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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 109421" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>G'day, everyone.</p><p></p><p>Sharon, I hope you get your catch-up sleep today. We've been getting the Christmas movies too - unfortunately, I've been too busy to watch them. A friend called in this afternoon, could we please mind his dog for him overnight? Sure, no worries, we've minded her before - but this is the first time he's dropped her off. She was fretting all afternoon and we had to keep her inside with the doors shut. Not nice in steamy hot weather. The humidity is ridiculously high, you can feel the moisture condensing out as the evening cools (only slightly).</p><p></p><p>Fran, I'm glad you found the plumber you needed. husband & I were chasing a panelbeater this afternoon for BF2's car - the bloke said he'll work on it tomorrow, labour costs only. Must be a gem of a bloke - working on a Sunday, so close to Christmas, for very little.</p><p></p><p>Got most of the presents wrapped today. And found a lot more that I'd bought through the year and forgot about. It seems every year I accumulate more. All in all though, I've got a lot more organised in plenty of time this year. I talked to easy child this evening about plans - she's got all the food organised, we only have to bring nibbles - and brandy. Oh yes, and the Christmas pudding, complete with sixpences. mother in law made it, she uses the same coins every year. We can't use our current currency, it's toxic. The old silver coins were phased out in 1966, she's been using them every year since then.</p><p></p><p>Tomorrow morning we've been invited to a birthday/Christmas party and barbecue at a local estuary beach. It's just inside national park boundaries and just been reopened after major works on roads and drainage in the area. easy child 2/difficult child 2 & BF2 can't go - working again. Twelve hour shifts. She is going to be so tired on Christmas Day, and yet is planning on driving to BF2's parents' place for Christmas lunch, then down to Canberra to be with us at easy child & BF1's place for Christmas dinner. Then back the next day, they're both working the day after. Mad.</p><p></p><p>We're getting drenching wet weather in drought country, but it's still not enough to break the drought. Three months' worth of rain in one storm - happening everywhere. And it all floods away, washing out the land. OK, we prayed for rain, but not like this! At least the dams are getting some water at last. Ironically, we're not getting much of this. Normally we get ALL the rain on our coastal strip.</p><p></p><p>It's late, gotta head for bed. I need my sleep!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 109421, member: 1991"] G'day, everyone. Sharon, I hope you get your catch-up sleep today. We've been getting the Christmas movies too - unfortunately, I've been too busy to watch them. A friend called in this afternoon, could we please mind his dog for him overnight? Sure, no worries, we've minded her before - but this is the first time he's dropped her off. She was fretting all afternoon and we had to keep her inside with the doors shut. Not nice in steamy hot weather. The humidity is ridiculously high, you can feel the moisture condensing out as the evening cools (only slightly). Fran, I'm glad you found the plumber you needed. husband & I were chasing a panelbeater this afternoon for BF2's car - the bloke said he'll work on it tomorrow, labour costs only. Must be a gem of a bloke - working on a Sunday, so close to Christmas, for very little. Got most of the presents wrapped today. And found a lot more that I'd bought through the year and forgot about. It seems every year I accumulate more. All in all though, I've got a lot more organised in plenty of time this year. I talked to easy child this evening about plans - she's got all the food organised, we only have to bring nibbles - and brandy. Oh yes, and the Christmas pudding, complete with sixpences. mother in law made it, she uses the same coins every year. We can't use our current currency, it's toxic. The old silver coins were phased out in 1966, she's been using them every year since then. Tomorrow morning we've been invited to a birthday/Christmas party and barbecue at a local estuary beach. It's just inside national park boundaries and just been reopened after major works on roads and drainage in the area. easy child 2/difficult child 2 & BF2 can't go - working again. Twelve hour shifts. She is going to be so tired on Christmas Day, and yet is planning on driving to BF2's parents' place for Christmas lunch, then down to Canberra to be with us at easy child & BF1's place for Christmas dinner. Then back the next day, they're both working the day after. Mad. We're getting drenching wet weather in drought country, but it's still not enough to break the drought. Three months' worth of rain in one storm - happening everywhere. And it all floods away, washing out the land. OK, we prayed for rain, but not like this! At least the dams are getting some water at last. Ironically, we're not getting much of this. Normally we get ALL the rain on our coastal strip. It's late, gotta head for bed. I need my sleep! Marg [/QUOTE]
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