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Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


§ ita § - Dec 05, 2007 5:06:26 pm PST #5885 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

My freezer is ice, alcohols, and an intersection of the two sets (so I can have v. cold moldable icepacks).

Okay. I do believe that today's ER visit has not resulted in the world ending. But the jury's still out on that one, so don't jack with any apocalypse-dependent tasks right now.


Sue - Dec 05, 2007 5:11:19 pm PST #5886 of 10001
hip deep in pie

Cass, for icing, my Chiro recommended 10 on, 10 off, 10 on, 30 minute rest, repeat.

In other news, I decided to solve my too many ornaments problem by decorating a second tree!

Kitchen tree: [link]

Big tree (it only looks crooked, it's just unevenly shaped): [link]


sarameg - Dec 05, 2007 5:23:24 pm PST #5887 of 10001

I wonder if my parents are going to wait for me to decorate the tree. I get there the 20th.

I don't do my own tree. I don't want to. I only care as it is part of the family. My SIL and brother are building their own traditions now, and I don't begrudge that at all. If I can impart pieces of mine unto theirs, great. But I'm ok if that doesn't happen. But when the really sucky day, long time away, comes that I don't have my parents, I probably won't be doing our tree. It doesn't mean much without them.

There are some things that twinge when you aren't planning to have kids. One of those is losing the hanging of ugliest ornament ever and the of the silver cat rattle. I'll hopefully tell the nephs the stories, and hopefully they'll care. But when I actually have to do that ( A LONG WAY OFF!!!), maybe I'll be able to carve my own traditions into a new family, somewhere.


msbelle - Dec 05, 2007 5:42:41 pm PST #5888 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

our giant house of misfit families!

It is my crazy dream that I will hold on to.

I only need one more family gift and shopping is done. WHEE!


sarameg - Dec 05, 2007 5:45:30 pm PST #5889 of 10001

A plan. A long way off, please. Unless you want to visit my parents.

I've done,,maybe 1% of my shopping. Crap.


Kat - Dec 05, 2007 5:47:27 pm PST #5890 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I've done exactly 0%. And I kinda don't care. I'm so tired that I'm sick with it.


Jesse - Dec 05, 2007 5:48:07 pm PST #5891 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I've bought one thing, aside from the gift I had last April.

Question for Christmas-celebraters: Did you have your own ornaments as a child? I always did -- family members gave them to me over the years, I guess, and I had my own ornament box from way back. So when I moved out on my own, my mother sent my box to me (with a sappy note!), so those are the bulk of the ornaments I put on my tree.


msbelle - Dec 05, 2007 5:54:58 pm PST #5892 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

we made ornaments each year, so we have those all labeled. I took a big chunk of mine like 5 years ago to start my own tree with. Mac made an ornament last year and we are going to get a kit for this year on Saturday.

I meant I have only 1 more family gift to buy. I have not even sorted out any other gifts. I bought 90% online.


Jesse - Dec 05, 2007 5:59:42 pm PST #5893 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Which actually reminds me I should be buying ornaments for my young cousins etc.


sarameg - Dec 05, 2007 6:01:16 pm PST #5894 of 10001

The only shopping I've done was at the JPL shop (thanks to lori! Best place for spacey or space-inductees.) and...um one book. I've got another on the list. Crap.

Can't we just give goats?

Did you have your own ornaments as a child?

Sorta. There is the silver cat rattle my Aunt Carol gave me (seriously, gorgeous lines.) And there are the handmade picture decos that a family friend made. And then there are the ugly ornaments we made and have fond memories of. Really, "mine" was all about self definition beyond that. There are the swedish dancing dolls, the wooden flat painted angels from the other A family to my mom's, the plaster and cloth Santa that was dad's, the leather angels Aunt Carolyn made, the fugly bean on neon cardboard her daughter did. The slowly decreasing number of leaf-on-blown-egg my aunts made, the spray painted walnut shells. I consider all of these mine. None but the cat given to me exclusively, but all mine, as in my history.

And I'm not even talking about the mini-tree.