Lisa's Christmas!!
I don't have a picture of Lisa to offer you or she might shout at me - however you can find her
HERE (as you are all well aware).
Lisa if you have a pic you would be happy for me to put up, e-mail it to me!
For any new people, Lisa is our
NEW ZEALAND CORRESPONDENT - but no jokes about "down under"... The thing you need to be aware of and get your head around is that her Christmas was spent basking in sunshine not shivering in the cold. Christmas falls during the summer in NZ. How weird is that!!??
So Lisa, how was your Christmas on a scale of 1 (crap) to 10 (fantastic)?9
Where did you eat?We congregated at the orchard. And we ate in the double garage lol (It was the biggest room to house us all lol)
Who was at your table?My parents, my brother, his fiancee and 14mth old daughter, my sister, both my sons (of course!), brother in law, nieces, nephews, step grandchildren...yeah, it WAS a big table lol
What was the food like? What was it?It was delicious but like an anchor lol. chocolate, peanuts, chips and dip. Roast pork, stuffed chicken, veges, salad, pavlova, trifle (you do understand that was over the course of the day right? Not just in one sitting? WAS TOO!)
Did your family have any "heated" moments?Yep, the following day, my two step-nieces (both adults) had a major barny about nothing much, there were clothes and toiletries being thrown out of the bedroom across the garden. AND one of the girls actually broke the other one's finger!! My brother reckoned it was better than watching the telly LOL Naughty man shoulda intervened, he is a cop afterall.
What did you get for Christmas as presents?
Bugger all lol I got an iPod shuffle, and a beautifully framed photo of Anna and Jaimee from a close friend. We don't buy for adults in our family, just the kids, so I was lucky to get anything at all! lol
What was your best present and who was it from?My favourite was the iPod shuffle the boys gave me. It was a complete surprise and I was so overcome with the thoughtfulness of it because I'd been banging on about one for bloody ages lol
What was the best present you gave someone else?Probably would have to say the car my ex-husband and I gave the kids by the reaction we got from them lol
Did you get any presents from someone that you didn't think of and had to thank them and give them nothing back? Were you embarrassed?
No and No (Yay, a short answer! lol)
Did you watch TV after your Christmas dinner? If so what did you watch?Yes but I can't remember what it was, I may have been asleep on the sofa during it!
Did your family play a game? If so what was it?
No, we don't play games, shame really, mighta fancied some charades myself lol
Did you get drunk over Christmas - if so how drunk were you? Any stories about that?No I didn't and thus have no stories. (I had my parents closeby, I am, if nothing else, the dutiful 'good' daughter, in their eyes anyway lol)
Did you have a romantic Christmas? If so give us the details.I wish I could say yes to this one, but alas, that's a negative on the romance. I could MAKE up some details if you like lol
Finally make one wish for 2007 and share it with us - IT WILL COME TRUE!!! (Honestly!!)
I wish I was in Belfast, if only for a few hours to spend some time with you all. *closes eyes and holds breath, waiting to be transported*
© 2006 Fredordead
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Hiya Lisa!!!
Have you ever wondered what our Lisa looks like?
You know Lisa, the New Zealand girl who puts more comments on my blog and visits me more loyally than most of you horrible lot??
Well she has done a very special post - see here!!And she's lovely - just as I imagined her!!
HEY LISA from all here in Northern Ireland waving over at you across the many countries in between us. Send us over a bottle of white would you!!
Stop and think about that for a second. Here we are, little ants on a big revolving ball millions of times bigger than us - able to communicate with each other from opposite ends.... We really are clever little ants aren't we... And now for that bottle of white.... FREDDY!!!!
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Would you all be as good as to pop over to Lisa's site folowing
THIS LINK and wish her well with her toilet.
Not that she needs our input of course as she seems to have a unique following of people who have already done just that.
Perhaps you will all learn from this experience about the duties of blog readers. Her folk are well trained. THEY COMMENT even if the post in question is about TOILET BOWLS and CISTERNS .
And they probably bloody well vote as well.
There are lessons to be learned here folks...
Lisa my love - will you teach them???
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Congratulations people -
LISA AND I DID IT FOR HOGAN!!! (In an amazing Ireland / New Zealand partnership - have we made history???)
Hogan looks fairly set to become number one Bogue de Bordeaux in the UK for June!! A kind of doggie pin-up!!
You can vote for him again today if you like - it allows you to vote once a day as it turns out.
And now a little vote of my own!! On the right there is a link for Diarist.net - the one that says
VOTE FOR FREDORDEAD - Click Here!!Please click it every time you come here - It would mean the world to me.
FredOrDead is currently no 10 and I want to be number one just once!
If you can turn a dog into a superstar overnight then you can do the same for me.....
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Cheers Lisa!!
Big thanks to
Lisa who has pushed Hogan over the edge thanks to half of New Zealand!!!
