tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post8856839737243195715..comments2024-03-19T08:35:01.699+00:00Comments on Love my life: Ten day party. DAY 7Meanqueenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705837426373680532noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-66249235869966691252011-10-14T12:25:31.104+01:002011-10-14T12:25:31.104+01:00Hi Jane and Chris. I use the timer on the camera f...Hi Jane and Chris. I use the timer on the camera for the photo's. I haven't got a tripod so it's a matter of balancing it on boxes, secured by elastic. It takes a few goes before I get a half decent pic. <br /><br />Hi Don't unplug your hub, nice to meet you. <br /><br />Good for you for helping that young man out, Campfire.Meanqueenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705837426373680532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-68321155633441558922011-10-13T23:02:19.362+01:002011-10-13T23:02:19.362+01:00That sketch was hilarious! I will never quit celeb...That sketch was hilarious! I will never quit celebrating Christmas! I celebrate differently now, but do celebrate, nevertheless. No, there is nothing religious about Christmas that interests me. But, lights, food, and joy are certainly appropriate, along with homemade gifts, regifting, used items, and sentimental ones. The pagans were right--more light, greenery inside, and some hearty treats help to brighten the darkest season of the year. A little mead and singing added, certainly made it a festive affair. They had no stores from which to shop, so we modersn made our own problems that we have with Christmas. Yes, I love to give gifts, just not expensive or useless ones.Practical Parsimonyhttp://www.practical-parsimony.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-84108825033689306942011-10-13T22:30:58.596+01:002011-10-13T22:30:58.596+01:00It's a little hard not to do Christmas with ha...It's a little hard not to do Christmas with having two small grandchildren. Sophie will be one on 23rd December so she is having recycled toys from when granddaughter #1 was younger:) Love your happy meal:) xxManchester Lass, Now and Thenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946068658998389838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-71365232151383079252011-10-13T18:51:58.509+01:002011-10-13T18:51:58.509+01:00I haven't done Christmas for years.
You'v...I haven't done Christmas for years.<br /><br />You've been playing with your food again! I would have got a slap for doing that when I was a child. ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-88652791561792787552011-10-13T18:51:39.609+01:002011-10-13T18:51:39.609+01:00Fantastic salad. I am enjoying you getting ready f...Fantastic salad. I am enjoying you getting ready for "summer" ;-)Joyfulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956413632864588646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-19173808452270575242011-10-13T15:05:13.321+01:002011-10-13T15:05:13.321+01:00Thanks for popping over to see me.
I am hopeless a...Thanks for popping over to see me.<br />I am hopeless at saving money, but I like your blog, and think I might learn to save some of it if I stick around for a while.<br />Great to see Norman Wisdom again.john bainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15624118202659480062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-57493718369175045972011-10-13T14:38:09.178+01:002011-10-13T14:38:09.178+01:00We celebrate the Turning of the Year on the Solsti...We celebrate the Turning of the Year on the Solstice, and look forward to the days getting longer at last!<br />I'm busy pickling and preserving-making presents that will be welcomed!gzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034777779347889773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-47857595298123901852011-10-13T13:30:03.342+01:002011-10-13T13:30:03.342+01:00Does a friend take your pics or is your camera on ...Does a friend take your pics or is your camera on a self timer? I imagine you setting the timer then screeching to your pose place and suddenly becoming all poised and calm!<br />We don't 'do' Christmas as such..we decorate the tree with homemade decs made from oranges, twigs etc (nicer than it sounds), we don't give or receive presents,we'll have a few treats foodwise, but they are all homemade , hubby takes a few days vacation..we relax in front of the fire, play board games,snowshoe on the property if it's not too cold,go to church, and just spend quiet time together. I'll admit, I feel a bit smug when I see the stressed out people in the stores!<br />Jane xJane and Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08102086552682194819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-70418956127494168992011-10-13T12:04:51.009+01:002011-10-13T12:04:51.009+01:00I would just like Christmas to disappear! We are n...I would just like Christmas to disappear! We are not religious, so it seems hypocritical. I am making neighbours' presents, just two, by crocheting coat hangers for them, the pattern from a blog. Unfortunately son would be difficult to make anything for & I might do something for his financee. Husband and I don't bother after I told him I didn't want him to buy me anything he couldn't afford!<br /><br />The Blackberry sketch is priceless! Funnily enough a friend has put it on Facebook also today, so I had double the laughs.<br /><br />Feeling quite liberated today as I answered an ad on Freegle - some young man needs everything for a house, as he's had to move out of his home with nothing. I've found a down KS quilt, 2 single down quilts, some pillows, a couple of towels & T towels & pillow cases. My loft looks quite, well 'lofty' now. I was keeping them in case I moved to a house where I could have a spare bedroom. Pigs might fly!<br /><br />Love your meal idea today. I can't identify the bottom item underneath the sweetcorn! <br /><br />Keep making us laugh Ilona.Campfirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06573797205145907726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-37015552784439994982011-10-13T12:00:18.300+01:002011-10-13T12:00:18.300+01:00Oh Ilona thank you so much for that clip, fantasti...Oh Ilona thank you so much for that clip, fantastic! especially after spending 20 mins talking to O2 about the new iphone that is out tomorrow just the tonic I needed!<br /><br />Have already made big changes for this Xmas, kids complaining - tough, they aren't little any more!Kate Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325725955137255316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-4499480640191434182011-10-13T11:45:29.390+01:002011-10-13T11:45:29.390+01:00Fabulous scetch!
Christmas is going to be low key ...Fabulous scetch!<br />Christmas is going to be low key here, too. We are travelling to Germany to be with my mum and dad, who will also be celebrating it frugal way. We`ll be spending time cooking easy meals together, going for walks and just being happy to see each other.<br />I`ve made their presents myself and shall have no<br />problem getting them through customs. Hand sewn aprons and crochet dishcloths for mum and aunty, handmade bath salts for uncle and a small pot of chutney for my dad. We shall dispense with the X-mas cards this year altogether.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09114653674812242486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-34873258339905015512011-10-13T11:15:53.957+01:002011-10-13T11:15:53.957+01:00We've not celebrated Christmas for a few years...We've not celebrated Christmas for a few years now - we're not Christians and the consumerism/stress that so many people put themselves under really turned us off the idea. We'd rather just give gifts to loved ones when we see something they'd like, rather than saving it up to an arbitrary day in December or feeling pressured to find something, anything for them to open on that day.<br /><br />Some kids at the class I teach just can't comprehend not celebrating Christmas, as if it is inherently special, but I compared it to Eid - a religious celebration that means a lot to a lot of people but absolutely nothing to them, and they understood.louisa @ TheReallyGoodLifehttp://www.thereallygoodlife.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-33572279002337666992011-10-13T09:39:05.975+01:002011-10-13T09:39:05.975+01:00Great sketch! A nice update that our Grandparent&#...Great sketch! A nice update that our Grandparent's wouldn't have understood a word of talking about all those normal everyday veg, fruit and eggs boxes!<br /><br />Christmas is a bit of a headache but as we have children we feel we want to do something. We don't send out cards anymore and only give pressies to our immediate family, so just our children, our parents and my Husband's brother and his two children. So it is much easier for us than most of the world. Well done for you though, if I lived on my own I would do things differently too. :-)Saving Pounds in the UK!https://www.blogger.com/profile/06931253782398740138noreply@blogger.com