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Suzy I am back to Just Jood already - I think you can please yourself. ..I did it probably because my (silly) sister has taken - or rather got her oh to take down the xmas tree, all the decorations, you wouldnt even know it was xmas yesterday in this house. .. (She likes the place spotless) I have no idea what Indians drink Suzy - hope its not kava or something that will knock me over hahaha .. I'll let you know anyway. .. I would think they'd have wine? The Perth sales would not be as horrendous as Sydney, I'm sure. Off to the airport now Jood

have just changed backed to regular ol' fanny too. why bother putting the tree up in the first place. does your sister wanrt a holiday? a real challenge would be to get this place spotless, and we haven't got a tree(inside) have fun at the airport. buy a bottle of strawberry plonk there love Yvette x

Oh Jood I think that is soooo sad - fancy getting rid of the Christmas tree already! I love veging out after Chrissy - you really have the time to enjoy everything and be thankful and at peace. You do need a few wines my luv! XX Anna

Gooood Morning...:>)) from a very cool Melbin. Heard that it was the coldest Chrissy day in Vic. on record? Barbs sister who lives in Powell Town says they got two inches of rain Chrissy morning and some had ice and even snow, but it was very comfortable for eating a hot meal. Boxing day is chill out day for us, and we will do nowt, nothing,absolutley bugga all...:>))) except sit back and chill. Had a great Christmas day with family and friends, and i got great pressie from Barb. ' 13 inch bronze Standing Anubis Statue' as i have a great love for anything Egyptian, and add it to my now growing collection. Something funny: I have changed my name back to Tony Oz because of contact problems with U.K relo's....LOL Had one cousin in England email me at home saying: Hey' Tony..........There's a chap in my Hot matches named Rudee the red nosed rain beer, that has soooooooooo many ancestors that tie up with our family, and i have GR emailed him, but he wont respond?........hee hee Our chrissy tree and dec's stay up till 31st Jan. Hope everyone had a great time with family and friends. Best wishes to all who are not well, take care. catcha ron. Tony Oz....:>)))

Afternoon Wattlers and a happy Boxing Day to you all. We had a lovely day yesterday and now we're all settled in for the cricket and Sydney to Hobart. All full of yummy food and drink and generally just recovering. ~~~Waves to All~~~ Lew Lew xxx

It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring, bumped his head on the back of the bed, couldn't get up in the morning. Yippee hi a, yippee hi r. okay have slepped myself over the wrist (bit of hello hello there ) lol, Well I think you may have guessed that it's raining here in S.E.Sunny Q'Land. gone to my head, obviously, but it's that real soaking in type of stuff. Hope you are getting some SuzyQ and Laurie and you too Anna and Fluffy One, Had some friends pop in christmas eve and one of the ladies was telling me about this beautiful , wait for it, strobury wine she had tasted at another friends house, nearly fell over didn't I, laughing so much, okay I asked 'do you know where your friend got this wine from, ' No says she', 'b-gger says I, only that a few friends of mine around the whole of Australia are trying to track it down!' I held her down by the neck on the floor for a second or two but to no avail, she couldn't remember any more than that it was the most beautiful wine she had ever tasted. I tried girls, honest. lol luv Jillx

Was it the lizard stuff? Which we had a piccy on the royal verandah? http(:)//www(.)davidjones-wineclub(.)com.au/sections/goshopping/straights/fizz.asp 'NV Amberton Lizard Strawberry Infused Sparkling Brut (6 Bottle Case) Fun easy drinking style perfect for the Australian environment!' Theres all different kinds of strawberry at Macs in Woolies, but ... we'll all be on a mission now hunting it down. I kinda like the fresita as well. love yvette x

Trying out the New still of the Season name,lol Hi Fanny, how was Boxing Day?, pretty quiet here except for the sound of rain on the roof. Jillx

Hi everyone ,,What a lovely relaxing day boxing day is. It is rather cool here in Orange at the moment and would only be in the mid teens I would say. Who said we are suffering from global warming..bah,humbug,,I got a jumper on,,,,, You all sound like you have had a lovely time over Christmas so hope the diet starts tomorrow..lol Other daughter arrives from Canberra today so we will all be together again.The kids all get on so well together it is a joy to watch. Jood, take a bottle from the garage to the next door dinner and dont forget to put it in the fridge NOW to get cold. I thank you all that sent me pickles but I wont open them until I get home, dont trust this preview mail as it is not secure and I have lost messages I have sent and I dont want to lose any pickles.. Merle How did the big family go at the Christmas gathering. I hope you and himself are feeling a lot better and enjoyed the day. Well am going to veg out as that seems to be the theme for the dday.. Love Mary xxxxx

