Christmas Countdown - 2018

[Holiday]

Well, our community had Halloween tonight (3-4 inches of rain expected tomorrow night). I sit here, lights dimmed, watching a little Halloween movie. I know tomorrow is really Halloween, but I have that feeling...you know...the one where Halloween is over and the two best months are here. I feel amazing....

Tomorrow night, I'm not sure if we will watch Christmas or Halloween movies. I fully intend to listen to Christmas music in the morning. My body just feels Christmas is here. I take off on Friday and I will set up our Christmas tree in anticipation of decorating on Saturday.

As for the rest of the night, I think I will just sit here and enjoy this calm, peaceful feeling that has taken over my mind and body....

Yall have a blessed night.

Enjoy, Enjoy, Enjoy!!!

 

[Holiday]

Happy Halloween MMC!
Wishing everyone a fun, safe and spooky day!!!

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Happy Halloween!!! Have a great day!

 

[Holiday]

Happy Halloween, MMC!!!

It’s going to be a rainy one here but it will hopefully stop just in time for the kids to get out. Mom has an early morning PT appointment, so I’m off to the hospital. I hope everyone has a spooky kind of day!!

Hope your moms appointment goes well & you have a great day!
Happy Halloween!

 

[Holiday]

Happy Halloween MMC! Not much planned for today. DH starts his regular 4 days off. He’s planning on doing some work outside and plan on trying to do some cleaning. I want to start decorating this weekend. I don’t go in to work tonight until 11. I plan on watching Hallmark, but also want to catch a Hocus Pocus showing. Hope you all enjoy the day and get to do something spooky!

Have a Happy Halloween!

 

[Holiday]

BOO!!
Did I scare you?
No?

Well, this might:
Days to Halloween: 0 (TODAY!!)
Days to the Season: 13 (UNDER the TWO WEEK mark!!)
Days to Christmas Day: 55 (Below eight weeks, now!)

And with that, we reach what I regard as the first day of the holiday season.
Tomorrow, I will be adding the Thanksgiving Day number to the count and we will REALLY start to move!

We warmed up a bit yesterday and will do even better today with our high expected to be in the 70's, and dry conditions.
Rain is possible tomorrow and tomorrow night, however.
Our current temperature?
Well, our thermometer says it's 46 chilly degrees here at this hour.

OK, then!
It's Halloween night at the Shispering Pines.
Carl and crew can't wait to unveil tonight's spooky entertainment and serve their special orange and black frosted fired twinkies with "blood" tea (which I suspect is his famous sweet southern iced tea with a little food coloring added, but please play along for his sake).

Anyway, I hope everyone who comes this evening will have a howling good time and until then, you all have a Wildly Wonderful Wednesday, OK?

See you tonight at the Shispering Pines!!! Spooooky....

 

[Holiday]

Happy Halloween!! My plan is for pizza and my girls are going to their friends tonight so we will relax at home. Kids are off tomorrow due to parent conferences so this makes this night even better for them. Hope you all have a wonderful day!!

Enjoy your day!!!!

 

[Holiday]

Happy Halloween!

Friday the folks on my end of the building (workplace) decided that they'd wear animal "onesie" costumes today. I was out Friday and didn't find out until it was too late, but last night I snagged some fox ears and a tail and am wearing an orange sweater and khaki cords, socks, and loafers. Didn't turn out too bad! So far we have a tiger, a flying squirrel, a pink bunny, a dinosaur, and a couple others. So festive!

Sounds like a fun & festive day! Enjoy!

 

[Holiday]

Happy Halloween, Christmas friends!

As predicted, Nancy was not amused when she realized that our stealth carver left an empty liquor bottle as part of the scene of the vomiting pumpkin. Why couldn't they leave a full bottle? LOL!! Just kidding! She would kill me just for joking about that! We saw one of the local preachers last night, and he mentioned that someone pointed out our house to him yesterday. Nancy flipped out, thinking he might've seen the bottle on the front step. I assured her that you couldn't tell what it was from the road. Whew, dodged THAT bullet!

