© irene waters 2016 Australian Christmas Bush
From today I may be absent apart from the odd day until February. I will try and post a topic for Times Past but as internet access will be limited January may be missed or late. We board the Emerald Princess at midday tomorrow to circumnavigate New Zealand. After the stress of the last year I am looking forward to boarding and being forced to relax. There will be extremely limited internet access and I will spend the time reading, promenading on the poop deck and taking part in everything that is going. As tomorrow is our wedding anniversary it will be like a second honeymoon.
If we were having coffee I’d tell you that on our return we will be moving into temporary accommodation and then I will be doing some work on my creative work. Yes I finally had my thesis back from the examiners. Both liked my exegesis ( the scholarly work) but only one liked my creative work. The one who didn’t asked for major changes and I will be working on these or on my explanation as to why I am not changing it. This will be fairly easy as the two examiners held such disparate views of the work. I think that it will tighten it up and make it better so I am not worried but I will have to devote some time to it. Hopefully by the time I finish this we will be ready to make our permanent move.
© irene waters 2016
If we were having coffee I would tell you that I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and I hope the New Year brings you peace, happiness, health and safety.
Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist) 
Merry Christmas Irene. Enjoy your holiday.
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Thanks Dawn. It has now been and gone but I know you’ll be hearing about it in the future. Hope your holiday period was lovely.
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Happy Anniversary, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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Thanks Deborah. All in the past now although you’ll be reading about it in the future. Happy New Year to you also.
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I hope you have a lovely anniversary celebration and a wonderful holiday.
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Thank you belatedly. We did have a lovely time. Hope you had a Happy New Year.
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Happy New Year, Irene! I hope yo and your husband have a wonderful cruise, and a terrific anniversary. You deserve it!
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Thanks Diane. I hope your New Year brings health and happiness to you. My holiday is now in the past but I’m sure you’ll hear about it in the future.
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I am a bit late to wish you a merry Christmas dear Irene, but I hope that my message finds you well and happy. Wishing you a great year 2017!
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Irene, Happy Anniversary to you and Roger and enjoy the cruise – sounds like so much fun and I hope to see photos at some time. May 2017 be a year of health and happiness and writing success.
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Thanks Sharon. Hope 2017 is going well for you with health, happiness and writing. The holiday is now very much in the past but you will definitely be hearing about it in the future.
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Happy 2017!
Peta
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Thanks Peta. I hope 2017 is good for you.
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Hope you had a lovely holiday. Peace to you in the New Year and look forward to your posts (when you get to them). ❤ See you soon(ish)!
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