#WeekendCoffeeShare (December 27, 2025)

Posted on by Astrid

Hi all! Can you believe 2025 will be over with in less than a week? I honestly can’t. I’m joining #WeekendCoffeeShare again. It’s past 8:30PM, so no more coffee for me. My favorite soft drink wasn’t cold, so I had water with my evening medication today. Let’s have a drink and let’s catch up.

If we were having coffee, first I’d talk about the weather. We had a frigid Christmas with a daytime high of -1°C. Today, the daytime high is 4°C. That’s still below-average for this time of year though and it’s still freezing at night.

If we were having coffee, next I’d tell you I finally let go of my movement streak on my Apple Watch. That is, like I said before, I was cheating all the while because I’d paused my rings when sick last September. On Christmas day, it was freezing cold, so I didn’t care for a walk. I could’ve cheated again, but didn’t.

If we were having coffee, next I’d share about my Christmas. I was at my and my wife’s house for the night. Christmas is often stressful with family issues and forced cheerfulness, but this year it was genuinely okay. Then again it was just the two of us (plus my wife’s cat, who was in hiding from me almost all the time).

The best part was my Bastogne cookie dessert. It was my idea to make this and I helped crumble the cookies and lended my wife my hand mixer. The recipe though was for eight servings. We made half of that, but of course it’s still a lot for just two people. The rest of the meal was good too.

If we were having coffee, then I’d tell you that I decided to give the staff who’s retiring next week her polymer clay “cheer up frog” on Sunday rather than wait for her last shift. She was very pleased with it.

If we were having coffee, finally I’d share that, yesterday, I decided to download yet another self-care app on my iPhone. I already used to have a ton of them, like I’ve had a ton of different apps for all kinds of things over the years. This one, I downloaded because I read on another blog about affirmations and wanted to do these again. The app this blogger uses, Labyrinthos, isn’t all that accessible with VoiceOver and its paid plan is a little outside of my budget. Besides, much as I love to dabble in tarot (which this app is mainly about), the cards are still mainly visual. This got me looking for other apps for affirmations and gratitude etc. The app I downloaded is simply called Gratitude. So far, I really like it. I’m really hoping to make positivity a bigger part of my life in 2026.

15 thoughts on “#WeekendCoffeeShare (December 27, 2025)”

  4. Oh gosh, it has been cold with you. It’s 6C here today but we’ve stayed inside so haven’t really felt the cold.
    I am glad you had a good Christmas, it sounds lovely and good job with the dessert.
    Aww! That frog is very cute and such a lovely gift.

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    1. Thank you! The Gratitude app is very good indeed. You can set it to give you a random gratitude prompt each time you start a new journal entry and there are also challenges with prompts.

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  6. That frog is adorable! My daughter is a big frog fan. I even have a frog and fly (a “comic strip” she drew in her youth) tattoo on my upper back for breast cancer awareness. They are so cute! Best of luck for a positive 2026! Happy New Year!

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  7. Astrid! Great to have you joining us for coffee! I look forward to catching up with you.. In terms of Gratitude, check out Maria’s blog, GreenDreamsSweden – she is doing a daily gratitude post/series. I’m going to join and post as often as I can. I hope you had a wonderful holiday and have a very Happy New Year!

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