Elizabeth's play was a great, sold-out success! All of the kids gave a great performance, especially Elizabeth. The dinner was super, too. They have regional competition on Friday, then an encore Dessert Theater performance at school again next Thursday. Here she is on the porch that required all of my carpentry talents:

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I hope y'all have a spooky day!

I hope Nancy is ok with it now. That was a kind of funny prank!
Our "preacher" does whiskey shots with the young guys at weddings. LOL! He's such a social & friendly guy! He's usually about the last person to leave parties/weddings.
Elizabeth looks beautiful!!! Glad it went great!
Have a good day!

 

[Holiday]

See you all tonight at the Pines!!! Have a great day!!

 

[SnowflakeMom]

Good morning MMC!! Merry Pines Day/Happy Halloween/Can't believe tomorrow is NOVEMBER!! It's a super dreary ol day here! It's 60º but doesn't seem like it - especially from the inside looking out - it looks cold!!! LOL!!
Not much going on today besides working at both places & my brother/sil/dog made it in yesterday so I'm sure we will be hanging at moms to visit after work! We got together last night - many of my nieces/nephews were able to make it, which was nice. The great grandkids were having a ball/so cute & funny! The original plan was to order pizza but my sister made tortilla chicken soup, my SIL made a big salad, we had rotisserie chicken, KFC rolls & chicken...plus lots of snacks. It was a feast! Mom seemed to be having a better night. It was nice to see her sitting in her chair & not laying in that bed!!!
Everyone, have a GREAT day!! I hope to catch up a little around here this morning!! xx

Happy Halloween!! Happy to hear your Mom was able to get out of bed!
Enjoy your visit with your brother and SIL..

 

[SnowflakeMom]

Happy Halloween, Christmas friends!

As predicted, Nancy was not amused when she realized that our stealth carver left an empty liquor bottle as part of the scene of the vomiting pumpkin. Why couldn't they leave a full bottle? LOL!! Just kidding! She would kill me just for joking about that! We saw one of the local preachers last night, and he mentioned that someone pointed out our house to him yesterday. Nancy flipped out, thinking he might've seen the bottle on the front step. I assured her that you couldn't tell what it was from the road. Whew, dodged THAT bullet!

Elizabeth's play was a great, sold-out success! All of the kids gave a great performance, especially Elizabeth. The dinner was super, too. They have regional competition on Friday, then an encore Dessert Theater performance at school again next Thursday. Here she is on the porch that required all of my carpentry talents:

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I hope y'all have a spooky day!

Elizabeth looks beautiful!
Haha!! The bottle....hope Nancy is ok with it now!

 

[Yuletide Junkie]

Yep!

I know Mr. wants the 2018 World Series on DVD. It'll make Christmas shopping for him easy!

I'll stick with the annual World Series documentary. The games package is a bit more than I'm willing to invest.

 

[Yuletide Junkie]

Happy Halloween MMC! It's the big day October 31st. Not sure how we are now Halfway through the Bers already. Going to have some pizza tonight, watch Halloween shows and hand out candy. Weather will cooperate with a mild high of 63 and sunny skies. Have a Happy Halloween!

I reflected on the mid - point of our Bers journey when I changed the date on my calendar, today. It is a speedy quick journey to New Year's Eve. Must accept...Don't have to like it, but must accept.

 

[made582]

Glad to hear you are feeling better!!! xx
Snowflake just got a Balsam Hill tree & set it up. It's beautiful!! Makes me want to put up my tree too!!!
Hope you are having a good day!

Shhh, I’m sneaking up there and stealing that tree. I love it!! Lol!!

 

[made582]

Happy Halloween!! My plan is for pizza and my girls are going to their friends tonight so we will relax at home. Kids are off tomorrow due to parent conferences so this makes this night even better for them. Hope you all have a wonderful day!!

Hope your girls have fun tonight!!

Happy Halloween!

