A Christmas Meme

I am borrowing this Christmas meme from Mom 2 my 3 girls

How we celebrate Christmas

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Hot chocolate but since we have Christmas during Summer I would prefer a cold glass (o0r can) of pepsi max! That being said I used to love buying Farmers Union Egg Nog when I was in college.

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Always wrapped

3. Coloured lights on tree/house or white? We actually don't have any lights at the moment.

4. Do you hang mistletoe? No we don't.

5. When do you put your decorations up? Usually on December 1st (sometimes the 2nd) but its always after Angus's birthday.

6. What is your favourite holiday dish? I don't really have one favourite dish for Christmas. Although I did love my Mum's roasts that she used to cook. I don't mind having trifle now & then just as long as there is no alcohol in it.

7. Favourite Holiday memory as a child? I remember one year getting a tennis racquet for Christmas. I also remember Dad taking me over to the car park at the train station so that we could play a game or two of tennis. I had loads of fun that day.
I also love the Christmas picnics we would go to with the Red Lion Social Club that Mum & Dad belonged too. Father Christmas would come and give a present to every boy & girl there. I would race off to show Mum what I got and then I would rush around to find Dad to show him. Funny thing was I could never find him until after Father Christmas had gone ... ...

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? I honestly don't remember how I found out. Although I do remember finding out that my Dad played Father Christmas at those social club picnics. My brother told every kid that would listen that he saw our Dad getting changed into the suit. I think I was about 10 at the time.

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Now that the boys are older we actually celebrate on Christmas Eve. That way we get to chill out and do pretty much what we want at a very leisurely pace on Christmas Day. Plus we don't have to worry about the boys waking us up early so that they can open their presents.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree? We have some really old decorations that my Mum gave me. They were the decorations wee used when I was little. Over the years I have added some nice new ornaments but I also have some of the stuff the boys made in kindy and primary school.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? Snow? What is snow? That's that stuff you only see in photos right?

12. Can you ice skate? No but I can rollerskate. Does that count?

13. Do you remember your favourite gift? I remember getting an organ one year. I used to pretend it was a piano. I loved playing that thing.

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? I love seeing how excited the boys get when they open their gifts. To me it truly is about giving. Making others happy is the main thing. Don't get me wrong I do like receiving presents too but I love seeing how people react (hopefully in a good way). I also like to remind the boys about the reason for the season too. Its not really about Father Christmas is it!

15. What is your favourite Holiday Dessert? I don't mind the odd piece of Christmas cake or some trifle. I also like the occasional piece of white Christmas

16. What is your favourite holiday tradition? I don't think we really have a tradition other than when we put the Christmas tree up. Sometimes we might go for a drive to look at Christmas lights but since we live country its a little hard to see lots of them in our town.

17. What tops your tree? A bright red star.

18. Which do you prefer giving or receiving? Giving is more important than receiving.

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? Leroy the Redneck Reindeer.

20. Candy Canes: Yuck or Yum? Definitely yum!

21 Favourite Christmas Show? The Nativity Story. I also like The Santa Claus & Santa Junior.

22. Saddest Christmas Song? There's a few that make me cry but mostly I would have to say I'll be home for Christmas. Also Santa Never Made it Into Darwin by Bill & Boyd it is based on Cyclone Tracy hitting Darwin on Christmas morning in 1974.

Thankful Thursday

Things I am thankful for this week ....

• Mark helping me while we went grocery shopping. It was nice to have his company :)
  
• That after further inspection of our cars engine we don't need to replace it as soon as we thought, what a relief!
  
• Being pleasantly surprise by PoetessWug & winning one of her wonderful creations
• Ebay - for being able to buy Christmas & birthday presents AND for being able to find Angus's school text books for next year at a bargain price (so far so good I am winning the auctions for three items)

What are you thankful for this week?

Rascal Flatts Christmas Video

I love these guys! My all time favourite country band!!
I love the songs they did in this clip. The harmonies are just amazing.
I got goosebumps watching it.

My Tidy Desk

Mark & I cleaned up my desk the other day and I now I am finally getting around to sharing the photos I took. I know I said that it's my desk which meant I should have cleaned it myself but it is right next to the dining table and when the boys clear the table for dinner they just dump everything on the desk. After a while it kind of just piles up & piles up some more and stays there until we can't stand it any more.

Well we got to that point the other day where we thought it was time to do a big clean. I also thought it would be a good idea to photograph my desk as it may not stay that clean for long and I wanted proof that it was clean :P at least for a little while.

Now that its clean there's even some room at the other end of the desk for Mark or the boys to place their laptops in case they want to work/play here. I doubt the boys would though. The prefer the couch, their room or the table. Mark's already sat at the other end a few times playing with the new server we bought. Its attached to the desk but I didn't take any photos of that.

The only problem with the desk looking so good it makes the rest of the dining/lounge/computer area (its one big room) look messy. Sooooo ..... we have to clean up the rest of the place. At least that way when we tidy up it will look great when we finally put the Christmas tree & other decorations up ... ...

I Had A Lovely Surprise This Morning

I got the most lovely surprise this morning when I checked my blog. I had a message from PoetessWug. Her blog is The Wug's Backyard Blogspot if you should check it out she finds some truly amazing things to share with her readers. Poetess also makes the most fantastic crochet creations you will ever see. She has such a wonderful talent and is a very creative fibre artist! Not only does she crochet she writes be BEST poems ever! I wish I had half the talent she possesses. I can't crochet anything other than granny squares and beanies. Well not yet anyway.

As I was saying I had a lovely surprise. She has been collecting names from her readers who comment on her posts. Well guess what?!? I won one of her wonderful creations. I am so honoured to be able to say that I will have a PoetessWug creation! Although I am worried that it might cost her an arm and a leg to send it all the way over that big pond (the Pacific Ocean). I would totally understand if she would rather send it to someone closer.

However that being said, what a great way to start the day! I needed something to lift my spirits a little as our car is NOT playing very nicely and this close to Christmas too. We are going to have to get a NEW engine. Well not new but a reconditioned one. So to hear that I had won something was a welcomed distraction :)

The Laptop Saga Part 2

WOOHOO!!! Happy Dance time!! I just got a phone call from Angus's High School. Everything has now been resolved! The money from the Scholarship (you can find out about the saga part 1 HERE) has been credited to my account. ALL $600 of it because they could NOT find any record of the money being used in regards to laptop payments or to our account prior to my asking about it last week.

I guess you could call this an early Christmas present. It also means that I wont have to pay anything for Angus's school fees next year and possibly his text books too. YAY!!

Sing Happy Birthday Blow Out The Candles

Nom nom a scrumptious Chocolate mudcake!

Angus was worried that with all the candles on the cake he might not be able to blow them out! Of course he had no problem whatsoever.