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[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Very nice Katie:) I bet your girls have so much fun!!!

[Margaret]

Some of my happiest early memories are making Christmas decorations as a child.:)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Margaret wrote: "Some of my happiest early memories are making Christmas decorations as a child.:)"

It's great that Katie is teaching her kids to be creative Margaret....too much store bought stuff these days:)

[Faye]

Hello, hope someone can help me, I have tried to log a book on that I am reading and can not find it through the search no even with the ISBN what now??

Thanks

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Faye wrote: "Hello, hope someone can help me, I have tried to log a book on that I am reading and can not find it through the search no even with the ISBN what now??

Thanks"

Faye, go to the librarian thread, and put in all the details you have from your book, and I'll locate it for you:) http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/7...

[Faye]

For those who are James Patterson fans, some of the new novels that have just come out are cheap on ebooks at the moment....some of you may be interested.

[Faye]

Brenda wrote: "Faye wrote: "Hello, hope someone can help me, I have tried to log a book on that I am reading and can not find it through the search no even with the ISBN what now??

Thanks"

Faye, go to the libra..."
Thanks Brenda, just done that for you.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Faye wrote: "For those who are James Patterson fans, some of the new novels that have just come out are cheap on ebooks at the moment....some of you may be interested."

Thanks Faye:)

[Katie]

Me too Margaret :) thank you Brenda :)
Nalani has kindly 2moro and Ieisha has her 3rd day of transition... afterwards me and Eshy are going shopping to get lots of baking supplies to make Xmas treats on Wednesday :) will post some pics of the results :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Well done, enjoy Katie:)

[Tracey]

Katie I'm in awe - I have nothing even remotely resembling that kind of creativity. I'm OK with words but **do not** put any kind of sewing needle in my hands or it could lead to tragic consequences :)

I'm sure your girls will have a wonderfully, magic Christmas.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Amy wrote: "Hi All,

I'm in the US, and spent two years of my teens in the land down under
And my favourite memory was spending long summer nights reading books on the beach!

Ahh.... I miss those beaches!"

Amy, I bet you are wishing you were here now!! It'd be pretty cold where you are?

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Amy wrote: "Very cold - I just looked at the weather for Aus - wow, I think you'll all melt for Christmas!"

If it keeps it up, we will :(

[Emily]

We have white sand...

[Elizabeth]

Are we all ready for Christmas? Who here has more shopping to do? I started early this year. (( Unlike me )) I decided to get the ball rolling back in October. I still have a few more things to get as yet.

Time has gone to quick !

[Dale]

I admire all you clever creative people and your talents.

[Tracey]

Liz wrote: "Are we all ready for Christmas? Who here has more shopping to do? I started early this year. (( Unlike me )) I decided to get the ball rolling back in October. I still have a few more things to get..."

My family stopped celebrating Christmas many years ago now and I've honestly never missed it. I can often be so engrossed in my own life that I almost forget it's on its' way :) I do remember that when we did celebrate Mum always seemed to be ready to go by about November - her closet and under her bed were her two favourite hiding spots for presents but my younger sister and I always found them lol I still think it's a great idea but it just became far too expensive and a little too commercial for my taste but I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas season :)

[Dale]

I adore Christmas. The carols, time with family, decorating the tree though that doesn't happen till last week, the smell of pine tree throughout the house, and buying presents. On that note just my husband to finish shopping for.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Oh Tracey, that's sad:( Christmas is too expensive, yes, and too commercialized, yes, but the joy and delight on not just the kids faces makes it all worth while!! Such a special family time.

[Jessy]

I must admit I normally love Christmas but I find this chrissy I am having trouble getting excited about it. Were going to the in-laws and as we don't really get along its a tense situation but I do it for my husband. A part of me wished we could just stay home. I am nervous about leaving the house behind as Christmas is peak cyclone time and leaving our cats behind as well. I guess I am in denial mode if I don't think about it its not happening lol

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Jessy wrote: "I must admit I normally love Christmas but I find this chrissy I am having trouble getting excited about it. Were going to the in-laws and as we don't really get along its a tense situation but I d..."

