thanks ladies now i have no exscuse for getting it wrong but of course you all know i will anyway :rofl: ive had a lovely queit day dh has been building a pc and the kids got a half day from schoo; but conner has the room all to himself as craig has gone out with his freinds for the first time in three weeks so i take it conner will be dancing with his cordless headphones on :cheer: :rofl: :rofl: i catch him as he cant hear me come in but ill leave him for now
SHAD right now im really confused your post that you timed for me {20.05pm tuesday 15/12/04}showed here at 11.39 today which is wednesday?????? help i cant work this out at all i thought we where behind you not in front!!!! :dizzy: :comp: i know youll explain it better than i can work it out dinner sounds good im having baked fish for tea with some italian flaovoured pasta and tomorrow im making chicken and pepper risotto the kids have never had it so this should be an experience they are very much in the "if i havent tasted it i wont like it school" :hun:
CANDLELADY welcome to our madhouse the girls on this site are wonderfull they have taken me under there wing and made me so welcome and usually have the best advise when i run into some kind of problem and happy even gave me the courage to stop smoking {three weeks and £185.98 saved} they are the best and dont wish too hard for a grand daughter my mum has 4 daughters and three step-daughters and when i was pregnant she begged and prayed for a grandson now she has 7 and has given up on getting a grand daughter :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: we keep telling her she prayed too hard
HAPPY hows the back ?? i was looking for the piles of bumph that i got from the hospital after i had my lamenectomy so i could scan them and e-mail them too you for some hints and tips on the pain controp and how to put your own socks on without screaming the house down {still cant do that one and as for the bra froget it}but as usual i cant find them right at this moment but if i do find them ill let you know
MEL your not supposed to be replying to pm,s your only supposed to be letting jen read them to you :nono: :nono: and craig said is that what they mean by wearing rose coloured spectacles {cheeky bugger} :yikes: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
TEEL i enjoyed our wee blether on the phone last night and enjoy your meal and i will talk to you soon
right ladies ill be back in later id better go and start making the three seperate meals for tonights tea just as well conner and dh are having pizza back later
kirsty

SHAD right just had a thought did you mean wednesday 15/12/04 instead of tuesday 15/12/04?????
kirsty

Love the world clock....I am the same as Ottawa. way cool.

Way to go on the smoking Linus, I quit 4 yrs. ago this Christmas and it was the best decision I have ever made. Good luck....

Wednesday 9:52 am
 

Welcome Candlelady :wave: a bit of Texas style banter will be a grand addition to our mix of chatters :)

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Shad-Wow, there is an 18 hour difference between us, that is almost an entire day! Golly, makes you think doesn't it, one world but BIG! So you are not in a Christmas frame of mind? I'll fix you :p Snap out of it :dizzy:

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Dashing through the bush,
in a rusty Holden Ute,
Kicking up the dust,
esky in the boot,
Kelpie by my side,
singing Christmas songs,
It's Summer time and I am in
my singlet, shorts and thongs

Oh! Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way,
Christmas in Australia on a scorching summers day, Hey!
Jingle bells, jingle bells, Christmas time is beaut !,
Oh what fun it is to ride in a rusty Holden Ute.

Engine's getting hot;
we dodge the kangaroos,
The swaggie climbs aboard,
he is welcome too.
All the family's there,
sitting by the pool,
Christmas Day the Aussie way,
by the barbecue.

Oh! Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way,
Christmas in Australia on a scorching summers day, Hey!
Jingle bells, jingle bells, Christmas time is beaut!,
Oh what fun it is to ride in a rusty Holden Ute.

Come the afternoon,
Grandpa has a doze,
The kids and Uncle Bruce,
are swimming in their clothes.
The time comes 'round to go,
we take the family snap,
Pack the car and all shoot through,
before the washing up.

Oh! Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way,
Christmas in Australia on a scorching summers day, Hey!
Jingle bells, jingle bells, Christmas time is beaut!,
Oh what fun it is to ride in a rusty Holden Ute.
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Mel-rest and get better. We miss you but look after yourself, you are important.

