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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 108289" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>G'day Linda, and all to follow.</p><p></p><p>I hope your dog is OK, it's a bad time of year with the weather you're getting, especially for an older dog.</p><p></p><p>If you can't find a table top Christmas tree, you can always manage - I'll look out some ideas for you. Usually involving polystyrene foam, oasis or similar. Or you could always do a small version of the original idea - just bringing in some greenery from some sort of evergreen tree, to brighten up the house midwinter. Or just a block of oasis as a base for a floral arrangement (using what you've got) and arranged into a sort of conifer shape in miniature, as a table centrepiece. It will be a one-off, for sure.</p><p>Another one I've seen - use small apples, pears or similar small colourful fruit (miniatures work well but not stone fruit, the stone gets in the way) and poke a wooden skewer into each small apple or pear, then push them into the oasis to form a tree shape with the fruit. An edible centrepiece!</p><p>Or for my favourite - arrange chocolate truffles into a tree shape as a table centrepiece. Definitely edible! Doesn't work well for us, Christmas Day is too warm and the chocolate gets too soft.</p><p></p><p>We had a busy day today. The kids saw the pediatrician for the 6 month check-up. The doctor seemed to be in a cheeky mood, unless it was my kids setting him off. The doctor was teasing me, most of the time (although he was serious when we needed to be). He ended up talking to me in Hebrew then pretending to be surprised when I didn't understand Hebrew. "I'm not perfect," I told him.</p><p>"You aren't?" he replied, eyebrows raised.</p><p>"Cheeky!" I muttered.</p><p>"You or me?" he asked.</p><p>He's changed difficult child 3 over to Concerta, we try it tomorrow. Two more days of difficult child 3 doing schoolwork, so I can see how he goes on a normal school day. </p><p></p><p>Then I had to drop our medical files over to our new primary GP (SHE got a shock - not expecting it, and certainly not expecting us to be carrying our own files) then on to do more shopping, and finally home to collapse.</p><p></p><p>BF2 has a crisis suddenly to deal with which is upsetting easy child 2/difficult child 2 - his car registration has expired. This means it should not be driven until this is sorted. To get the situation resolved could take a lot of time and money which we're hoping some fast intervention in the morning (BF2 dealing with paperwork, plus me organising an emergency registration inspection) can fix things. Not his fault, more his father's. </p><p></p><p>Never a dull moment in the Marg household!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 108289, member: 1991"] G'day Linda, and all to follow. I hope your dog is OK, it's a bad time of year with the weather you're getting, especially for an older dog. If you can't find a table top Christmas tree, you can always manage - I'll look out some ideas for you. Usually involving polystyrene foam, oasis or similar. Or you could always do a small version of the original idea - just bringing in some greenery from some sort of evergreen tree, to brighten up the house midwinter. Or just a block of oasis as a base for a floral arrangement (using what you've got) and arranged into a sort of conifer shape in miniature, as a table centrepiece. It will be a one-off, for sure. Another one I've seen - use small apples, pears or similar small colourful fruit (miniatures work well but not stone fruit, the stone gets in the way) and poke a wooden skewer into each small apple or pear, then push them into the oasis to form a tree shape with the fruit. An edible centrepiece! Or for my favourite - arrange chocolate truffles into a tree shape as a table centrepiece. Definitely edible! Doesn't work well for us, Christmas Day is too warm and the chocolate gets too soft. We had a busy day today. The kids saw the pediatrician for the 6 month check-up. The doctor seemed to be in a cheeky mood, unless it was my kids setting him off. The doctor was teasing me, most of the time (although he was serious when we needed to be). He ended up talking to me in Hebrew then pretending to be surprised when I didn't understand Hebrew. "I'm not perfect," I told him. "You aren't?" he replied, eyebrows raised. "Cheeky!" I muttered. "You or me?" he asked. He's changed difficult child 3 over to Concerta, we try it tomorrow. Two more days of difficult child 3 doing schoolwork, so I can see how he goes on a normal school day. Then I had to drop our medical files over to our new primary GP (SHE got a shock - not expecting it, and certainly not expecting us to be carrying our own files) then on to do more shopping, and finally home to collapse. BF2 has a crisis suddenly to deal with which is upsetting easy child 2/difficult child 2 - his car registration has expired. This means it should not be driven until this is sorted. To get the situation resolved could take a lot of time and money which we're hoping some fast intervention in the morning (BF2 dealing with paperwork, plus me organising an emergency registration inspection) can fix things. Not his fault, more his father's. Never a dull moment in the Marg household! Marg [/QUOTE]
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