11 Sunday Dec 2022
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Happy Happy! Merry Merry! Hamsters and humans, alike!
A Merry time to you too Annette. To us all. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Shehanne, this might be the funniest post I’ve seen all year!!! 😂
Tis Brilliant
The mess of things just now worldwide?? We gotta get a laugh. So thank you Lance x
LOl. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx You made my day. We are all sitting here in -6 temps in homes we can’t afford to heat, every week everything you buy has gone up by another leg and arm, every month they hike the mortgages. I just got in a going for broke mood and the dudes just came to the fore. I mean you gotta laugh, right? But I also wanted to include the book blip site cos it’s not been going long and it’s a another bookstore for authors. So thank you, truly.
You’re very welcome, Shehanne! (The costs of things can definitely get fraught. 😦 )
It is indeed. So many people are struggling. Every week I go grocery shopping there’s an average of like 10p on every item. That sounds like nothing in itself if you are buying two items. Who is though? That is the minimum on everything. A lot of it has far more on. And that’s the decent, cut price, best value, super markets. And it’s every week, all that on from the week before. So I felt a silly post coming on x
Ugh. Constantly rises prices ARE painful. 😦 Humor does help a little. 🙂
xxxx Dave. It’s rises on everything, huge ones, energy, rentals, mortgages, food, so yeah, might as well laugh!!
Hi Shey, I’m late to the party, but I wanted to confirm that we are seeing huge price increases in food costs across Canada. When I shop for groceries I recognize that everyone is more careful in their purchase decisions. This is from an article yesterday morning:
“Grocery shoplifting on the rise in Canada amid inflation, industry insiders say
As politicians played inflation blame game in 2022, what really drove rising prices?
Soaring prices at the grocery store fuelling Canada’s inflation rate.” https://www.cp24.com/mobile/news/food-prices-in-canada-rise-at-faster-pace-than-overall-inflation-12-months-in-a-row-1.6204374
Which brings me to thank you for writing amazing books that give a joy to readers. In the midst of uncertainty, storytellers bring respite. Thank you for the introduction to Sophia Gallegos and Shan RK.
Well it’s been horrible here Rebecca, people can’t afford to heat their homes. And even those who can won’t, cos they won’t give greedy energy companies the money. This crisis has nothing to do with any war in Ukraine, it is the fact we got rid of the gas storage facilities, shut down our own production and let greedy unregulated companies take over. (We at least have a fall back in this house of a log fire and free wood galore) Mortgages have doubled for many people and food soars on a weekly basis. We are all watching every penny that goes out. There’s now strikes here galore and no wonder. people are angry that the various govs here, including the devolved ones, were able to chuck billions at Covid, and contracts for their buddies, chuck billions right left and centre except to the people here, so they are not for budging on pay demands as everything that is offered is in fact a cut against soaring inflation. there.. all horrible But yes we keep going and we keep smiling cos it’s free .. SO THANK YOU for the lovely comment . The very best to you and yours and raise plenty glasses whatever !!
Love it!! Such festive hilarity. You are very clever, Shey, and Book Blip sounds like a great idea for the New Year. Happy Christmas to you and all the cuddly dudes …. especially You-Know-Who. Now where did I put my mistletoe? 🥰
Doan’ you worry none, mah Katie, Ah gots lots in mah geengahbread house, Love Bobby B
I’m on my way, Bobby Boy! 🥰🥰
Ah is tweaking mah whiskahs…
Bobby B.
xxx Kate. Well, the way it is just now for so many here, and other places, I thought, right, let’s send it up. So thank you. Book Blip is worth giving a shout out to too. xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
What a cleaver and hilarious post to introduce book-blip. “Fast away, the old year passes… While we fall down on our… Sea basses…” I’m still laughing.
Lol… I didn’t want to offend mah readers by saying what they were prob thinking I was gonna say. So glad folks have gotten a laugh. Thank you so much
This post of yours is “Jolly”good
And I love it!
Merry Christmas
U da bestus of the rest of us
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Cheers
–Da Lancer-Prancer-Caint Dance-Her
Hell, yah just proved you’re even better here, Lance. Cheers to you xxx Big hugs.
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OOh, thank yo. that is really kind. I am coming over to visit. Glad you liked it. xxx
Great post, Shehanne. RE-posted @trefology
Oh my. Thank you so very much. That is really kind of you. And thank for the lovely comment.
Oh, thank you, my lovely Hamster Claws. There is a lot of hope in your message! 😅🤗❤️✌️ You are my lovely lady xxxxxxxxxxxxx
It is difficult for so many at the moment. The world is in chaos. But a second’s smile just sometimes makes the difference to us. xxxxxxxxxx for the lovely comment.
You say that, my wise Lady. xxxxxxxxx
Big hugs to you xxxxxxxxxxx
Nothing says Christmas like a sea bass!