Call in sick Jessy;)

It's a shame when there is a lot of tension within the family, I'm lucky that's never happened with our family:) I hope you enjoy it either way:)

[Jessy]

I married the golden haired boy of the family and I think I have never been forgiven for that. And we got together so young so I have said and did normal 18 year old silliness and old wounds have never been forgiven I think. There has been wrong on both sides and at this point I think there's been to much water under the bridge for there to ever be a relaxed relationship between me and his mother and sister.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Does your hubby understand what you go through when you go there?

[Jessy]

Yes he does but its only fair because my family and him have a strained relationship as well. Its been a cloudy history for both sides of the families I get why he wants to go home for Christmas we haven't been there for 3 years.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Jessy wrote: "Yes he does but its only fair because my family and him have a strained relationship as well. Its been a cloudy history for both sides of the families I get why he wants to go home for Christmas we..."

Oh dear:( Well all the very best for Christmas...perhaps one year the two of you could do Christmas, just yourselves...go on a Christmas cruise or something. You'd enjoy that much better:)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Michael wrote: "Dale wrote: "I adore Christmas. The carols, time with family, decorating the tree though that doesn't happen till last week, the smell of pine tree throughout the house, and buying presents. On th..."

Haha Michael...if it's a real tree, it'll be very dead by next Christmas!!!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Michael wrote: "I said too my sister to do that, she gave me the if looks could kill look lol."

Haha!!

[Jessy]

Michael wrote: "Dale wrote: "I adore Christmas. The carols, time with family, decorating the tree though that doesn't happen till last week, the smell of pine tree throughout the house, and buying presents. On th..."

Hi my name is Jessy and I am a fully decorated tree stuffer in a cupboard-a-holic lol I am shamed to admit I found my tree in the office cupboard with the decorations still on it lol

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

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[Faye]

This is the first year, we are being brave. We are actually doing what we want. We asked the kids (who are old enough to make up their mind), teenagers, they said, beach, bbq, home all day. I am being brave and going ahead with this request. See how I go by christmas. We always have a million dramas, every year. This might be the first without a problem. Jessy, do your own thing. This has taken me years to figure out.I don;t think christmas has to be difficult, everyone just makes it difficult.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Faye wrote: "This is the first year, we are being brave. We are actually doing what we want. We asked the kids (who are old enough to make up their mind), teenagers, they said, beach, bbq, home all day. I am be..."

Well done Faye! I hope you have a wonderful Christmas, just you, your hubby and your teens:)

[Elizabeth]

Tracey wrote: "Liz wrote: "Are we all ready for Christmas? Who here has more shopping to do? I started early this year. (( Unlike me )) I decided to get the ball rolling back in October. I still have a few more ..."

I do agree.. Christmas sure does get expensive even more so every year. But It is nice to get the family together and just spend time together. Something about that time of the year.

It seems to be commercial for a lot of people. :) But as long as everyone is happy that is the main thing. :)

[Dale]

Michael wrote: "Dale wrote: "I adore Christmas. The carols, time with family, decorating the tree though that doesn't happen till last week, the smell of pine tree throughout the house, and buying presents. On th..."

Not with a real tree, Michael. Dead pine needles everywhere is not fun. We put the nativity scene and a few other decorations up yesterday before visitors came last night.The nativity scene is always what goes up first.Just one of our traditions and we sang carols last night at our small party here with friends.

[Tracey]

Sounds as though most are in line for a fabulous Christmas. I feel for you Jessy - I went through the same drama with my first husband. He was a professional football player and had a wonderful career in front of him, the year we met he was in a terrible accident which left most of the bones in his left leg shattered or broken - he could never play footy again and yet for some reason his family chose to blame me for that instead of the accident. It made Christmas' very rough - especially as I had not celebrated with my family for years at that stage. What my Mum decided to do instead of Christmas was have a family BBQ sometime each year - there was no pressure to buy gifts or decorate but we still got to have the family get-together. I loved it and my sisters and I have continued the tradition although we now meet three times a year with the whole family - a huge BBQ with aunts, uncles and cousins etc and then smaller celebrations consisting of my sisters and myself with all our spouses, kids etc on Mother's Day and Father's Day - we meet for breakfast and everyone brings something for the barbie [I usually bring the bacon ;) ] and spend the whole morning together - it's great fun and if you want to buy something for someone you can but you don't **have** to - this leaves me free to pick things up throughout the year for my sisters and nieces and nephews etc when I see something I think they'd like and I have the money to buy it.

