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[MUFKilda]

Just a quick merry Christmas and happy new year to all Saints fans and all Aussies. I wish you all a happy and healthy 2025. Finals next year?

 

[dudeintheswamp]

Just a quick merry Christmas and happy new year to all Saints fans and all Aussies. I wish you all a happy and healthy 2025. Finals next year?

Merry Xmas mate up in the Old Blighty. Saints will surprise a few next year!

 

[dudeintheswamp]

Tomorrow is the first Xmas Day in over ten years where I don't have to cook a fancy lunch for 200 people. A free day today too! Have had a huge pork shoulder in a low oven since 7am, house smells amazing, rich porky heaven . Boiled a coupla kilos of spuds, collected some of the rendered pork fat from the shoulder and let those f#cking spuds roll in it. Gonna go with some salt, pepper, paprika and oregano and into a hot oven once the pork comes out. Pork will go back in to a hotter oven again when spuds are done to pop and crackle the skin. About to karate up a slaw with a nice acidic vinaigrette to cut the richness of the pork, am three beers down already and friends are coming round with some top shelf Tequila!

Made a Sticky Date Pudding with Butterscotch Toffee Sauce and a White Chocolate and Raspberry Cheesecake yesterday so most of everything is just about done and I'm about to get hammered! Some Prawn and Chorizo Skewers over the fire with a Roasted Red Pepper Relish to kick things off and hopefully prevent getting too hammered too soon.

Merry Xmas Saints people! We've a lot to look forward to next year!

 

[ScrappyDo]

Jesus what a year it's been. This time last year l was squatting at a mates place living out if a small suitcase, a mental and emotional wreck and unable to see my kid, yet glad to have escaped with my life.
2024 goes down as the hardest year of my life, and I've had more than most.
Now I've just dropped my daughter at maccas (security cameras) back to the wicked witch and she'll be back on Boxing day to open her presents . Every moment we spend together is excellent and she only grizzles when its time to go "home". I've been fighting a cold since Thursday but it's finally got a hold of me today so it'll be Christmas for 1 unless l can pep up tomorrow. I've stocked up with 3 roasting meats, spuds and a box of Coopers. Gonna spend the big day planning out my new deck and recuperating. Life is good.

 

[StFly]

Jesus what a year it's been. This time last year l was squatting at a mates place living out if a small suitcase, a mental and emotional wreck and unable to see my kid, yet glad to have escaped with my life.
2024 goes down as the hardest year of my life, and I've had more than most.
Now I've just dropped my daughter at maccas (security cameras) back to the wicked witch and she'll be back on Boxing day to open her presents . Every moment we spend together is excellent and she only grizzles when its time to go "home". I've been fighting a cold since Thursday but it's finally got a hold of me today so it'll be Christmas for 1 unless l can pep up tomorrow. I've stocked up with 3 roasting meats, spuds and a box of Coopers. Gonna spend the big day planning out my new deck and recuperating. Life is good.

We can only do what we can do, so great to hear that you're getting out to the other side and improving.

I'll also be doing the solo thing this year, and whilst I may face a similar situation, I'm still working with lawyers about the house I am in since ancestral and older sister is on title wishing to sell. Who knows, maybe next year I'll join you in a reno since I have like a 14 page doc of "update this, do this, change that" and at present anyway, many many greys, reds and blues to look through to find what marries up since I've already decided on emerald marble stone to match the dining table as also exposed brickwork to brush up so might as well introduce greenery to the kitchen+dining as Italian means nature and those tiles are trash.

I also plan on getting a cat once I fix things up.

Just know if you need to have a chat, feel free, I vent things from straight tearing out wisteria at present as you never really want to fight family.

 

[ScrappyDo]

We can only do what we can do, so great to hear that you're getting out to the other side and improving.

I'll also be doing the solo thing this year, and whilst I may face a similar situation, I'm still working with lawyers about the house I am in since ancestral and older sister is on title wishing to sell. Who knows, maybe next year I'll join you in a reno since I have like a 14 page doc of "update this, do this, change that" and at present anyway, many many greys, reds and blues to look through to find what marries up since I've already decided on emerald marble stone to match the dining table as also exposed brickwork to brush up so might as well introduce greenery to the kitchen+dining as Italian means nature and those tiles are trash.

I also plan on getting a cat once I fix things up.

Just know if you need to have a chat, feel free, I vent things from straight tearing out wisteria at present as you never really want to fight family.

13-14 months ago l was facing a figurative death by her hand or a real one by my own. I left knowing l might not see my kid for a long time and it panned out that way in the end. Took me 9 months to pull myself together but it will take a while longer to get the poison out of me entirely.. Worst part these days is sending my daughter home and knowing what she's going back to.
I'm having reasonable success through the courts so far, but it's slow going and l don't expect a final outcome that's gonna be best for my daughter. The family law system is a swamp of toxic women looking to grind any man good or bad into a fine paste. Nonetheless, l can hack it. If my girl can get out of this without permanent damage I'm happy to be the lubricant.

