Brrrrrr it's cold! Days like today make me wish I could snuggle down in bed and stay here all day. That is not going to happen! Today is Christmas cake day. I haven't made a Christmas cake for years as I have always been disappointed in mine - but today I am trying again. I am following Nigella's recipe so we shall see. Chloe is home just for the day and is helping. We are also going for our first visit to the flower market to check out the flowers for church Christmas arrangements. And some Christmas making I think. Lovely! 

My hospital  visits begin again tomorrow with a new department - respiratory. I am having a lung function test to check that my lungs are OK and that the scleroderma hasn't caused any problems there. Then next week - blood tests and a renal appointment. Hoping they let me stay on my blood pressure tablets and don't change them. Then just before Christmas GP appointment  to oversee everything. I am also waiting for an appointment for a heart echo to make sure that I haven't got any further damage to my heart. It is all go!