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23-12-2006, 08:41 PM
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 MOM pack and a seasonal song! Hi Gang! The Postie came yesterday morning with a package for me from GYO, but as we were both working he took it back again!  Mr D being the loving hubby he is set off before work this morning and fetched it from the sorting office, and after beating off Mr D (with a pea cane) because he wanted to put it away until xmas day, I finally got to open it and see all the goodies, so in the spirit of the season I thought I’d reply in verse (apologies if its even worse than Snadger thought his was!) to tell you all what we got!  Sung (badly and drunkenly is best!) to the tune of ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’ On the First Day of Yule GYO did give to me, Loads of great gardening info! On the Second Day of Yule GYO did give to me, A wonderful magazine, And loads of great gardening info! On the Third Day of Yule GYO did give to me, A Grapevine full of friends, A wonderful magazine, And loads of great gardening info! On the Fourth Day of Yule GYO did give to me, The shock of being Christmas MOM! A Grapevine full of friends, A wonderful magazine, And loads of great gardening info! On the Fifth Day of Yule GYO did give to me, A lovely banner, The shock of being Christmas MOM! A Grapevine full of friends, A wonderful magazine, And loads of great gardening info! On the Sixth Day of Yule GYO did give to me, 2 lovely DVD’s (RHS Chelsea and the Greatest Gardening Tips Ever)! A lovely banner, The shock of being Christmas MOM! A Grapevine full of friends, A wonderful magazine, And loads of great gardening info! On the Seventh Day of Yule GYO did give to me, A stainless steel handfork (Wilkinson Sword, lovely!), 2 lovely DVD’s, A lovely banner, The shock of being Christmas MOM! A Grapevine full of friends, A wonderful magazine, And loads of great gardening info! On the Eighth Day of Yule GYO did give to me, A lovely knife (a Rosendahl veggie knife, super)! A stainless steel handfork, 2 lovely DVD’s, A lovely banner, The shock of being Christmas MOM! A Grapevine full of friends, A wonderful magazine, And loads of great gardening info! On the Ninth Day of Yule GYO did give to me, 2 lovely books! (Mediterranean Cookbook by Sophie Braimbridge and Pruning Fruiting Plants by Richard Bird) A lovely knife, A stainless steel handfork, 2 lovely DVD’s, A lovely banner, The shock of being Christmas MOM! A Grapevine full of friends, A wonderful magazine, And loads of great gardening info! On the Tenth Day of Yule GYO did give to me, A Bodyflick! 2 lovely books! A lovely knife, A stainless steel handfork, 2 lovely DVD’s, A lovely banner, The shock of being Christmas MOM! A Grapevine full of friends, A wonderful magazine, And loads of great gardening info! On the Eleventh Day of Yule GYO did give to me, Lots of lovely seeds! (Resistafly carrot, Rainbow mix carrot, Tiger Toms, Golden Sunrise Toms, Balconi Yellow Toms, lldi Toms, Broccoli Romanesco, Flower of Spring Cabbage, Triple Curled Parsley and Winter Mixed Stocks) A Bodyflick! 2 lovely books! A lovely knife, A stainless steel handfork, 2 lovely DVD’s, A lovely banner, The shock of being Christmas MOM! A Grapevine full of friends, A wonderful magazine, And loads of great gardening info! On the Twelfth Day of Yule GYO did give to me, Confidence, fun and knowledge to work on our plot! Lots of lovely seeds! A Bodyflick! 2 lovely books! A lovely knife, A stainless steel handfork, 2 lovely DVD’s, A lovely banner, The shock of being Christmas MOM! A Grapevine full of friends, A wonderful magazine, And loads of great gardening info! Phew! Thankyou very much all at the GYO mag for the wonderful MOM pack and the gifts it contained, the books will be very useful, I love cooking, and meditteranean food is something I love, plus the pruning book will help us a lot, especially with all the fruit on the plot! The Knife is wonderful, the DVD’s look great, and the seeds are fab, really cant wait for the growing season to start now!
__________________ Blessings Suzanne (aka Mrs Dobby) 'Garden naked - get some colour in your cheeks'! The Dobby's Pumpkin Patch - a blogspot work in progress! Last updated 3rd September 2008 - updated balance sheet!      |
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23-12-2006, 08:46 PM
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23-12-2006, 09:04 PM
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__________________ Blessings Suzanne (aka Mrs Dobby) 'Garden naked - get some colour in your cheeks'! The Dobby's Pumpkin Patch - a blogspot work in progress! Last updated 3rd September 2008 - updated balance sheet! |
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23-12-2006, 10:24 PM
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| yes well done mrs D. you deserve it! have a great belated yule on monday! best wishes to you both.
__________________ Yo an' Bob Walk lightly on the earth take only what you need give all you can and your produce will be bountifull |
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23-12-2006, 10:39 PM
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| I'm with Mr D I would have hidden it Well done anyway & we look forward to seeing your ....... vegetables
__________________ ntg  Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic http://grief-encounters.blogspot.com/ ================================================== The All New Home page of Hartshill Allotments full of useful bits http://www.hags.btik.com |
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23-12-2006, 11:44 PM
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| Glad you like your pressies - enjoy them. Well deserved! |
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24-12-2006, 10:07 AM
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| Congratulations Mrs D on being the Christmas MOM, and I hope you enjoy your MOM pack! You and Mr D have been an inspiration to us all in 2006 and I look forward to hearing about how your plot progresses through 2007! Well done, and happy holidays!!!
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27-12-2006, 11:16 AM
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Anyways, its been a grand and very much fun month as MOM, I shall miss not having the banner and going back to being a normal grape (but dont worry cos I will still be around and posting just as much.... was that a collective 'Oh No' I heard then?), but I will look forwards to seeing who is the next MOM!
__________________ Blessings Suzanne (aka Mrs Dobby) 'Garden naked - get some colour in your cheeks'! The Dobby's Pumpkin Patch - a blogspot work in progress! Last updated 3rd September 2008 - updated balance sheet! |
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27-12-2006, 02:14 PM
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| Your enthusiasm abounds Mrs D and whatever you may say that enthusiasm is infectious so you are an inspiration!
__________________ My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE) |
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27-12-2006, 06:15 PM
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What else could you be talking about
__________________ ntg Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic http://grief-encounters.blogspot.com/ ================================================== The All New Home page of Hartshill Allotments full of useful bits http://www.hags.btik.com |
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27-12-2006, 06:48 PM
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| well done Mrs D I am a bit slow and wondered what MOM meant, then looked at your name and spotted the words in large capital letters - MEMBER OF THE MONTH. I am sure I should have been born with Blonde hair!! Loz
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27-12-2006, 06:58 PM
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27-12-2006, 07:00 PM
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__________________ Blessings Suzanne (aka Mrs Dobby) 'Garden naked - get some colour in your cheeks'! The Dobby's Pumpkin Patch - a blogspot work in progress! Last updated 3rd September 2008 - updated balance sheet! |
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27-12-2006, 07:45 PM
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| By choice this time Mrs D, I find a No1 far easier to maintain than the waist long barnet of my youth ( and I don't have to p**S around washing it every morning )
__________________ ntg Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic http://grief-encounters.blogspot.com/ ================================================== The All New Home page of Hartshill Allotments full of useful bits http://www.hags.btik.com |
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27-12-2006, 07:54 PM
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| well done mrs d dont know where u get your energy from  and bye the way whats a bodyflick ps just incase it is that obvious i am blonde 
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