Visit her site for all the info!!
Cheers Lisa,Clair and Hogan both send you a big slobbery jowly kiss!!!
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Especially for Lisa!
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Freds Christmas / New Years Honours List
I decided today to afford the time to write an actual blog article to you all thanking you for your visits and support over the year.
It's a funny thing but this blog only started in late July. It seems to me to have been around forever and I really don't know if I could ever do without it now. My input has been at times patchy and at times regular as clockwork. Back in the days of Sept / Oct, readers will remember that I ran a daily "quiz" - this attracted around 60 visits A DAY and was great crack but it required a lot of work and eventually I ran out of steam.
The identity of the mysterious and incredibly rude "Byte" generated quite a bit of interest not least of all from me. It turned out to be Richard who was the very last person I thought it could be. If I were to be transported into a Miss Marple mystery, I don't think I would fare very well... It's no wonder I was crap at the murder mystery evening that Fi and Richard organised last year!! In the end I think J'accused the fondue set that night.
Anyway I digress. I don't do Christmas Cards - I can't be bothered and I think one less person chopping up trees must be a good thing. Don't get me wrong though - I love getting them! So ....
Instead of Christmas Cards, A Fred's OBE (Order of the Blog Empire) goes to some special people this Christmas, both online and real live face to face friends, who have been particularly great this year to me and who all make my life fantastic. Apologies if any of this is over sentimental but that's what I do best...If I leave anyone out let me know - it's just cos I'm stupid rather than that I've forgotten them...
FRED AND FRED OBE'S
to
Alan C who has started a new life in Edinburgh and who is lovin it..
to
Andrew my rock....(!)
to
Shazza Cazza Lazza and Jazza.....
to
Matthew and Clare my annual relatives
to
my Dad who I love enormously and with whom I had the nicest day of my life earlier on this year up a small mountain in Majorca
to
my Mum who has had a terrible year but who is doing great despite everything
to
Byte(!)
to
Clair, Leanne, wee Gerard and Anne in Dunmurry and England who are all making millions for an ungrateful man
to
Clare and Geoff who have both had a tough year and for whom 2006 can only be better
to
Courtney the conductor who will be an amazing world class name some day
to
Darran in Cork
to
David R and his curlie wurly hair - keep the curly wurly curries coming
to
David and Pamela and little Erin, little Erin has melted my heart and some day she'll probably break it…
to
Fi and Richard who are coming back to NI and facing the unknown
to
Gillian our Barts director and my life-longest serving bestest friend,
to
Eric one of my other dads...
to
Jenny and Chris our other newlyweds who invited us to their fab wedding dancing where I had a ball!!
to
Jonny Ireland our Son
to
Jonny Roberts in his new house that he has worked so hard for
to
Karin and Charles,
to
Katherine and Gavin who are about to give birth and who deserve so much happiness next year
to
Katrina my sister in her new house who deserves everything in the world
to
Kerri L who was mugged recently but is showing humiliating resolve and strength,
to
Lawrain and David our hair consultants…
to
Lisa in NZ and Walker in Canada our long distance lovers who are seeing each other this Christmas for the first time in ages
to
Michael R who helped us grind a few bastards down earlier on in the year,
to
my Dentist Karen who fixed me up good as new when disaster struck in Barcelona,
to
my wee Lynder who shone like a star on TV last night and who I love deeply,
to
my wee mate Ed who I can honestly say for such a young person is one of the most mature kind friends I have ever had
to
Philip our dynamic composer in residence who writes the songs that make the whole world cry,
to
Richard and Susan our newly wedded bestest friends who both Raise Me Up!!
to
Rswipeto
Tess and Michael,
to
Tim Jonesto
Wylfie the pantomime dame (don't even ask)
But the biggest Christmas Fred's honour this year -
A Fred's Knighthood goes to all the guys at Vodafone who have made me feel human again. To
Julie a fantastic woman with so much poise and command in work and yet who has the capacity to melt into a great friend,
to
Isla (a truly intelligent and bohemian spirit)
to
Susan (our poor bad cop who has to remind us all where the lines are and is a real gem)
and last but not least our
Sandra who brought me in when I was out in the cold in February and who is one of the most generous people I know and for whom I would do anything!!
Blub Blub - I love you all and here's to 2006!!!Labels: barcelona, clair gunning stitt, Ed, jenny, Kerri Logan, Lisa, lynder, New Year, Susan
Groove have the recording from Monday night in Hillsborough and it will be online in due course.
However as a sample of what we did, here is the track "Hello" by Lionel Ritchie arranged by our very own Philip Stopford. Hope you like it Lisa - it's specially for you... (You may have to right click the link and "save file" to make it play)
Fred
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New Zealand Time
The more observant among you will have noticed that I have put up a clock with New Zealand Time.
