Hi ! Folks I'm back

[The_Lowlander]

Christmas Carol by Alexander Gray

'Twas a cauld, cauld nicht i' the back o' the year;
The snaw lay deep, and the starns shone clear;
And Mary kent that her time was near,
As she cam to Bethlehem.
When Joseph saw the toon sae thrang,
Quo' he: 'I houp I be na wrang,
But I'm thinkin' we'll find a place ere lang;'
But there wasna nae room for them. She quo', quo' she: 'O Joseph loon,
Rale tired am I, and wad fain lie doon.
Is there no a bed in the hail o' the toon?
For farrer I canna gae.'
At the ale-hoose door she keekit ben,
But there was sic a steer o' fremmyt men,
She thocht till hirsel': 'I dinna ken
What me and my man can dae.' And syne she spak: 'We'll hae to lie
I' the byre this nicht amang the kye
And the cattle beas', for a body maun try
To thole what needs maun be,'
And there amang the strae and the corn,
While the owsen mooed, her bairnie was born.
O, wasna that a maist joyous morn
For sinners like you and me? For the bairn that was born that nicht i' the sta'
Cam doon frae Heaven to tak awa'
Oor fecklessness, and bring us a'
Safe hame in the hender-en'.
Lord, at this Yule-tide send us licht,
Hae mercy on us and herd us richt.
For the sake o' the bairnie born that nicht,
O, mak us better men!

[desert-rose]

So glad to see folks on here! I had a busy day. I had to do some more shopping for the boys of my girlfriends for our annual Christmas party on Saturday night. Tomorrow I go to Tucson so won't be on here till very late. I am sitting here listening to a brand new Christmas Celtic CD that I bought in the grocery store of all places. It is really good! I went to my old job today to buy some cosmetics and my ex-boss and her daughter couldn't have been kinder and nicer to me. So that made me feel good. I think they appreciated me coming by to buy from them. Oh! well, maybe they really hate my guts in real life, but they never acted like it.....

Mervyn So good to hear from you. Keep writing us, please! I enjoy learning about what you do in Germany. Never been there, but I hear it is absolutely beautiful! You speak English well, too!

PiggieThank you SO MUCH for the rose! How sweet of you! I love roses! It is my favorite flower, next to the magenta colored desert prickly pear Hope you have a good night night sleep.

LowlanderI was surprised to see you on here but glad you were taking a wee peek and kept in touch. I got my computer all cleaned out now, so hopefully there will be no more problems! We hope! Have a great Christmas and will look forward to seeing you after the first of the year!

ChelleThe onion we use at the OUtback restaurant is a rather large deep fried onion dipped in some wonderful sauce. Sorry you're so hot there. I know the feeling of a few months ago. It is a bit chilly here now.

Hello to Shanna, Jamie and everybody else.

[cheaptraveler]

Thanks for dropping by to chat. I wish you a Merry Christmas and a New Year thats peaceful!! Hugs to you and yours...

[Chelle_b]

Hello Everybody

It's about 40 deg. outside - someone told me that was about 104 f/h. but in my house it's about 25 deg I think the air con. will blow up soon its been on non stop for 24 hours now. Don't want to see the power bill!! oh well

Was my last day of work this morning for 2 weeks. And with the weather we are having it will be a welcome break

Lowlander good to hear from you wishing you and your familya Merry christmas and a safe and happy 2003.

Cheaptraveler I wil scan te pics this afternoon and send them on

Piggie Good to hear the car is running smoothly again. Still haven't got ur card but then again i haven't any from the Uk. Apart from one from Ians granddad, but his mum never got one.. It will get here i'm sure.

Desert Rose Haven't heard of the onion thing, Will have to try it whenever we get over there


Mervyn I am well thx. I'm a Sports Massage Therapist, and work with one of the AFL( Australian Football League or as we call it Aussie Rules) teams.
I loveeeeee my job,fun at times but also keeps me fit. I also follow the Soccer, or Football- the english version- I was born in Scotland but have lived most of my life in Australia Have been back a few times tho and travelled to other places.. hmm my age.. I'm 30, and getting married November 2003 to an Pom- (an english man.)
Haven't checked out ur site as yet.. will do later this arvo when i have more time.

Blue-eyez Hope hubby feels better soon

Hello to everyone else that i have missed

[j-lo]

good nite you sweet people and sleep tight, myself is still working so when you go to work i will be going to bed!
it is getting much colder now and i have a real feeling it is going to snow?
shame but there is never one here at this time of night to chat with ;-(.
me buying a computer has now been put on hold now that i have my new home but work i have heard is going to have a computer sale sometime soon so maybe i can get a cheap one for now until i get get a better one later?????
take care all and sending you all smooches

[desert-rose]

J-LoI am glad that you are in your new home and I hope all that goes really well for you. Hope you can buy a home computer soon too to keep in touch with us. I miss chatting with you.

Chelle Hope this finds you well in these summer days for you. Those temps are very typical of us here in Arizona and Cheaptraveler, if not even much higher. I wonder if you get humidity. We have very dry heat here. Like being in an oven but at least we are not sweating like pigs! Well, you will definitely have to try the fried onion when you get to states, cause it is yum, yum good!

Boo hoo hoo hoo! I broke one of my fairies! I bought a Christmas fairy from Hallmark and I was trying to hang her up in my studio and I accidently dropped her and broke her! Boo hoo hoo hoo hoo

[Chelle_b]

from the sauna

Man it's hot here today... It's feels like a sauna in this room lol

Piggie Your card arrived today thankyou so much

Desert Rose the humidity is the worse thing. Not too bad here in Perth but in Melbourne i know its a shocker.

Cheaptraveler haven't scanned the pics yet but i will do later tonight. Ian's having a sleep b4 going back to work at 10 pm 2nite and the pics are in the cupboard.
The little one- my shadow- is alseep at my feet just now

means i'm left here on my own 2nite May come back on later and see who is here