19 December 2008

Christmas Trees for 19 December

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Just the one tree in today from Thumper (Bundybear’s fraudulent entries will be ignored from now on).

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Chill’d JB – was just considering wether or not to ease the stress and put it up myself, knowing full well you were on “Holidays” until NYE

Wow, “Orphan’s Christmas” huh? What a fantastic idea.

I was wondering just today about the people for whom Christmas may be quite ‘unmerry’ – the lonely, the homeless, the sick, and those who have lost family. How do they know what resources are available to them to help get through what must be quite a difficult time?

Well, what is a cave without cubs, eh, Bundy? Every self-respecting bear needs a few playing around the den, even though it might make hibernating a tad more difficult after stuffing oneself silly ….

; )

Chill dan,

Your photo is going up ASAP.

Got some things going on is all.

Indeed Granny, ‘twould, but I fear I cannot use the aforementioned appellation as I have in fact been named and shamed and can no longer claim apparition status.

Lunch with the family, newest cub now old enough to “get” presents, so that should be cool. Will make another futile attempt to explain the rules and intricacies of the BBQ to the ranga kiwi son-in-law. Then dinner is “Orphan’s Christmas”, friends without family at the daughter’s. Always nice.

Kid’s go to NZ to introduce cub to other grandparents after that, definiteley the go, family is everything.

Have a top time.

We will be going to Perth.

Gramps and the three kids flew over yesterday, and I am by myself for three days, which is absolute bliss now that I know they have arrived safely and I will see them again ….

: )

I am flying over on Christmas Eve because one of my big girls turns 26 the day before, then me and my girlfriend might check out the Feldons, if I can get there in time – pity they are playing so early!!

It feels kind of weird only having Christmas with half my kids, but we haven’t seen Gramps’s family for eight years and thought it was only fair to give them a turn at Christmas. $4,000.00 later … eek!

Merry Unchristmas for today, Danman, and I hope you and your brother have the best day on real Christmas.

The best Christmas I ever had was spent with just my sister and me and my three babies many years ago when she was living in a share house in Sydney.

Sometimes it really is just the most unexpected days that turn out to be the most special.

I hope you have a very groovy day!

So are we not taking submissions for x-mas trees anymore ?

Having a christmas of types today as most my fam is overseas, my wife will be wrking until 4pm and it will just be me and my brother …

We had family x-mas on melbourne cup day – so today its with friends who will be working on Thursday.

The phantom fraudulent enterer would sound cooler.

: )

What are you doing for Christmas?

Indeed Granny, I am, I am, sniff.

That is indeed very excellent news of the best possible kind.

Merry Christmas indeed.

The fraudulent enterer.

Well, I must admit to being surprised that Bundy has got himself into disgrace like this – he’s usually such a well-behaved little bear, aren’t you Bundy?

I’m sure it’s all a terrible misunderstanding!

I must admit a bacon-and-eggs bauble is uncommon, and relatively unique one would think! That’s rather a trendsetting tree – pity there is not a photo, nor of your tree Danman. Actually nobody is really interested in the trees, they just want to see into everybody else’s houses ….

; )

Well, my Christmas shopping is nearly finished – nothing for me and Gramps so far, but everybody else has done rather extraordinarily well, and we have certainly done our bit for the economy.

However, I have just received the best Christmas present that I could ever, ever hope to have in a million years, except I might not get to unwrap it for a couple of years.

We have known since 2007 that Rett Syndrome, the disability my daughter suffers from, may be reversible.

However, one of my family recently donated $500 to the Australian research fund as a Christmas present to us. That was moving enough – we were pretty choked up – but they have sent a letter saying that they’re hoping to start clinical drug trials on humans within the next 1 – 2 years!!

I was expecting this to be at least a decade away.

So that is my very special Christmas gift. It’s only a letter, but it is the gift of hope.

I just wish you all the most dreams-come-true Christmas ever. Merry Christmas, everybody!!

Love and hugs,
Granny
xx

I caught the 438 or 9 because it ran along chuculba and not canopus cres – I caught the 437 when there was nada else – lived in Musca Pl Giralang from 1978 to 1996.

I sent a pic of my tree in last night but its yet to be actioned….