 

[Saint Ray]

Jesus what a year it's been. This time last year l was squatting at a mates place living out if a small suitcase, a mental and emotional wreck and unable to see my kid, yet glad to have escaped with my life.
2024 goes down as the hardest year of my life, and I've had more than most.
Now I've just dropped my daughter at maccas (security cameras) back to the wicked witch and she'll be back on Boxing day to open her presents . Every moment we spend together is excellent and she only grizzles when its time to go "home". I've been fighting a cold since Thursday but it's finally got a hold of me today so it'll be Christmas for 1 unless l can pep up tomorrow. I've stocked up with 3 roasting meats, spuds and a box of Coopers. Gonna spend the big day planning out my new deck and recuperating. Life is good.

I can feel your pain mate but glad you say life is good.

 

[SaintsSeptember]

Jesus what a year it's been. This time last year l was squatting at a mates place living out if a small suitcase, a mental and emotional wreck and unable to see my kid, yet glad to have escaped with my life.
2024 goes down as the hardest year of my life, and I've had more than most.
Now I've just dropped my daughter at maccas (security cameras) back to the wicked witch and she'll be back on Boxing day to open her presents . Every moment we spend together is excellent and she only grizzles when its time to go "home". I've been fighting a cold since Thursday but it's finally got a hold of me today so it'll be Christmas for 1 unless l can pep up tomorrow. I've stocked up with 3 roasting meats, spuds and a box of Coopers. Gonna spend the big day planning out my new deck and recuperating. Life is good.

Life's full of ups and downs, and you don't realise how good the ups were until you hit a down. Hope 2025 is an up year for you and if its not , hang in there.

Seems that some peoples lives play out like Hawthorn, but some of us are Saints through and through. Just have to keep on trying.

 

[SaintsSeptember]

13-14 months ago l was facing a figurative death by her hand or a real one by my own. I left knowing l might not see my kid for a long time and it panned out that way in the end. Took me 9 months to pull myself together but it will take a while longer to get the poison out of me entirely.. Worst part these days is sending my daughter home and knowing what she's going back to.
I'm having reasonable success through the courts so far, but it's slow going and l don't expect a final outcome that's gonna be best for my daughter. The family law system is a swamp of toxic women looking to grind any man good or bad into a fine paste. Nonetheless, l can hack it. If my girl can get out of this without permanent damage I'm happy to be the lubricant.

I've been separated for too long, given the divorce isn't finalized yet. ( Some off duty lawyer mentioned to her that it can get messy if there's property involved. Personally i think it would be clear cut for us, but anyway we have to sell the house first apparently ). My kids are mature aged, and my two youngest, both boys, still live with her and often bitch about their mother. I laugh, because what they bitch about is pretty much what i used to bitch about. Since the separation its been pretty much one thing after another, both my parents died, and a heap of other issues.

Been getting some people asking me " are you OK? " god bless them, I'm not sure what i'd say if i wasn't, but i still appreciate it.
Actually i'm not OK, but i'm holding the hell on, no way i'm leaving before another Premiership.

 

[gringo2011]

I've been separated for too long, given the divorce isn't finalized yet. ( Some off duty lawyer mentioned to her that it can get messy if there's property involved. Personally i think it would be clear cut for us, but anyway we have to sell the house first apparently ). My kids are mature aged, and my two youngest, both boys, still live with her and often bitch about their mother. I laugh, because what they bitch about is pretty much what i used to bitch about. Since the separation its been pretty much one thing after another, both my parents died, and a heap of other issues.

Been getting some people asking me " are you OK? " god bless them, I'm not sure what i'd say if i wasn't, but i still appreciate it.
Actually i'm not OK, but i'm holding the hell on, no way i'm leaving before another Premiership.

That sounds rough SS.

 

[ScrappyDo]

I've been separated for too long, given the divorce isn't finalized yet. ( Some off duty lawyer mentioned to her that it can get messy if there's property involved. Personally i think it would be clear cut for us, but anyway we have to sell the house first apparently ). My kids are mature aged, and my two youngest, both boys, still live with her and often bitch about their mother. I laugh, because what they bitch about is pretty much what i used to bitch about. Since the separation its been pretty much one thing after another, both my parents died, and a heap of other issues.

Been getting some people asking me " are you OK? " god bless them, I'm not sure what i'd say if i wasn't, but i still appreciate it.
Actually i'm not OK, but i'm holding the hell on, no way i'm leaving before another Premiership.

Not being ok is ok. Not giving up is what gets you through.

 

[SaintsSeptember]

Not being ok is ok. Not giving up is what gets you through.

Yep i'm a Saints supporter , so im sticking it out

 

[Sully111]

I feel you fellas. My ex does everything she can to make my life a nightmare. She has also done everything she can to psychologically damage our kids through our breakup. She's an alcoholic and a full blown narcissist. The system is so skewed against men it's shameful. Luckily I have my kids 50% of the time so they have some stability in their life. I try to just grab joy when I can. I'm useless to them if I don't look after myself. That's the key. I'm at my awesome girlfriend's house now and my boys get dropped off to me at my place at 1pm today. Can't wait for them to open the presents I got them. Today is a good day.

