Finding joy in the everyday

November has arrived, the second to last month of the 2015. I am going to say what I always say at this time of the year . . . where has the year gone.  I haven't done half of what I planned to do, I haven't saved as much money as my spreadsheet said I would, I haven't lost as much weight as I expected, I haven't been as organised as I wanted to be but I but I have probably read far more books than plans (!!) — o'dear, not a lot I can do about it.   Next year perhaps! So what are my plans for November (I can not guarantee I will get any thing on my list done, but I always try my best): 1. Start Christmas shopping. It would be great to have most of it done before December and as I have some ideas of what I want to buy it shouldn't difficult. I do have to make some orders from overseas, so they should be done as soon as possible to make sure they arrive on time.  2. Start a quilt that I am making for a birthday next year. I need plenty o...

I have a question - and it is all about decades?  I thought I understood (and maybe I do or maybe I don't ) - but I have noticed, leading to my confusion, that some newspapers and TV's are referring to the "new decade" that we are now in.  How can this be - I would assume that the year 2001 was the start of this current decade (annoyingly known as the noughties?!) and as a result the new decade (the teenies!?) would commence in 2011. Using my argument the first year was 1, the second year was 2 and so forth until we each 10 (or 2010) which means the new decade must start on 2011. Can anyone clear this up?  According to the reliable source "Wikipedia" - I have it completely wrong and the year 2000 was the start of the noughties??  ________________________________ While I am here I would like to complain - it is currently the first week of January, Christmas has only just left the shops and Easter is 3 months away - SO WHY ARE THERE HOT CROSS BUNS FOR S...