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[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Happy festive season Leslie. Hope your furry friends did alright in the present department, :-)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Tasha wrote: "I don't seem to have that problem...at least this time around thankfully. ;)"

I thought I was going pretty good. I had been restrained in my eating on Xmas day..and then this morning I got up and while standing in the kitchen waiting for the jug to boil to make my coffee, I attacked the covered platter of Xmas treats sitting out on the bench.
And now I am having a "what have I done" moment...

[Leland]

Terri wrote: "Happy festive season Leslie. Hope your furry friends did alright in the present department, :-)"

They each got new toys Nylabone chew toys and one of those stuffed toys made out of seatbelt type material. Very tough. Even so, I'm sure that they will have the squeaker out before dinner.

Oh. And one of the dogs gave me a laser pointer. She loves to chase the red dot. Maybe she thinks I will too. LOL

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I nearly got one of our boys one of those toys with something like 12 squeakers in it...but it was expensive and I thought, 12 squeakers does not mean the toy will last any longer than a few days. Haha..little rascal.

We got our big dog hide chews and our little dog got chews and a Kong stick.
One of these..
http://www.petsperfect.co.uk/products...

We got him one of the medium ones for Xmas last year and while it only lasted 3 months the joy it gave him was priceless. :-)
It is that tough fabric...but tough fabric doesn't stop him from getting the stitching open. Lol

[Leland]

Nice! For our chewer we get the galileo bone. I can't even believe how long these will last. http://www.nylabone.com/product-finde...

and this remained a hit even when all the stuffing and squeakers were gone. We can say to Brody "get your chicken and he knows exactly which toy it is. http://www.fatcatinc.com/products/det...

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I shall keep an eye out for that brand floppy chicken. It is hard to find toys that last, especially with small terrier dogs. they have the little scissor chewing teeth that work like a sewing unpicker needle. lol. We go through so many toys and unfortunately, he does not like the hard toys. Only fabric and soft toys.

[Tasha]

I love this company for long- lasting dog toys:

http://jwpet.com/dog/dog.html

I gave each dog a new one this Christmas.

[Linda]

What did 'Ole Sannie Claus' bring you?
I did not get the knee length dress I wanted, but I did get a gift card. I got an ASUS. Never heard of an Asus, don't even know how to turn it on. Husband and son number two surely have enjoyed it!

[Leland]

I got a Kobo e-reader. Wheeeee

[Anne]

I Was the Secret Santa for a wee 1 and 1/2 lb. Yorkie at a rescue center. I bought him toys, wee-wee pads, treats, clothes and a cute sleep in house, red with white dog feet prints on it. His name is Pocket.

[Bryn]

Resolution 2013: read the books I've got before I buy more.
I have hundreds of unread books, worthy to be read. Think of the expenses saved if I read what's in front of me, instead of pastures new. I am SO undisciplined and my eyes are bigger than...

An exception for group reads with A&M :) :)

How's that for a sensible resolution? I thought of 'move to Tasmania' but that's beyond my organisational skills.

[Linda]

What does Tasmania have of note? A devil, a snake or bedlam?
You have lofty resolutions. Stick to them and next New Year give the group a report of how you succeeded!
Leslie, was that 'wheeeee' real pleasure for getting a Kobo ereader or was it tongue in cheek

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Tasha wrote: "I love this company for long- lasting dog toys:

http://jwpet.com/dog/dog.html

I gave each dog a new one this Christmas."

I saw those crackle toys at the pet store (water bottle in plush toy) and was about to get one when I spotted they had finally gotten the Kong Stix in and got him one of them instead.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Leslie wrote: "I got a Kobo e-reader. Wheeeee"

The eReader seems to be a popular gift this year. :-)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Anne wrote: "I Was the Secret Santa for a wee 1 and 1/2 lb. Yorkie at a rescue center. I bought him toys, wee-wee pads, treats, clothes and a cute sleep in house, red with white dog feet prints on it. His name ..."

Awww, that's lovely Anne. Hopefully Pocket won't be at the rescue shelter too long and he will be adopted.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Hi Bryn,
Well I can help you wipe out two books off your shelves with peer pressure. and

[Linda]

Terri wrote: "I hate food. *lays back down on pillow*

(I have eaten too much and my tummy is huge. I think it will burst. It is Boxing Day here now, and I should not have raided Xmas leftover lollies after br..."

Terri, one of the best things about expecting a baby is that you don't have worry about that big stomach. I have seriously considered being pregnant all the time.

[Dar B]

Linda wrote: "My grandson has dyslexia. Whether a restaurant menu or captions on the tv, he would quietly sidle up to me and whisper, "Read that for me."
At age twelve he got special help. We were eating out ..."

I love that he was so excited to read for himself! My youngest son has dyslexia, too, but it did not affect his ability to read. He has very minor issues with hand-eye coordination.

[Dar B]

Anne wrote: "I Was the Secret Santa for a wee 1 and 1/2 lb. Yorkie at a rescue center. I bought him toys, wee-wee pads, treats, clothes and a cute sleep in house, red with white dog feet prints on it. His name ..."

Awww! Pocket sounds so cute! I wish that I had the room and patience to adopt all of the unwanted puppies in the world! Both of mine were rescue dogs and so was my kitty.

[Chris]

Bryn wrote: "Resolution 2013: read the books I've got before I buy more.
I have hundreds of unread books, worthy to be read. Think of the expenses saved if I read what's in front of me, instead of pastures new..."

