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Merry Christmas

by thelifestylelady December 24, 2016

Howdy Y’all,

I am writing to wish you and your loved ones a very Happy Christmas. I can not express to y’all how blessed I am for your friendship, kindness and comments you leave when visiting my little space on the web. I am so touched that people take the time to read and watch the little content I make. For me Christmas is all about the Four F’s,  Family, Friends, Food and Faith. I am so blessed to have all four bases covered, I do not take it for granted that I am sharing the festive period with much loved family, when you live so far  you learn to appreciate the times you are all together, the same goes for good friends, Mr L and I are always grateful when we can visit friends and pick up where we left off, that feeling of shared experiences and a deep rooted friendship. Christmas is always about excess and good food and wine in abundance,  I never underestimate the hours of effort that go into all that yumminess, Christmas dinner is the one meal I look forward to most all year! Plus who doesn’t like left overs? Finally faith, obviously it is the most important time in the Christian calendar but for me when I visit home it enables me to attend my childhood church and the church in which Mr L and I were married, it allows me to take comfort and renew my faith which after this year I need.

If you are interested in how we spend our Christmas please watch here. However you are planning to spend the next few days and whatever your traditions and customs  I send you and your loved ones warm wishes for a very Happy Christmas.

Ta Ta for now,

TLL x

December 24, 2016 2 comments
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My Secret Christmas Obsession – TV Ads

by thelifestylelady December 12, 2016

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Howdy Y’all,

I do hope your weekend was great! Did you do lots of holiday shopping or are you all done? I can finally say we are DONE!! We had a special Sunday sharing an Anglo- American Christmas with friends. Now that we are in full Christmas mode I wanted to share with you one of my favorite Christmas rituals, British TV adverts. To my US readers the UK goes all out in the festive advertisement stakes, they are not adverts as you would expect, (displaying merchandise) no they are a works of art often with a heartfelt and moral message. Each year the competition for the most original, heartfelt Christmas advert has grown. It is amazing how much money these large stores throw at it, but it works people speak of some of the classics like this and this still today. I have loved watching this years with Little L and if I am feeling a little blue I put them on and they bring such a smile to my face and a tear to my eye. It is all to easy to get swept up in the commercial aspects of the holiday season and forget what is important, after all it is not the perfect turkey or gift which makes special memories it is the people you share it with. So in true LL style pour yourself a drink and be entertained. If you are pushed for time I urge you to watch Heathrow’s or Marks and Spencer’s both are entirely brilliant. Heathrow might be my fav by a small margin simply because the message resonates with me so much. Please drop me a comment about which was your fav.

  1. John Lewis Advert
  2. Heathrow Airport Advert
  3. Marks and Spencer Advert
  4. Sainsbury’s Advert
  5. Apple Advert

 

Ta Ta for now,

TLL xx

December 12, 2016 3 comments
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Christmas Time

by thelifestylelady December 8, 2016

 

Howdy Y’all,

Happy December! How are you all doing? Frantically running around like a headless chicken trying to get everything done? Well that has been me a little of late, since I have been sick with a chest infection since the beginning of man, my to do list is longer than the Mississippi River. I am trying my best to remain swan like as I plough through, after all it is not about perfection- right? I am quite sure that me being sick and many of the other women who I know who are suffering is because they are intent on running themselves ragged. It has finally got cooler in Texas, I may line dance in celebration which has me feeling it is a little more like the festive season. To try and further get myself into the holiday spirit I have recorded this video called the Christmas Tag. So grab a cuppa or a tipple and enjoy.

What holiday traditions do you love? Let me know.

Enjoy.

Ta Ta for now.

TLL x

December 8, 2016 3 comments
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18 Friday’s Till Christmas

by thelifestylelady July 19, 2015

When Mr L asked me last night what would be my next blog topic I explained I genuinely did not know. I have some backup ideas and hope some of you reading this will shout out the sort of content you would like; but what I see inspires me.  Low and behold this morning, as I checked my phone and the Facebook app, inspiration appeared like a water fountain in the Sahara.

Get ready

Get ready

Yes you read it in black and white (with a weird-looking elf.) Now for some this may seem way off, when you rationalise it is over four months, but 18 Friday’s did make my heart skip a beat this morning. Now I LOVE Christmas, everything about it, the preparations, food, wine, friendship, charity, music, literally everything. I’m writing this thinking about mulled wine and mince pies (to my US readers I will blog about sweet mince pies nearer December.) I know I am ahead of the game with this blog about Christmas because none of the Christmas ads or infomercials have arrived on TV (they will be very quickly) and I do this out of kindness, especially for those amongst us who may leave everything till the last momento. In the L household, prior to marriage (so when I was a young LL living in UK with my parents) the mad Christmas rush was limited to the 23rd of December, as on Christmas Eve the greatest arrival came in the form of my mummy L, my creator and baker. So we always had to be ultra organized. I have always felt sort of sorry for those people who have birthdays so close to Christmas. You wait all year for your gifts, but for mama L, having me as a daughter was gift enough and I wont even start about bro L!

So I write this to you all so you can write your lists. For the readers amongst us who have lots to buy, you could take advantage of some of the super-duper sales on offer at the moment. For the cooks and bakers amongst us, you could bake your cake and pudding so they get ultra mature and yummy. For those of you appalled by this post, speaking of Christmas in July, why not pay tribute to the festival by having a little shot of Grand Marnier or Sherry, or ordering a turkey sandwich, or watch your go-to Christmas movie/film.

After all, only 18 Friday’s to go. I’m off list-making, flight-booking and checking on mummy L who may well be panicking ;0)

Ta ta for now

TLL X

July 19, 2015 0 comment
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