Dottleshead ★ Posted December 26, 2018 Share #1 Posted December 26, 2018 Well, we made it through another Christmas. I'm relieved. As fun and enjoying Christmas can be, it can also be not fun and miserable. Mine was ok. You? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post maddmaxx ★ Posted December 26, 2018 Popular Post Share #2 Posted December 26, 2018 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Longjohn ★ Posted December 26, 2018 Share #4 Posted December 26, 2018 1 hour ago, maddmaxx said: I love these pictures. Is that Mrs. MM in front of the edible tree? Did she make that? Who are the other people? Nice looking group/family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted December 26, 2018 Share #5 Posted December 26, 2018 Yes it is. Yes she did. It's a styrofoam cone wrapped in tin foil and the tidbits are stuck on with toothpicks. Relative w friend and relative, relative, friend by marriage. (from left.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted December 26, 2018 Share #6 Posted December 26, 2018 It is interesting that your home includes a throne for "Bastet". https://www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk/bast.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted December 26, 2018 Share #7 Posted December 26, 2018 27 minutes ago, donkpow said: It is interesting that your home includes a throne for "Bastet". https://www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk/bast.html My home is often full of Egyptian things. Most are put away to make room for Christmas but the cat (Clyde) is laying on a camel saddle. There is a statue of Bastet somewhere around here however. Our husky was named Anubis. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital_photog ★ Posted December 26, 2018 Share #8 Posted December 26, 2018 Sorry Dottles. It's not over yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groupw Posted December 26, 2018 Share #9 Posted December 26, 2018 Good, if quiet. Our son was able to be there. The girls couldn't make it back. Holiday airfare is pretty outrageous on limited budgets! So we FaceTimed with them a bit. We went to my parents' for dinner. Christmas Eve was spent at the in-laws. A little more chaotic, there! 5 children under the age of 10. Fun until the kids got tired and cranky. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted December 26, 2018 Share #10 Posted December 26, 2018 1 hour ago, maddmaxx said: My home is often full of Egyptian things. Most are put away to make room for Christmas but the cat (Clyde) is laying on a camel saddle. There is a statue of Bastet somewhere around here however. Our husky was named Anubis. I would suggest more Clyde and Anubis postings. Clyde looks like he has some real pizzazz and if Anubis puts up with him, then I bet Anubis is pretty cool too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted December 26, 2018 Share #11 Posted December 26, 2018 4 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: I would suggest more Clyde and Anubis postings. Clyde looks like he has some real pizzazz and if Anubis puts up with him, then I bet Anubis is pretty cool too. Anubis died a few years ago. Clyde belings to youngest son and lives in the basement with his sister Bonnie and youngest son. He was only upstairs because my 3 were sleeping. When he was alive Anubis got along with the previous two cats Cleopatra and Isis because they were declawed. When he bothered them they would hit him so hard it reminded me of some of the famous boxing still pics where sweat is flying in the air as the glove hits. So the piece was enforced by the cats....."don't f with me and I won't hit you" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted December 26, 2018 Share #12 Posted December 26, 2018 Wonderful, thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
late Posted December 26, 2018 Share #13 Posted December 26, 2018 My first Xmas present was a cold my wife thoughtfully gave me. Aside from that, it was nice. After dinner we watched Incredibles 2, I love Edna. Sis made a very olde New England recipe called Blueberry pudding. She's been fiddling with the recipe, and it's a little better than what Mom made. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tizeye Posted December 26, 2018 Popular Post Share #14 Posted December 26, 2018 Christmas Day at the beach! We weren't the only ones there. Only downside, the County didn't open the restrooms at the county park. Grocery stores closed on Christmas Day so went to Ron Jon's Surf Shop open 24/7. Later found a Starbucks open. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted December 26, 2018 Share #15 Posted December 26, 2018 We had both kids, our SIL and sons GF over Christmas morning. Sons GF and her mom are having a tough go due to a recent divorce and she said this was the best Christmas in a long time. That made us feel good. We got her a stocking and stuffed it like the kids and later that day she packed her stocking with her gifts. We said if you want it refilled next year you have to leave it here. She happily obliged. Hopefully we have her over next Christmas too, she's really sweet. Sister & wife came over for brunch, took a nap and then had Christmas dinner with my SIL's family. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted December 26, 2018 Share #16 Posted December 26, 2018 25 minutes ago, Tizeye said: Christmas Day at the beach! We weren't the only ones there. Only downside, the County didn't open the restrooms at the county park. Grocery stores closed on Christmas Day so went to Ron Jon's Surf Shop open 24/7. Later found a Starbucks open. Is that St Pete? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shotgun Posted December 26, 2018 Share #17 Posted December 26, 2018 It was good and bad. Let's just say that I'm glad it's over. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted December 26, 2018 Share #18 Posted December 26, 2018 Ours was excellent! My sister-in-law baked a fabulous, juicy, tender beef roast. I made "Poor Man's Pierogies:" extrawide egg noodles with cottage cheese and sour cream and chopped sweet onion semi-softened in a frying pan with lots of butter. Others made various veggies and deserts. We watched Jumanji: Welcome Back to the Jungle. I gave my 17 year-old nephew, who has just gotten his first used car, a $92 Duracell backup battery/air compressor/light outfit. Learning he doesn't have Bluetooth in the 2009 Toyota Matrix, I told him I'd get him, for his 18th birthday on 12/28, the same clip-on-the-sun-visor Jabra Freeway Speakerphone that I use - I just paid $94 on Amazon for it. That way, he won't be tempted to use his hands to answer/make phone calls. I liked the Motorola Roadster 2 slightly better but the batteries in the first one I had and its warranteed replacement both died in less than a year eacn - and you can't replace them. I got the Jabra Freeway in Aug. 2016 and it's still fine with microphone and speakers at very good quality. I need to recharge it about every 3 weeks -it announced low battery- by running the charger line from the 12V plug, loop it around the rearview mirror stem, plug it into the unit and drive for 1/2 hour. It recognizes door closures and announces "connected" when you get in the car and close the door after you leave it remains on standby and doesn't use much battery. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tizeye Posted December 26, 2018 Share #19 Posted December 26, 2018 58 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: Is that St Pete? On the Atlantic side...Cocoa Beach. St Pete and the entire Gulf Coast would have whiter sand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted December 27, 2018 Share #20 Posted December 27, 2018 It was a little different since we had a Christmas Eve dinner and then dinner and gifts on the 26th, but nothing on Christmas itself. Everyone was able to be there (that's the reason we pushed it back a day) and it was fun to see my niece after a few months of her first real job. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted December 29, 2018 Author Share #21 Posted December 29, 2018 Ok, it's officially complete. Met my immediate family tonight. Decent. C+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldendesign Posted December 29, 2018 Share #22 Posted December 29, 2018 Mine was lovely, aside from tearing my knee apart. My daughter had a plethora of amazing things from the SW family, so she was super pleased. Parents and sisters were in attendance and enjoyed the experience. I'd give it a solid B. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onbike1939 Posted December 30, 2018 Share #23 Posted December 30, 2018 My daughter joined me on Boxing Day and immediately started to manage me...as usual. Complained about how my kitchen arranged and threatened to come for a whole day to rearrange it....God forbid. She went on to castigate me for not having a proper roasting tin in order to cook the roast.....however we did have a lovely dinner and the wine she brought was stunning....as was the Armagnac she gave me as a present. She changed the settings on my phone to make it "better" thereby stopping my Bluetooth from connecting to my Fitbit watch thingy which I use to remind me when I have to pee.....I know....I know.....but it's necessary. You see this is what happens when you have a daughter and you're a little old......they treat you as if you've lost your marbles. As a parting present, she left me with her cold which I'm presently enjoying along with a bad case of the skitters caused by the drugs I'm taking for stomach ulcers......believe me when I say that nothing is safe within a three-foot radius. Such is Christmas.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted December 30, 2018 Share #24 Posted December 30, 2018 Just wait till the New Years festivities land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onbike1939 Posted December 30, 2018 Share #25 Posted December 30, 2018 4 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: Just wait till the New Years festivities land. Ah.....for me as I'm back on my own I'll be tucked up in bed and I'm pretty certain it will be quiet as I won't be wearing my hearing aids. There are certain advantages to being deaf you know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted December 30, 2018 Share #26 Posted December 30, 2018 8 minutes ago, onbike1939 said: Ah.....for me as I'm back on my own I'll be tucked up in bed and I'm pretty certain it will be quiet as I won't be wearing my hearing aids. There are certain advantages to being deaf you know. Well, I know how you feel as my oldest is visiting from Malaysia. Normally we get along so long as it's a 12 time zone difference. He is of course quite disappointed in me because I haven't adopted all of his ideas yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onbike1939 Posted December 30, 2018 Share #27 Posted December 30, 2018 1 minute ago, maddmaxx said: Well, I know how you feel as my oldest is visiting from Malaysia. Normally we get along so long as it's a 12 time zone difference. He is of course quite disappointed in me because I haven't adopted all of his ideas yet. It's terrible, isn't it? I mean I know that they are bound to know better...them being young and all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share #28 Posted December 30, 2018 5 hours ago, onbike1939 said: She changed the settings on my phone to make it "better" thereby stopping my Bluetooth from connecting to my Fitbit watch thingy which I use to remind me when I have to pee.....I know....I know.....but it's necessary. Wait. Let's revisit this. You need a timer on your wrist to remind you to piss? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital_photog ★ Posted December 30, 2018 Share #29 Posted December 30, 2018 Got together with our daughters and their families today. Everyone was around since they were here yesterday for our niece's wedding. On Saturday will be going to Ohio to be with my dad and family. Granddaughter Kiara with her new dog sledding cap. Grandma Jane has a red one like it. these wool caps were hand made by a friend in New Hampshire who is working to qualify to run the Iditarod with her team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted December 30, 2018 Share #30 Posted December 30, 2018 I thought this was about the Cowboys game. We won it by a knee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onbike1939 Posted December 31, 2018 Share #31 Posted December 31, 2018 13 hours ago, Dottles said: Wait. Let's revisit this. You need a timer on your wrist to remind you to piss? You've got it........I've no indication as my bladder is buggered and I have to catheterise myself.........old age is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share #32 Posted December 31, 2018 2 hours ago, onbike1939 said: You've got it........I've no indication as my bladder is buggered and I have to catheterise myself.........old age is great. Ah so you piss on schedule. I look forward to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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