Comments | cj2017: Merry Eat Till You Explode Day!

cj2017

Merry Eat Till You Explode Day!

Dec 24, 2010 13:33

Okay, so I'm a day early but we're celebrating on Xmas Eve this year due to 60 hours of shifts starting at 6am tomorrow. Hope everyone has a safe, happy and chocolate-filled festive season.

Still bloody cold over this side of the pond - we might reach the dizzy heights of -5c today if we're lucky - which means we get a white xmas for the second ( Read more... )

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gothamite66 December 24 2010, 15:32:44 UTC

Wishing you guys a very Merry Christmas as well!

cj2017 December 27 2010, 11:11:38 UTC

Thank you! We had a lovely Christmas eve :-) Three nights to go and then I can relax for new year.

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cj2017 December 27 2010, 11:13:03 UTC

Did you manage the walk!? I actually walked and then went for a jog as well and then sat and stuffed my face for the rest of the day. Our snow is turning to ice now, it's sleeting and warmer here (well, when I say "warmer" I mean 1c which is a definite improvement!) today. Hope you had a good time.

4tcleric_lynx December 24 2010, 22:02:14 UTC

Merry Christmas, CJ!

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cj2017 December 27 2010, 11:13:50 UTC

And all the best to you and yours :-) Love the tree! All it needs is two naughty kittens scattering pine needles all around the room and it'd be exactly like our lounge!

lamaudite December 25 2010, 12:04:20 UTC

And to you too!

cj2017 December 27 2010, 11:14:16 UTC

Thank you :-)

Merry Christmas, belated tackdriver56 December 28 2010, 03:36:21 UTC

Nice photo!

I hope your shift isn't too insane. Chocolate is being consumed in your honor. No exercise for us until the wind dies down.

We've finally received our 1 foot allotment of snow, along with wind gusts to something like 40+ MPH (which make the skylights moan). Much of it blew back in my face this morning whilst clearing the driveway with a 30 year old, 5 HP, 2-stage Simplicity. She's an antique, but I keep her going :-)
Wind chill temp is about 1 Deg F. Thankfully, we still have electricity and heat.

Re: Merry Christmas, belated cj2017 December 31 2010, 10:43:30 UTC

Merry belated Christmas to you! More like early happy new year really. Shift was... well, it's over, which is the best thing I can say about it (and the four that followed) really. Our snow melted and now it's grey and damp and miserable but at least our pipes defrosted and our sink and bath are now draining. I am always grateful for small mercies :-)

Re: Merry Christmas, belated tackdriver56 January 1 2011, 15:54:34 UTC

Small mercies... a little Vermont trick to keep things flowing, is to let the water trickle when pipe freezing is immanent. Even 50 F groundwater will provide enough warmth to keep things from freezing/bursting, with a little flow. If you forget, there's always the hair-dryer or (extreme caution) propane torch! Trickling is definitely safer though.

Re: Merry Christmas, belated tackdriver56 January 1 2011, 15:55:23 UTC

Oh, and Happy, Healthy, 2011!