterday.

So I’m not getting a vaccine next week - was feeling weird about why I’d been selected ahead of others so rang GP to check. Turns out they had my height as 6.2cm rather than 6 ft 2, giving me a BMI of 28,000 😂

We bought this pillow and it’s perfect

So Boris’ plan is: Step One: he’s off to Harvard Law, so I get in there too. Step Two: Make Warner reassess, impress him with my high IQ Step Three: We throw a great big wedding, and invite all Delta Nu.

A couple of weeks ago a friend in Paraguay was followed home by a skinny, abandoned cat, and decided to take her in. It is safe to say that the cat is now feeling very much at home.

Word of the day is the Scots 'hingum-tringum' (19th century): barely presentable; just about hanging together.

Honest work answers: “How are you getting on?” “I haven’t really known for many years” “Are you busy?” “Pretending to be!” “Did you get my email?” “Yes, I ignored it because it was silly” “Free for a lunch meeting?” “No, I’m afraid I’ll be eating lunch” “Good day?” “Nah”

Word of the day is ‘apricate’ (17th century): to revel in the warmth of the sun on your back.

'Eleven plus two' is an anagram of 'twelve plus one'