Category: Holiday Highjinks
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Christmas Loot
As an adult I get sensible things for Christmas; not like children. My kids got gift vouchers, some cash, lots of clothes, towels and books. Fun stuff! I only got 2 tops and a scarf+… I received several things for my on going high tea service collection,a couple of DVDs, some books and money. But…
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Happy New Year!!!
We love New Year’s Eve. Every year we gather to watch the countdown; waiting in a circle with 2 people holding the dogs, cats don’t enjoy the countdown, so we can all kiss each other at midnight. Then we toast with non alcoholic sparkling cuvee (some sort of white wine) and then sparkling apple juice. We…
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Christmas in 40*C – Addendum
The Original The more eagle eyed of my readers may have noticed that Cat was missing from the light hunting photos. And that Natasha’s shorts are far too short (she’s 13 and she could pass for 18, life is not fair for parents of girls). Cat had started house sitting for 3 days, 2 nights…
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KSP Challenge – The Wrong Question Part 2 Alex’s Guest Post.
This is Alex’s piece for the challenge described in KSP Challenge. This year parents told Natasha how Santa Claus was a spirit that used them and other believers as helpers during the Christmas season. Unlike the rest of us, she was devastated, which has kinda left me confused and sad for baby sister. I don’t…
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KSP Challenge – The Wrong Question
Warning depressing & strong language. I’ve been meaning to write this for some time (you know; computer problems, put it on the back burner). The last week before the end of year party ( you know; when Alex & I were cast adrift so our fellow Writer’s Circle participants could have lives over the…
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Christmas & Clamshells – A Cutting Combination
You’ve heard it before and until someone legislates you will hear it again. I hate modern packaging. I read an article a while back that people are actually being injured, even hospitalised opening packaging. Plastic as sharp as knives needing to be cut opened at an angle that forces the opener to leave their veins…
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Christmas Spirits?
A few days before Christmas I was wrapping presents late at night. The children were all asleep and behind a closed door, my husband had stepped into the front room. I saw a grey shadow unmoving in front of the closed door. I knew it was a man although I cannot describe any features. I…
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Christmas in 40*C. – Light Hunting in Perth Part 4
Part 1 Sensible people will want to start reading at part 1 and read through in the correct order; that is because they are sensible (not boring, now that isn’t very nice) & that is the sensible way of doing things. Crazy people will like the order I put them in because I too am…
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Christmas Is Not Over
Computer problems, internet problems, health problems and people demanding I do useless stuff like parenting & eating have resulted in my not havingwritten everything I wanted to about Christmas. So what you might say? You write rubbish about nothing. Nobody cares! Well, I care! I had plans, and I am autistic. There are plans, they…
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Orion’s Christmas Gift
Finally proof Orion is the sweetest, most thoughtful cat in the world. About 4:00 this afternoon we heard a mighty crash in the front room. Bang, boom, scratching sounds and sounds like glass breaking. Orion came tearing out of the room straight past me as I rushed in. Our lovely tree! Broken, ornaments possibly shattered,…