tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734647753243402553.post7023612613057417372..comments2023-06-05T21:27:29.151+11:00Comments on Minnado's House: Pyjamas and Scrooge-festMinnadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02838971800070422776noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734647753243402553.post-14775929261500774652011-12-09T02:59:48.278+11:302011-12-09T02:59:48.278+11:30Hooray, it's working on my home computer!! I t...Hooray, it's working on my home computer!! I thought I recognized that fabric in the IKEA duvet :) How wonderful to have something to lounge and sleep in especially when you feel you need it most. And kudos to you for reclaiming Christmas for you and yours -- it really shouldn't run you or your bank account ragged. <br /><br />I don't have kids, but I've slipped by for many many years without making a big hoo-ha out of Christmas. I love being with family, but the presents and the prep is too much. Nieces and nephews and the boy get small gifts, everyone else gets.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15575104493258544397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734647753243402553.post-10528841839088026172011-12-09T01:52:06.267+11:302011-12-09T01:52:06.267+11:30How funky are those PJs...lol. regarding christmas...How funky are those PJs...lol. regarding christmas presents, I just don't do them. When I was growing up back in Cameroon, Christmas was a time for us to spend as a family, and we were never bothered about gifts. The only thing might be a new dress, but that almost always stopped when you got to 10 years. We normally just cook alot of food, and leave the doors open for anyone who wanted to come and eat with us that day. This year the only present I am getting is for my husband. END OFF!!!Dibshttp://www.missdibs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734647753243402553.post-67716899115900048532011-12-08T07:02:47.861+11:302011-12-08T07:02:47.861+11:30Christmas anxiety seems to have replaced yuletide ...Christmas anxiety seems to have replaced yuletide joy. Maybe I should make pjs for all. I love the idea of a winter box too.Sigridhttp://analogme.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734647753243402553.post-21611496757413153692011-12-07T09:03:44.469+11:302011-12-07T09:03:44.469+11:30Cute PJs! :)
I totally feel with you. I can't ...Cute PJs! :)<br />I totally feel with you. I can't believe how time flies!<br />I do like Christmas usually, but I kinda don't feel it yet this year. No snow yet, and I seem to be pretty good at ignoring the decorations everywhere... I'm also in the happy position that my immediate family decided to do away with Christmas gifts a few years ago, and concentrate on spending time together and have a lovely Christmas dinner. I still do gifts for my grandmas and a couple of friends, but nothing stressful. :)Alessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16605755512224178329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734647753243402553.post-4370329037577634662011-12-06T23:05:52.414+11:302011-12-06T23:05:52.414+11:30Aw - you should have done the flamingo pose in the...Aw - you should have done the flamingo pose in the pink trousers! ;)<br />You are doing the right thing. Not scroogey at all. Christmas should be a relaxing holiday for you and your loved ones. Full stop.<br />Oh - and I saw the recommendation for Romancing the Ordinary - I have that book too and it has kept me on a level keel in difficult times.Roobeedoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395340950409421904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734647753243402553.post-5711845510327033062011-12-06T08:02:24.706+11:302011-12-06T08:02:24.706+11:30Well I have done absolutely nothing for Christmas ...Well I have done absolutely nothing for Christmas this year other than start to knit a jumper for my daughter.I have not bought any cards as we have a very small family and there is a load left over from other years,ditto paper that just needs ironing out.I buy the same amount of food that I would usually and we just dont go mad.I detest going into shops and hearing nothing but John Lennon, Slade and bloody sleigh bells all the time....I know we do get snow but never once in my fifty years have I seen a damn sleigh go by the house.<br />Just do what you want to do... and keep up the strange flamingo pose!Urban Rustichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00964025652320979395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734647753243402553.post-54779477211470241682011-12-06T01:45:26.965+11:302011-12-06T01:45:26.965+11:30Girl-- you'll be three weeks from your due dat...Girl-- you'll be three weeks from your due date at Christmas?! Um, you shouldn't be stressing at ALL about holiday preparations! Sometimes the best holiday seasons are the ones where you're able to make time to reflect and recharge. So please don't feel like you need to do anything out of a sense of obligation. Take care of yourself and your little family and, if you feel up to it, maybe phone a few people that you don't talk to as often as you'd like in lieu of sending out cards. (Oh, and be sure to spend lots of time in your PJ's!