Christmas

[Quoll]

Well perhaps it is in that black hole in Santa's crotch there Yank. Not in mine--i was wearing panties that day.

Awwww, Quolly bear. Did i shock you? lol At least i am still retaining my sense of humor such as it is. . . off to a party to enhance that with some martinis. Now whether to wear panties tonight or not. . .

Hmm, if it's the PTA, then definitely no panties, if however the dreaded Leen is involved, then panties and a padlock are essential.
Have a great time.

 

[Bandit58]

Oh crap, the dreaded throaty thing, we had that a few weeks ago, kids throwing up, wife not being able to swallow (food, please people she was sick). I'd get him to the docs, christmas is bad enough without that.

My daughter brought it up with her from Melbourne before the wedding - I had to take her to the doc too. She wasn't a well girl for a few days We thought we'd escaped it but no such luck. It's the sickest I've been since I've been in Australia (3 years). The doc said there's a lot of it about for some reason

 

[Quoll]

Well perhaps it is in that black hole in Santa's crotch there Yank. Not in mine--i was wearing panties that day.

Funny you should mention that, I actually made my wife's toes curl when we were having sex once.






Stupid pantyhose.

 

[Quoll]

My daughter brought it up with her from Melbourne before the wedding - I had to take her to the doc too. She wasn't a well girl for a few days We thought we'd escaped it but no such luck. It's the sickest I've been since I've been in Australia (3 years). The doc said there's a lot of it about for some reason

Bingo, the wife and kids had spent a few days down in Melbourne before they got theirs, guess it wasn't just presents they brought back.

 

[Quoll]

Ah what the hell

 

[bobsgirl]

OMG!!!

If there's a cuter little Santa on the planet, I don't know who it is!

Papaquoll, he is absolutely adorable! God, what a great picture...

's for the little quolls

 

[Cathleen]

Qman, he is quite adorable... Merry Christmas to you and yours.

 

[wicked woman]

Perfect timing...I was wondering earlier how the little quolls are...thanks for sharing

 

[Quoll]

He's doing great 7lb 12.5 oz.

Thanks BG, Cate and WW.

 

[JustSkye]

He's doing great 7lb 12.5 oz.

Thanks BG, Cate and WW.

Omg

Quili, he's so beautiful

omgomg

You have such a beautiful family


Merry Christmas, sweetheart

 

[Leah57]

awwww... he's getting so big!!! Thanks for sharing, PQ!

 

[Quoll]

Bump for seasonal goodness.

 

[Bandit58]

My opinion hasn't changed since last year. I still hate it. This last week will be bedlam at the shopping centres - we went to the supermarket yesterday afternoon and will have to get there again before Christmas, dreading trying to find parking

It cost me $56 to post two parcels to NZ. Next year I'm sending money it's cheaper

Still have to get a gift for Gil's mum too - what the hell do you get for an elderly lady who has everything??

 

[Quoll]

I think I've finally rubbed off onto Poss, any difficult gift decisions have defaulted to

, it costs bugger all to post and if they're not happy with what they get it's not yor fault.

No: two son asked for them for both birthday and christmas, he has over a hundred dollars worth so far.

 

[bobsgirl]

I've got this honking big pine tree in the middle of my living room.

I swear I'm renewing my efforts to ban Christmas in my house.

 

[Denae]

This is one of those occassions where I'm very thankful to be single. I get do do what I want to do, when I want to and IF I want to. The last time I had a tree was Dec. 2000. I get to see decorations at work and that's just fine by me. My family & friends have eased away from gift giving years ago, and I have very few cards that I send out.

I'm disgusted when I go into stores before Halloween and they are beginning to put things up for Christmas. It just takes any thoughts I had of getting a Christmas tree this year out of my head.

 

[emptynester]

I've got this honking big pine tree in the middle of my living room.

I swear I'm renewing my efforts to ban Christmas in my house.

I have felt the same over the past few years. This year, we have just gone through a storm and have been out of power along with around 40,000 other people around us. We had just gotten the tree up and decorated and I bought $200 worth of groceries when it hit (most of which spoiled and had to be thrown out).

Last Sunday morning it was literally raining ice limb projectiles in our yard. We have $7,000 damage to our house and still no power.

Right now I would give anything to be able to plug in my tree, turn on some Christmas music and wrap a present or two.

We are at my mother-in-laws at the moment showering and doing laundry. She just got her power on a couple of days ago. Hotels and motels are full and several of those are without power. Restaurants are without so it makes it really tough to go somewhere for a meal.

We are not sure if we will have power by Christmas. I am debating trying to get a hotel suite so we can all be together for Christmas but that will all depend on whether they have power back and how many others are having to do the same.

Kids, dogs and friends all tried to stay in the basement but the fireplace was not enough heat for everyone and no hot water made it impossible for everyone to stay with us. We finally got a generator two nights ago but it doesn't help with the heat (heat pump or electric hot water heater) so we had to farm everyone out to friends whose power has been restored.

So if and when this is all over, I vow to never, never complain again about the holiday season. Right now, I would love to have time to fight those malls and stand in those lines as opposed to cutting up tree limbs that have fallen on the house and making sure everyone has a warm place to stay for the night.

 

[Quoll]

I've actually finished my shopping.

