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| Yup, It's That Time of Year Again!; Happy Holidays, Everyone! | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 24 2006, 08:18 PM (226 Views) | |
| Regullus | Dec 24 2006, 08:18 PM Post #1 |
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Reliant
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Happy Holidays! Best Wishes!
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| Eral | Dec 24 2006, 09:24 PM Post #2 |
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Kopi Luwak
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A good Christmas Day to everyone. xxo |
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| Krazy | Dec 25 2006, 10:40 AM Post #3 |
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I haz powah!
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Thanks, and same to you! |
| "Well, ‘course dis one’s betta! It’s lotz ‘eavier, and gots dem spikey bitz on de ends. " | |
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| Bex | Dec 25 2006, 06:25 PM Post #4 |
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puppet dictator
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Happy holidays everyone. |
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I belong to one of those families that does not speak to or see its members as often as we should, but if someone needed anyone to fall on a sword for her, there would be a queue waiting to commit the deed. -Min Jin Lee | |
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| Blood_Raven | Dec 26 2006, 01:28 AM Post #5 |
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Come burn with me.
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TheFrozen North forums. Where it's at. Mood for today: Perfection | |
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| Eral | Dec 29 2006, 01:25 AM Post #6 |
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Kopi Luwak
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So, who had the family-from-hell day? Anyone? :lol: We all behaved very well. :) The only blips that occurred were: 1. when it became apparent that the Christmas pudding only contained one coin. Three nieces under the age of 8. Bad move Christmas pudding maker. (Hasty wrapping of two more coins, surreptitiously added to correct bowls.) 2. my nephew wanted custard on his pudding. Grandad concerned that my ex-sister-in-law has had a corrupting influence on the boy. "Custard?! What do want custard for? Only Poms have custard!!" (Hasty re-fill of grandad's glass, more ice-cream for nephew.) |
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| LizDiggory | Dec 29 2006, 05:31 PM Post #7 |
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Breakfast
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Well with three children under the age of three in attendance (my son included) the only word I can think of to describe it is : CHAOS. My son, mom, step-dad, grannie, and I had finished unwrapping the prestnets that were under the tree. Then my step-sister and her 7 and 2 year old boys came over with presents. Then m sister and her husband came over, but he had to go back to their house to get some presents they had forgotten. Then my other step-sister came over with her husband and 2 girls aged 11 and 1. I ended up going through presents 3-4 times and we had the inevitable fighting over presents by the 2-year old boys. And of course the 1 yo girl didn't want any body but mommy and daddy. <_< I finally got some peace and quiet that day when I went over to my sisters and left my son with my parents. :lol: |
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| underdog | Dec 29 2006, 10:41 PM Post #8 |
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Only had one 7yr who has never heard the word NO, and thought he would rule the house , my pastor thinks I failed my patience test.
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| Eral | Dec 29 2006, 11:34 PM Post #9 |
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Kopi Luwak
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I think your pastor is setting the bar too high. I bet even Jesus wasn't able to tolerate 7 year olds who have never heard the world 'no'. |
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| Regullus | Dec 31 2006, 12:09 AM Post #10 |
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I came this close to Christmas hell. My husband has a longstanding argument with me regarding the proper placement of knives in the kitchen. The knives should be placed point down in the dishwasher, they should be placed (if carving or utility knives) blade down, tip facing north in the utility drawer and I think steak knives should be horizontal, blade tips pointing west but I have the steak knives horizontal and pointing east. I have never bothered to clarify the steak knife positions, strange of me, I know. ![]() My husband feels that a person should be able to plunge their hand into a dishwasher, utensil or silverware drawer with eyes closed and rummage for whatever kitchen implement or utensil they wish by feel and will be exceptionally upset if he cuts himself because the knives aren't properly placed by me. Perhaps I am by nature more suspicious of kitchen utensil drawers than my husband but I prefer to look before blindly plunging my hand into our (or anybody else's) kitchen utensil drawer. I find his thoughts regarding knives on the whole boring and petty and by the time the discussion has reached the point of the proper placement of steak knives, I've started to think of other things, hence my inability to remember if the the steak knives should point east or west. Apparently, this Christmas, in my rush of preparations for Christmas Brunch and Dinner, I neglected to return a utility knife correctly to the utensil drawer. ![]() This grievous lapse was brought to my attention by the misplaced butcher's knife being waved under my nose as I was preparing to place the popovers in the oven. <_< I was, as you might imagine, unimpressed by the timing of my husband's outrage. |
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| Eral | Dec 31 2006, 10:42 PM Post #11 |
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Kopi Luwak
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You have an tidy man too! All those directions would confuse hell out of me. We'd have an argument every time he opened a drawer. |
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, my pastor thinks I failed my patience test.


You have an tidy man too!
7:00 PM Jul 11