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Might you like being on your lovely ownsome and knowing no-one else is around? So you and/or partner can snore with impunity, be as noisy as you like (ahem), walk around as nature intended and with not a stitch more, or let the kids shriek as loudly as they want without incurring glares from other guests? We bring you the lone dwelling at Albion Farm Yurt, on a Cornish farm on the edge of Mylor near Falmouth.
The owners of this superbly solitary yurt have perched it as an environmentally-friendly alternative to a holiday cottage, in a southwest-facing field and with easy access to the local village (although fret not, the yurt is secluded enough that no-one will see you prancing around in your birthday suit). It's all rather clever really – the yurt is handmade on Bodmin Moor using a traditional Mongolian yurt design and coppiced wood, with woodburning stove and gas cooker inside. The sides can be peeled back to let the air in, and there's a roof light too for yurt-based stargazing. And it's all surrounded by trees among a large grassy area and local wildlife, which means staying here is back to nature but with stacked with home comforts.
Unlike many yurt sites, campfires are allowed and positively encouraged here, and cooking and eating equipment is even provided for you (a fridge and freezer is in a building close to hand). You'll also have your own cabin right next to the yurt, with camping loo, shower, basin, electric lighting and a towel rail. If you're part of a large group or a couple of families, the owners will happily allow a few extra tents alongside the yurt.
Albion Farm is ten minutes' walk from Mylor village, with the Lemon Arms pub, shops, butcher and fishmonger; the waterside thirteenth century and rather superb Pandora Inn is a 15-minute walk from your pitch along a creekside path, and the harbour to gaze enviously at yachts is nicely handy too.
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Chevy Volt Battery Plant Floundering Despite $151 Million from Obama
Another in a long list of Obama-touted and tax-supported "green energy" companies is on the verge of going out of business, this time in Michigan.
Two years ago, President Obama visited the LG Chem battery plant in Holland, Michigan. Obama then hailed the plant saying, "You are leading the way in showing how manufacturing jobs are coming right back here to the United States of America."
But today, those LG Chem jobs Obama claimed were "coming back" are seeing intermittent layoffs instead of growth.
In 2010, the plant, which supplies batteries for the Chevy Volt, received $151 million in tax money from the U.S. Department of Energy, but it has been good money after bad.
Today, $133 million of that $151 million has been spent, but since April, the company's 200 workers have been on "rolling furloughs" because the electric vehicle market has failed to blossom as promised by many.
In 2010, the plant was projected to create 443 new jobs within five years. Those projections have been shelved as the company says it can't predict when the furloughs will stop for its current employees.
A second Chevy Volt battery plant in Michigan has also been forced to implement layoffs due to the failure of the electric car market in the U.S.
Lithium-ion battery manufacturer A123 Systems was awarded $249 million in federal government tax dollars but ended up laying off employees despite the government's cash infusion. The plant might have closed entirely if China hadn't invested an additional $465 million in the plant. Even still, its future is murky.
The Chevy Volt has seen dismal sales in the U.S. and Chevy has even resorted to offering a 25 percent discount to spur sales. Sales have been so poor that the car maker has been forced to shut down its Volt assembly line for weeks at a time over the last several years because the end product is simply unwanted by customers.
Sales for the Volt have been bad since the vehicle was introduced. Last year, for instance, the Volt saw a mere 7,671 sales. But in yet another sort of stealth federal government bailout effot, a large number of Volts was recently bought by the U.S. government itself in a move that many analysts say will illegitimately skew the Volt's sales figures for 2012.
Worse, Reuters has reported that Chevy loses nearly $50,000 on every Volt sold, anyway, so higher Volt sales may not even be a good thing for the struggling car company.
Finally, after all this effort by Obama to push his so-called green energy schemes and his support of the Chevy Volt, not to mention his billions in bailouts for General Motors in general, it seems the company is still headed for bankruptcy. And as these failures build, we are told that Obama needs another four years to continue pushing the same programs that have failed so miserably thus far.