Everybody knows the cool people caught the 439

Nice to have a real tree there, had to go with the plastic one myself this year, and the fibre optics don’t even work 🙁

Did manage to get the niece and nephew going in a bauble making sweatshop though, so I have lovely home made decorations which is lovely – especially the stuffed up snow turned into bacon and eggs!!

I am deeply offended that my “in good faith” entry has been dubbed fraudulent. HHrrrummph!!! Just because my brother in SA can’t be trusted to send me authentic items -he has a bit of a drinking problem unlike a gentleman of my highborn nomenclature – and I just wanted to play, but I didn’t have a tree – Sob! (Gets up and heads for the fridge)

Yessir, Danman! Eleven years spent across the road from Maribyrnong Primary. I got really good at saying, “You boys get down from that roof!” like Margaret from Ainslie.

*chuckle*

Probably some dude selling watches from it in a back alley Granny….

You used to live Kaleen/Giralang eh ?

Hey, I used to catch the 437 and 438 as well!

I have more of a ‘hotel room occupied by Todd Carney on a bender’ look happening at my place.

However, we do now have Christmas presents after little Minnie asked plaintively, “Where are our presents?” followed by a bit of gruesome arm-twisting of the bread-and-butter-winner and a couple of obscenely intense days of frenetic shopping ….

X persuaded me to buy khaki overalls from that disposals place many moons ago when we were first going out. All the other girls were wearing cute little burgundy corduroy ones, and he thought they were prissy. Apparently mine had ‘good social comment’ …. I really wanted the prissy ones, but the army place ones were kind of cool actually now I think about it.

He also had an army greatcoat called ‘Winchester’. I loved Winchester. It was the most fantastically useful item in the universe. I mean, forget the towel. Whatever was Douglas Adams thinking?? I wonder what became of it.

(OT) I remember that store Granny, it was called “Sydney Disposals” – I too was to be found gazing at said swords – oh and a huge display working replica of a swiss army knife – my bus the 437 and 438 used to leave from there.

If I had a sword, I would want a Scottish broadsword like Highlander. Pity I couldn’t lift it, but.

They used to have some cool swords in the window of the old Army Disposal shop in East Row. I would stand there and look at them while I waited for the bus to come. Sometimes I could almost feel the weight of them in my hand. Wouldn’t want to see one coming towards me in a dark alley, however.

Or that awful scene in Macbeth where the kid says, “He has killed me, mother:
Run away, I pray you!” [Dies. [Exit LADY MACDUFF, crying ‘Murder,’ and pursued by the Murderers.

For god’s sake, if you have stuff to show off, put it up on the wall! Having things propped up on the floor just looks like it’s a hotel room or something. Definitely SCA.

My ex-husband did an appallingly awful tree one year – it was a pink feather duster with a bauble on top. A bit traumatic for the girls, who happened to be having Christmas with him that year, but I thought it was quite funny. I still laugh whenever I think of it. I’ve got a photo somewhere.

Gosh, Thumper, you must really be on Santa’s nice list … look at all the pressies!

; )

I love the minimalist look Thumper. If less is more then you have the most!

jakez said :

That christmas tree is truly appalling thumper.

The Christmas tree is right of frame with the presents under it, not the thing in left of frame…

If you want handcrafted wooden archery stuff, let me know [Although we’re having to use banded turkey feathers as the right sort of goose feathers are extremely difficult to source].

My son is currently trying to master creating the recurve bow but makes others . . .

That christmas tree is truly appalling thumper. It reminds me of the Christmas episode of the Simpsons when Homer can’t afford a Christmas tree. He drives past the christmas tree place, then past another cheaper place with irregular trees, then an even cheaper place with very wonky trees.

I’m guessing you stopped at the last place instead of stealing one (as Homer does).

…of course I don’t even have a Christmas Tree so maybe I should just shut the hell up.

with a name like thumper, I thought that the sword would at least be a double handed broadsword.

Could be for witchcraft – I noted the pentagram on the wall – which is in the balance position (Think Davinci pictures of the man starjumping in the circle), and therefore non satanic – a popular misconception.

Single point down = satanic – represented by a goats head…single point up – Balance, witchcraft/wicca

anyway….. Ill be taking a pic of mine tonight – I hope

I would have thought thast the candlesticks would do a better job. you could always just invert the pentagram…

My guess is the sword and shield is to send Jehovah Witless knobs who come around to visit packing?

What’s with the sword and shield, Thumper? You’re not an SCA wingnut, are you?

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