Happy Festivus

We've had a cracking Christmas Day here at Crooked House. Champagne with brekkie followed by a huge snowball fight and building our very first snowman. Then we cooked the mother of all Christmas lunches and now we're flopped on the couch like seals on a beach.

Hope you're having a good Friday, wherever you and whatever you're up to! Thank you for stopping by this year :)

The snow started to melt this arvo so the poor lad's arms fell off.

Comments

[1 · Posted by lbtepa · December 25, 2009 at 10:52 PM]

Happy Christmas to you and Dr G! It was splendid to meet you too! ((hugs)))

[2 · Posted by lbtepa · December 25, 2009 at 10:52 PM]

Happy Christmas to you and Dr G! It was splendid to meet you too! ((hugs)))

[3 · Posted by Amanda · December 26, 2009 at 02:38 AM]

Merry Christmas to you and Dr G Shauna xx

[4 · Posted by Shelley B · December 26, 2009 at 03:27 AM]

Merry Christmas, Shauna - love your snowman!

[5 · Posted by Ash · December 26, 2009 at 06:14 AM]

Heloo lovely!

Hope you had a lovely wonderful Cmas! Just wondering if your house is still stinky or if you fixed it!?

[6 · Posted by The Merry · December 26, 2009 at 08:11 PM]

Happy (Kick)Boxing Day!

[7 · Posted by Fat Bastard · December 27, 2009 at 08:22 PM]

I'm like a walrus on the beach!

[8 · Posted by momo · December 27, 2009 at 11:15 PM]

MERRY XMAS, belatedly, my dear. I reckon the armless snowman is the embodiment of almost everyone at about 3.30 pm after Christmas lunch!!!

[9 · Posted by Philippa · December 28, 2009 at 01:18 AM]

Merry festive season to you and the doc! Hope santa was good to you - what did ya get?! I thought of you when I unwrapped some mini green and blacks...drool....only discovered it after you mentioned it, now I'm hooked dagnammit!!

And the snowman rocks! By the time I got to the family, where the snow was, there wasn't enough to make a snowman, and as the youngest family member (age 28!) no one would humour me to help make a mini one...bloody spoil sports!

[10 · Posted by Jkapp · December 28, 2009 at 11:19 AM]

Merry new year Shauna . .

[11 · Posted by Nikki · December 28, 2009 at 08:03 PM]

Merry Christmas, wishing you good health and lots of fun and laughter for the new year!
Luv the snow man!
New Years plans? Our 14 year old is going sledding with his friends and we're getting a movie or 2, ordering pizza, and drinking the chapagne that's been chilling for the last month. (we'll do the t.v count down at midnight-New York time which is 9:00 our time-shh) Someone gave us advise to always keep champagne in your fridge(even if its baby-duck) to dare life to throw you something to celebrate!
Cheers from Canada

[12 · Posted by AmericanLass · December 29, 2009 at 05:46 AM]

Merry Christmas to you, Shauna! I hope you and Dr. G have a wonderful holiday and a happy New Year, and don't fret too much about eating like a seal...it IS just once a year you know ;)

[13 · Posted by sephgirl · December 29, 2009 at 07:43 AM]

Glad you had such a great Festivus! You didn't mention the airing of the grievances or the feats of strength.

I've enjoyed your book (both times) and your blog.

Have a wonderful 2010. :)

[14 · Posted by Sagan · December 29, 2009 at 04:26 PM]

Champagne is a necessity at Christmas brunch :D Happy holidays!

[15 · Posted by Loth · December 29, 2009 at 05:15 PM]

Great picture - we have/had his brother in our front garden. Traditional caption for the photo is of course: "Can you smell carrots??"

[16 · Posted by missx · December 30, 2009 at 01:55 AM]

Always found it disturbing that you define 95 kilos as "not skinny, not fat". It's clearly fat. Also, you never discuss the loose skin - and you must have plenty. As a woman who myself lost 75 kilos I found these two things in your book troubling and misleading.

[17 · Posted by Quix · December 30, 2009 at 05:30 AM]

Happy festivus to you too! :) Glad I found your blog this year!

[18 · Posted by Shauna · December 30, 2009 at 11:03 AM]

Happy holidays you groovers :)

@Miss X -
I don't know precisely what part of the book you're referring to with the "not skinny, not fat" thing. But from memory I think I was talking about being that weight and being in a no-man's land. 95 kilos compared to 160 feels tiny! Perhaps I should have used the phrase "not skinny, not morbidly obese" to be more technically precise for you but it would have been clunkier to read. It's just a bit of poetic licence that's all. It's a journal of a personal experience, not a medical journal.

It's also a book, of limited length and carefully edited to ensure it reads like a story. So an essay about loose skin did not fit in with the narrative. But it has always been item number one on the FAQ section of the blog. Here's the direct link -
http://www.dietgirl.org/dietgirl/2007/09/dg-by-request-l.html

If you find anything else troubling or misleading would you mind sending an email, as I try to keep the comments section of the blog for commenting on the blog entries.

[19 · Posted by Sarah B · December 31, 2009 at 09:01 AM]

Happy Late Christmas! Or happy New Year! Or something. It is a stinking hot 41C here in Adelaide, so I can't actually think anymore anyway. Crazy, but I'm glad to be Warm (warmer than my current home at least!)

[20 · Posted by Rand(Om) Bites · January 02, 2010 at 10:08 PM]

Loving the snowman LOL - we just don't get to do that in Sydney! Cheers to you and your man hon.

[21 · Posted by Hanlie · January 04, 2010 at 09:54 AM]

No snowmen in Cape Town either!

Happy New Year, Shauna!

[22 · Posted by Cheryl · January 18, 2010 at 04:55 AM]

Hey Shauna Happy New Year, looks like you are a true winner, congratulations. I was in Edinburgh last June, and wow, I fell in love with the place. As an Australian, we can only relate to old as being from the 1700-1800, but when one sees almost a whole city of beautiful old buildings.... well it left me in awe.