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I had to go through two rounds of phone interviews which then resulted in them inviting me out to Rochester, NY for a final interview. It was split up into two parts, behavioral and past sales experience.Interview Questions
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I applied through other source. The process took 2 weeks – interviewed at Valeant in May 2012.Interview Details
One interview. Very unimpressed by management. Management didn't know the business well enough. I had questions about the stability of the company. Management stayed away from the subject. The building wasn't very appealing as well.Interview Questions
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Interview process went well. they took some time to make final determination and proceed with hiring process.Interview Questions
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Well, I met with all the hiring managers 1 on 1 and thought it was an okay interview, but did not connect with any of the managers. Most people were direct and wanted to directly know if you could do the job and work with them. The managers seemed a little arrogant, but are looking for dogs to work for them, so at least they didn't sugar coat anything.Interview Questions
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Their web site/application process blows. I had to fill out many fields multiple times because of some computer glitch. Also, they asked me my most recent salary and bonus no fewer than 3 times. Not sure if they're trying to catch someone in a fib; they need to get in some programming expertise to clean up their application collection web site. It is a cumbersome, unwieldy mess.Interview Questions
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Former University of Kentucky standout Austin Cousino was 1-for-3 with a single, two walks, two stolen bases and an RBI in short-season Class A Everetts 3-2 loss to Tri-City in Northwest League play on Saturday night.
Cousino, a third-round pick by the Seattle Mariners who is batting .259 with four RBI in 20 games for the AquaSox, reached double figures in stolen bases with his ninth and 10th of the season. He has only been caught once.
■ The Chicago Cubs trading two starters to Oakland prompted the team to promote Chris Rusin to the majors early in day Saturday. And it didnt take long for them to call on the former UK star.
Rusin, who was 6-10 with a 3.96 ERA for Triple-A Iowa, came on in relief of Carlos Villanueva in the third inning against the Washington Nationals. But he couldnt get the Cubs out of trouble.
Rusin gave up four runs one belonging to Villanueva before bouncing back with a pair of shutout innings in the fourth and fifth. However, he gave up two more runs in the sixth. Rusins final line: Five runs on nine hits and one walk with four strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings.
He only gave up one run in five innings in his other appearance for the Cubs earlier this season.
■ AJ Reed (UK) was 1-for-3 with a single, two walks and a run scored in short-season Class A Tri-Citys 9-4 win against Lowell in the New York-Penn League.
Reed, a second-round pick by the Houston Astros in June, is batting .233 with 11 RBI, but his 14 walks in 19 games help push his on-base percentage to .371.
■ Luke Maile (Covington Catholic, UK) had an RBI double in Double-A Montgomerys 3-1 victory against Mississippi. Kes Carter (WKU) also had an RBI for the Biscuits, a Tampa Bay Rays affiliate.
■ Luke Shearrow (Lindsey Wilson) started and pitched four shutout innings but did not factor in the decision in the rookie-level Arizona League White Soxs 3-1 loss to the Giants. He allowed one hit and walked two while striking out five.
Shearrow has pitched nine innings in three appearances, allowing two earned runs with 10 strikeouts.
■ Mike Fiers (Cumberlands) gave up four runs two unearned in seven innings of Triple-A Nashvilles 4-3 defeat at Round Rock.
Fiers, 6-4 with a 2.63 ERA, had eight strikeouts without a walk. For the season, the Milwaukee Brewers prospect has 103 strikeouts and 11 walks in 78 2/3 innings.
■ Derek Self (Caverna, U of L) didnt allow a run or hit in two innings of relief in Double-A Harrisburgs 7-4 loss to Altoona. Self, a Washington Nationals prospect, is 0-2 with a 3.00 ERA in eight games for the Senators.
■ Chad Wright (Heath, UK) was 1-for-5 with an RBI in Class A Advanced Lakelands 4-2 loss to Daytona. Wright is batting. 279 with three homers and 28 RBI in 76 games for the Detroit Tigers affiliate.
■ Terrence Dayleg (WKU) was 3-for-5 with a solo home run in Double-A Jacksonvilles 3-2 victory against Chattanooga. Dayleg is batting .302 for the Miami Marlins affiliate.
■ Josh Richmond (U of L) was 2-for-4 with two RBI and Chris Curley (Beechwood, Campbellsville) was 3-for-4 with one RBI in Double-A Birminghams 13-3 win over Tennessee. The Chicago White Sox minor-leaguers scored two runs apiece.
■ Andrew Edwards (Marshall County, WKU) gave up four runs in 3 2/3 innings of the Class A Lexington Legends 9-2 loss at Asheville. The Kansas City Royals prospect is 2-4 with a 4.68 ERA.
■ Zack Cox (PRP) had a sacrifice fly for an RBI in Triple-A New Orleans 6-3 loss to Memphis. The Miami Marlins prospect is batting .271 with five homers and 19 RBI in 61 games.
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- The Globalization of War, America's "Long War" against Humanity by Michel Chossudovsky
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Military intervention abroad, weapons export, and conscription are the next step. Japan is clearly moving towards scrapping its pacifist principles, and returning back to its militaristic past.
