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<\/p>\nOne of the many things I like about writing this blog is that it serves as a great reference for me as to where the year has gone.\u00a0\u00a0 Mind you, I had a little look back just the other day and realized that my Christmas tree always tends to look the same! Which isn\u2019t that surprising I suppose, considering I always hang the same ornaments from it, and use the same tinsel and lights.\u00a0 However there is a slight difference this year, as for the first time in a long time, one of my set of lights failed me (or so I thought!) so I had to use these bright cherry red lights instead.\u00a0 Of course having spent an age threading them through the branches I went to move the broken set from the floor, and they lit up immediately!\u00a0 They are now draped around the fireplace, so all is good.\u00a0 It reminded me of Christmas 1967 when my dad bought a very decorative string of lights from a market in Kingston.\u00a0 He and mum had just set up the tree and were listening to the radio when an announcement was made asking anyone who\u2019d bought said lights, should take them back to the retailer as they were a potential fire hazard!\u00a0 \u00a0I distinctly remember the smell of hot plastic!\u00a0 I realise my star is a tad lopsided on the top of the tree, but I\u2019m happy to leave it that way.\u00a0 Perfectly imperfect\u2026 bit like me \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Another addition to the tree is the ornament Lucy bought me, as she has done for the last ten years or so, but I thought this one was particularly sweet \u2013 not that dissimilar in size to her Chihuahua, Bear!<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.qvcuk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/New-bauble.jpg\")
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It\u2019s been a busy fortnight since I last wrote, and I\u2019ve worked some far earlier shifts at QVC than I normally do.\u00a0 I\u2019m very much a night bird, as the cancer medication I take makes it hard for me to sleep, so I\u2019m not all that bright first thing in the morning!\u00a0 That said, I thoroughly enjoyed presenting The Morning Show with Claire Sutton and then being treated to a whole hour with Tova Borgnine<\/a>, who looks gorgeous at any time of the day!\u00a0 I\u2019d been up early the day before too to film a short promotional video for the Diamonique<\/a> show I present every Tuesday.\u00a0 We had been set to record this earlier in the year, but my operation put a stop to do that and then of course poor mum became ill\u2026\u00a0 It was lucky that the team managed to find a fabulous location in West London, and we set up cameras and lighting etc, using a great many of the gorgeous rooms as backdrops to the video. It made a really nice change to be out of the studio, and I was spoilt rotten by Rachel Avent my make-up artist, who worked wonders on my somewhat tired face earlier in the day!\u00a0\u00a0 I know it\u2019s currently in the editing process but the finished article should be on our screens at the beginning of next year.\u00a0 Exciting!<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.qvcuk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/iPiccy-collage-2.jpg\")
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