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Merry Christmas from Buenos Aires, Argentina!Here we do have a heat wave, so I'm getting a little jealous seeing all the places where it's snowing! Christmas in the Southern hemisphere is too hot, lol.
Merry Christmas from Poland. We also celebrate without snow this year, but still the time is wonderful. We have the second day of Christmas ahead, so a little bit more celebrating, but also some more peaceful time, hopefully with reading :)
Just got back online now. Major ice storm up here in Toronto area/Ontario.We were without power/internet/phone, everything since the 21st...what a birthday celebration, lol.
It also got very cold -20 degrees C the last couple of nights so we were very happy when our hydro came back on...chilled to the bone.
Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you get lots of good books, good food (we are now scrambling to see if anything is open today to be able to get something to eat) great Christmas spirit, (this storm has brought friends and neighbours together helping each other out as best as possible :-) and memories that will last a lifetime :-)
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Glad you got your power back. That happened in Seattle years ago and we were without power for several days too. I swear I still have PTSD from the experience :). Makes you appreciate the little things in life like a heater and refrigerated food. Hope the rest of your holidays are stress free.
Hi Cathie, wow sounds scary also - no Internet ?!?! JOKES. I'm glad you're ok and that everyone bandied together to help.
Cathie, that is the story for a great Christmas book :), glad you are safe and sound, though not glad that you are cold and hungry. Hope the next day will be better. More warm hugs!!!
Am I the only one or is it hard to continue reading unfinished Christmas stories?
It was Freeeeezing everyone!! Seriously. And yes, Lynn, I wouldn't want to have to go through that again. At the height of it 1/4 of a million people were without power, for at least 24 hours; we were in an area particularly hard hit, with lots of downed wires and trees and blown transformers so our power was out a long time. And, some people still don't have power yet, and may not until the weekend. So so very hard for them. The city has opened up many warming centres where people can go for a hot meal, shower, sleep there etc, but everything is also covered in ice so the disabled, elderly, etc., can't leave their homes. So many people are excellent in checking in on their neighbors, bringing a hot coffee if they have a car and can drive to an area that has power to get one, etc. My neighbor is a fireman and he came to my door Tuesday morning, took one look at me when I answered it all bundled up in a hoodie, 3 layers of clothes, shivering, and a fleecy huge housecoat and said, "You're body temperature is dangerously low (apparently my lips had started turning purple) and I'm taking you out for a coffee and some hot oatmeal. I hate oatmeal, but it sounded like heaven and helped me to feel human again.It was really a fantastic Christmas though. My eldest son who we haven't seen in 15 years because he's been travelling around and seemed to drop off the grid, surprised us by showing up on Christmas Eve!! My heart just about jumped out of my body :-). He's still here, and both of my young men are upstairs playing video games, and catching up on each other lives. My youngest, who just adored his big brother when he hiked away from home (the youngest was only 9 at the time) can't believe he is now taller than his big brother. He remembers him as being a giant, lol. :-).
This Christmas has truly be wonder-filled!
Thanks for the warm (big smiles) (love anything warm right now) hugs Anima :-)
Cathie, that is a truly uplifting story. Despite all the hardship, you seemed to have a miraculous Christmas time, I cannot even begin to imagine the joy of seeing your son after such a long time. Thank you for sharing that story!!
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I was sick for Christmas, first time I've had the stomach flu in probably 15 years! I had to stay in bed all day - not even in bed and reading, literally in bed & sleeping all day. I had to cancel my dinner and my poor family couldn't come over. I was so disappointed. We've decided to get together for New Year's Day though and start off the new year right!
We just opened family gifts today and apparently my family noticed that I like reading. lol I received:
Yup, I'm doing my happy dance. :)
Kristie wrote: "Cathie! So sorry for your lack of electricity. That sounds horrible! I'm glad you got your electricity back and what a wonderful surprise to have your son home for Christmas! That will warm you up!..."LOL, and they know what you like. I started knitting and cooking so I got 3 knitting books and 3 for cooking. :))))
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Wow, Kristie, so you had a terrible time while being ill, but you got great gifts :), I hope you feel better now.Vanessa, it seems like a nice bunch of books to spend you time occupied :)
Awww, Kristie, so sorry to hear you were feeling so sick over Christmas :-(. Hope you're feeling better now.Great pile of books; looks like you were a very good girl this year :-)!
Kristie wrote: "Cathie! So sorry for your lack of electricity. That sounds horrible! I'm glad you got your electricity back and what a wonderful surprise to have your son home for Christmas! That will warm you up!..."Nice Xmas Haul Kristie! I really enjoyed My Name is Rapunzel and The Humans was quite amusing as well!
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Ally glad to hear that you liked My Name is Rapunzel. I've been wanting to read it for a while & was glad to see that it was finally released.
that's a good pile of books Kristie... I can already see u having a great reading year ahead... :-) :-)take care & get well soon :-)
Cathie ,Glad you survived the ice storm and even happier for you that you had such a wonderful reunion with your son! As Anima said, thanks for sharing that with us .
Kirstie,Sorry to hear you were sick over Christmas and I'm sure the delayed celebration will be fun. I was ( still am) suffering from a miserable head cold , cough etc but was not bed ridden like you . We had the kids and grandkids over for brunch and presents . It was fun but exhausting and nice and quiet after the ten of them left ! Lol. But lots of fun !
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Christine - I hope you feel better too.
Cathie - five are grandchildren and the rest are my step kids and spouses ! If it was ten grandchildren we would have gone broke . I have to be careful so I can buy my books ! Lol
::like::erhhh, wait a minute, spouses?? What, one is never enough? ROFL
Haha - actually one is single , one is divorced and one is married . So there really was only one spouse ! I stand corrected . Lol
I just discovered two blisters on my feet. Made an appt with the foot dr for next Wednesday. Spending recovery time finishing a few books. Happy 2014
Happy New Year everyone! May every book you read be your favorite!
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All the best wishes to all if you for 2014!
May Your wishes come true this year, and of course those about great reads included! Happy New Year :0
I finally went and saw Catching Fire today and I really enjoyed it (much more than the book actually which I felt was the weakest of the series).I also saw Philomena the other day which was great, albeit heartbreaking!
Catching Fire was great, Karen!We're snowed in here in my neck of the woods. Hubby can't make it out to go to work since our road has yet to be plowed and we have a good 2 feet of snow. First we had an ice storm that took the power out for a week for most people. Now, we have a blizzard! Winter is definitely here. lol
we got 40 degree weather dipping down to freezing through the day.
That's what Tennessee has (where we just moved back from). Michigan, however, is supposed to have a high of 2 and a lo of -15!
It 30 F here now, about 40 during the day, I love it.
Alycia wrote: "That's what Tennessee has (where we just moved back from). Michigan, however, is supposed to have a high of 2 and a lo of -15!"I can't imagine. It was cold today...and that was 55 F. I live in South Florida- never experienced getting snowed in. Must be a great time to READ
it is great reading weather, with a cat on my feet
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-42 overnight tonight... Again/still. Thank god for ebooks! As much as I love going to book stores its just too cold.
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I'm in Massachusetts, just north of Boston.
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Holy smokes!! -42?! That's crazy!! Where are you, ☆ally☆?
Winnipeg, Canada. Coldest winter in 100 years so far.
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Over here in Perth, Australia our Xmas Day is nearly over. We had a nice mild sunny day instead of the usual heat wave that always seems to happen.
I'm definitely going to squeeze in some reading tomorrow