Linus-Congratulations! Three weeks now, you are doing fabulous! How is your nose? Can you smell things better now? I've heard that about folks when they stop smoking all of a sudden they can smell and taste things that had disappeared for them during the foggy days :)

Happy-did you have a good long soak in some bubbles? Do you have one of those microwave paks that you can heat up to sooth the ache? They work great. I have one that I got from Regal that fits into the tummy of a teddy bear (he is a flat tummy bear so it works )

Holly-our kids are about the same age. My girls are 5 and 6. Both in school, my youngest in kindergarten for half days. I'm a stay at home mom. You sound very organized to have all those kids in your place, well done. I only have the two and my house looks like a bomb hit :rofl:

Big Hugs to Teel, Tig and Suzi! What mischief are you three up to?

I at a plethera of chocolate chip cookies for dinner last night. Sugar craving needed a fix. I took a multivitamin to help the body ease back into gear. I drank one glass of water yesterday and many cups of tea and one cup of coffee as a morning starter. I had honeynut cheerios for breakfast and some tuna leftovers from my kids sandwich. Shameful lapse in care of this mobile unit of mine, no excuses, just not the top priority this month :devil:

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A quick welcome to Candlelady then off to work :coffee: ....enjoy your days chickie poos :lol:

pray for me chickies i have to go SHOPPING tomorrow i really really hate shopping and worse i have to go up town and fight with the tourists and the shops :mad: if i survive ill be in tomorrow to let you know im safe
:lol: :lol: kirsty

Well, we must all be getting very busy - I haven't had a lot to catch up on today.

Linus of course you are right, yesterday was Wednesday. Don't worry about it, I am having a few senior moments this week.

Meadow, I haven't heard the Australian Jingle Bells for ages - probably since last Christmas - all I need now is the Family photograph song and I would fair be screaming up the wall. Did everyone understand the lingo or does Meadow need to translate???

My tip for the shopping Linus is to go as early as possible. Most people seem to get there around 10 or 11, but 8.30 is very quiet. Some of the shops aren't open then but I do the bits I can and have a coffee while I wait for the others. Mind you, I shall be not be going at all if it is at all humanly possible, but I will have to get something for Christmas. I may well get it online from Woolies or Coles and have it delivered Saturday morning yet. Depends on how organised I can get.

Hello to Teel and Tig - come on in, the waters fine at the moment. Happy, I hope that back is coming round and you are resting and gently exercising it. Roseblush - Nae how's the NO Trespassing signs coming along? Holly must be busy too although she has been in today.
Candlelady, hello again. Time to come in and tell us how you are going, whether you are losing weight, planning to lose, dreaming about losing or whatever. I will have to think of a challenge for me for January. Too late to try for December now. I'd probably not stick to it anyway.
DB sounds brighter again today. I am not thinking that the end is anywhere near in sight but at least we are all trying very hard. We have a lot of hard thinking to do yet as well. But at least the worst is out in the open. We can talk about it.

DS2 rang last night to chat. He's been working on my Christmas present and I gave him a few hints and tips. He tells me he is coming to a crossroads with his job(s) as well. There may well be change around the traps next year. I won't hold my breath but he needs a change as well. Everyone needs a change at some stage.

My journal entry today is a challenge for good news. I'm hacked off with the constant bad news, political situations, murders, mayhem, ram raids, robbery with violence etc. etc. etc. ad nauseum. So my challenge (and my contribution to Christmas spirit) is to find a good news story every day for the next week or so. Today I've put pictures of Christmas lights up and also a story of a girl who has given another person a brand new computer after they got ripped off in ebay. Not necessarily by ebay in case anyone thinks about lynching me!!! Anyway - away you go and think up a good news story and post it in the journals. Whats keeping you???

Time to go and sort out this pile of ironing. Otherwise I'll be looking at it for another week or so.

Catch you all.

