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[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

Oh! You have to have an educational REASON to go camping with the kids? Ok...... we are studying the impact of human habitation on the environment of the estuary and the sandy shore......AND we're going to play in rockpools and play games and have fun!!! How old are 6th graders NE? (In NZ, a grader is an earthmoving machine!)

[Ken, Moderator]

11-year-olds to 12-year-olds. They have fun, too. Sing silly songs. Play basketball and all manner of games in the "down time" when we're responsible for them (Nature's Classroom teachers handle them during "class" time and I go running).

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

Cool!!! We're on duty 24/7.....medicate, feed, soothe nightmares and chivvy/play/educate all day. Good bonding time!
Edit: ....and I am off in 10 hours so am off to get some quality sleep time...last for a few days. Will be around again in 4 days or so......

[Ken, Moderator]

Bon voyage. Enjoy your beautiful Luddite Days...

[Boreal Elizabeth]

happy trails to you
until we meet again

happy trails to you
our intrepid antipodean friend

[David]

"Cur" is good.

Shakespeare's invective is priceless:

Prince Hal to Falstaff:

That trunk of humours, that bolting-hutch of beastliness, that swollen parcel of dropsies, that huge bombard of sack, that stuffed cloak-bag of guts, that roasted Manningtree ox with pudding in his belly, that reverend vice, that grey Iniquity, that father ruffian, that vanity in years?

Fallstaff to the Prince:

You starvelling, you eel-skin, you dried neat's-tongue, you bull's-pizzle, you stock-fish--O for breath to utter what is like thee!-you tailor's-yard, you sheath, you bow-case, you vile standing tuck!

F*****g this and f*****g that doesn't cut it. We are a fallen civilization!

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

Has anyone seen NE? Hasn't posted in over a week.....

[Ruth]

I've been wondering if he got blanked out by the ice storm in New England some days ago. I hear tell there are still people without electricity.

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

I hope he's Ok...

[Boreal Elizabeth]

auntie nnnnn eeee
auntie nnnnn eeee
where are you?

[Ruth]

New England area's iced up again now, isn't it?

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

Dunno..... a remarkable lack of NEws reports on this side of the Pacific....

[David]

Has he got a bunch of bananas and a bottle of gin? He'll pull through.

[Boreal Elizabeth]

perhaps he's off to gramma's house for the holidays

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

Meri Kirihimete to all of my friends - hope you have a warm and happy time with family and friends.....and go easy on the eggnog if you are driving!
love Debs XO

[Boreal Elizabeth]

you first ;)

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

Yep!!! It is 11pm Christmas Eve here right now....and I have just waved off the last of the guests and put the little bit of leftover nog in the fridge. Mince pie and a nog for Santa are on the mantel and I am off to the 'sugarplum dreams' shortly!

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

Yay!! I heard from NE.....he's writing !!!(Shhhhh).

[Ruth]

Hooray!

[Boreal Elizabeth]

and i am having a little store bought nog in your honor this evening deb and also glad to hear ne has abandoned us for his muse
my friends back east are posting pics of trees encased in ice, and barns half swallowed in snow and one sent a pic of her just opened door
with the snow packed against it kneedeep


so very merry christmas everyone
and a happy new year
nog to your continued good health and happiness and blessings ever increasing

[[deleted user]]

More store bought nog here. Cheers to all and to all a guten nacht :) I must go to bed so Santa does not skip our abode-- my son would never forgive me! I brought some fudge and cookies for everyone-- enjoy!

[David]

Happy Christmas to all and to all a good night.

A Blessed Nativity to all.

[Boreal Elizabeth]

did santa make it to your house sarah?
seems he stopped here twice
once to deposit gifts and stocking stuffers
long after grandmother had gone to bed
and then again after 6 when the grandson got up and noticed the cookies hadn't been touched
but before 7:30 when grandma got up to make coffee and grandson woke up for the second time after falling back to sleep at 6:00!

my my that santa is tricky
knowing just when little boys are sleeping

[Ken, Moderator]

Santas have a way. Consider the trick of coming down chimneys that spent all of Christmas Eve lit....