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734647753243402553.post-31356237406451738712011-12-05T05:40:27.168+11:302011-12-05T05:40:27.168+11:30Lovely trews and lovely fabrics. If you have 1p pl...Lovely trews and lovely fabrics. If you have 1p plus p+p to spare, can I recommend a book to you? It's called Romancing the Ordinary. <br /><br />Find it on Amazon and in a day or two you can start reading the December chapter at the end of the book. In this chapter the author addresses exactly what you are stressing about. I read it yesterday and it settled my mind quite a bit!<br /><br />I put my foot down on cards a couple of years ago and this has had the added bonus that we now<br />receive fewer cards so don't have to find places to put them or agonise over whether to recycle them or keep them for something crafty....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734647753243402553.post-18503326384537995262011-12-05T05:24:18.981+11:302011-12-05T05:24:18.981+11:30Christmas is going to be really quiet here this ye...Christmas is going to be really quiet here this year...it makes it stress free but i miss when the boys were little and we would do Christmasey things...maybe i could do them with the dog :)<br />I love your pjs! Hope you have a lovely week xxxAlexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08693247118826431089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734647753243402553.post-39719722326009994062011-12-05T05:15:36.541+11:302011-12-05T05:15:36.541+11:30I have a love-hate relationship with Christmas and...I have a love-hate relationship with Christmas and just want things to go smoothly without anyone in our massive family falling out after one too many sherries! It was all more magical when we were little so I think it's lovely that you have a Christmas box - I bet your children will have happy memories of that and the excitement and anticipation of the big day. I'm sure everyone will understand you wanting to keep things low-key and hope you get lots of sitting down time. Those PJ bottoms look so comfy, love the print on the blue / green ones.Clarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11068859188360245469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734647753243402553.post-69119774215913113472011-12-04T22:22:56.595+11:302011-12-04T22:22:56.595+11:30Your pants are great! They look super comfy and s...Your pants are great! They look super comfy and stylish :) <br /><br />I hear you about Christmas. This year it's a bigger deal than normal because we're going back to Hawaii for the first time since we've moved away. So that means presents for all those folks there, which we don't normally do, on top of normal presents. And I decided to make things for some of them: the deadline is rapidly approaching! I'm glad to make things; I prefer that. But I should've started earlier.niddetissushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15675473136978180192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734647753243402553.post-31650300532897618902011-12-04T20:32:15.901+11:302011-12-04T20:32:15.901+11:30Recent years I've also been jaded by all the c...Recent years I've also been jaded by all the consumerism associaterd with Christmas and shock last year didn't send Xmas cards either. I bought some this year though. Like mimi said its rough on you this year having a bump to follow abd you need to let yourself off the hook. 23 years ago today came my perfect excuse for opting out of Xmas and giving all the present buying ( not that there was much- we were skint) to dad was wonderful! Your Xmas box is a great idea! Keeps some magic in December. Pjs are very jazzy, I recognise fabric 2 especially. I bet they get well used- hurrah to pjs!!Scruffybadgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18298057071412471482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734647753243402553.post-52111518570995556492011-12-04T20:18:58.126+11:302011-12-04T20:18:58.126+11:30I love your strange flamingo pose! hehe!
Aww, I r...I love your strange flamingo pose! hehe!<br /><br />Aww, I really do feel for you, it's stressful enough come Christmas time this year but being pregnant too must be more tiring than I can imagine. You do seem to be keeping your spirits up though!<br /><br />I don't think you're being a Scrooge, like you this year I'm only buying for my nieces and nephews and not for their parents...they will get some edibles as it's a bit of a tradition that I make chutney and biscuits but otherwise nothing major.<br /><br />In all honesty, this year I think all I want for Christmas is some time off work, seeing my family and eating lovely Christmas dinner x2 as will go to both our parents, thankfully one one day and one the next! No Vicar of Dibly for me thank you very much! hehe! And it would be nice to get some sewing done for me and J.<br /><br />Go and put the kettle on and put your feet up and watch Santa Claus the Movie! That always gets me in the Christmas mood! xxMagpie Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03358868096434596203noreply@blogger.com