Comments on: Ahh, giftmas grief. http://www.definatalie.com/2009/12/17/ahh-giftmas-grief/ Drawing, body image and being fancy Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Elise http://www.definatalie.com/2009/12/17/ahh-giftmas-grief/comment-page-1/#comment-1175 Elise Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:04:26 +0000 http://www.definatalie.com/?p=877#comment-1175 lol! I totally love that you've put up a Festivus pole! We joke about it every Christmas but never actually do it! That's brilliant. lol! I totally love that you've put up a Festivus pole! We joke about it every Christmas but never actually do it! That's brilliant.

]]> By: definatalie http://www.definatalie.com/2009/12/17/ahh-giftmas-grief/comment-page-1/#comment-1173 definatalie Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:12:44 +0000 http://www.definatalie.com/?p=877#comment-1173 It's hard to fit in to the season if you don't have Christian faith to relate to it, and the consumerist focus also bothers me so deeply!! It is a really nice time of year to bring all your loved ones together though, and I always look forward to that. <br><br>Viruses in summer are evil! I hope you get over it soon, I'm very surprised I haven't caught one yet!! I resent QLD every day of summer, and I really don't know how I survive :P It's hard to fit in to the season if you don't have Christian faith to relate to it, and the consumerist focus also bothers me so deeply!! It is a really nice time of year to bring all your loved ones together though, and I always look forward to that.

Viruses in summer are evil! I hope you get over it soon, I'm very surprised I haven't caught one yet!! I resent QLD every day of summer, and I really don't know how I survive :P

]]> By: definatalie http://www.definatalie.com/2009/12/17/ahh-giftmas-grief/comment-page-1/#comment-1172 definatalie Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:09:50 +0000 http://www.definatalie.com/?p=877#comment-1172 Aww TB's mum sounds like my kindred spirit!!! I do worry that I haven't gotten people things they want, but I try not to let it over rule me... sometimes this time of year can be really hard :/ Aww TB's mum sounds like my kindred spirit!!! I do worry that I haven't gotten people things they want, but I try not to let it over rule me… sometimes this time of year can be really hard :/

]]> By: wino1970 http://www.definatalie.com/2009/12/17/ahh-giftmas-grief/comment-page-1/#comment-1171 wino1970 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:06:51 +0000 http://www.definatalie.com/?p=877#comment-1171 I see you as a very generous person and not Grinch like at all. I too am an atheist and think Xmas is very commercially motivated (now there's an insight heh heh heh). But in my life with kids, I actually love this time of yr. They are on hols (me too since looking after other people's kids is what I do to pay the bills :D), they are the most fun people I have in my life, they are still not teenagers and subject to hormonal freak outs. We don't go OTT on pressies and plastic bits o' rubbish. Rather it's the time of yr for getting few things they have wanted over that past yr, having fun together and making the house look as gaudy and ridiculous as possible. I love to cook, so I make lot's of yummy things, friends come round cos they can and we just have a lovely holiday. I can cook but I can't "make" so I am in adoration of the lovely things you have made for people. I would def. go that route if I could. Gorgeous.<br>PS: Yeah, it's HOT and I am getting over a virus. My body feels as if moving through liquid, my head is foggy and it's just awful and I live in one of the cooler areas of NSW. I could not cope living in QLD, how do you do it???? I see you as a very generous person and not Grinch like at all. I too am an atheist and think Xmas is very commercially motivated (now there's an insight heh heh heh). But in my life with kids, I actually love this time of yr. They are on hols (me too since looking after other people's kids is what I do to pay the bills :D), they are the most fun people I have in my life, they are still not teenagers and subject to hormonal freak outs. We don't go OTT on pressies and plastic bits o' rubbish. Rather it's the time of yr for getting few things they have wanted over that past yr, having fun together and making the house look as gaudy and ridiculous as possible. I love to cook, so I make lot's of yummy things, friends come round cos they can and we just have a lovely holiday. I can cook but I can't “make” so I am in adoration of the lovely things you have made for people. I would def. go that route if I could. Gorgeous.
PS: Yeah, it's HOT and I am getting over a virus. My body feels as if moving through liquid, my head is foggy and it's just awful and I live in one of the cooler areas of NSW. I could not cope living in QLD, how do you do it????