Obama's 'Pivot to Asia' directed against China has undergone significant developments. Not least has been the emergence of Australia as a central part of Washington's plans to strengthen American influence and military reach across the Asia-Pacific.
25 years ago, every U.S. media outlet, along with then President Bush and the U.S. Congress were whipping up a full scale frenzied hysteria and attack against the Chinese government for what was described as the cold-blooded massacre of many thousands of non-violent "pro-democracy" students


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For all the talk about gun-free zones being ideal to ideologues–those zones are anything but safe.
In fact, the real term for gun-free zones should be "target."
Take Chicago for instance: in 2011 the murder rate was 15.7 per 100,000, and in 2012 they outdid themselves with a rate of 19.7 per 100,000.
Wednesday alone, 20 were gunned down in a battle of thugs with handguns, and the collateral dammage was a 10 year old boy just out by the street before 8 in the evening!
So we have to wonder, if all this violence happens in Obama's beloved Chi-town where no guns are allowed, how much more lethal would the hoods be if folks were armed?
NBCChicago reports:
The city's first 80-degree day in seven months brought a wave of violence, with an average of one per hour at one point, NBCChicago.com reported.
A man in his 30s was found dead in an alley in the 1900 block of South Drake overnight. After midnight, the first murder of May happened in the South Shore neighborhood where a 27-year-old man was shot in the chest near his home at 68th and Cornell. Neighbors said the man was a father of three.
Another shooting happened in front of the University of Illinois-Chicago police station, where three men were struck around 10:40 p.m. A 19- year-old died. Police said he was a known gang member.
Consider this graphic:
Can you imagine the differential if we subtracted the gun-free cities like Chicago and Washington DC? And think if hoodlums actually believed the citizens and business owners were all armed?
As Pastor James McAbee of Beaumont, TX, says:
Scriptures can tame temptation and wash away sins…But nothing repels true evil like a well-placed, loaded Glock .40-caliber pistol.
Now check out more of Pastor McAbee's common sense:
As the good Pastor sums up,
"The Bible…it does say to turn the other cheek, but it don't say nothin' about lettin' people kill you!"
Wise words indeed.
Maybe we can get Diane Feinstein and Joe Biden to put down their AR-15 and double-barrel shotguns and attend one of Pastor McAbee's classes and learn a thing or two about how to REALLY protect the children?
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Kevin Jackson's hilarious take on Race-Pimping: The Multi-Trillion Dollar Business of Liberalism!
Enjoy this excerpt from the book:
"The money in diversity is enormous, even bigger than former sportscaster turned political pundit turned sportscaster Keith Olbermann's ego. Wouldn't you like to be a "reverend" and father children out of wedlock without repercussions? If you study hard, this book will teach you how to have your non-profit organization pay your mistress and your child support – all at the same time. You must be so black that if you eat sushi, watch reruns of Dawson's Creek and Friends, or enjoy the ballet, you will hang yourself."


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Do you grow winter veggies?
We always have parsnips, beets and carrots in the wintertime, but are there more veggies that work in our climate? If so, when and how do you sow them?
Yes, quite a bit is kept in the garden & gathered throughout the winter. Grows and keeps even better with protection from excessive winter rains. Sometimes an upturned clear tote staked up for circulation or clear cake tops protect young seedlings or smaller plants. Mulch also helps protect them, but be sure to bait & patrol for slugs in hiding.
We've enjoyed:
lettuces (until hard frost) & other hardy greens spinach, arugula, corn salad,
kale & swiss chard (pick outer lower leaves & go up to keep harvesting all winter)
perennial onions like multiplier & evergreen bunching onion
onion sets
red cabbage
broccoli (leaves die in heavy freezing, heads still there & form during mild weather slowly...)
flat leaf parsley (technically an herb, but we eat with our greens)
This year hoops are in and we'll cover with plastic, but leave ends open except for the cold snaps. Our winter lows are 13 degrees with limited sun on gardens. In sunnier locations you'd have more heat & growth. Plus what young plants overwinter grow in spring for early harvesting until your soil has warmed for the other plants to go in.
I've learned a lot earlier this spring after reading Backyard Bounty: The Complete Guide to Year-Round Organic Gardening in the Pacific Northwest by Linda Gilkeson. She has nice charts and good suggestions for interplanting and succession gardening. You'd like her book for continued reference month by month of what to do in the edible garden both for fruit & vegetables.
Here is a link that might be useful: Winter Gardening articles
Thanks for the replies. I thought mid-July was the time to start veggies for wintertime. I have a space now that some veggies are finished. It's been a strange year -- I'm only just harvesting snap peas now -- should have been ready a month ago. But, now it's warm things are growing quickly. Of course, everything is ready at once!
