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From: linda murtaugh <>
Subject: Re: [TRIVVIES] Christmas morning
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 12:00:53 -0800
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LOLOLOL ... I've seen those things in stores!
My condolences.

Linda

On Dec 26, 2005, at 5:15 PM, Diane Kirby wrote:

> No you are not on your own Sue.
>
> Oh my God!!! It was a dead white kitten an a basket it
> only just fitted in!! It was actually not a dead kitten but was
> supposed to
> be a cat asleep in the basket. It is made of some poor animals real
> fur
> and it just lies there!!
>

> I wonder how long I will have to hold on to it till I can discreetly
> get rid
> of the bloody thing.
>
> Sorry for swearing Sue but it makes me swear. :-)
>
> DiDi
> Please note email address
>
>
>
> --
>
> Up around 11am - had dinner - opened pressies - had tea - watched
> telly -
> went to bed ...
>
> Boxing day ...
>
> Up around lunchtime - had dinner - watched telly - had tea - still
> watching
> telly ...
>
> Quite a boring two days really ....
>
> I did open two lovely pressies though ........
>
> A couple of brilliant fridge-magnets & a hand-carved trinket box
> .........
>
> Unfortunately - my children don't know what to buy - so they buy
> rubbish ...
>
>
> Oldest son bought us a "food parcel" (as he does every year - M&S this
> year
> - other years it's been F&M or Harrods --- M&S is the worst - not for
> the
> food - but for the SBD, which are usually the week or two following
> Christmas --- in other words - eat up - or throw away ... ) --- &
> youngest
> son a DVD - which - will go back (on his insistence) - on his own
> admission
> - he bought in haste - as he was busy working --- in fact he's worked
> all
> over Christmas too (12 hr nights) - the hotel even gave him a 'free'
> Christmas dinner yesterday ..... And daughter bought - Andy, a Steam
> Railway
> book - & she got me - a scarf (which is quite nice, but I have no idea
> when
> I can wear it --- it's one of those really wide ones - in brown/black
> (not
> really my colours) ) - and a matching candle and photo frame ... To
> say I
> don't like them, would be uncharitable --- but - I do have opinions - &
> really - they are not my taste - they look as if they've come from out
> of a
> boudoir" - all covered in lilac coloured beads (yuk) .... Neither of
> us are
> the sort of people to have photos around the place anyway (all those
> eyes
> looking at you, oh no) - we much prefer to keep them in an album -
> where
> they don't deteriorate - so the frame will languish in a drawer - & the
> candle --- well - when you've already got drawers full of candles - do
> you
> really need another .. ? ... I wish my kids would actually "ASK" us
> what we
> would like ...... Since they left home they have been so busy with
> their own
> lives (as it should be) to make notes on our ever-changing likes or
> dislikes
> ... Something I know my parents would not have allowed me to do ..
> ;-))) ...
> . By gum - in fact - my mother always made a point of "telling" me
> what her
> & my father would like - and I was expected to tell her about our
> preferences - there would be no pressies unless I did ... ;-)) .....
> Andy's
> parents always gave money - the easy (sensible) way out, eh ...
>
> And now - I can hear you all thinking - "oh, aint she ever so
> ungrateful!"
> --- well - no - I'm not ... None of us have money to just throw away -
> & it
> makes perfect sense to me to ask what people want - so you don't waste
> it ..
> If people ever say "I don't know" - then they get vouchers --- &
> vouchers
> for a shop I 'know' they shop in - & would appreciate ....
>
> Two points ...
>
> 1. Have you ever had a present you don't like .. ? .....
>
> 2. What did you all do when people did give you pressies you don't
> like .. ?
> ........
>
> Do you smile sweetly & say thanks - or do you say thank you - & then
> say
> something else .. ? .........
>
> I doubt I'll say anything to my daughter about her choices - nor to my
> food-parcel" son --- I just don't feel comfortable talking to them - &
> besides - they are so busy at the moment - it's not appropriate ....
> Our
> Peter is different - he is fine --- in reverse - he would tell us ...
> ;-)) .
> . He told me what he wanted weeks ago .. ;-)))) ....
>
> I know one thing - we cannot be on our own with this ... Can we .. ?
> ....
>
> Happy New Year everyone ....
>
> Sue
>
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