Merry Christmas!

[Yowie]

For those of you who celebrate Christmas, us Chapmans wish you a very happy
and peace filled one.

Yowie, Joel, Cary, Shmoggleberry, IBKFergus & Fluffy

[NMR]

Right back at you

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays


"Yowie" > wrote in message
...
> For those of you who celebrate Christmas, us Chapmans wish you a very
> happy and peace filled one.
>
> Yowie, Joel, Cary, Shmoggleberry, IBKFergus & Fluffy
>

[Sandy]

Same to you, Yowie!

Sandy

"Yowie" > wrote in message
...
> For those of you who celebrate Christmas, us Chapmans wish you a very
> happy and peace filled one.
>
> Yowie, Joel, Cary, Shmoggleberry, IBKFergus & Fluffy
>

[Adrian]

Yowie wrote:
> For those of you who celebrate Christmas, us Chapmans wish you a very
> happy and peace filled one.
>
> Yowie, Joel, Cary, Shmoggleberry, IBKFergus & Fluffy

Thank you, Yowie. Your post took a while to show up here, so it's boxing day
for you now. I hope had a good one, happy new year.
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera)
A House is not a home, without a cat.
http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

[Yoj]

"Yowie" > wrote in message
...
> For those of you who celebrate Christmas, us Chapmans wish you a very
happy
> and peace filled one.
>
> Yowie, Joel, Cary, Shmoggleberry, IBKFergus & Fluffy

Merry Christmas, Yowie and gang!

Joy, Lindy and Nanki-Poo

[Yowie]

"Adrian" > wrote in message
...
> Yowie wrote:
>> For those of you who celebrate Christmas, us Chapmans wish you a very
>> happy and peace filled one.
>>
>> Yowie, Joel, Cary, Shmoggleberry, IBKFergus & Fluffy
>
> Thank you, Yowie. Your post took a while to show up here, so it's boxing
> day
> for you now. I hope had a good one, happy new year.

Whilst I wrote that early on Christmas morning (my time) it only got posted
early Boxing day (my time) because our poor little telephone exhange can't
handle the mass of phone calls that are made around this time of year. Event
he quality of normal local phone calls suffered

We had no broadband access from 11pm Christmas Eve to about 4am Boxiing day
morning - and all bar one of the technical support guys I talked to (poor
people having to work on Christmas day) had me convinced my modem was dead
and I needed another one, especailly when one said "has it been dropped
recently?". I didn't want to admit it gets thrown to the floor by an irate
toddler at least twice a day and 'accidently' bumped the desk off by an over
enthusiastic cat several times a week but had a sneaking suspicion that was
probably the cause. But one more intelligent (or awake, or sober) blokes
noticed that all many other users in my area were reporting the same problem
and had the decency to tell me so, and the proof of the pudding was when the
modem suddenly started working properly again at 4am today.

Why was I up at 4am today?

Well, its traditional in my family for one person to be sick each Christmas.

This year, it was Cary's turn, unfortunatley.

He was 'not himself' Christmas Eve aftrnoon, and went to sleep far earlier
than normal. But at 1am he woke up screaming - *Screaming* - and he had
thrown up in his bed. He continued to throw up until about 4am when he (and
we) finally got back to sleep.

Unfortunatley, you can't cancel Christmas, so we had to drag the poor little
might around to the various relatives, but he really wasn't interested and
just wanted to bury himself into our chests instead of playing with is
incredible haul of toys or consuming his own body weight in chocolate and
fizzy drinks as is traditional.

Today, at 2am he woke up again, screaming, but I think it was because he was
slightly dehydrated and had that 'dehydrated' headache. He drank nearly two
cups of water and rested for a while, but then at 3:30am decided he'd play
with his toys. *Yawn*

At 4:30am, Joel rescued me from the torture and got Cary back to sleep. this
morning, he was a little perkier, but still not himself. He refused
breakfast and lunch and still wasn't his usual 'into everything' self. But
by about 4pm today, I managed to tempt his apetite with tim-tams (a miracle
food!) and then got him to eat some real food.

By 8pm he was back to his usual frenetic mad, giggling happy self. All in
all, it was a better Christmas than I had expected,and I"m very glad, as I
always am, that it is over for another year.