Thurs Dec 16 9:24 am.
I was soooo tired yesterday I just couldn't type. I popped in to read though.It was a busy,busy day in the kitchen.Ginerbread, peanut brittle ......
The teacher's gifts are all put together. DD's class party is today. DS's is tomorrow.
I am much more rested today.
I have the toddlers. I am going out to get my hair done this morning. Darn greys.
Tonight i go into London to do my Grandma's hair.She is 94(95 in JAn) ,lives in her own home and is quite healthy. She has been my best friend all of my life. I go every other week and do her hair, feet, laundry and I make frozen dinners for her every day when I cook our dinner.I was thinking this morning about just how blessed I am that my kids know her!!!!

I weighed in last night and was the same. I feel like I should be down. The roll on my back under my bra is almost gone!! It just disappeared this week.

HUGS dear chicks. I will pop in and chat more this aft!!!

Good Morning Everyone!
 

Welcome Candlelady, It is nice youfound a place to come and chat and stay with us! This is a terrific group of woman and I hope you enjoy making new friendships here! Shad I have a great story about an australian..... a while back I sort of mentioned it to Teel about a pianst William Kappel who was killed in 1953 after having played in australia for his last concerts and was killed on approach to San Francisco...if you want the story let me know.... it is sort of complicated so I won't test everyones patiences here! I think it should be written into a screen play and made into a movie..... great stuff!
I had a get to together with some girlfriends last night a late shower for a gal who finally agreed to marry her man..... we had so much fun and so many laughs. What would we do in this world if we didn't have our Girlfriends!!!!
Happy Birthday to Teeka.... my friend Robin stayed with me last night for the party and she works here sometime and she insisted Teeka go to the party last night too to celebrate her bday, that yorkie had so much fun.
The sky is beckoning a lovely shade of pink this morning and the :coffee: seems especially good. I have a list a mile long to get done today and so shall try to make a dent in it..... It is great to come here and read about everyones day.... so everyone come out and play so we know the chicks around the world are ok!!!!!!
Many Blessings to all of you,
Nae and Tiny Teeka Tiger she is the big 10 today........

good evening i survived the shopping just :lol: got everything i went for and more dh bought me a new top and skirt and i bought a new pair of boots from the money dad got me i ended up in town then into leith and got whacked and took a taxi home just in time for my neice to come and get changed for her xmas party :cb: the perils of living just outside the school ive deciede that im going to get the digital camera out and take some photos for you all the town is so lovely even nicer than usual so i will endevour to get some pics for you {they will probably end up being pictures of cleo demolishing my xmas tree}right im knacked been delivering xmas pressies to dh,s little cousins and they live three flights up so i hurt BIG TIME so im off to hug my heat pad and take some painkillers
kirsty

I replyed to everyone and chit chatted earlier this aft, then our power went out. ACK! Anyhow, I figured out how to run the generator to power the sump pump so the basement didn't flood.
DH will be surprised although I dont know why. I lived on my own for 17 years before I met him.
Hope everyone is having a great day!!!
I really miss you Mel!! Hope you are feeling rested and the eyes are better.

dont you know that us weak and weary woman are expected to faint and swoon and call for A MAN to do things like that :dizzy: :faint: :faint: :censored: :rofl: nobody ever believes that i do all the decorating in this house they just smile and say "of course you did dear" maybe if i made a mess of it then theyd beleive me some people have never heard of the emancipation
kirsty

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Joy~ A quick note to say my eyes are the pits and I have bad headaches. They think it's a sinus infection and upped the drugs. Will see everyone soon I hope .....maybe by Monday. Could you pass this on? Thanks My Southern Sister. Hope you are well and happy and will write more over the weekend. Just need a few days on the stronger meds and I will be back to my old Carol Singing Self!!! Feel free to cut and paste this. So much easier! The pc lights hurt the eyes right now and Jen is soooo busy that I hate to ask her to post again this time! LOL Love to all the Chicks and to you Miss Sunshine~ Mel

So I hope we see Mel back again very soon. Meantime, I will just pass on any messages she sends me.

Not feeling so bright myself right now either. All I want to do is sleep. Which is what I think I might do.

Catch you all tomorrow.