Am I the only one who doesn't know what to do with the wrapped Christmas gifts until December 25? Under the tree, you say? Okay, and how do you then stop Little Man 4 and Little Man 2 ripping into them before the big day? My Christmas tree is the fake kind this year because of […]
Little Christmas
Merry and Bright
by Angie Maddison | December 23, 2014 | ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION, Little Angie, Little Celebrations, Little Christmas | 0 Comments
I have been missing in action. And I bet you're all feeling kind of the same. Stretched a little too far over far too many things. So many things to organise and do, obligations to keep, children to entertain. If you have not been organised throughout the year, the festive season can really knock you […]
Festive Hangover
by Angie Maddison | December 28, 2011 | Little Celebrations, Little Christmas | 14 Comments
A little Merry Christmas to you, lovelies. I hope it was bright and gay, jolly and merry, and all those lovely old words that the modern world has somehow rendered rude or embarrassingly outdated. In many ways, it was a lovely day at Chez M-G. Presents and family and good food. But also, non-sharing kids, exhaustion and a leaking […]
Tradition…
by Angie Maddison | December 24, 2011 | Little Celebrations, Little Christmas, PERSONAL AND FAMILY | 7 Comments
We are a relatively new family, the M-Gs and so there are few traditions that have been firmly locked in thus far. But this is what we do every year. Every year, I subject my family to the hell that is the Santa photo. And the worse the shot is, in some perverse way, […]
I’m Angie! I mum. I write. I wife. My husband would say this is the correct order. He’s so neeeedy. I live with my family in Melbourne, Australia, where I complain about the weather for 90% of the year – but I can’t imagine living anywhere else. Except maybe in Lake Como, waving to my neighbours George and Amal each morning.