Out With The Old And In With The New

Say goodbye to the old year 2012 has bit the dust
It’s now the beginning of 2013 for all of us
So bury all the bad things the old year holds
and start anew and see what unfolds

Make your resolutions and keep them if you can
If you do not manage to then just make a new plan
There will be good times and there will be bad
Because that is life’s pattern to be both happy and sad

So 2013 you have made your first debut
the start of 12 months is beginning for you
We hope you are good and bring us sunny days
We have got rather tired of 2012‘s wet cold ways

Yes 2012 has been a very damp year
So maybe you can show us a bit more care
So do your best so that when your 12 months are through
We can truly say next year 2013 we will miss you

by Margmax 2012
http://www.getwellversed.com/

Christmas Tree

Christmas Tree

Prince Albert brought a tree from
Germany to Windsor Castle in the year 1841
Could he ever have imagined that this would be
a tradition that would go on and on
The Royal family were illustrated standing with
their family around a decorated tree
and the general public considered good enough
for royalty and good enough for me

In Victorian times candles were placed and lit on the tree
to represent stars in the sky at the birth of Jesus
No such dangerous antics now it’s electric fairy lights
for us
Other decorations used were sweets and cakes hung on
the branches with ribbons - strange I hear you say
Until Woolworths in the year 1880 introduced tree
ornaments which were very successful by the way

The decorating of the Christmas tree comes from long ago
When in winter trees lost their leaves and people were very
superstitious then you know
To encourage the tree spirits to return they hung strips of coloured
cloth from the bare branches of the tree
In spring when the leaves returned they considered it was because
they had made the trees beautiful you see

Bringing small fir trees indoors was a tradition started in Germany as
you probably know
and decorating them even though they keep their leaves is a tradition
from long ago
So no matter if your tree is real or artificial it matters not
Because you are following a tradition that has not been forgot

by Margmax 2012
http://www.getwellversed.com/

Winter and Christmas

Winter and Christmas

Winter in Britain is a dismal time
It’s dark, cold and miserable with little sun shine
Many seek to escape to far flung places for the heat
But the average Briton just will not be beat

The authorities are never prepared for what weather
extremities arrive
A bit of rain, ice or snow means transport cannot
survive
My friends in Sweden never have the weather calamities
which we do
Why because they are prepared for those winter blues

Major British roads they grit but not the roads leading onto them
So how can you get your car safely from home and back again
The sloping road from our estate onto the main bus route
Just needs a little ice and down into the flowing traffic you shoot

“Please grit the approach to the main road I ask the Council every
year
Because it’s only a matter of time before a serious accident will
happen there”
“We must give priority to bus routes” they reply
“Yes it’s a busy bus route so that’s why I am asking you” says I

But I ask you would Christmas be the same if you spent it in a hot climate
Singing Christmas carols round a pool with strangers not your mates
Christmas was made for cold, ice and snow
Spent around homely blazing fires with folk that you know

So in the winter for me the best place is the comfort of home
I do not like to face these weather fopars in a strange zone
and now that I am retired and do not have to go outside every day
I think I can face the British winter weather in my own little way .......

by Margmax 2012
http://www.getwellversed.com/

Royal Baby

Royal Baby

The country is delighted for William and Kate
A baby on the way but we are yet to know the date
A truly royal babe our future King or Queen
this will be the most important pregnancy the country ever seen

Kate is suffering bad sickness but the care she will receive
Will be the very best that any pregnant woman could believe
She will have top doctors with the best medication to be found
No constant vomiting for her with all that help around

All the speculation of what the child will be
Because new laws are rushing through for a guarantee
That if the baby is female she will maintain the right
To be Queen of England even if a brother comes on site

But everyone loves a baby and a summer baby it will be
So hopefully the sun will shine on this new family
The nation has taken William and Kate into their hearts
and maybe the birth will mean an additional bank holiday on the cards

by Margmax 2012
http://www.getwellversed.com/

Gadgets

Gadgets

Jim and Karen have a new passion in their life
We really are surprised at their amount of lyrical hype
Because it’s not connected to ebay or money saving schemes
No it is a gadget which has captured their dreams

I know you now are curious to think what this could be
Because we all have gadgets that we now never see
But they are together in this “wonderful thing” they now own
And assure us it will not be banished to the “useless gadget zone”

I must admit their views are tempting us to make a purchase
But they are quite expensive although they make a good case
They say it gives you your favourite food but in a healthy way
And now they use it almost every day

Have you guessed what it is? or are you still pondering
What can make unhealthy things healthy I bet you are wondering
If I tell you it claims to give you healthy chips using a spoonful of oil
I bet you now know - yes that’s right - it’s a Tefal Actifry.

by Margmax
http://www.getwellversed.com/

Coupons - Love or Hate Them

Coupons - Love or Hate them

Do you get excited when coupons are handed to you?
Do you seek to use them or flush them down the loo?
Do you fill your purse intending to use them at a later date?
Then when you have a pile to sort through realize your too late?

Jim’s wife Karen would put Martin Lewis to shame
She is the queen of money saving and is willing to make that claim
She knows every deal that every store has on any given day
and she always has a purse full of coupons handy by the way

Even going on holiday she has her money saving tips
She knows all the rules and regulations when venturing on trips
She says all her money saving enables her to have more trips away
But we know it’s her main hobby and she would do it anyway

Now we all like a bargain because money is tight for us all
I have a purse full of store cards for all the the places that I call
But I have started to say “No” when frequently asked to add more
The main reason being my purse is full and no more can I store

So Martin Lewis watch out because our Karen can’t be stopped
She can match your money saving ways indeed you could be topped
Maybe you should join forces a partnership of thrift
So watch our Supermarkets or you will see your profits drift.

by Margmax 2012
at http://www.getwellversed.com/

Ebay-ing

Ebay - ing

It’s an addiction this ebay- ing that’s for sure
Is it the lure of making money or a retail cure?
Jon’s brother Jim has embraced it with a passion
that only he can bring
He has turned his garage into a despatch centre
for ebay-ing things.

He has sold his model railway bit by bit
Well once he had built it what was the point of it
He now visits the Supermarket with a passion
he never had before
Well this is where he gets his packaging free boxes
and bubble wrap galore

Once the railway was gone he searched around for
other things to market
Now car boots, antique fairs and salerooms are his
target
He started in a small way selling only to the UK
Now he’s gone worldwide getting bigger day by day

The lady in the Post Office now greats him heartedly
He is part of her daily routine and its only a matter of time
before she makes him a cup of tea
The Postman and Jim are now pals well he calls every day
Not to the house of course but to Jim’s despatch centre bay

I have not got this addiction and fail to see the pleasure
Of buying people’s mistakes or things that they once used to treasure
Of course lots of small businesses use ebay too
and so the things which they sell are not used but new

Indeed for a wedding I purchased a sort after handbag
and at that time finding it on ebay cheaply well I was very glad
Now I get in-dated with ebay offers galore
But no thank you not for me to Jim I will give the floor

by Margmax 2012

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