Maybe off thread, but...
Green Tart -- how do you grow winter Brussels? I have tried planting spring and fall with dismal results; they either shot to flower or aphids and green worms overwhelmed them!
Karchita -- I tried celery, but it was so bitter nobody would eat it. What is your secret to growing winter celery that isn't bitter?
We grow lots of Red Russian kale and it is 'hardy' a few years ago we had 3 days when the temperature dropped to 7f, it looks like it's finished but as soon as the temperature rises it springs back to life.
Other things in the garden right now for fall/winter: Carrots, Beets, Parsnips, Salsify, Upland Cress (super hardy and care free). We'll plant fall lettuce in a couple of weeks and some radishes too.
I would like to recommend Kweik lettuce to anyone wanting a cool weather lettuce - actually tastes as good as any lettuce I've ever eaten - unlike some 'winter' lettuces I've grown. Specifically: Arctic King - yech!
We put some Kweik in rather late last fall, kept it covered and harvested it in April. This year we're planting successions of it to have all fall.
I will have lots of winter crop seedlings to give away at my Fall Plant Trade on Sept 15 (info on link below). What grows well here in the fall and early winter are any mustard-family plants (many listed above), plus lettuces, spinach, several kinds of herbs (if you can cloche them, you can grow purple ruffles basil and pesto perpetuo basil into October, then take cuttings in the house to overwinter). Bulbing onions planted at this time of year will be ready to plant out next spring. When you plant those seeds this fall, plant a lot of them close together to discourage bulbing, then prick out and plant next spring like you would any onion from sets - or direct-sow and thin out next spring. Non-bulbing onions like scallions and chives can be planted now to harvest young. Garlic can be planted now to harvest next July/August. Snow- and snap-peas can be planted now, and barring an early frost, have a good chance of producing a crop (almost certainly, if you can cover them with plastic). Carrots, turnips, parsnips, rutabagas, beets, radishes, kohlrabi, and almost any root vegetable can continue to grow at the roots even after the tops die down. Note that potatoes are not a 'root crop' in the same way that carrots are, which have tap roots that swell, while potatoes are tubers, and will not continue to grow after the tops die down - but you can often leave potatoes in the ground as long as the ground does not get too wet and lift them for several weeks into the fall. Don't forget edible flowers such as pansies and violas, as well as the flowers of many herbs that linger into the fall, such as borage, chives, fennel, dill, and rocket. Flowers should only be eaten if grown organically.
Here is a link that might be useful: 2012 Olympia Fall Trade
ngrrsn, for the best chance with fall Brussels sprouts, you have to have a short-season cultivar such as Jade Cross, at 75 days. Long Island Improved, the most commonly available at nurseries and box stores, matures at 95 days.
From what I've read about celery, it requires a trifecta of conditions: soil, water and shade. Grow in rich sandy loam. Give it a consistent amount of water - letting it get dry and then drenching it will make it stringy. If the stalks are bitter, there's too much clorophyll in them, so it needs shade (blanching) beginning at 2 weeks prior to harvest. Besides mounding soil around the stalks, you can blanch them by heaping straw, or putting paper towel tubes around them. You can also buy a self-blanching cultivar.
I just got a great book and DVD at King County Library by Eliot Coleman. He grows all winter in Maine. A wealth of knowledge.
Osborne Seeds in Mt Vernon, WA has a number of winter veggie trials and is a good local source for seed.
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You asked how much sun? ...as much sun as you can. Less sun = slower growth.
We don't have full sun after mid-August, so if the plants show good growth by the time the gray days come in fall we can harvest them all winter. If not then they're 1st to harvest in spring. For us the winter garden is more like storing produce in the garden until you harvest.
Though if you have snow you won't be able to find the plants unless you know exactly where they are located in the bed. A few years ago we had snow before Thanksgiving and had to hunt a bit with gloves & a trowel.
A downfall of full sun right away in the early morning is that the frost + sunshine = burst cells & frost damage, so shade is an advantage. Any kind of protection makes a difference. I've used upturned clear plastic totes staked with sticks on the inside & one on the outside to avoid wind damage to plants. Cracked totes work fine & provide air circulation. A hoop with sides open during the day would be fantastic & would keep the snow from hiding your produce!
The wind has now dried out the leaves, so it's the perfect time to add another 2-4" of loose, dry leaves or straw, then anchor it in place by covering with floating row cover. Most of what is left standing in the garden now will survive the cold weather ahead if you provide a bit of protection. I didn't stake my broccoli & noticed it rocking in the wind this morning, so will take care of that today after I go get another load of free straw.
