How is everyone?

[Anonymous]

I wiull probably get a smack for this, but, here goes.

Wilma, how is Neil? My email is playing up, so until I get it fixed I thought I would post this.

So..sound off please...............Linda here, and, I am slightly twisted, but good.LOL

[2chappies]

Hi Wilma

Sounds like a great idea to have a street party.  My sister does it every year with the 10 villas in her complex and it's a great success.  Could never do it where we live. 😞

We're going to #2's daughter's for lunch with all our family as it's Zara's 2nd Christmas and she is really excited seeing Santas everywhere!  Here's her her Santa photo. :-x  One son supplies a blow up pool and we'll have fun with lots of food and drinks.  As the family of adults is growing with sons-in-law etc we do a Secret Santa gift giving.  We each also give a carp gift to another person as a bit of fun. :^O  One of my Canadian nieces got a solar powered cockroach last year.

[Anonymous]

Wilma and Mon, your Christmasses sound like fun.  Little Zara is so cute Mon, it's fun when they know what is going on.

We are having Christmas with the kids, here, hopefully lots of love and laughter.

[putney32]

Hope you all have great Christmasses... street parties are always good, none in this street either Mon!

Oh my isn't little miss Zara growing up, and just look at all that red hair... gorgeous♥

[wilneil]

The solar powered cockroach sounds great, where on earth did you find something like that?

Our small dog is the one that has the most enjoyment out of Christmas, she can't wait to get her gifts.  I always use paper that is easy to tear, and wide ribbons and bows that are easy to remove, and I wrap them all seperately.  I think she enjoys the unwrapping and tearing of paper as much as she does the gifts.

Neil and I sit there, cameras at the ready, and watch her. We do get some pretty good pictures.

That is the only day she is allowed to have her toys inside.

Miss Linda, I guess young Oscar is not much different, Jack Russells love tearing things.

Wilma

[Anonymous]

Wilma, the little dog is not liking me too much TM, I keep putting him in his bed, or outside while the District Nurses and Palliative Care girls are here.  Not getting a lot of me time , what time I do get I seem to fall asleep.LOL  They did say to sleep when Les did.....so I am.

[singingyamada]

Well I am finally looking forward to christmas.  Youngest son brought some of his friends over. They are new to us but old to him.  One is a 19 year old girl with depression and who virtually raised herself around her mothers drugs and drinking. The other is a 187 year old boy in a similar situation, the other two at least had some semblance of a relationship with family.  We asked them if they wanted to stay for a rough BBQ and we watched them gulp down sausage sandwiches like it was caviar. then I said who wants "a baked dinner next week" and they all whooped.

The boy said he wasn't looking forward to christmas and the girl said we will sort something. These kids have no one.  So the day after boxing day I am having my christmas with these kids who by all logic could be in a very bad place and who are struggling. We are going to have a BBQ and a present and pav and the works. That will make my son happy who thank goodness is on his feet ( he forgets to take his meds) and it will give me a christmas  as the constant advertising of buy buy buy is making me sick.

I forgot how angry I would get when working with young people in mental health when faced with the mess they were born into. But I am amazed at their resillience.

[grannyfrogsmith]

Lee as the saying goes "what goes around comes around"

Those kids will remember what you did for them this Christmas,who knows it just may be a turning point for them.

Well done,that is what Christmas is all about.

[Anonymous]

You are a good person Lee.  Good to hear your son is back on track.

Please forgive me, the bit below is copied from Richo';s Thread, today was one out of the box.

We are ok folks, Les is comfortable, lots of drugs here for him. I realised today that the time will come when I cannot look after him and he will have to go to hospital, he is simply to big a bloke, and I am too small. Di, the District Nurse has been gently leading me to this decision. Talked to the girls, they are ok with it.

You know how I always say it is a circus around here....well......tonight about 4pm I went to put Les in his electric chair, I just pushed the button to put the chair down and it stopped working, fiddled around with it, nope, it was broke. ok, chair broken, I went to put him in the electric hospital bed, and I couldn't put the head of the bed down to get him in, it was broken too.......blardy hell, what else could go wrong.........well.......picked up the phone to ring hospital for help, no dial tone the phone was broken too.......used mobile to ring hospital, they sent me the District Nurse, Russ, what a good bloke, he took the bed remote, went and found another one, and the chair will be replaced in the morning. Took the time to chat to me to make sure I was ok. Louise rang Telstra, pretending to be me, explained we needed the phone, and it will be fixed in the morning,. You reckon I killed a chinaman, I reckon I killed a few today.

[putney32]

oh ((((Linda))) you poor darling, hope tomorrow's a better day for both of you.

Lee you deserve a big hug too, I'm sure she's right, this may well be the Christmas party that turned around the lives of these young people, I certainly hope so.  enjoy yr day xx

[lakeland27]

thinking of you and les missilinda.