If anyone is actually reading this - I hope you have a Merry Christmas, with lots of peace and joy and etc good things, and a happy new year too ...
(hmmm ... most kids, and a lot of adults too, seem to think Christmas is all about Santa/Father Christmas and parties and stuff, and they forget whose birthday we are actually celebrating ... )
goodnight
(they are both the same thing - just different ways to do it I think)
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I think I am supposed to list 5 things I intend to do/change ... hopefully stuff I am already doing counts? ... we already have energy saving shower heads and light globes, I try to walk places instead of driving if I can (but unfortunately most places I go are too far for that), and the sprinklers in the garden have not been turned on for at least a couple of years (at the times when the water restrictions have been eased to allow sprinklers, there has been enough rain that we didn't actually need to use them - because the garden is mostly native plants, and the bit of watering I have done has been with a hose from the washing machine ;-)
Our new washing machine is one of those fancy front loaders that uses hardly any water, and DH (dear husband) and I seem to be forever turning lights off after the kids have left them on (I also tend to turn lights off at my friend's place too ... too bad if it drives her and her partner nuts or anything - they really don't need to have every light on in the house!). I have also planted quite a few trees when I have gone to help on projects with Landcare/Greening Australia/etc.
oh - and I also recycle/re-use stuff if I can ... especially yarn and fabric - LOL (yes I am into textile art/quilting/crochet/etc - and I like the whole idea of "patchwork" being about using recycled/scrap fabric to create something useful and/or artistic)
... but I do need to try and not spend quite so long in the shower ...
(and I probably should remember to take that bucket down to the bathroom, so I can collect the water while I wait for it to get hot enough to get in, and use it on the front garden or whatever)
Dear Andrea,
ReplyDeleteIt is after 11.30 here and I think I had better get to bed. Church for me in the morning is at 8am - perhaps I could go in my nightie VBG. I have been playing carols today and wrapping last minute gifts for tomorrow. I love Christmas!
Have a wonderful day tomorrow,
Love Kay on the Gold Coast, where it is Hot and Humid.
Hi Andrea and a Happy Christmas to you too. That's a lovely card....ya done good gal....I'm just waiting for our Christmas seafood feast. Thank goodness its cool enough to enjoy it today.
ReplyDeleteJacqui
Its a lovely card Andrea, thankyou for sharing....and a very happy and blessed Christmas to you and yours
ReplyDeletehugs and God bless
Margaret M - Cockatoo
Hi Andrea,
ReplyDeleteI'm at the relaxing, have a brandy end of Christmas Day; and enjoying sharing Christmas thoughts with my scquilter friends. We attend the 11pm service locally and this year Mum can with us so that was nice.
Enjoyed a lovely Christmas Day with just Mum and my son and tomorrow it is Open House with the rest of our kids, grandkids, and extended family and friends..........so I'm seizing this moment to relax.
I've been cross to hear people again saying "I'll be glad when Christmas is over" too often this year, and I get on my soapbox and tell them to help create the kind of Christmas they want. To show the young ones who are often stressed by the commercialism etc. that there is more, and different ways to celebrate Christmas.
I'm with you; when the hype finishes and Christmas begins, it's very special.....
Cheers
Jenni in Adelaide
Love the photo for the Christmas card. It would be nice if more adults remembered the magic of Christmas through the eyes of a child.....blessings to everyone...
ReplyDeleteKim Baker & family, 2005.