Feed stores sell bales and often have broken bales or sweepings in a bin or pile out back for free. Just ask because most have to pay for it to be hauled away. The wet bales are difficult to load, but once at home you can pull away the flakes and lay 2" thick rectangles in place for a thick mulch that won't blow away.
Don't be afraid of the straw. A straw bale contains few seeds if any & are usually oats that if sprouted are killed by cold weather anyway. Local grass hay is another story however.


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What do you do on Xmas Day?
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I am loving all the Christmas threads!
So I wondered, what does everyone do on Christmas day, once the big day arrives? Do you have traditions? Do you sleep in, or get up early? Do you have family breakfasts? When do you do presents? How do you do presents? What time do you eat? What do you do during the day in between eating? What do you do that night after the festivities are over? Also, if you are the host (and especially if you have little kids of your own) do you drink during the day? Do you drink to excess given that it's a celebration? Do you enjoy hosting Christmas or do you find it stressful? Do people help you?
Here's me:
Kids run in and wake us up too early to say that Santa's been. We make coffees immediately, kids tear open their presents. This year I want to do a special pancake breakfast just for DH and our three kids. We all have showers and get ready. I spend the morning getting ready for everyone to arrive (lots of salads, desserts etc to make), setting up the table etc.
Family (both our sets of parents - so just 4 people) arrive around 1pm and we stand around drinking and chatting before sitting down to a roast lunch. I have my mum bringing roast vegies, and MIL bringing the ham. Then we might sit down and do presents.
My family's tradition is that one person (or family) get to give out all of their presents first and watch with delight as their presents are opened. Then the next person (or family) gives out all of their presents, and so on. DH's family tradition is that one person (usually FIL) sits next to the tree and just hands out presents willy nilly, to everyone, so that at any given time everyone has a present that they are opening. I don't like this as I usually miss watching a present that I've put lots of thought into, be opened. I like to watch people's faces when they see their presents (because I pick GOOD presents!!)
Then we just hang around...we keep drinking, we chat. Kids might go outside and play with their new ball, or tennis racket, etc. Then we start thinking about what time we might want to eat dinner, and then my sister and her husband arrive. We do the same thing all over again... we sit down for dinner, and then do their presents.
Usually I just have one or two drinks throughout the day.
They all head off around 9-10pm.
I sit down and have a hard earned cup of tea.
Posted 23 December 2012 - 02:38 PM
We let the kids set the pace. Usually they are up about 5am and that's totally fine with us.
They open stockings first, then we make a cuppa. If anyone wants something quick to eat, they grab something.
Then we move to the lounge and open the presents under the tree. That way the kids don't nag to open more gifts. Once they are opened, that's it.
Then breakfast. This year ham and cheese croissants and juice/chocolate milk (the kids chose the menu)
They play and play and play.
I shower and dress then start any lunch that needs attending to.
Visitors arrive about mid-day. We exchange presents. Eat food. Kids play games (often a board game altogether) if it's hot they play on the waterslide.
Adults might snooze on couch due to early start.
Eat more food through the afternoon and leftover for dinner. Everyone eats when they are hungry.
I clean up a bit, Dishwasher goes on. Kids shower and put on their new pj's. (Father Christmas always brings some!)
We watch a Christmas movie.
Everyone falls into bed around 9pm.
I never drink on Christmas Day. DH does, but he is away this year.
Edited by ~THE~MAGICIAN~, 23 December 2012 - 02:40 PM.
Posted 23 December 2012 - 02:38 PM
We're have a very odd christmas this year.
Wake up will be early but I am buying DS7 a new alarm clock day and a limit will be set!
Then have a cup of tea and open the presents. Facetime the grandparents at some stage.
A limo is picking us up at 11.15 and then picking up some other friends and taking us out to lunch at a 5 star resort - all you can eat and drink with kids entertainment. then the limo will pick us up at 4.30 and deliver us all back home.
at which I think we will all fall into bed!
Posted 23 December 2012 - 02:40 PM
Our present tradition is that they all go in a pile, and I stick a Santa hat on my head and hand them out one at a time. The recipient opens it, shows everyone then the next present gets given out. It's fun, the kids (all grown up now) absolutely love it and insist it stays this way, and we have lots of laughs.
This year we are going out for lunch with two of the kids, one partner and a granddaughter, then coming back to our place for presents in the afternoon. Others will arrive then too.
Posted 23 December 2012 - 02:41 PM
Love Christmas!