Hi there, back to plain old SuzyQ Like you Tony, I have had contact from cousins thinking that I am some one new. Now with regard to Christmas decorations. As I understand it the decorations should stay put for the 12 days of Christmas, which started on Christmas Day. Therefore they should stay in place until the 12th night, which is the 5th January. And woe betide you if you remove them one day too soon. Ofcourse, if you are not supersticous it really doesn't matter. But then again why tempt fate. Yes Jill we are having that lovely rain, just steady, sometimes heavy, but I do beleive that it has stopped for the moment. I am relaxing, Neville has gone to the sales because his amp has packed in. Thought the sales were a good time to buy a new one. I couldn't be bothered trailing round the shops. Would rather be looking for dead peeps. Which is were I am going now See you later Luv SuzyQ

Yeah Yeah Yeah Fanny - thats the stuff we'se bin looking for (I'll have a proppa look soon, I wuz soo egg sited, I had to tell ya. Just moving on .... about changing names back, and laughing at Tony's story - I got a msg in reply to my first msg to a complete stranger who is verrrrrrrrrrrrrrry distantly related to my daughter, and he says Gidday Virgin Merry, I was aware of the stories about you having a son about this time of year, but a daughter too..?! Anyway - an uncle of mine married ....' It's nice when peeps have a good sensa yooma! Later - I checked that page out Fanny, just emailed DJ's wine club about a few things. That is where Lyn bought it from originally (and I have a picture of the bottle if anyone wants to make sure) - Im going to get some, come hell or high water, even if I have to get it in Bendigo when I visit there! Niece's plane just about flying overhead by now, we've been home a while. Kids were getting excited, they still dont know exactly where they are going. Jood '

Good afternoon Wattlers, Ahhhh, BoxingDay, I love leftovers!!! It’s a mild and beautiful day here in Albury, yesterday was cooler and windy. Santa was exceptionally decent to me and the big box under the tree was a laptop, I cried when I opened the box. So I am sitting outside under the pergola sipping a merlot and tapping away!! OH had got the computer guy to set it all up, all I had to do was turn it on!!! We had a gorgeous lunch with friends yesterday and came home and vegged out in front of Return of the King last night as DD15 received a boxed set of the three LOTR movies, she was stoked too, so gosh Santa was clever this year. DD had a shift at Maccas this morning (very busy, she was a bit overwhelmed!), and we were open at the shop till 12, but now we are all home and have the rest of the day off, it’s bliss. Later today we’ll do the family phone around to Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne and Invercargill New Zealand. Next few days I like to clear out stuff to get the New Year off to a good start: out go the grotty tea towels and last years schoolbooks and odd socks and T-shirts with stains on and broken things that will never get mended! Hope it’s balmy everywhere else, I suppose the yachties want a bit of wind though, perhaps not toooo much!! Lazy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~’s to all, Heather in Albury

Good Arvo Wattlers, Sounds like you all had a good Christmas day. My Sunday at son's was very nice, and then yesterday was very busy cooking lunch, glad it was cool, took 3year old for a walk to beach in the afternoon ,had a late tea, we had our prawns for tea instead of with lunch, lots of nice chardy ( the Jacobs Creek was quite pleasant) when they finally went I had a shower and promply fell asleep in the chair until bedtime.. This morning a lovely sunny day with a fresh breeze so got the washing done and decided to cut the back lawn, I know I'm mad but like to do it when I feel like it.. One of my prezzies was a gel filled mouse pad so am trying to get used to it, also got a pinapple plant but you cant eat them only decorative. Poor Jood can't get a decent drink .......... enjoy the rest of the day wattlers whats left of it I also have changed my Christmas name cheers Luv Sandra in the Gong

Ozzie Ozzie Ozzie....O'i O'i O'i Warnie just got his 700 wicket....:>))) Go Ozzie's.....4 for 101 update. 9 for 148...:>))

Hiya everyone.. I know that i am a tad late but better late than never I say.. MERRY CHRISTMAS..!!!! Hope that all of you had a fantastic day and hoping that the new year brings much joy to you all.. Have Fun Love and Laughter Janet xxxxxx

Hi Flutters, long time no see - as you say, better late than never! Happy New Year to youuuuu. Jood

England all gone for 159, Aussies 0/10 off the first over what a day's cricket. yvette x

Hi everyone, good to hear you all had a great xmas and are veging out today. Mary we had the most wonderful day.All Kevins family were there except his half brother, and they were all so welcoming and accepting of us. Best of all,our daughter was introduced by Kevins mother as Kevins sister which came close to bringing me undone. Noone was fit to drive by teatime so it was fortunate that we had asked for the wheel chair taxi who finally arrived at 8pm would you believe everyone including the in laws came out and gave us a hug and a thank you for bringing Kevin up so well.Danne had a bit of a weep and said she was happy the way things had turned out and kevin was lucky to have two mums who loved him so much. That DID bring me undone and that little rat Kevin laughed at us and said gawd you two arent crying again!! We have been so blessed.The outcome could have been so different. Love to all Merle

Ah Merle, eyes started leaking when I read your msg, beautiful story, luv Jillx

Ohhh Merle, what a happy happy story! No wonder there were so many tears shed, and wine drunk lol What a wonderful memory. Jood