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What Did You Get For Christmas?
- Thread starter Jazzy
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- A 20 monitor that has built-in speakers. My old monitor was 13 and something blew so I had no color. It also had external speakers that no longer worked. I'm in 7th heaven now that I have color and can hear videos now!
- Several books!
- A 6-Tin Snack Extravaganz. The tins contain Belgian cookie assortment, chocolate covered mini pretzels, chocolate peanut clusters, chocolate bon bons, butter toffee peanuts and mixed nuts.
- A $50 gift card to Pet Smart for my animals.
- Bottle of wine. I don't drink wine so I will give this to one of my friends that likes wine.
The electric bill.
not much...trying to keep things to a minimum this year..........usual stuff like smellies and vouchers and chocolate (between us we have enough choccy to last til easter! lol).......an interesting book.................................................and a 1/48 Spitfire kit
Jazzy said:Merry Christmas Doc!
Thank you dear lady.
It came on Wednesday with my name on it.
In the same batch of mail was a card for my wife from some of her family down south, and an After Christmas Sale catalog for Number One Daughter.
So I guess everybody got something.
A Pair of boots, an outfit, a water pipe and $50
I got:
The usual XD
- Phone (Nokia C3)
- Lots of pajama's
- Lots of socks
- Lots of smelly stuff
- Crap loads of money
- Gloves, scarfs
- Trainers
- Slippers
The usual XD
My freind stopped over and brought me a huge dinner complete with a piece of pumpkin pie. He also stopped by the nursing home to pick up a gift a Senior wanted to give me. She knitted a beautiful scarf for me with matching mittens.
Durandal said:
Did you spend Christmas all alone Durandal?
I've spent Christmas alone before, when I was younger and my parents went away for Christmas. Actually, I enjoyed the peace and quiet. I had time with my mates and time alone, which I enjoy.
If you are alone and feeling sad, why not make a proactive choice and help out at a soup kitchen or visit an old folks home or a hospital? It might be a hard thing to contemplate but extra pairs of hands are always welcome and seeing how crap other people's lives are really changes your perspective on your own life. Hope that helps.
Hugs to you Durandal.
The Dragon Master said:
Upon reading this, my seemingly depraved mind thought it said strippers, not slippers; I was like Wow, that's Dragon Master gets as the usual?!
Jazzy said:
Ah, pumpkin pie - I could really go for some right now.
Rapunzel said:Did you spend Christmas all alone Durandal?
I've spent Christmas alone before, when I was younger and my parents went away for Christmas. Actually, I enjoyed the peace and quiet. I had time with my mates and time alone, which I enjoy.
If you are alone and feeling sad, why not make a proactive choice and help out at a soup kitchen or visit an old folks home or a hospital? It might be a hard thing to contemplate but extra pairs of hands are always welcome and seeing how crap other people's lives are really changes your perspective on your own life. Hope that helps.
Hugs to you Durandal.
Yeah, Durandal had a solo Christmas, and the night before I was figuratively thrown under the bus by someone too, so it was even less merry than usual. I've helped the homeless out many times before, actually. Around here, with Voldemort as our Governor-elect (I'm serious, the guy looks like Voldemort...) and the state already waging a campaign against the homeless, there's hardly any place for them to go to anyway (and given certain limitations, I might not be welcome to help (no, I don't stalk little girls or anything - nothing criminal, merely practical...). I also have served for a PR department in a hospital and as a Deputy to a Member of a Board of Directors to a non-profit hospital that offers free service to patients. Unfortunately, I'm more or less starting to fall on the spectrum where I could be going to soup kitchens not to help out, but to get food...trust me, I've seen some pretty bad things that other people have suffered, and I have an appreciation for the challenges other people face.
I know it could be worse, it's not any situation I endure that bothers me, it's doing everything according to the 'rules', even applying myself as to detractors to my stance would, and doing things at a higher standard, and still losing anyway...
My sweetest was from my sweet.
I showed him a Skagen ceramic white watch I loved this summer. Yeaaa, he remembered it!
Here it is -- and it looks better on the wrist:
http://www.skagen.com/item/347SSXWC.fx
On his own, he found an XOX tennis bracelet ... from Daniel's ... another favorite shop. (My friend works there and guided him.
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It's beautiful and has some weight to it. Seems sturdy enough.
Christmas is like birthdays, so many surprises. However, I firmly remember this IS the birth of Jesus ... all praise and adoration. Amen.
Merry belated Christmas to everyone here. xox
I showed him a Skagen ceramic white watch I loved this summer. Yeaaa, he remembered it!
Here it is -- and it looks better on the wrist:
http://www.skagen.com/item/347SSXWC.fx
On his own, he found an XOX tennis bracelet ... from Daniel's ... another favorite shop. (My friend works there and guided him.
It's beautiful and has some weight to it. Seems sturdy enough.
Christmas is like birthdays, so many surprises. However, I firmly remember this IS the birth of Jesus ... all praise and adoration. Amen.
Merry belated Christmas to everyone here. xox
