Where is the snow? Exactly, we might live in Switzerland, land of ski slopes and white covered mountains, but when you live in the flat land you get what lays under the clouds. At the moment it is dull and dismal, but a few neighbours decided to brighten up the scene with their Christmas lights.  Even I have a candle burning on my breakfast table for a little morning atmosphere.

I just proved a theoretical problem. If you spread a slice of bread with butter and jam and you drop it, which side does it arrive on when it hits the ground below. There is a narrow choice: with or without the jammy side downwards. Yes you guessed correctly, so I had to find a damp cloth to wipe the jam off the floor

Otherwise it is another day at home today. The stores are not yet open and so we are still raiding the fridge and cupboards for food supplies. We have enough so we will not starve. Today I have the good old iron reserve of a ham and red cabbage, together with potatoes: everything that you can keep

The nice thing about this meal is that it cooks itself more or less. The ham is already cooked and I only have to heat it through in its plastic bag. I have to chop the cabbage, which I usully fry in butter, add some red wine and spice it up and leave it to cook for a couple of hours until lunch time. The final touch is a shot of fruit vineagar about 15 minutes before serving. Afterwards a routine job with the potatoes and what could possibly go wrong. I usually do this meal on the last days of a longer holiday as I can always buy it in advance.

I discovered I also have enough bread until Friday, frozen but freshly frozen. Actually Mr. Swiss had a quick check through today and discovered we can also forget a shopping trip tomorrow. We still have stuff left for lunch tomorrow (spaghetti with tuna fish sauce and a side salad).

This means that I will remain a prisoner until Friday when they let me out again for the New Year shopping. New Year is nothing special in our house, but being humans we still have to eat. I have a complete day tomorrow to compose the shopping list.

The sparrows were busy yesterday pecking at the seeds on the bird house. They seem to be the scavengers of the bird world. I have the fattest sparrows in the area. The magpies have just arrived for breakfast, the remains of the bread. The crows have not yet put in an appearance.

And now all is right in the angleswiss world more or less. I will now move onto preparing my red cabbage and afterwards might even clean the bathroom – out of boredom of course.

Have a good day everyone, see you later.