Hello from Wales!!!!

[jack_skellington_fan]

Hello All

My name is Sam and Im 24.

I live in South Wales near a town called Swansea.

I am well was a young mum to my gorgeous little Boy Benji who is turning 5 in 3 days! Yikes where did that time go??

I'm also a loving girlfriend to my boyfriend Ow, who is 29 - ive been with him 7 years this September. He's due to have a corneal transplant next month after a partial graft went wrong last year.

I'm also a step mummy to Ows other son J who is 8 years old.

I'm ALSO an adoptive mummy to a slightly psychotic Jack Russell Terrier who is 9 this July and we adopted him when he was 5 years old - he too gets involved with the Christmas spirit and has a special snowflake jumper and bow tie although a snow theme last year was slightly chaotic because he is completely white with no markings (except black spots on his tummy) so we had to put him in a jumper so we could see him.

Besides him we also have two terrapins called Randy and Toby.

Besides that I am completely Christmas mad, I love planning and December is totally my month - my flat looks like santas grotto and the 1st December is my decorating day with me building up from the beginning of November. Obsession is not the word.

Apart from that I love to craft, make things, sew, talk, read, write, plan, money save - I love moto gp (motorbike racing) and love motorbikes in general too.

Pretty much anything ill attempt once. Well i look forward to talking to you all soon and getting to know you all and talking about and planning Christmas together!

x x x x x SK x x x x x

[Jeff Westover]

Welcome, jack_skellington_fan!

[whychristmas]

Welcome Sam! And yet another bod from South Wales (there are a couple already)! I'm from just over the water in Minehead, so if you wave madly, I might see you!!!

[jolly elf]

:))Hi and Welcome!!

[CharlestonNole]

Howdy and Welcome!

It's a great place hang around.

Several UK members on the board and even a few from right around Swansea.

[Maureen]

Hey there!!!

Keep your eyes peeled for Kelly Ann who is a very active member on here; she lives in Swansea as well!!

Enjoy!!

[made582]

Welcome sam!!! I hope you enjoy it here as much as I docheesy

[trackrebel]

welcome to the board JK!!!

[Mumof2]

Hi & Welcome!! :)

[Annette1990]

:cry:~*WELCOME,SAM*~:cry:

[Meceka]

Hi and welcome, Sam!!

[HolidayHoney]

Hello and Welcome!! :hello:

[kelly ann]

Hello from Swansea too, lol

Nice to have you here!!

[MsChristmas]

Welcome :tree:

[Christmasstar]

great to meet you! http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h167/bravo13ufc/Canada_Flag.gifand welcome to the forums. Sounds like you are a true Christmas addict!

[Bradmac]

Welcome!

:welcome:

[Yuletide Junkie]

As Summer begins, unofficially, welcome to Christmas. We look forward to hearing from you as we get into Rudolph Days, & such.

[irishsnow]

Hello and Welcome from the Emerald Isle

[VeryWelshXmasLover]

Hi Sam - welcome!

I'm from South Wales too :D

[jack_skellington_fan]

oooh where in south wales???

[VeryWelshXmasLover]

I'm about 25 mins away from Cwmbran. You probably wouldn't have heard of the town I'm from so it's just easier to say that it takes me about 25 mins to get to cwmbran from where I live lol Unless you don't know cwmbran, then I'm back to where I started LOL. Woooow, that was jumbled!

[jack_skellington_fan]

Lol - yes i know Cwmbran.

we have friends in Bettws and Newport

Lol - Im over in Neath port Talbot.

Plus boyfriend works for a courtesy car delivery company in Bridgend and frequents that area regularly.

[Maureen]

....and Kelly Ann STILL lives in Swansea (coz I think you missed that one!!)

:))

[trackrebel]

sorry for the question....but how do You say Cwmbran and Bettws. Welsh is an interessting language...but if I had to tell a Taxi Driver one of those two names...I wouldn´t know how

[joyful]

Welcome to the forums. I love your creativity with words in your post. I look forward to more.

[jack_skellington_fan]

sorry for the question....but how do You say Cwmbran and Bettws. Welsh is an interessting language...but if I had to tell a Taxi Driver one of those two names...I wouldn´t know how

Cwmbran is pronounced Cum Bran.

Bettws is pronounced Bedwas

(in our household anyway)

a lot of people tend to have problems pronouncing names in my area because we have Cwmavon, Duffryn, Nantyfyllon, Blaengwnfi and Glyncorrwg as our surrounding areas.

I always use to joke that the welsh peopel forgot to add vowels in their words but now Im understanding it more im loving it.

[jack_skellington_fan]

Kelly Ann - oh we can have our own little Christmas meet up for a coffee. x

[trackrebel]

Cwmbran is pronounced Cum Bran.

Bettws is pronounced Bedwas

(in our household anyway)

a lot of people tend to have problems pronouncing names in my area because we have Cwmavon, Duffryn, Nantyfyllon, Blaengwnfi and Glyncorrwg as our surrounding areas.

I always use to joke that the welsh peopel forgot to add vowels in their words but now Im understanding it more im loving it.

thx for clearin that up...:D....I was even on the right path with it.....I find Welsh kinda funny....but very, very interessting...I had a french teacher in school who was of scottish origin....she studied all types of English-based languages and french too.....and once she wrote a Welsh word on the chalkboard that was three lines long....I don´t remember it....but it was very long...and a tonguebreaker, too

[jack_skellington_fan]

It wasnt

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch

was it????

Thats the longest welsh villages name.

[Seawaters]

It wasnt

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch

was it????

Thats the longest welsh villages name.

Sheesh! Write that phonetically so I can tell my students!!!

[Seawaters]

Sheesh! Write that phonetically so I can tell my students!!!

WOW!!! I am an Elf 1st Class now! OMG! That is Oh My Goodness!!!

[Seawaters]

Crimminny!!

[chattamanuk]

Hiya

Just thought I'd say thanks for recommending this site - it looks great x

[VeryWelshXmasLover]

Wow, thats going to be difficult to write phonetically, as in welsh a double L like at the start of the word, (ll) is pronounced as lchh (lol I know the sound I mean - not ch as in chips, the sound the lchh makes always reminds me of a cat hissing) and a double D (dd) is pronounced as th.

I would say the phonetic would be:

LCHH-AN-FAIR-PULCH-GWIN-GILCHH-GOGRY-KWEEND-DROB-WULCHH-ANT-E-SILLY-O-GO-GO-GOKH

I think....lol. Hope you get what I mean by LCHH being pronounced as a cat hiss lol

That took ages LOL

[lmm8606]

welcome!! :)

[Courtney]

Hi and Welcome! :snowball: