General Chat

You're norty Rudee - I should be in bed fast asleep, but I'm singing (not nearly a quarter as good as you but) <same song> Tassie devils are calling Poor Tassie wakes up She’s waiting for the footie And her team to win the cup A Non E Mouse

Lots of lovely singing on here, I see. Tony you are a clever little Vegemite. Mary....yeah...the gecko has been air-brushed and should last about 10 days if I look after it. It is sooooo cute I'm even thinking of having it for real after the Kemo. I'm off to bed.....still got lots of sleep to catch up on. Hugz Trifley X

Morning Wattlers, an early start for me! Valley is still covered in smoke and we have an extreme fire warning for today. Very unpleasant. Loving all the Chrissie Names and all the new carols. What a creative bunch you all are. Off to get some brekky. Lew Lew xxx

Morning Wattlers Rudee and Virgin Merry thanks for you input I do like the first one too, so now Im tossing up between that one and Tassie's gonna eat too much for Xmas ........... We’ll have some roast pork, roast beef, fried chicken, leg of lamb, piece of steak, sausages, a chop or two, smoked ham, rissoles, spare ribs, a big stuffed turkey, lamb shanks, meat pies and beef jerky, roast duck, grilled fish, kangaroo, tiger prawns, squid rings. Oh my god I’m gonna s**w I ate too much at Christmas I ate too much at Christmas I swore I wouldn’t do this But I ate myself into this I’ll never do it again We’ll have some cheese and bickies, olives ‘n’ dip, Cabana, salsa, jatz and ritz, corn chips, guacamole, Pretzels, pizza shapes, apricots, strawberries, camembert, and grapes, cheezels, twisties, burger rings and then coleslaw and pumpkin, Oh up it comes again. I ate too much at Christmas I ate too much at Christmas I swore I wouldn’t do this But I ate myself into this I’ll never do it again Cheers Sue

Virgin Crew - I do hope all will be well with fires and smoke out where you are - can be very unpleasant. I haven't smelt smoke for days now, tho there are still fires up here somewhere. I sure hope they are wrong with their weather predictions. .. At the moment it looks lovely outside, pale blue sky, fluffly clouds. .. I'm a bit cold myself, but once the sun gets up higher ....... :(( Off out again today and tonight. Love Jood

Morning all - earlyish start for me too. going to be a HOT one here. Working this morning - catch you this arvo ~~~~~~~~~~ Vonny

*Jumps up and down and waves arms above head* Hi everyone :-) Like my chrissie name, I think it suits me purrrrrrrrrrrfectly hehe ;-)))

Yeah right! Purrrrrfect number nicker!

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Morning all, Beeoootiful day here but I hope the fires dont start. There is always a dickhead who waits for a day like this with a total fire ban to light one.. Hi Cat,, Love you new name, but dont know so much about the Angelic bit...lol Vonny Dont work to hard in this hot weather.. Jood Are you galavanting again today.. lol. have a nice day..and night.. Trifley They did a good job of the tat it was very beautiful and I love geckos ,,, We had some living in our old house and I used to talk to them if Icame home at night when they came out.They were a continued sourse of delight for us.. I even used to pat them and they gave a little squeak but seemed very tame. Wish I could have brought them with me,,lol Tony Loved your Tassie poem, fits to a tee,,lol Must away as I hear a coffee calling,,back later Love to all Love Mary xxxx

Hi, have been reading and lurking, but couldn't get it together to add. There is so much other stuff to absorb - luverly poems, bee utiful pics - i love a gecko, & interesting stories. Everything I've been up to or rather, not up to, fades into insignificance. was going for a paddle, but have fixed and cleaned the stove instead. coffee calls for me too. love Yvette x