The initial and main reason for this is that our friend Lisa who has supported me in so many ways is obviously from New Zealand and so that will help me to always be thinking of time zones.
But my other reason is that I REALLY love the idea of New Zealand Time. New Zealand time is 12 hours AHEAD of UK time, So as I sit here typing this on a Sunday Morning at 9, In New Zealand it is 9 at night. That's right isn't it Lisa?
I like the idea of this because when you have a crap day ahead and you think "Oh Christ, what a terrible day I have ahead of me, I have this meeting with Blah Blah and I don't want to tell her that she is Blah Blah and then I've got to have that arse Blah Blah for lunch, you can look at my clock and think that on New Zealand Time, all these obstacles would be over and you would be free!!!
Does that make ANY sense???
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2000 Visits!!
2000 Visits!!
Thanks guys - I'm so chuffed - I don't know on the scale of things if that is considered a respectable total but it's good enough for me!!!
Lisa from New Zealand was my 2000th visitor !! She already has an unused prize banked up (a photo at the cranes) so I'm not sure what to award her for this - any suggestions?? Labels: Lisa, photos
Your Limericks!!!
What a day!! Your entries were fantastic - big pat on the back for all of you !! I was quite bowled over by the standard of these.In no particular order here they are........In Belfast for two days this week
There's a summit on "Toilet Technique"
The bowl often white,
The main input shite,
Depository Perfection they seek Jonny RobertsIn Belfast for two days this week
There's a summit on "Toilet Technique"
If you go for colonic
Your bowels will be harmonic
But make sure the tube doesn't leakSusan Hunter CampbellIn Belfast for two days this week
There's a summit on "Toilet Technique"
Stick your arse in the air
Squeeze your cheeks if you dare
And let's see a huge big fat keek
Susan Hunter Campbell
In Belfast for two days this week
There's a summit on "Toilet Technique"
They inspect your poo
To see what’s gone through
And give you a tick on each cheek!Richard Hunter CampbellIn Belfast for two days this week
There's a summit on "Toilet Technique”
With plenty of lectures
On fecal conjectures
And the joys of taking a leak. Isla "St Clair"In Belfast for two days this week
There's a summit on "Toilet Technique
But folks please beware
George Michael'll be there!!
So be careful or he'll have a peek!! Sandra McConnellIn Belfast for two days this week
There's a summit on "Toilet Technique”
Talk of the John
Those farts that pong
And poos that are shiny and sleek.Isla "St Clair"In Belfast for two days this week
There's a summit on "Toilet Technique"
I walk in the stall,
I Slip n fall
And end up with two wet cheeksWalker in CanadaLisa in New Zealand also entered but begged me not to publish her entry!!!Scores will follow shortly - The adjudicator is counting up the points!!!
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Now I know I've banged on about this girl before but I really want you all to go and visit her page
HERE - She has listed Fred's as one of her "daily reads" - imagine - our wee humble website a daily read!!
What I love about that is :
a) She is a highly intelligent and creative writer (
read this story in particular and imagine that life with your partner across the world and I defy you not to gulp)
b) She's in New Zealand!! So it's not only a new friend but in a new country as well and the farthest away country I can think of!! Now I do appreciate that New Zealand is not remote and that the way the world map is laid out just makes it look like it is, and I know that it's daft to think of it as being worlds apart but the fact remains that it's so bloody far away from where I am sitting and yet I can communicate with someone in New Zealand!!!
Lisa thank you for making me a daily read and I'm so sorry if any of the above is in any way ridiculous to you (or God forbid offensive) and we'll all visit you often if only on a figurative platform!!
That's got me thinking - What about a visit to Christchurch Cathedral NZ instead of Christ Church Cathedral Oxford!! (Lisa we are all going to Christ Church Oxford next year)
Anyway that's quite enough babbling from me....
M
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Did you know - from Lisa in NZ!!
Lisa said: But of course you can move down here to New Zealand, we have lots of immigrants from your way here.
Did You Know?...you have to learn how to do the haka first before you can set first on my island?Lisa further added : Good Heavens! Who's GORGEOUS country is THAT??! Oh yeah, it's mine lolThe haka is a maori tribal 'chant/dance' that lays down a challenge of sorts to the 'enemy' or opponent. If you know who the All Blacks are (that's assuming you follow rugby in Ireland, and don't tell me you don't, cos I've watched us play against the Irish)...then you would have seen the Haka. Our team performs it on the field, after the national anthems are played, and right before the kick off whistle goes.Does that help? lolCool map by the way. And thanks for your comment on my post yesterday...I appreciated it a lot. :)) --Posted by Lisa to fredandfreds at 9/15/2005 11:23:46 AM Labels: Lisa
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4243652.stmFabulous. This will calm them all down. Not....Lisa could I move over to New Zealand with you???Labels: Lisa, Northern Ireland