LOL. I am aye reminded of my Mr who has a quite a loud voice, letting the whole restaurant know he was ordering one once. xxxxxxxxxxx you
There’s something quite Pythonesque about that image! 😀
I know. He was actually speaking to the waitress and the’ I’m having sea bass’ boomed out everywhere. We aye say why bother with the phone? We reckon whoever he is speaking to can prob hear him without it.
We all need a damn good laugh right now. I know I do. Thanks for providing it, Shey – and hugs to the hamsters (whether they like it or not!) xxx
Aw Cat, you’ve made my day. We all do need a damn good laugh. Cos one thing is for sure we are no gonna be falling doon we are full of sea basses…. xxxxxxxxxxxxxx So thank you. And I will tell the little dudes.
That was fun!
Happy Holidays, dear Shey, hubby, and the dudes!
The happiest to you, lovely Dolly xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thank you, darling! 😻
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Yay, thanks for the giggle, meh bonnie Shey! The hamsters were in rare form. Happy Christmas to you, your family, and the cutest hamsters ever!
They were not letting anything get in their way shall we say!! xxxxxxxxxxxx Carolyn, glad you got a giggle. The best to you and yours xx
Thanks, Shey! Wishing you the same. xoxoxo 😃💕🎄
Aw xxxxxxx thank you Carolyn xxx
The hamsters are always a joy, Shey. Happy Christmas and Happy Yule. 🎄
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Colleen, glad you liked. The very best to you, yours and your cats xxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks so much, Shey. ❤️
Very welcome xxxxxxxxxxx
Just brilliant ! Love your Hamster dudes anyway but so very funny involved in Festive frolics 🎄🎅🏼🐹
Audrey… I alas, could not resist, given all that’s going down here at the mo! And then when it got to other songs..well… The list was kind of endless. I had to chop it. Thank you. I thought we all needed a giggle xxxxxxxxx
I don’t know if I’ll ever stop laughing. Wow, I needed that and the hamstah’s delivered, Shey. What a great post to ring in the holiday season. I love your sense of humor (and the delivery team as well). And thanks for the info about Book Blip. I’m going to spend more time on marketing in 2023 (more than zero) and will look into it. Happy Holidays to you and yours and the Dudes. ❤ ❤ ❤
xxx Diana, I am truly glad that people are having a giggle. It has made my day. SO thank you. Book BLip are well worth exploring. They are quite new. I came across them when they followed me on Twitter and investigated further. The staff are nice and you just go on their converter on their site and you can convert the books to EPUB and Mobi and upload them. They pay half of sales and the books are up in no time. Also they are no win tow with a marketing company that will do a review etc and the cost is very good actually cos you get discount if you are with Book Blip.
I’ll look into them as I pull together my marketing goals for the new year (rather than do it willy nilly and never like in other years). And yes, a good laugh. Fa la la la la, la la la la. 🙂 Happy Holidays.
They are well worth a look, espesh as it’s another format there. Fa la la la la la la la. The very best to you and yours. xx
Such a great post to introduce that site!
Happy Christmas to you, your family, and the dudes 💕
xxxxxx Luisa. I thought I better get something writing related in! And I did want to give them a shout cos it is good to see another online bookstore opening using other formats but they are good. The best to you and all of yours xxxxxx
Thanks a lot for your beautiful reply, dearest Shey 🌹❣️🌹
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx for yours Luisa
Shey, this holiday post is hilarious. The Dudes have out sang and out cried themselves.
Adore this post, Fa la la la la la la la la!
I’m going to check out that new publishing link!
Does your publishing Co. publish books by other authors?
Happy Holidays, dahling! Of course, I’ll be doing the new Gowntoons post as soon as there is even an hour of semi-sun, so I can take pics of the drawings.
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|My wee one does–Yeah xxxx (Espesh if I know them…) But that new bookstore is worth the check out too. The folks who run it are nice and not being doing this very long. Happy hols to you too my lovely friend. Thrilled you had a great laugh with this post. I wanted folks to get a giggle xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hahaha! Love this so much , I do relate to the Hammies ya know. Thank you for the link too. xxxxxxx
Lol…. glad you loved this. They were in full tongue in cheek belting it out mode. But I also wanted to give a shout out to this new venture as it is another platform for authors. xxxxxx
Lol, such a cute post from the dudes. Yay, pour us a shot of the voddie SheyG and cheers to you for a very Merry Christmas. ❤ xx
Very merries holidays to you to my friend. Lovely to see you. xx
Thanks my Lovely. Cheers to you! 🙂 ❤ xx
Sistah G., the biggest hugs here are for those who are wandering on this holiday/festive season but should know they are loved, sometimes by others from who they’d like, but loved nonetheless xxxx
Bravo to the Hamstah’s. I am supposed to be having a blogging break but I just couldn’t resist popping in to wish you a Merry Christmas.