EN, I hope everything improves by Christmas, we've seen some footage over here, not something I would wish on anyone.
Maybe in years to come you might be able to look back on this as (if nothing else ) a very memorable Christmas,

 

[emptynester]

Maybe in years to come you might be able to look back on this as (if nothing else ) a very memorable Christmas,

Thanks Quoll, we are finally with power. I took yesterday and today off work to try and put things back together again (including my sanity). It was really wearing on us all.

It has been warmer the past few days so that has helped.

My daughter-in-law and I are doing the "shop till you drop" scene tomorrow. She is an amazing shopper and will get me through this as long as the "till you drop" part holds out long enough to get the job done.

I can live by candlelight, heat from the fireplace and even eat mostly food that is nonperishable, but I can not live without my hot water. We tried putting pots of water by the fire at night so we could wash our hair with that the next morning. It just never really got warm enough.

It is amazing to me how many years you can pay homeowners insurance without ever having a claim. Then when something like this happens, some idiot insurance man who lives in California wants to argue over whether or not you are going to be reimbursed since the tree actually fell on the roof first before it became an obstruction in the driveway.

Wow, where is my holiday cheer! I really am very thankful to have power, heat, etc. and know that we will all be together for Christmas.

You are so right Quoll. If nothing else, it has already and will be a very memorable year. Thanks again for the post.

 

[Bandit58]

The humidity has given me a headache. We've been out and done some grocery shopping and got money out for the Christmas break. Hopefully it won't be so sticky tonight so I can get some better sleep

 

[Quoll]

Thanks Quoll, we are finally with power. I took yesterday and today off work to try and put things back together again (including my sanity). It was really wearing on us all.

It has been warmer the past few days so that has helped.

My daughter-in-law and I are doing the "shop till you drop" scene tomorrow. She is an amazing shopper and will get me through this as long as the "till you drop" part holds out long enough to get the job done.

I can live by candlelight, heat from the fireplace and even eat mostly food that is nonperishable, but I can not live without my hot water. We tried putting pots of water by the fire at night so we could wash our hair with that the next morning. It just never really got warm enough.

It is amazing to me how many years you can pay homeowners insurance without ever having a claim. Then when something like this happens, some idiot insurance man who lives in California wants to argue over whether or not you are going to be reimbursed since the tree actually fell on the roof first before it became an obstruction in the driveway.

Wow, where is my holiday cheer! I really am very thankful to have power, heat, etc. and know that we will all be together for Christmas.

You are so right Quoll. If nothing else, it has already and will be a very memorable year. Thanks again for the post.

Never underestimate human ability in the face of diversity, it's amazing just how much crap you can live with when you have to.

I used to be an absolute master at Christmas shopping, this was before I developed ASD* and CDS*.

Every year my wife used to pick me up from my work's end of year break-up and we would head off to do our entire Christmas shopping in one afternoon, she said I was a pleasure to take. She would constantly ask me whether I thought this would be right for this person, did I think we were spending too much on that person, I cheerily replied that I agreed one hundred per cent with whatever she thought.
She loved shopping with a drunk.

*Anti Shopping Disorder, *Christmas Denial Syndrome

 

[OzoneRed]

Well, I guess I'm in the minority here, but somebody has to say it: I really enjoy Christmas shopping. I get a real charge out of finding exactly the right gift for somebody, and an even bigger charge out of seeing them open it.

And I'm glad the malls have begun decorating for Christmas as soon as Halloween is over.

The trick is to do your shopping between Halloween and Thanksgiving (before the end of November, for those outside the USA). The crowds are minimal, the parking is easy, and there's no panicky feeling of desperate pressure. I can take my time wandering through the mall, stopping at each and every store that might carry just what I need, spending plenty of time comparison shopping. It doesn't bother me at all to spend three our four hours to find just one gift.

I do have to agree, though, that the closer you get to Christmas, the less Christmas spirit there seems to be.

I have this mental picture of the shepherds on the original Christmas. And the night sky filled with angels, singing "Peace on earth, good will to men ... hostilities will resume in 24 hours."

 

[Mazuri]

I generally try to have my shopping done before Halloween so that, other than work, I don't have to get in that mess at all. A lot of my shopping is also done either online or at places other than 'normal' retailers (I avoid malls year 'round like the plague, if possible). This year, I had 3 of the approximately 25 folks we buy for left after Halloween and I was kicking myself. Next year, we're paring things down a LOT to only extremely close friends and children under the ages of 18...everyone else gets cards.

I've worked retail for too many years to enjoy the holidays. My favorite one is still Halloween....mainly because you're making an effort to scare the piss out of whomever comes to your door

 

[bailadora]

Can a newbie chime in? I hate how Christmas has become all about buying and receiving presents. I've lost some pretty important people in my life over the last several years, so for me - the real treasure is spending time with those I love. I enjoy them for their presence - not their presents. I wish more people thought this way. Just my 2cents....

 

[Quoll]

Well, I guess I'm in the minority here, but somebody has to say it: I really enjoy Christmas shopping. I get a real charge out of finding exactly the right gift for somebody, and an even bigger charge out of seeing them open it.

I generally try to have my shopping done before Halloween so that, other than work, I don't have to get in that mess at all.

You sick bastards, you sound like my wife.
If I was to do that I would have absolutely nothing to bitch and moan about, what's the point in that?