]]> By: Ms Constantine http://www.definatalie.com/2009/12/17/ahh-giftmas-grief/comment-page-1/#comment-1170 Ms Constantine Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:48:11 +0000 http://www.definatalie.com/?p=877#comment-1170 You are way too hard on yourself. You have this giftmas thing sorted, and I would be so happy to have you as part of my family!<br><br>We're pretty good in our family, we buy small things for immediate family only (siblings & parents) and it's generally stuff that has been specifically asked for, and therefore not just random trinkets, or it's useful stuff. Like this year we all put in to get mum a new cellphone. I'm getting her partner a CD he wants, The Boy got a watch from the UK.<br><br>The Boy's mum does cool presents like you. Last year she gave us a bag with some rose oil moisturiser, fancy origami paper and instructions, cookies she had made and maybe a couple of other things along those lines. You are way too hard on yourself. You have this giftmas thing sorted, and I would be so happy to have you as part of my family!

We're pretty good in our family, we buy small things for immediate family only (siblings & parents) and it's generally stuff that has been specifically asked for, and therefore not just random trinkets, or it's useful stuff. Like this year we all put in to get mum a new cellphone. I'm getting her partner a CD he wants, The Boy got a watch from the UK.

The Boy's mum does cool presents like you. Last year she gave us a bag with some rose oil moisturiser, fancy origami paper and instructions, cookies she had made and maybe a couple of other things along those lines.

]]> By: Tash http://www.definatalie.com/2009/12/17/ahh-giftmas-grief/comment-page-1/#comment-1168 Tash Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:08:54 +0000 http://www.definatalie.com/?p=877#comment-1168 Awesome ideas! Consider them stolen :P<br>I like how each present is sort of designed to be something to share with everyone, that's the best part. You so great Natalie. Awesome ideas! Consider them stolen :P
I like how each present is sort of designed to be something to share with everyone, that's the best part. You so great Natalie.

]]> By: Custom plastic bags http://www.definatalie.com/2009/12/17/ahh-giftmas-grief/comment-page-1/#comment-1167 Custom plastic bags Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:40:06 +0000 http://www.definatalie.com/?p=877#comment-1167 I love the idea very creative love it I like giving people presents <br>and your idea fits my descriptions. I love the idea very creative love it I like giving people presents
and your idea fits my descriptions.

]]> By: definatalie http://www.definatalie.com/2009/12/17/ahh-giftmas-grief/comment-page-1/#comment-1166 definatalie Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:21:47 +0000 http://www.definatalie.com/?p=877#comment-1166 Ok I hope mum doesn't read the comments (DON'T LOOK MUM) but I put in things like - journals (too big to fit in, but anyway!), hand made brooches, waterballoons for a water fight (each person gets their own colour), origami paper and instructions to make one thing that can then be shared with everyone else, face masks, seeds for various flowers and vegies, random lollies, etc! You could put in tiny pencils and graph paper to doodle on, mini calendars, magnets, and other things too. Ok I hope mum doesn't read the comments (DON'T LOOK MUM) but I put in things like – journals (too big to fit in, but anyway!), hand made brooches, waterballoons for a water fight (each person gets their own colour), origami paper and instructions to make one thing that can then be shared with everyone else, face masks, seeds for various flowers and vegies, random lollies, etc! You could put in tiny pencils and graph paper to doodle on, mini calendars, magnets, and other things too.

]]> By: Tash http://www.definatalie.com/2009/12/17/ahh-giftmas-grief/comment-page-1/#comment-1165 Tash Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:15:18 +0000 http://www.definatalie.com/?p=877#comment-1165 I love your noodle box idea! Can I ask what were a few of the things you put inside them? I'm not real Christmassy either but I have to admit I like giving people presents and I *sort* of pride myself on being able to get people things they would really love and use. When I say "people", I just mean my brothers and parents - the only people I really care about :P I love your noodle box idea! Can I ask what were a few of the things you put inside them? I'm not real Christmassy either but I have to admit I like giving people presents and I *sort* of pride myself on being able to get people things they would really love and use. When I say “people”, I just mean my brothers and parents – the only people I really care about :P

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