Random 5 on Friday- 22nd November

1.  Do you always win when you really don't suspect to? I've noticed that I tend to, whether it be a raffle or the lottery. We aren't big lottery players in the Quirky Mama household, we probably only play a handful of times in the year. But I was waiting in the Co-Op and the lady in front of me was getting the cashier to process her lottery ticket and I thought what the heck I'll give it a go.I forgot all about it and it was only when I was sorting out the money for our weekly shop that I saw the lottery ticket in my purse and went and checked the numbers.I had 3 numbers and because of the recent changes I won £25. Which covered the cut in hours that I had this week : )

2.I know were not yet into December but we are all really looking forward to Christmas. The girls have been dancing around to Walking in a Winter Wonderland, Mary's Boy Child and Jingle Bells the last few mornings whilst I've been doing the housework before lessons start.

3.The house that we rent hasn't been properly decorated since the 60's so it's always good to get some hand-made Christmas decorations up.

Here's ours from last year-

Louise making the Noel sign.

Our replacement Christmas tree.

Our candy cane stair rail.

Christmas bow.

Our Christmas wreath.

4. We had a phone call from Adam's school yesterday informing us that he had managed to trip over a stone, knock himself out and make himself concussed. He's absolutely fine he just managed to wrangle the afternoon off school and a trip to A&E into the bargain.


5. We've hopefully solved the problem with our landline phone. For some reason the whole of this week we haven't been able to speak to people that have phoned us. We could hear them but they couldn't  hear us. Which has been more than helpful seeing as we are trying to set up a business from home.