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Tue, Dec. 30th, 2008 05:49 pm
Wow~ I'm behind in updating on stuff XD; MERRY CHRISTMAS belatedly >> I started drawing something but it's still just not happening, so just know I love you all <3
Chrissy for me was awesome~ <3 Apart from the fact that half the family wasn't in the country, but... yes. Such is life with this family XD;; Joanne in... Europe somewhere, possibly Italy on Christmas Day. Carolyn in New Zealand. Liz in Darwin, which is far enough away that it may as well be another country XD; First Christmas ever where the guy cousins have outnumbered the girls, so that was new.
Weather was... eh. It was warm, but cloudy all day, so by the end of it it was just muggy, and not exactly picturesque. Still, coulda been like today. Or the rest of freaking December. Summer my ARSE.
*ahem*
My family rules, just thought I should reiterate this. I think I came to the realisation of how WEIRD one particular aspect is about two years ago, maybe? In my family, including grandparents, aunts, uncles, EVERYONE... not one divorce. I always thought that was the norm, and pitied everyone who had crap Christmases cos they worried over whether to invite Auntie Thingie because she and Grandpa were not on good terms, stuff like that. There's never anything like that in my family. Sure, we mock Gran for having three topics of conversation (war, death and politics) but really, we love it when everyone turns up.
I seriously love my family. And the way Nanna was talking to me on Christmas Eve about how proud she was of all her grandkids... asdkjghs I'm almost tearing up again now XD;; But yes. Christmas is awesome. I love it sosomuch <3
...And now to get completely materialistic, my haul!
Colin: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End on DVD. YES it's taken us this long to actually get it, shush.
Mum: An electric toothbrush.
Dad: A BIIIIG box of Lindt chockies and $100. I totally brought the $100 on myself, instead of a thing, cos I honestly had no idea what to ask for. And now I don't know what to spend the $100 on, YAY.
Nanna: $50!
Gran: $50! NOT TALCUM POWDER!
The Foothills Contingent: Prettypretty purple beaded earrings.
The Plains Contingent: More earrings, dangly ones with little silver stars~
The Goolwa Contingent: Box of 12 Derwents. I love Derwents <3 and most of those are the ones I'm always running low on XD;
The Victor Contingent: Smaller box of Lindt Lindors~ <3
I've done well. $200 that I don't know what to do with, and I'd rather it not just get lost in the $1000 of a laptop, that's not special. Obviously no point in spending it on chocolate XD;
Moving on from Christmas, I have a new phone! Cos my old one has effectively kicked the bucket. The battery only lasts a day if I'm lucky and the charger cord has gotten very, very tetchy. Has to be in at exactly the right angle, otherwise it won't charge. So yeah, I now have one of these little thingies for $79 o/ Basic, basic little thing that still does more than my old one. FM radio which is handy, camera, also has basic internet access mostly in the form of email, but my plan (same plan, same sim, same mobile number, nobody panic) will make that ridiculously expensive cos the rest of it is so cheap, so meh. I didn't want one with internet on it anyway. Camera is dodgy but if I want to take REAL photos... then I'll use my camera, strangely enough.
Finally! GWness that I will cut because it's easier than making a new, GW-locked post: ( Read more... )
OKAY I'M DONE.
Chrissy for me was awesome~ <3 Apart from the fact that half the family wasn't in the country, but... yes. Such is life with this family XD;; Joanne in... Europe somewhere, possibly Italy on Christmas Day. Carolyn in New Zealand. Liz in Darwin, which is far enough away that it may as well be another country XD; First Christmas ever where the guy cousins have outnumbered the girls, so that was new.
Weather was... eh. It was warm, but cloudy all day, so by the end of it it was just muggy, and not exactly picturesque. Still, coulda been like today. Or the rest of freaking December. Summer my ARSE.
*ahem*
My family rules, just thought I should reiterate this. I think I came to the realisation of how WEIRD one particular aspect is about two years ago, maybe? In my family, including grandparents, aunts, uncles, EVERYONE... not one divorce. I always thought that was the norm, and pitied everyone who had crap Christmases cos they worried over whether to invite Auntie Thingie because she and Grandpa were not on good terms, stuff like that. There's never anything like that in my family. Sure, we mock Gran for having three topics of conversation (war, death and politics) but really, we love it when everyone turns up.
I seriously love my family. And the way Nanna was talking to me on Christmas Eve about how proud she was of all her grandkids... asdkjghs I'm almost tearing up again now XD;; But yes. Christmas is awesome. I love it sosomuch <3
...And now to get completely materialistic, my haul!
Colin: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End on DVD. YES it's taken us this long to actually get it, shush.
Mum: An electric toothbrush.
Dad: A BIIIIG box of Lindt chockies and $100. I totally brought the $100 on myself, instead of a thing, cos I honestly had no idea what to ask for. And now I don't know what to spend the $100 on, YAY.
Nanna: $50!
Gran: $50! NOT TALCUM POWDER!
The Foothills Contingent: Prettypretty purple beaded earrings.
The Plains Contingent: More earrings, dangly ones with little silver stars~
The Goolwa Contingent: Box of 12 Derwents. I love Derwents <3 and most of those are the ones I'm always running low on XD;
The Victor Contingent: Smaller box of Lindt Lindors~ <3
I've done well. $200 that I don't know what to do with, and I'd rather it not just get lost in the $1000 of a laptop, that's not special. Obviously no point in spending it on chocolate XD;
Moving on from Christmas, I have a new phone! Cos my old one has effectively kicked the bucket. The battery only lasts a day if I'm lucky and the charger cord has gotten very, very tetchy. Has to be in at exactly the right angle, otherwise it won't charge. So yeah, I now have one of these little thingies for $79 o/ Basic, basic little thing that still does more than my old one. FM radio which is handy, camera, also has basic internet access mostly in the form of email, but my plan (same plan, same sim, same mobile number, nobody panic) will make that ridiculously expensive cos the rest of it is so cheap, so meh. I didn't want one with internet on it anyway. Camera is dodgy but if I want to take REAL photos... then I'll use my camera, strangely enough.
Finally! GWness that I will cut because it's easier than making a new, GW-locked post: ( Read more... )
OKAY I'M DONE.