I usually wake early and lie there waiting for the kids to come in, but now they are getting older they don't wake up as early. I also put coffee on, then presents, relax for a bit, then buttermilk hotcakes for breaky. Relax again.
My sister will come around about 10:30 and we will do presents and then she will drive us over to my niece's home for more presents and lunch. We will stay there till late afternoon.
Then back home to relax.
I like Christmas to be a stress- free happy day.
Posted 23 December 2012 - 02:46 PM
We'll be up around 7.
Everyone gets dressed and has breakfast before presents. Kids christmas treat breakfast is Rice Bubbles. DH and I will just eat some toast or something.
Presents are handed out one by one and everyone gets to see what each other have received. Then we play with our presents, read our new books etc until lunch. Lunch will be cold turkey, ham and salads. We'll probably take a break before dessert. We'll laze away the afternoon and have leftovers for dinner.
That's a standard christmas around here. We often have someone share lunch with us and sometimes we'll have grandparents over in the morning for presents. This year we'll have friends over for lunch and they will probably spend most of the afternoon with us.
Posted 23 December 2012 - 02:50 PM
Ours are always different. Our family tradition is to be somewhere different from the year before for Christmas. This fits in well with the defence lifestyle also .
Last year as we weren't moving, we went camping for Christmas. We *only* got our stockings on Christmas Day, and had a seafood lunch. And went to the beach. Then we had a 'second' CHristmas with all the trimmings on January 9 (it was a bit of a job to find a whole turkey for that). We got our gifts from each other that day too.
This year, we moved house in August (although still in the same area) and have decided to have one Christmas, at home. Although we have invited extended family, it'll be just us (they live a long way away so fair enough). For that we'll have stockings first thing, breakfast, and mum and dad sit around bleary eyed drinking coffee whilst the kids open their under the tree presents. Then we play with the presents!!! DH does the lunch (mostly) which will be ready about 4pm (hence covering lunch and dinner) and I cget the dishes, yay.
Posted 23 December 2012 - 02:51 PM
We will get a phone call from SIL at about 6am
Go to MIL's for presents and coffee
Home for presents, shower, dressed
Going to MIL's for lunch
Going to BIL's in the afternoon
Then home for the rest of the night
This is the first year we will be doing this and the last.
Posted 23 December 2012 - 02:52 PM
Do you have traditions?
Yes and no.
Do you sleep in, or get up early?
Given our kids are smaller probably up at the usual time. If DS does climb in to bed earlier we will do the usual morning cuddle and when we're ready (or when he whinges) we'll get up!
Do you have family breakfasts?
This year was planning croissants - but the kids have eaten the ones I bought! Will get more tomorrow.
When do you do presents? How do you do presents?
We have some friends coming this year, so we are doing 'big' pressies (at 9.30am with 3 members of the family who may or may not decide to stay for XMAS lunch. THAT is fun to plan for) before our guests arrive at 11.
Then the kids (including the visitor child) has a santa sack. Adults (including guest adult) will open their pressies then.
What time do you eat?
Again this depends on whether the family members decide to stay. 1sh if they don't, 2ish if they do.
What do you do during the day in between eating?
Chat. Watch the kids play. Watch TV or listen to music. Clean up and pack the dishwasher!
What do you do that night after the festivities are over?
Also, if you are the host (and especially if you have little kids of your own) do you drink during the day?
Do you drink to excess given that it's a celebration?
Do you enjoy hosting Christmas or do you find it stressful?
I love it although I get stressed cooking everything!
Do people help you?
Yes - and often I wish they wouldn't!! Every year I say 'look after the kids and every 15 minutes check in whether I want you to do something'.
E.g. p*ss off out of my kitchen, but be around for when I want you to check there is a fresh hand towel in the guest bathroom, that the table is set etc.
Posted 23 December 2012 - 03:09 PM
Our last couple of christmases have meant getting up at 4 so DH can see presents being opened, then he is off to work while me and the kids traipse around the countryside going to eleventy billion family things because our families all insist on doing christmas day on christmas day. (Yes that sentence is long and exhausting because that is what it is normally like)
This year we are doing Christmas at our place and DH has the day off (YAY!!!!!)Ok so it means 6 at breakfast, 20 at lunch and 11 for dinner, but no driving. I am excited but all the house work now is sucky!!
Posted 23 December 2012 - 04:07 PM
Do you have traditions? Not really. DH doesn't have family but a brother. My family are sprawled everywhere. We've started our own tiny little Christmas thing with my BIL, DH and I and our 2 kids. He basically comes over mid-late morning and kids open presents. We don't really do presents for the adults. Then we have a yummy roast lunch that DH makes, with way too much food left over. Then we just hang out all day and watch the kids play with their toys, relax, watch TV and whatever really.