Bryn this resolutions is just plan wrong! On behalf of bookoholics everywhere I urge you to reject it for the mistake it is. Having hundreds of unread books in your bookcases is totally normal. You have no idea when a natural disaster or even the end of civilisation as we know it is going to cut you off from your suppliers, then what will you do if you have depleted your emergency supplies? Supplies of books are just as important as any other emergency supplies.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Linda wrote: "Terri, one of the best things about expecting a baby is that you don't have worry about that big stomach. I have seriously considered being pregnant all the time.
.."

lol. Well, not being pregnant, I only have Xmas fare to blame.
Besides, I think tummies on women are feminine and natural and no woman should be ashamed of having a tummy. :)

[Dawn]

Besides, there is always Spanx to hold it all in for necessary occasions. :D

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

yep. Although....I don't own one of the tummy ones, I do own the singlet one. :)

[Bryn]

Confused now! Conflicting feedback on my resolution!!
I've never kept a New Year's resolution in my life, so I won't sweat.
Glad I'm normal for a bookoholic.

[Bryn]

PS. I'd better find out what a Spanx is. I just grocery-shopped for the slashed-price Christmas puds and so on.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Spanx are a brand name, but what they are are those body hugging underwear things that suck you in and give you shape. there are so many brands these days but they are unviersally nicknamed 'Spanx' now.

I don't wear them because it is too hot up here. They are like wearing a wetsuit in summer. The closest I get to them are a singlet/camisole one that I wear in winter. :)

RE: xmas puds
Christmas Puds were as rare as hens teeth in my neck of the woods. It was like there was a national shortage of Puds! Lots of people went without. All the grocery stores had sold out weeks before Xmas. IGA, Woolies, Coles. All out.
We lucked onto one because someone had dumped one on a shelf in one of the aisles. We were doing our Xmas Shopping, depressed that there were no puds and VOILA! one materialised nestled amoungst the crumpets!

[Bryn]

Hmm. I noticed a shortage of shortbread in Woolies, tonight. You'd think shortbread was never invented. But puds... I did puds...

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

There was a shortbread shortage up here too! they had their bakery ones at Woolies, but not their nice packaged 'Select' ones. :(
I wanted one of those Glace Cherry Xmas puds at Woolies. I would have given my kingdom for one of them this Xmas...but they sold out in early December.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

...please don't tell me you got one of those glace cherry or whole orange xmas puds...:(

[Bryn]

Ohhhh Terri, honestly, there are dozens of the cherry in my Woolies, half-price. I got the last orange instead. That is sad. I'm sad for you. Come on a trip?

There was almost no custard, and I was driven against my better judgement to get cream.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Ohhh NOOO!!! *weeps* that is devastating news to me.
I love glace cherries and if I could not get one of those I would have gotten one of the Orange ones. I am so disappointed. I bet they won't do them next year..this was the first year they did them.

Air fares are half price right now...... :D

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

...you must tell me what the Orange one is like when you eat it..so I can live vicariously through you. :(

[Bryn]

I guess that's logistics for you. Pud logistics as poor as the book-delivery we're talking about in the other thread.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I just think there was NSW favouritism. ;)
The Woolies Bakery lady told me that all stores (we have three in the major centre near us) had put in orders for the Glace Cherry and Orange puds and only one of the Woolies stores had any show up and they were the ones that sold out early December.

It was just not meant to be..

[Bryn]

I'm almost sorry I told you, but then, if it provokes you into a flight to Sydney, no harm done.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

LOL! Wouldn't that be funny. *knock knock* Hi Bryn, take me to this Woolies and show me the cheap cherry Xmas puds.
three hours later
*waving goodbye as I get back on the plane* Nice catching up. see you for the Pud sale next year!
;D

[Bryn]

Perfectly reasonable behaviour. We'll just fit in a quick Spanx shop, too.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Haha. Yeah, why not. With all those Puds I might need some. :-)

[Dawn]

Anyone else given thought to the GR's reading challenge for next year??

I managed to massively overshoot mine this year but I don't want to stress myself out by making it too big for next year. I'm thinking it will be 126 for 2013 and I already have a reading list for the year too. :)

[Tasha]

I've done it twice now and think I'll pass this year.

[Mark]

As its my first I am thinking 60. Works out at a book and a bit a week .

[Dawn]

Tasha wrote: "I've done it twice now and think I'll pass this year."

Not even 5?? ;)

[Dawn]

Mark wrote: "As its my first I am thinking 60. Works out at a book and a bit a week ."

That sounds like a good number, I started with 78 for 2012 with the same idea, 1.5 a week.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Tasha wrote: "I've done it twice now and think I'll pass this year."

I'm with you Tasha. I may pass too.
Done it for the last two years, might be a nice change to do a year om GR without the Challenge playing me in the background.
Of course, I am prone to changing my mind. :-)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I knew someone who did it this year. challenged himself to 1 book...a few months after he started it got the better of him and he changed it up to over 100. :-)

I would like to have a matching line of Challenges on my profile though. It will annoy me to have one year missing from the right side of my profile. So maybe I will not do the challenge for some of the year. You can always enter it at the end of the year sometime.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Bryn. Where did your post go. :(

[Bryn]

I thought it was dorky and deleted. Bad habit I know.

My second thoughts were: do challenges even work that way? Do they count the books you've read this year already, even if you set your challenge with days to go?

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Hahaha. Nah, mate, it didn't look dorky. :-)


Re: Challenge even work that way
Do you mean you can enter them at any time of the year?

Yes, I am fairly sure you can. I remember with the first one I did, I didn't enter it until mid year.

[Bryn]

So if we challenge ourselves now for 2012, we try and figure out our book count? That challenge is sitting there tempting me at this time of year.

I vow not to 'unsay' posts, which confuses, even if it'd be handy in real life.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Yeah, I think if you guess a number for what you have read this year it should show them all.

I'd try with 1 though. :-) See if that shows.