Hi Wattlers , love all the Chrissy names, you're all very smart. I'll have mine friday....Dec 1 All the songs & poems are brilliant, there's no way I could think of things like that...lol Ok Tony you get brownie points, Barb has trained you well...pmsl Heard from my eldest daughter this morning she was sitting in a hotspring at a spa resort in Iceland surruonded by snow....she says it is absolutely out of this world....she should be home by the end of next week.....exciting. Hope everyone is feeling great, hugs to those who aren't. Flakey

Hi Wattlers, Well, I've HAD to put my thinking cap on and get Xmassy now, surrounded by all this glitter, tinsel and song! You're all so clever!! I've even got my name sorted! The GC weekend sounded much fun, and Tas your list of Xmas food is tooooo much! lol. DD15 and pals paddled 60km down the Murray on the weekend and had a great time. She was pretty tired last night! Crewella and Sue, hope your day is improving, a little bit of breeze to move that smoke would make a lot of difference. We were 33 yesterday and will maybe beat that today, no wind, clear sky. It's the hot wind that is so deadly, I hate it. Cor Flakey, your dau's get around don't they - I could go a spa in Iceland anytime, it sounds wonderful! And I even googled the Clark Rubber Cattledog, they are going to think they're popular with the number of internet hits they're getting, and all we are doing is checking out your daughter lol! She looks very relaxed. My challenge this week is to get the NZ Xmas parcel done and posted, usually just fun bits and bobs, plus fresh licorice from Darrell Lea ! I have just managed to get a hair appt for this afternoon, so can't linger ~~~~~~~~~~ to All, Heather

Hiya All... Hope you are all keeping well and done the dreaded xmas shopping...coz i havent even started on mine yet...lol...Any volunteers do to mine then...?? My xmas name is Gigglling dancing fairy for those who havent seen it as yet.... Okay look like a thunderstorm is on its way here great love them...Better get the washing in.. Take care everyone Janet xx Btw love the name Cat if i dont say so myself...!

Hi every one , been trying to think of a name for Tassie for Christmas and the only one I can come up with is Tas an Angel on my Tree.. Best I could do I am afraid,, Not very hot here so hope we still get the thunderstorm. Bet it gets blown out to sea.. Love MAry xxx

What clever lickle Wattlers we are to come up with some original names. .. Luv yours Fan ciful Festivus Was trying to think of one for Lara, and came up with Lara Bells, Lara Bells (Silver Bells) - I'm sure Rudee can think of some more words for the song for her :) Temp has dropped a little, winds getting wilder - still can't smell smoke tho. .. Fingers crossed it's ok out Mudgee way. My sis from Perth just sent me an email to tell me my Uncle's 2nd wife had just passed away at the age of 99½ - not bad eh? .. I hadn't seen her for a few years, but I rang up my only cousin from that branch (haven't spoken to him since I saw him at Dad's funeral in 1996, and prior to that, hadn't seen him since we were kids - his own mother died when he was just 2, and his brother died in South Africa in 1976 aged 35 in a road accident. .. We had lost touch. .. He said she had a peaceful ending - had hoped to get a telegram from the Queen (which would have been May next year). .. I just wanted to ring him, since obviously I can't get to the funeral next Friday. .. Families are so important, and more particularly when you are older (I think, anyway) Jood

Well.....the mad scramble with the lights is just about finished. Both boys have been working outside since about 8am and they are exhausted. I'm sure it's going to be worth all the trouble. They have even found time to set up my chrissy present, too. Are'nt they wonderful? Mark is going to take some pickles so if they turn out ok I'll send some on to you all so you can see what all the fuss was about :) I'm off now to start preparations for the food. See ya later. Hugz Trifley X

Afternoon all :) I agree Jood. Family seems to be more important the older we get. I guess we are too busy conquering the world when we are younger to appreciate what we have at home!! I am still working on my Chrissy name. I keep on vascillating. At the moment I'm thinking of Christmas Eve-on from Oz but I'm not sure. Will decide on Dec 1st. :) ~~~~~~~~~~~ Vonny

4:39pm and AT LAST the lights are finished! TX

Yeah!! and they look very pretty too, well done boys! Jillxx