Do you sleep in, or get up early? We never did Santa so we don't do the early morning thing. I'll sleep in.
Do you have family breakfasts? No. I don't often eat breakfast and usually save up my appetite for the yummy lunch.
When do you do presents? mid-late morning when BIL comes over.
How do you do presents? This year I want to delegate them, as I want them opened in a particular order as some things go with other things as joint presents and I want to make sure they get opened in a way that they make sense.
What time do you eat? 1-2pm
What do you do during the day in between eating? Nothing much. Just hang out around the house and talk.
What do you do that night after the festivities are over? As above.
Also, if you are the host (and especially if you have little kids of your own) do you drink during the day? I don't drink (very rarely anyway). DH will have a few glasses of wine though.
Do you drink to excess given that it's a celebration? Neither more than usual.
Do you enjoy hosting Christmas or do you find it stressful? I really love our quiet little Christmas. It is just enough, relaxing, fun watching the kids just relax. On a hot day we'll let the kids run outside and have a water fight. There are no rules, so it is just sit back and relax and enjoy each other's company. Which we always do.
Do people help you? It all just works, seen as there is only 5 of us.
Posted 23 December 2012 - 04:27 PM
Kids wake us up stupidly early, we sit around the tree and open the presents, have breakfast and the kids then have the morning to play with their new toys.
Lunch is at my parents place for cold turkey and ham with the whole family (brother and sister, nieces and nephew, grandparents etc), the kids play in the pool and we tend to leave around 5ish (this isn't happening this year though as my side decided to fly overseas for xmas and DH and I could not afford it). Dinner is then spent at the inlaws (this year we will be going for lunch instead) before finally coming home and collapsing into bed lol.
Posted 23 December 2012 - 04:46 PM
wake up when kids decide to...
let them open their stockings...
gift giving etc...
breakfast - this year ex is making pancakes (i guess i should tell him that at some point)
family coming over late morning...
kicking family out around 3.30-4pm to go to DP's family.
Won't be really drinking because i will be driving.
Posted 23 December 2012 - 05:44 PM
Ours will be, kids will wake us, they promise 7am but it will be earlier. We'll open presents.
I'll make a cooked breakfast of bacon, eggs and crossiants. We'll chill around the house. Then I'll go to work at around 12.30 and work until 10pm. DH and the kids, will relax, chill and just play.
I will get a nice roast dinner with all the trimmings at work. They will have whatever DH decides to cook lol.
Posted 23 December 2012 - 05:48 PM
My parter works every single Christmas Day AND Christmas Eve, Boxing Day, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day...
And to make things worse, this Christmas both of my parents are working on Christmas Day as well, and my only sibling is overseas. I'm going to be all alone!
They all finish work in the afternoon though, so I hope to catch up with them then and drive around to visit a few family members...
Posted 23 December 2012 - 05:58 PM
It will be a very relaxed day this year. I have been quite ill so don't have the energy to do much at all. All the kids are here plus a few extras so we will just hang out, the kids will probably head to the river for a swim, we will eat when we feel like eating and I think a nanny nap will be on the cards. We will do the rounds of the family throughout January.
Posted 23 December 2012 - 06:12 PM
I usually wake before the kids as i usually have prep to do and they are late sleepers. So I get up make DH and I a coffee, make sure I have the camera/video recorder ready and start whatever salad/dessert etc that needs doing. When the kids get up the bolt straight to the tree, they open presents. We pick up the wrapping We have toast or something light for brekky as we gorge on lunch.
The play while i do rest of prep, this year I have 10 coming for lunch, they'll play with toys until they start arriving and will open presents with them as they do.
Lunch served around 1 and after that we have a swim in our pool and laze about and eat leftovers for tea.
We alternate years between my family on christmas day and DH's boxing day, so we will be going to DH's parents the next day to do it all again, I'm taking whatever leftovers we have as I'll be well and truely over food by then!
Posted 23 December 2012 - 10:15 PM
We will wake up around 5.30 and let DD open her stocking while we gulp down some coffee. When BIL and SIL wake (9ish) we will make breakfast croissants and open presents. Lunch will be just the 5 of us and the usual turkey and ham the we will spend the afternoon swimming and reading before having a platter for dinner. We will probably watch a movie and play a game off trivial pursuit before heading off to bed.
Drinking will probably be more than usual although not excessive as I seem to fall asleep after to many drinks these days.
This is our first Christmas without all the extended family so I am excited as I am no where near as stressed as I usually am. We are just taking it as it comes.
