Archives for December 2005

This will not be me on vacation… The laptop has power issues… and fixing them will be expensive and painful… SO it appears I’ll be on an enforced break for a week or two… So, until the New Year when shops DONT charge double the price for stuff you need because your computer breaks… You’ll have to make do with the archives… Go on… there’s some good stuff to read there!!

Have a Happy New Year! See you in 2006!

One presumes that if I were strictly traditional I could continue posting decoration pictures (though I’m sorry the stories have become less detailed as the series went on – time was of the essence) until Epiphany but I’ve elected to treat the decorations as a kind of advent calendar and finish this evening with this last one.

Those of you reading this on the wibsite will recognize the little bee as my avatar of choice for the last 18 months. Those reading it from NZ will recognize it as a Buzzy Bee an iconic toy all children of NZ are given (well, most anyway) at birth or soon after!! And those reading it elsewhere on the web may not recognize it at all! I bought this decoration when I was on holiday in New Zealand in April in order to bring it to a wibmeet as my ‘identifying feature’. As I recall it seemed a little small in the end so I opted for something else… however, it will say wibsite to me everytime I hang it up now… and I think thats a V.Good thing.

Anyway, I’ve saved this one for last to give a shout out and Merry Christmas to all my wibsite mates and to say thanks for another wonderful year of stories, laughter and tears and for making my life so much the richer for having read, and even for some, met you! It never fails to amaze me that I have such a large circle of friends. It amazes other people whom I’ve mentioned you to as well. They think I’m a geek and weird but they just don’t know how great it is to know a connection, wherein we all have a faith in common and wherein we all know so much of each others lives.

Anyway, you get the idea, I’m well thankful for you the wibbers for your company this year, to the wibsite for giving me a place to write and to process my world, and to God for this Christmas Season, without which we would not have that common thread of faith. You guys are flipping legends. In fact, as all my readers… Lisa, Ian, Yay, Chops, Smudge, Semele, Jack, tractor Girl and all those who read quietly, so quietly I don’t know you’re there.

Merry Christmas!

	These three have all been gifts from various fabulous people in my life! This gorgeous dove was a gift from my brother and sisinlaw when they came to visit [OMG] was it 3 years ago? It was purchased at The Rocks, one of my favourite markets. They have very cool stuff there and one of the stalls was a whole lot of these tin decorations. The kids came on holiday too, and it started off my girly dates with my niece. The first was a totally girly sleepover at aunty Dee’s apartment. DVD, popcorn and chocolate, nail varnish and staying up late… The second was going out, just the two of us, for coffee at a cafe.. The coolest part was picking her up from school and not being able to find her after the bell rang because she was busy telling her teacher all about her Auntie Dee and the girly coffee… The third was a sleepover at her house, I slept in the bottom bunk and woke up to two little eyes peering over the top to see if I was awake yet… Too precious for words.
	This one was a gift from Kirk and Jack her motherinlaw a year or two back. It’s a handmade one and it weighs a ton!! All the weight of the pins and beads and sequins. Kirk’s my best mate. We met at performing arts college and hit it off straight way. Something about the same nationality… Her son is my godson and her husband is a good mate as well!! I think it’s pretty funny that my best friend in Australia is a Kiwi… But I wouldn’t trade her for quids.
<img alt=”rainbow.gif” src=”https://deeleea.com/wp-content/uploads/rainbow.gif” width=”222″ height=”296″ align=”left”	Mum gave me this one, it hearks back to my teenage years when I was fairly massively into rainbows. I had a rainbow bag, rainbow earrings and a rainbow doona cover… among other things. I still have the doona cover but the rest of the stuff was, well, pretty naff… and I’m pretty much over the rainbow thing … because, I’m more of a grown up. (At least most of the time…)