Friday the folks on my end of the building (workplace) decided that they'd wear animal "onesie" costumes today. I was out Friday and didn't find out until it was too late, but last night I snagged some fox ears and a tail and am wearing an orange sweater and khaki cords, socks, and loafers. Didn't turn out too bad! So far we have a tiger, a flying squirrel, a pink bunny, a dinosaur, and a couple others. So festive!

Mom’s Therapiest was dressed up as Mickey this morning.

Happy Halloween, Christmas friends!

As predicted, Nancy was not amused when she realized that our stealth carver left an empty liquor bottle as part of the scene of the vomiting pumpkin. Why couldn't they leave a full bottle? LOL!! Just kidding! She would kill me just for joking about that! We saw one of the local preachers last night, and he mentioned that someone pointed out our house to him yesterday. Nancy flipped out, thinking he might've seen the bottle on the front step. I assured her that you couldn't tell what it was from the road. Whew, dodged THAT bullet!

Elizabeth's play was a great, sold-out success! All of the kids gave a great performance, especially Elizabeth. The dinner was super, too. They have regional competition on Friday, then an encore Dessert Theater performance at school again next Thursday. Here she is on the porch that required all of my carpentry talents:

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I hope y'all have a spooky day!

Elizabeth looks beautiful and so does that porch!! You did a great job!!

Good luck to her on Friday!!

Good morning MMC!! Merry Pines Day/Happy Halloween/Can't believe tomorrow is NOVEMBER!! It's a super dreary ol day here! It's 60º but doesn't seem like it - especially from the inside looking out - it looks cold!!! LOL!!
Not much going on today besides working at both places & my brother/sil/dog made it in yesterday so I'm sure we will be hanging at moms to visit after work! We got together last night - many of my nieces/nephews were able to make it, which was nice. The great grandkids were having a ball/so cute & funny! The original plan was to order pizza but my sister made tortilla chicken soup, my SIL made a big salad, we had rotisserie chicken, KFC rolls & chicken...plus lots of snacks. It was a feast! Mom seemed to be having a better night. It was nice to see her sitting in her chair & not laying in that bed!!!
Everyone, have a GREAT day!! I hope to catch up a little around here this morning!! xx

Glad to hear mom was feeling stronger last night and that your family made it in safely!! Have fun visiting with them!!

Hope your moms appointment goes well & you have a great day!
Happy Halloween!

Thanks!! It went well! She’s pretty sore now though.

 

[Meceka]

Happy Halloween!

 

[Scott Calvin]

Happy Halloween MMC crew! Hope you have an amazing night across the pond ‍

 

[sugar142286]

Have a Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween, Holiday!

 

[xmastidings]

No ... at that age, I didn't want anything to do with eggnog. Only with the wisdom of maturity have I developed a liking for eggnog. Up here, Hood Golden Eggnog is about the best. But the fat, calories, and sugar ... !!! I have a quart in my fridge, but haven't had the courage to open it yet.

I'll have to look for that up here.

My grandparents, would give me a little taste when I was really little (I can remember that and my grandmother saying, "don't give him too much, it might upset his stomach!") and, as time went by, I really started liking it at a young age and would always ask for some during the holidays. back them though (in the 60's) it was homemade eggnog and was it ever good! I have never been able to find an eggnog that reminded me of when I was little until I tried the High's brand. I just love it!

I was just wondering, can you freeze eggnog and then re-thaw it later on in the year?

 

[MerryCarey]

I'll have to look for that up here.

My grandparents, would give me a little taste when I was really little (I can remember that and my grandmother saying, "don't give him too much, it might upset his stomach!") and, as time went by, I really started liking it at a young age and would always ask for some during the holidays. back them though (in the 60's) it was homemade eggnog and was it ever good! I have never been able to find an eggnog that reminded me of when I was little until I tried the High's brand. I just love it!

I was just wondering, can you freeze eggnog and then re-thaw it later on in the year?

I really doubt it. Yeah, the composition is similar to ice cream, but ice cream was made to be frozen. I wouldn't want to eat or drink year-old dairy, even if it had been frozen.