Posted 23 December 2012 - 10:25 PM
QUOTE (Paladin @ 23/12/2012, 06:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Ours will be, kids will wake us, they promise 7am but it will be earlier. We'll open presents.
I'll make a cooked breakfast of bacon, eggs and crossiants. We'll chill around the house. Then I'll go to work at around 12.30 and work until 10pm. DH and the kids, will relax, chill and just play.
I will get a nice roast dinner with all the trimmings at work. They will have whatever DH decides to cook lol.
QUOTE (Kalota @ 23/12/2012, 06:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
My parter works every single Christmas Day AND Christmas Eve, Boxing Day, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day...
And to make things worse, this Christmas both of my parents are working on Christmas Day as well, and my only sibling is overseas. I'm going to be all alone!
They all finish work in the afternoon though, so I hope to catch up with them then and drive around to visit a few family members...
What do all these people do that they have to be working Christmas Day!!???? It sucks!
QUOTE (It'sallgood @ 23/12/2012, 10:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
EAt, drink and be merry
And I must add, does everyone on EB have a pool!? Everyone is going swimming it seems. Not me
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Posted 23 December 2012 - 10:38 PM
We go to my parents for lunch. Usually I have to drag DH kicking and screaming. This year I've told him not to bother coming if he's going to be such a rude jerk about it.
Posted 24 December 2012 - 07:59 AM
This year we are hosting Christmas Day and the family are driving in today, we will have 10 of us in the house for a week.
We will wake up at some ungodly hour to open presents. I will have a table full of nibbles that people can graze on at their leisure. Lunch of cold meat and salads will be eaten around 1.
We will sit around playing with presents, chatting and watching tv.
I have a bottle of wine in the fridge with my name on it.
Posted 24 December 2012 - 08:14 AM
What do all these people do that they have to be working Christmas Day!!???? It sucks!
Unfortunately I work in an environment that is 24/7. And as much as I'd like it society doesn't stop for Xmas lol, think police, ambulance, dr's nurses, corrective services, petrol station attendants. It sucks when your roster falls on Xmas time, but someone has to do it. At least this year I get New Years off :-D
But it'll be an easy day hopefully, eat some food, play some cards and be merry with my co workers.
Posted 24 December 2012 - 08:20 AM
This is going to be interesting. First Christmas with just the three of us, and first christmas down the beach house. No that isn't true, DH had his last christmas down here when he was 7, so 44 years since he had a christmas here.
So we will play it by ear a bit. if the weather was going to be good we had decided we may move to christmas dinner and spend the day at the surf, but it isn't going to be that good. So time will tell.
We have the tree up, and the couple of presents underneath.
I am really looking forward to making this the way we do christmas from now on
And a thanks to all the special people who keep our society going - nurses, doctors, police, ambos etc that need to work on christmas day.
Posted 24 December 2012 - 06:45 PM
Our local shop is open Christmas Day as well. They close between 1pm and 3pm though.
We are sleeping in and then we might call the girls to wish them Merry Christmas. Then we will decide if we want croissants or homemade pancakes by DF for breakfast.
Then we are watching movies for the day and will stop for ham and roast veggies when we feel like it When we have DSDs in Jan we will do a Christmas Day then (presents and yummy breakfast and then roast lunch )
Next year we will have DSDs for Christmas. We are hoping to be down the coast where DF's family are. My sister and her family and my Dad are all happy to travel to have Christmas at our place! I am REALLY hoping it happens, I will be so excited to have a BIG family Christmas with DF's side and mine. It doesn't feel like Christmas unless we have DSDs.
Posted 24 December 2012 - 07:22 PM
This year DD will no doubt wake us at abround 5:30am where we will go straight to the tree to unwrap presents.
DH & I will have a coffee over present unwrapping & when it is all over we will lay around for a couple of hours before preparring the nibbles to take to my parents for Christmas lunch.
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Constantly in the limelight, Wiz Khalifa gives us a description of his life at this time. When a smooth beats and melody, Wiz Khalifa gives fans a brief view into his world with thisRead More »
Berner – Sell It All (Freestyle)
Taylor Gang member, Berner, returns on the music scene with a new freestyle spitting over Jeezy & Jay Z's "Seen It All" instrumental. Retitling it "Sell It All" this one is just for theRead More »
Taylor Gang x Grenco Science G Pen Personal Vaporizer (Video)
You had to of known this day was bound to come… Wiz Khalifa and Taylor Gang officially join forces with Grenco Science ever so popular G Pen that has hit the states like crazyRead More »