It's an odd way of doing things but it's worked for us for a long time now :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Tracey wrote: "Sounds as though most are in line for a fabulous Christmas. I feel for you Jessy - I went through the same drama with my first husband. He was a professional football player and had a wonderful c..."

Tracey that sounds fantastic! What a wonderful way to celebrate, and to do it a few times through the year is great. I hope you continue to enjoy that tradition for many years to come...

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Dale wrote: "Michael wrote: "Dale wrote: "I adore Christmas. The carols, time with family, decorating the tree though that doesn't happen till last week, the smell of pine tree throughout the house, and buying..."

I remember as a child Dale, we always had a real tree, in a red bucket, with the most divine smell...but as days went by, the pine needles would drop..The getting rid of the tree after the celebrations wasn't fun, but I guess it was less fun for my Dad, who had to get it out of the house, then my poor Mum who had to clean up after it all!! But it was such a wonderful time...great memories:)

[Amber]

We had a real tree about 20 years ago, and one day my brother was sitting in the armchair next to it and caught movement out the corner of his eye. To say he panicked is an understatement. There were hundreds of redbacks making their webs from the rim of the pot to the base of the tree, and from the pot to the chair my brother was sitting on.

I remember clouds of flyspray after that, and the tree was out the back as far as possible from the house, still fully decorated and a thick fog of flyspray filling the loungeroom for hours afterward.

After that incident, everyone in the family has stuck to fake trees :) lol

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Amber wrote: "We had a real tree about 20 years ago, and one day my brother was sitting in the armchair next to it and caught movement out the corner of his eye. To say he panicked is an understatement. There we..."

OMG!!! That would have been horrible Amber!!! You'd be imagining redbacks inside for days afterwards!!!

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we only get real trees! the fake ones make my itchy ( I had to put the work one up) I love the smell of the real trees, lucky our house is big enough and we already live in the bush so we already have all the nastys haha

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Melanie wrote: "we only get real trees! the fake ones make my itchy ( I had to put the work one up) I love the smell of the real trees, lucky our house is big enough and we already live in the bush so we already h..."

Haha! It'd be gorgeous to have a real one Melanie:)

[[deleted user]]

I think the real reason is we are all much to lazy to set up a fake one each year takes much more effort
hahaha

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Melanie wrote: "I think the real reason is we are all much to lazy to set up a fake one each year takes much more effort
hahaha"

Oh I thought it'd be the other way around...lol Getting a real tree would be getting more and more difficult now wouldn't it? Then getting it home, into a pot big enough that it wouldn't overbalance....etc!!! lol

[[deleted user]]

We never had that problem, we go to the same place buy the same sized tree use the same pot haha, only problem we have now is the dog chewing on the tree

[★ Jess]

Had a year 12 transition day today, going to all our classes for half an hour.
Modern History
Business
Legal Studies
English Communications
Oh man, so unprepared. Handing up drafts or final copies in english coms every week. I dont think so.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Melanie wrote: "We never had that problem, we go to the same place buy the same sized tree use the same pot haha, only problem we have now is the dog chewing on the tree"

Oh he will make himself sick!!!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

★ Jess wrote: "Had a year 12 transition day today, going to all our classes for half an hour.
Modern History
Business
Legal Studies
English Communications
Oh man, so unprepared. Handing up drafts or final co..."

Oh dear Jess...soon your year will be finished:)

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★ Jess wrote: "Had a year 12 transition day today, going to all our classes for half an hour.
Modern History
Business
Legal Studies
English Communications
Oh man, so unprepared. Handing up drafts or final co..."
Ahh yr 12, the year of perpetual stress

[★ Jess]

I love three out of my four teachers though. Two I've had before and adore, one has a reputation for being the coolest guy in the school, and the fourth I've never even heard of.

[Jessy]

Brenda wrote: "Melanie wrote: "We never had that problem, we go to the same place buy the same sized tree use the same pot haha, only problem we have now is the dog chewing on the tree"

Oh he will make himself s..."

We have an Australian mist cat that eats everything that's why we didn't go the fresh tree route as well lol

[Jessy]

All this talk of year 12 is starting to make me feel real old lol