[David]

Maybe it was Oprah.

[[deleted user]]

Oprah does have a knack for pulling off some interesting escapades. Hmmm ... one to ponder.

AE, Santa did make a stop & he ate all the fudge I left for HIM! He even left a few goodies for my son and nephew, but I know he did not depart throught the chimney flue :)

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

Happy New Year to all my Goodreads friends! (It's actually 11pm on 31 Dec but I am knackered and I am going to bed!) I know it is several hours away yet for most of you but *blows kiss* - have a lovely time. Oooh! And DON'T make resolutions!!!

[David]

Well, Happy New Year. Hope you enjoyed Hogmanay in the antipodes.

[Ken, Moderator]

Happy New Year, Debs! It's only 7 a.m. on New Year's Eve Day here, but I hope to be "knackered" tonight, too (um, is it fun?). Personally, I'd like to go to bed by 10, but I'm not sure if I'll get the Good Wyfe's permission.

[Ruth]

9 am here. Happy new year to you, Deb. And to everyone.

[David]

Can one be knackered with one's knickers on?

Never mind. TMI (too much information).

[[deleted user]]

Happy New Year Debs! Cheers to a great 2009 :)

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

Thanks all......and NE and David, 'knackered' means worn out; very tired; fatigued; weary. So yes to your query David!!

[Ken, Moderator]

I'm knackered right now (9 p.m.). And -- good news -- as we're snowed in and all alone and already done with the lovely, candlelit dinner of chicken piccata and Yorkshire pudding, I get to go to bed by 10! Huzzah! HuZzzzzzzzzzzz...

[[deleted user]]

Knackered at 9?? That sound like a news teaser :)

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

Yaaaayyyyy! To those who know her...Prabha has been in touch! She wrote to me from the UK....London (freezing apparently) and said to tell you(NE) that she watched the 'whole Obama thing live on TV over there'. She is going to contact me again when she is back at home.....I wonder what she has been doing in the UK....must ask her.....

[Ken, Moderator]

That's interesting. Perhaps she's setting up a business for those beaches? Prabha's Getaways...

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

The house my grandad was born in buned down last week....and now we are on 'death watch'. At 95 he is finally succumbing to the cancer he has been battling for almost 18 months. I am trying not to be superstitious about his end and that of the house he entered the world in......
I am almost finished The Book Thief. I am afraid to read any more though. Very rarely have I ever NOT wanted to finish a book because I know it will make me grieve. Usually I don't want to finish because I am enjoying it so much......

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

He's gone......

[David]

May his memory be eternal.

[Ken, Moderator]

Sorry, Deb. 95 years is a great life, however, even if he sadly suffered the last year and a half. We'll be thinking of you.

[Ruth]

I'm sorry, Debbie. It's hard to lose those whom we love, even if we know it's time.

Somehow, I find it poetically beautiful that the house he was born in burned down just before his death. What a poignant metaphor.

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

It was a great life! When I am ready I will bore you with a couple of the highlights.....

[Stamatia]

May you always remember him when he was strong and healthy.May you always retain the happiest moments you lived together.
This, I have found is the only thing that carries you into the future after losing a loved one

[[deleted user]]

I am so sorry for your family's loss Debbie. My thoughts are with you.

[Ruth]

Now you've whetted my interest, Debbie. I'd love to hear.

[Boreal Elizabeth]

:(
so sorry - thanks for sharing him and your love for him with us

[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

Look at what my daughter dropped into my life yesterday (excuse any typos...he is on my lap patting the keyboard as I type!).
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[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

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[Debbie, sardonic princess of cheerfulness]

What onj earth will I do with him? Jubjub is packijng his bags as I type....