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Christmas is but a distant memory. I was glad to see the back of it. Two weeks of being "nice" just isn't me! Actually I cut it down to 11 days in the end. The Christmas decoration is back in it's envelope. The Festive Christmas Twig has been carefully stored in it's box along with the last remaining working light! Cards have gone through the shredder. Not all. Only two. I think I can re-use the other one next year. As a bonus I have managed to steam off two unfranked stamps. I do this to help save the planet. Re-cycling and all that. There is even an envelope that I can use again with just a sticky label. But I have sat down and counted the cost. Presents, cards and wrapping paper all seem to cost more. I am 20% over budget. I had Christmas in other people's houses so on the plus side no worries about my heating bills. And lots of free food. On the down side there were travel costs. No hint of help with them. I have decided that next Christmas will be different. The same budget but this time I stick to it. I will be willing to go right to the limit but no further. So with that in mind I have already put aside the cash. There, on top of my festive box, sits a brand spanking new £10 note!
Because there seems to be little news to report over Christmas almost anything seems to be newsworthy. I saw something in the paper about CASH, and thinking it might reference Johnny Cash I started to read. Not so. It's an organisation called Consensus Action On Salt And Health. So CAOSAH? According to them there are "potentially dangerous levels of salt in the average Christmas dinner". But when you read further you find that "the levels are safe if eaten rarely". So that will form one of my New Year resolutions, cut down on Christmas dinners to a maximum of one a month. However..........January 7th. is the Russian Christmas and I will be celebrating with Russian friends (On the 9th.)as I have the last few years. Dinner is best described as .........different. But no complaints about the vodka. Then I have a grand-daughter's birthday and before I know it I will be celebrating the Full Moon. But I have an empty weekend at the end of the month. Do have any of you have a birthday? An anniversary? Any of your family? Your neighbours? Your Pets? Nationality is of no importance. I can say "Cheers" in 39 different languages!
This message will mean nothing to much of the world, and don't even think about asking. I would like to send my condolences to all Australians on you recent tragic bereavement. And please.....you don't need to thank me! From a Pom!
I like this............ Of all the haunting moments of motherhood, few rank with hearing your own words come out of your daughter's mouth. Which reminds me. A few years ago I began to realise that I might be living in the past and it was rubbing off on others. A grand-daughter was staying over a weekend, just 11 years old and she started a sentence "I remember in the old days........"
Christmas 2009. When do you start to think about next Christmas? I can hear groans from those who posted blogs about this Christmas starting TOO early and here am I on about next year! I have a very old friend in London whose wife is a fanatic. She has been out this week checking the stores for the best reductions on Christmas cards and wrapping etc. But it goes a lot further. She buys any of the nice but overpriced "gift packs" that are reduced by a decent amount. Last year she bought four crème brulee sets. Quite nice dishes and a fancy burner. 14.99 down to 4.99. A cake stand (Does anyone still use them?) reduced from 29.99 to 6.99. And she is out again in the summer sales! More things stored in the loft. I'm sure many of us know someone like this! Recognise her? She's the one who starts writing the long rambling letter often titled "Our Year" early November. Behind her back it's subtitled "The Epistle from St. Jude" and can easily run to three pages. The last weekend of November all the cards get done! You can stake your life on her card being the first on your doormat. I have already decided on my actions for next year. My 2009 calendar is marked for early November, "WRITE LETTER" . Mid November........SEND CARD! She may well panic! Some of you might think that the above is not that unusual. Let me add the very latest news. UK postage rates are going up by around 10%. With inflation at 3% it makes sense to buy some extra stamps for the future as they are just marked for 1st. or 2nd. class and are always valid. She intends to visit the post office or the philatelic bureaux and buy this year's Christmas stamps for next year's Christmas cards! Another little quirk. She keeps a list of all the cards received. Anyone who sends something she considers small and cheap gets the best of cards the following year just to shame them. She has done her research though. You might wonder what is the sensible time to start thinking of Christmas. It could be late August. It seems that if you want to send a parcel by surface mail to Tuvalu the last guaranteed date for Christmas delivery is the first week of September. I do feel a little guilty mocking her. But only a little. She plans ahead and my friend can check her desk diary and tell what he will be having for tea up to six weeks in advance! I wish I was that organised. Now what shall I have for tea tonight? What can I defrost it in time?
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Posted On 12/22/2008 14:48:23
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Or just a bunch of crackpots?
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Gay?
Posted On 12/18/2008 10:39:53
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In a startling scientific break through top gay scientists have isolated the gene they believe makes people Christian.
In what has been argued for many years it now seems that being Christian is not so much a lifestyle choice but detirmined by your genetics.
Hopefully in years to come Gay Scientists will be able to fully understand the "Christian gene" and eventually eliminate it.
Here in the UK there is much talk of separation of church and state. It sounds like a good idea to me. But what I really like about the discussion is that I will be able to use ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM in a conversation! All my life I have been waiting for this!
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