Yowie

[Adrian]

Yowie wrote:
> "Adrian" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Yowie wrote:
>>> For those of you who celebrate Christmas, us Chapmans wish you a
>>> very happy and peace filled one.
>>>
>>> Yowie, Joel, Cary, Shmoggleberry, IBKFergus & Fluffy
>>
>> Thank you, Yowie. Your post took a while to show up here, so it's
>> boxing day
>> for you now. I hope had a good one, happy new year.
>
> Whilst I wrote that early on Christmas morning (my time) it only got
> posted early Boxing day (my time) because our poor little telephone
> exhange can't handle the mass of phone calls that are made around
> this time of year. Event he quality of normal local phone calls
> suffered
>
> We had no broadband access from 11pm Christmas Eve to about 4am
> Boxiing day morning - and all bar one of the technical support guys I
> talked to (poor people having to work on Christmas day) had me
> convinced my modem was dead and I needed another one, especailly when
> one said "has it been dropped recently?". I didn't want to admit it
> gets thrown to the floor by an irate toddler at least twice a day and
> 'accidently' bumped the desk off by an over enthusiastic cat several
> times a week but had a sneaking suspicion that was probably the
> cause. But one more intelligent (or awake, or sober) blokes noticed
> that all many other users in my area were reporting the same problem
> and had the decency to tell me so, and the proof of the pudding was
> when the modem suddenly started working properly again at 4am today.
>
> Why was I up at 4am today?
>
> Well, its traditional in my family for one person to be sick each
> Christmas.
>
> This year, it was Cary's turn, unfortunatley.
>
> He was 'not himself' Christmas Eve aftrnoon, and went to sleep far
> earlier than normal. But at 1am he woke up screaming - *Screaming* -
> and he had thrown up in his bed. He continued to throw up until about
> 4am when he (and we) finally got back to sleep.
>
> Unfortunatley, you can't cancel Christmas, so we had to drag the poor
> little might around to the various relatives, but he really wasn't
> interested and just wanted to bury himself into our chests instead of
> playing with is incredible haul of toys or consuming his own body
> weight in chocolate and fizzy drinks as is traditional.
>
> Today, at 2am he woke up again, screaming, but I think it was because
> he was slightly dehydrated and had that 'dehydrated' headache. He
> drank nearly two cups of water and rested for a while, but then at
> 3:30am decided he'd play with his toys. *Yawn*
>
> At 4:30am, Joel rescued me from the torture and got Cary back to
> sleep. this morning, he was a little perkier, but still not himself.
> He refused breakfast and lunch and still wasn't his usual 'into
> everything' self. But by about 4pm today, I managed to tempt his
> apetite with tim-tams (a miracle food!) and then got him to eat some
> real food.
>
> By 8pm he was back to his usual frenetic mad, giggling happy self.
> All in all, it was a better Christmas than I had expected,and I"m
> very glad, as I always am, that it is over for another year.
>
> Yowie

I'm so glad Cary is feeling better, It's amazing how quickly kids bounce
back. I'm also glad your connection problems were only temporary, like you I
feel sorry for technical support chaps, no doubt many of the "faults" they
get over Christmas are alcohol related.
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera)
A House is not a home, without a cat.
http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

[Jeanette]

Yowie > wrote in message
...
> For those of you who celebrate Christmas, us Chapmans wish you a very
happy
> and peace filled one.
>
> Yowie, Joel, Cary, Shmoggleberry, IBKFergus & Fluffy

Yes, Happy Christmas Everybody.

Jeanette

[polonca12000]

I'm so glad to hear Cary is feeling ok again. It is bad enough to be
sick, but to be sick during the holidays :(
Lots of purrs and best wishes,
Polonca and Soncek

Yowie wrote:
<snip>
> Well, its traditional in my family for one person to be sick each Christmas.
>
> This year, it was Cary's turn, unfortunatley.
>
> He was 'not himself' Christmas Eve aftrnoon, and went to sleep far earlier
> than normal. But at 1am he woke up screaming - *Screaming* - and he had
> thrown up in his bed. He continued to throw up until about 4am when he (and
> we) finally got back to sleep.
>
> Unfortunatley, you can't cancel Christmas, so we had to drag the poor little
> might around to the various relatives, but he really wasn't interested and
> just wanted to bury himself into our chests instead of playing with is
> incredible haul of toys or consuming his own body weight in chocolate and
> fizzy drinks as is traditional.
>
> Today, at 2am he woke up again, screaming, but I think it was because he was
> slightly dehydrated and had that 'dehydrated' headache. He drank nearly two
> cups of water and rested for a while, but then at 3:30am decided he'd play
> with his toys. *Yawn*
>
> At 4:30am, Joel rescued me from the torture and got Cary back to sleep. this
> morning, he was a little perkier, but still not himself. He refused
> breakfast and lunch and still wasn't his usual 'into everything' self. But
> by about 4pm today, I managed to tempt his apetite with tim-tams (a miracle
> food!) and then got him to eat some real food.
>
> By 8pm he was back to his usual frenetic mad, giggling happy self. All in
> all, it was a better Christmas than I had expected,and I"m very glad, as I
> always am, that it is over for another year.
>
> Yowie