Anyway.... Happy Christmas to all. I dig you people... even the ones I occasionally disagree with because you're wrong about stuff. If it's at all possible, I strongly suggest you all buy a guitar.

 

[gringo2011]

I feel you fellas. My ex does everything she can to make my life a nightmare. She has also done everything she can to psychologically damage our kids through our breakup. She's an alcoholic and a full blown narcissist. The system is so skewed against men it's shameful. Luckily I have my kids 50% of the time so they have some stability in their life. I try to just grab joy when I can. I'm useless to them if I don't look after myself. That's the key. I'm at my awesome girlfriend's house now and my boys get dropped off to me at my place at 1pm today. Can't wait for them to open the presents I got them. Today is a good day.

Anyway.... Happy Christmas to all. I dig you people... even the ones I occasionally disagree with because you're wrong about stuff. If it's at all possible, I strongly suggest you all buy a guitar.

Merry Christmas Sully, have a good one and enjoy the kids while they are young. My kids are both over 18 now. Went bloody fast in hindsight.

 

[MUFKilda]

Jesus what a year it's been. This time last year l was squatting at a mates place living out if a small suitcase, a mental and emotional wreck and unable to see my kid, yet glad to have escaped with my life.
2024 goes down as the hardest year of my life, and I've had more than most.
Now I've just dropped my daughter at maccas (security cameras) back to the wicked witch and she'll be back on Boxing day to open her presents . Every moment we spend together is excellent and she only grizzles when its time to go "home". I've been fighting a cold since Thursday but it's finally got a hold of me today so it'll be Christmas for 1 unless l can pep up tomorrow. I've stocked up with 3 roasting meats, spuds and a box of Coopers. Gonna spend the big day planning out my new deck and recuperating. Life is good.

That’s a lovely story. Well done to you, and you will be a stronger person for enduring such a situation. Extreme experiences like yours put life into perspective.

 

[MUFKilda]

I've been separated for too long, given the divorce isn't finalized yet. ( Some off duty lawyer mentioned to her that it can get messy if there's property involved. Personally i think it would be clear cut for us, but anyway we have to sell the house first apparently ). My kids are mature aged, and my two youngest, both boys, still live with her and often bitch about their mother. I laugh, because what they bitch about is pretty much what i used to bitch about. Since the separation its been pretty much one thing after another, both my parents died, and a heap of other issues.

Been getting some people asking me " are you OK? " god bless them, I'm not sure what i'd say if i wasn't, but i still appreciate it.
Actually i'm not OK, but i'm holding the hell on, no way i'm leaving before another Premiership.

You’ve been through the mill. We all have tough times, sometimes they are horrendous, and it can be so lonely. We forget that many people are going through the same or even worse. It’s important to take any help available. It’s true that we find out who friends really are when the chips are down. It’s during the worst times we discover what somebody is really like.

 

[Holy Hunter Clark]

One happy Jack Sinclair fan here [emoji3059]

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[sammm]

Merry Xmas to you all. My partner made a slow roast lamb shoulder for lunch. Just the two of us. His kids are are in sunshine coast. One doesn't talk to thr other . A toxic relationship between son and mother ( partners ex ). But they just just moved put away from the mother a week ago ago.

 

[Saintos The ITK]

Merry Xmas to you all. My partner made a slow roast lamb shoulder for lunch. Just the two of us. His kids are are in sunshine coast. One doesn't talk to thr other . A toxic relationship between son and mother ( partners ex ). But they just just moved put away from the mother a week ago ago.

Have a great day Sammmy

 

[StFly]

As it's Christmas for another 25mins...

Merry Happy everyone, hopefully you all had a brilliant day, even if it was mid thirties to be kind of disgusting as due to Melb Airport observ my area got up to 35.2 to be hottest in the metro area.

Gotta say though, tikka chicken was bad choice tonight all things considered.

 

[Banger9798]

I feel you fellas. My ex does everything she can to make my life a nightmare. She has also done everything she can to psychologically damage our kids through our breakup. She's an alcoholic and a full blown narcissist. The system is so skewed against men it's shameful. Luckily I have my kids 50% of the time so they have some stability in their life. I try to just grab joy when I can. I'm useless to them if I don't look after myself. That's the key. I'm at my awesome girlfriend's house now and my boys get dropped off to me at my place at 1pm today. Can't wait for them to open the presents I got them. Today is a good day.

Anyway.... Happy Christmas to all. I dig you people... even the ones I occasionally disagree with because you're wrong about stuff. If it's at all possible, I strongly suggest you all buy a guitar.

I'd like to propose a toast:

To our awesome girlfriends!

 

[MUFKilda]

The mildest Christmas Day I can remember at 12 degrees. We haven’t had the heating on at all, which must be a first.

 

[Joffaboy]

So Christmas was hammered for us by Covid. Wife got it so no family get together.

Oh well....

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[gringo2011]

The mildest Christmas Day I can remember at 12 degrees. We haven’t had the heating on at all, which must be a first.

That was a summer day last time I was in the UK. A romantic white Christmas would have been awesome. It's a shame.

 

[gringo2011]

Kontas channelling a young Dave Warner.