Robbie, that is so very kind of you. I am truly honored. I know you’ve had your hands full. The very very best to you and the dudes and I hope that you have the best Christmas x
Thank you, Shey. I know your Christmas will be wonderful and very well decorated [smile]
It will also be pandemonium with the wee ones but between times there will be pressies, food, and games where the adults, never mind the bairns will fight to the death for a chocolate santa . . . . all love Robbie xxxx
Here we go a Hamstering, blah blah blah blah, so green;
The Dudes can hardly bring themselves to sign this song a-geen!
Great post, lovely lady Shey! And a Merry Merry to you. I have not heard of said Book Blip so I thank ye’ for the advice. A very merry day to you. ;0)
LOL… I left that wassailing song out. Yes, I have never felt well disposed to it after nearly being trampled to death, in company with 2 other lucky theatre group members by 200 schoolchildren at some fancy Dickens’ Christmas evening where the bit where they all excitedly ran through the lovely Victorian hall while we stood there, had never been rehearsed with them. To this day I cannot listen to that song without thinking of how we linked arms in the face of the onslaught and refused to let any one of us go down, while up above in the lovely circular Victorian gallery, the other members of the group looked on in sheer horror. Ah yes, these were the days. Seriously a merry merry day to you and a wonderful time with those you love. Book blip is new and worth checking out. It is EPUB and mobi only but the conversion tool is there on their site and they very good to deal with.
Shey, you have the best stories!! 😂Someday you will need to take a break from romance and write ✍️ your memoirs. 😘 the vision of you three linking arms while 200 kids charge in is priceless!
Lol..it was actually. Despite feeling as if our teeth were pinned to the back of our throats we even had sort of conversation. It went something like. ‘You all right there?’ ‘I think my foot is broken but I’m still standing’. ‘No! No! Beatrice! Don’t go down, girl. Keep upright.’ The worst bit?? See after that the other two had to go straight into some scene, probably wi one of the brats that nearly killed us. I think it might have been David Copperfield. But it was prob all the more priceless if you can imagine how the three of us marched in in the first place, all jolly carrying lanterns and boughs of plastic holly, all totted up ias whoever we were playing first–I think I was Madame Defarge, either that or Nancy–belting out ‘Here we Come A ‘Wassailing,’ Well, let me you it wasnae for long.
Madame DeFarge would have jabbed them with a knitting needle!! ;0) xox Merry Christmas, Friend. Enjoy the fam!
Alas it was Madame Defarge in the scene where she gets killed…… Have a wonderful day.
Merry Christmas 🎄
And the happiest of everything to you, Swapnil. To yours too. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Merry Christmas!!
You too Michael, have a wonderful time
Hawklad’s first pet was a psychotic hamster. We bought Benjamin a little hamster Christmas cake. It immediately made really aggressive noises. As I opened the cage door to check on him, the little fellow calmly chucked the cake out of the cage and then closed the cage door. Plenty of Christmas spirit xxxx
OMG that hamster was epic. That was you well told. One of my daughter”s had a hamster that basically was at the centre of a custody case re her and her now hubby–eventually to get her to come home and just let things cool a bit, I agreed to take it. Anyway, it used to arrange all its food in patterns rather than eat it and it would go tits if you cleaned it out . They are obvi very temperamental….
Merry Christmas, hamsters and Shey. 🙂 Smiling all the way into Christmas now.
Aw…… then we are all smiling too. Have the best time this season xxx
Many thanks to the unequaled in talent, the hamsters who bring the joy of this festive season to an unforgettable height. fa la la la la la la la la. They outdid themselves at the Hallelujah Chorus. Mr George F Handel would be very proud.
Oh I couldn’t resist that one. MANY THANKS for reading,. I know you ahve been really busy. Lots of love and the best Christmas to you xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx fa la la la la la la la la
LOL! These are the guys! Them at their glorious badness. LOL. Thanks for the holiday laughter.
Aww…… YAY!!!! So glad you enjoyed and have a great holiday xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Yes, I enjoyed them very much. The same to you and the hamsters. 🙂
xxxx to you my friend. Again, thank you.
Merry Christmas!
You too. Keep up the great blogging x
Thanks! You too!
I hope you had a most wonderful Christmas! This long awaited post was quite fun to read! Much needed laughter, indeed! Xxxx
aww… that is lovely Ka, I am so glad you had a laugh. It is indeed much needed. I had a wonderful day and I hope you did too xxxxxx
Glad to hear it ❤
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This is so hilarious. Hope you had a faithful Christmas.
I had a wonderful Christmas. Total mayhem, but hey. Glad you got a laugh at this and I hope your day was wonderful too.
This was great! Merry Christmas
I hope you’d a wonderful time. ANd the best to you next year. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
So glad you enjoyed. x
It sounds like it was a very entertaining Christmas with the dudes, singing the songs and downing the toddies – perfect. I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Christmas. Here’s to a fabulous 2023 xxxxxxxxxx
And here’s to that for you too, for all of us xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx