Merry Christmas

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HAPPY NEW YEAR

We have had a wonderfull Christmas, just the 6 of us, we had friends round for the day on Boxing Day and then went to other friends for the evening.We have had the small but meaningfull flurry of snow which the dogs and kids loved, unfortunately there wasn't enough to build a snowman, we did manage a couple of snowballs though.
I am now back at full speed at work Andy is off until the end of next week at least we are off up to the Rugby club for a get together , it is a great night , we take platefulls of food our, own cd's , well what the kids got for Christmas and of course the kids come so it makes a great family night out. We will get home just before midnight as we love to see the New Year in at home with all the neighbours and I will probably bit a bit worse for wear to wish everyone a Happy New Year then so I will say it now.

HAPPY NEW YEAR AND WE HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GOOD ONE AND THAT NEXT YEAR WILL BE BETTER THAN THE LAST ONE..............

Christmas wishes

I have cooked today all the meats ready for tomorrow , the crumble is made the trifle in the fridge, the veg is all prepared. The presents are all wrapped and ready to come down from the attic as soon as the kids have gone to bed, Andy and I can now quietly sit down with the kids and have a drink or two and let the evening unfold knowing all is done for tomorrow.
I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas . We are just having a quiet day tomorrow but on Boxing day we have a housefull and in the evening we are off to friends.

I send good cheer to everyone and a Christmas Wish to you all..........

This wonderfull job of mine

I love my job except for CHRISTMAS. Why is it the normal of intelligent people turn into complete morons at this time of year.I work in retail dealing with customer returns whether they be faulty or just not wanted.I also not only just serve the adorable customer I have to either decide to reduce the item, or decide whether it should be returned to the original supplier or be written off,even send it for repair. Now when you originally purchase the item you are given a receipt , proof of purchase, why is it people cannot keep hold of the dam things , then they decide that the wonderful person who they had bought it for will not want it. So what am I supposed to do? Magic a receipt up for them, they were the idiot that lost the original one in the first place.Unfortunately I can do this as every purchase is held on record and so I get on my magical computer and find it for them.
Roll on after Christmas when we will get a mass of people coming in without their receipts.... Oh happy days........

Sparkles

It was break-up from rugby today, i was up bright and early to the club with the dogs before the pitches got full of either rugby or footballer players.It was wonderfull.the grass was glistening and crunching underfoot as i walked round the field, the dogs were going mad , they just love the crispy feel under their paws.Bruno had the devil inside him as usual, but i am onto the barking problem, I have just got another anti-barking collar which arrived in the post yesterday. I tried it out today and hey presto i had a stress free walk, he only woofed a couple of times and of course he got squirted, so i shall persevere this time and not run out of spray this time and hopefully cure him of barking at other dogs and the odd person.
For those of you who have not got a clue to what this dog's contraption is, i shall explain. It is a normal collar that fits round the neck with a special box that fits next to the vocal box, when the dog barks it squirts out a none toxic spray up into the face and should put the dog off from barking. I should stress it is very humane and doesn't hurt the dog at all and it really does work, although I'm sure Bruno is not that impressed.....

I am ready

Let Christmas come as yes i have done it again. cards are posted, presents are wrapped and bagged ready to be given out. Most of the food is bought with just the fresh to get. The decorations are up, well for as long as Bruno decides that he is going to stop trying to eat them.The drink has been got. Yes i think iam ready.
The parties have now just begun, we are out tonight for Jamies rugby do, tommorow we have a dog training Xmas do, Saturday we have the main Rugby Xmas do, the only thing we have to do now is who is going to drive and then who can drink.
Lucky Andy has allready broken up from work, but me i have to wait till next Friday, still i have 4 days off for over Xmas which is a lot better than usual.....

Why, Why, Why

Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are getting weak?

Why do banks charge a fee on "insufficient funds" when they know there is not enough?

Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?

Why doesn't glue stick to the bottle?

Why do they use sterilized needles for death by lethal injection?

Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?

Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him?

Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

Whose idea was it to put an "S" in the word "lisp"?

If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?

Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white?

Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?

Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?

Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance?

Why is it that no plastic bag will open from the end on your first try?

How do those dead bugs get into those enclosed light fixtures?

When we are in the supermarket and someone rams our ankle with a shopping cart then apologizes for doing so, why do we say, "It's all right?" Well, it isn't all right, so why don't we say, "That hurt, you stupid idiot?"

Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that's falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over?

In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat?

How come you never hear father-in-law jokes?

And my FAVORITE......
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four persons is suffering from some sort of mental illness. Think of your three best friends -- if they're okay, then it's you.

kidds are busy

It has been a bit hectic here in the house of kidd... Steph again went back to school today for a half day, she will have tommorow off , then go again friday for half a day.
Mum and Dad have been over from Portugal, My brother has also been over,it has been great fun having them all here and they all fly off on thursday morning. We wish it could have been for longer but at least they made it for a few days.
Un fortunately with them doing such a quick visit has meant i have hardly spent any time with them . They have done nothing but rush around and i could not get any time off this near Christmas. Major bummer , thats life for working in reail i suppose. We hope to send the kids over next summer, then Andy and i shall be able to go visiting friends again and do a couple of long weekend breaks.
Well bags to help go and pack, pressies to sort out for them to take back and good old bangers and mash to cook.....