tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post3715510447833324134..comments2024-02-07T09:39:13.250-10:00Comments on Over the Hill: the Books and Stuff: DecemberJOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-32324433227399428642012-12-11T09:01:51.573-10:002012-12-11T09:01:51.573-10:00Thank you, Abi - lists rule, ok?
Thank you, Abi - lists rule, ok?<br />JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-18818150201283690642012-12-11T09:00:05.569-10:002012-12-11T09:00:05.569-10:00Hee hee! Ermmmmmm, well, I have a new list right b...Hee hee! Ermmmmmm, well, I have a new list right beside me and it doesn't include one single reference to Christmas. Whoops! I guess I need to add to the list don't I?Abi Burlinghamhttp://www.abiburlingham.talktalk.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-27614621754640296652012-12-09T03:03:24.873-10:002012-12-09T03:03:24.873-10:00Ouch! You're certainly cracking that whip! It ...Ouch! You're certainly cracking that whip! It would be a scary place if everyone stopped working in the run up to Christmas.Rosalind Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05363027308436257933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-28085437689975949692012-12-07T08:56:49.169-10:002012-12-07T08:56:49.169-10:00Jaxbee - how kind. I'll have to think ... the ...Jaxbee - how kind. I'll have to think ... the next book ... I'll just have to go travelling again ...<br />JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-47646174220363612282012-12-07T05:40:54.885-10:002012-12-07T05:40:54.885-10:00Ha ha! I nearly stopped at the first line. You'...Ha ha! I nearly stopped at the first line. You're right, what AM I doing here, it IS December. Kudos to you that I carried on. What keeps me sane? Ummm,starting early enough so that it doesn't become a stress or a chore. My downfall is Christmas cards, I rarely start on them before the 20th so all my laid-back preparation is undone in the last few days. I wouldn't change any of it though, if I'm honest.<br /><br />Jo, I've tagged you in The Next Big Thing post over at my site http://jackiebuxton.blogspot.com. I hope you're not cursing me! You could always answer the questions over a mince pie and Baileys...?? Jackie Buxtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02186723392553752533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-26258770335251766582012-12-07T01:24:26.081-10:002012-12-07T01:24:26.081-10:00ha ha I love this post! I'm looking forward to...ha ha I love this post! I'm looking forward to Christmas Eve when we have christmas dinner and go to the local crib serviceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-50818038321846047792012-12-06T07:54:47.452-10:002012-12-06T07:54:47.452-10:00What great comments - thank you all.
I take the p...What great comments - thank you all.<br /><br />I take the point that those who celebrate Christmas as a religious festival might see all the preparations differently - and more constructively, than anyone caught up in the whole greed-thing.<br /><br />My solution - wine. (I find wine is the solution to a lot of difficulties.)JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-62890186170061500972012-12-06T04:38:04.261-10:002012-12-06T04:38:04.261-10:00Every year it takes me by surprise when I realise ...Every year it takes me by surprise when I realise that once again I have missed the last posting date! :)Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-9008892604306263642012-12-06T03:58:16.683-10:002012-12-06T03:58:16.683-10:00Ha ha, I've got lists!
I'm sooo debating ...Ha ha, I've got lists! <br />I'm sooo debating the Christmas card thing this year...aw, I always give in (just want to protest at the cost of stamps!). <br />My beacon is the religious side like Carol and having hubby home for two weeks too.<br />And the Christmas tree...love it!Lisa Shambrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12767127776898278402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-16492937999091923802012-12-06T02:56:34.717-10:002012-12-06T02:56:34.717-10:00I'm getting dizzy just reading this post, LOL....I'm getting dizzy just reading this post, LOL. I take a vacation from social media in December. Put up a Christmas message and then disappear until after the new year. Right now my bare tree is waiting for some lights.Karen Jones Gowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01153821980625034810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-14849779475262873792012-12-05T23:15:33.640-10:002012-12-05T23:15:33.640-10:00I was just thinking the same thing about cards,whe...I was just thinking the same thing about cards,whether to send them or not. Do I really care about people I never see or hear from all year long? What keeps me going is that I have two toddlers this year who are bringing back the magic of the season. Great post Jo.Anne Macklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04635857544175826537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-57033062720368420082012-12-05T22:25:44.814-10:002012-12-05T22:25:44.814-10:00I actually celebrate Christmas as a religious fest...I actually celebrate Christmas as a religious festival, so for me, it is a reminder that 'light' came into a dark world. It is a shame that in the commercialism and pressure to have a 'perfect' (?) Christmas, we have lost the wonder of what we are celebrating, and, if you are not religious, the ability to sit and meditate upon the bleak beauty of the natural world at this time of the yearCarol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-69082597230804240222012-12-05T21:24:57.966-10:002012-12-05T21:24:57.966-10:00Mine's even shorter than Charlotte's. My b...Mine's even shorter than Charlotte's. My beacon is just the chance to rest and recharge my own batteries!Vallypeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08309284606572565277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-19267852388761547352012-12-05T20:13:36.017-10:002012-12-05T20:13:36.017-10:00My beacon of light is that I get two weeks holiday...My beacon of light is that I get two weeks holiday over Christmas - two weeks to rest and read and cook good food and go for winter walks and play board games with my kids. That will be my Christmas present.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com