Christmas Countdown - 2019
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Up and at it early got my merry mojo working.
Had a hard time getting to sleep and staying asleep, but the cat let me sleep in until 4:45.
Wonder what he did when I wasn't home yesterday - likely nothing.
Beautiful weather for the weekend. No rain except for a sun shower the last 5 days so the sand is quite dusty and spins around and sends the pollen flying when the wind kicks in, but I'm enjoying the sunshine.
Just chatted with my other brother - I'll see him tonight for the first time since my husband passed away so that hug is long overdue.
Have a great weekend - I'll poke my head in tomorrow around dinner time.
Keep a merry thought in your head
Hope you enjoyed the visit with your brother!
Morning all
Sorry for the absence but Friday was my husbands birthday - he is a solstice baby so we spent most the day out. I took him to breakfast and then he went shopping for new motorbike gloves so we visited 3 different shops before he found a pair he liked.....and men say that us girls are bad! Then had birthday pizza and cake when the kids got home. We cut the grass in the garden, husband took down a piece of decking he had outlayed as humungo pup keeps running into it now and we aired the tent overnight.
They were supposed to be camping away tonight but they got all packed up, left, rode on the motorbike to where they wanted to be and then my sons stomach started acting up so they were home by about 6 but they had a nice day together and enjoyed a little bbq whilst they were out. I think they are going to do that more often together now and just end up wherever the road takes them for some quality time together which is nice.
Meanwhile me and my little Holly bud spent the day making different loom band bracelets, visiting her grandma, playing in the park and walking the dogthe sun was shining too which was nice.
Today we are going to visit my sister and nieces so that will be good fun too.
Happy Summer All - yesterday was lovely with high temps and lots of sunshine so I am hoping for more of the same today but it looks a bit overcast at the minute. I think we are in for some nice sun all week though.
Have a great day all!
Happy Birthday to your hubby! Hope your son is feeling better!
Merry Morning!
My dad and I returned last night instead of sleeping over and returning today as originally planned.
We had a great visit and a perfect family BBQ picnic in the back yard and then I thanked everyone for coming and offered a few words about my husband and his relationship with them. I passed out five personal items that he wanted me to pass along to specific people. His nephew cried softly when I gave him Gary's tie clip that he wore at our wedding and a few times since that day.
We watched the video that was made for his 70th birthday so we could remember part of a life well lived.
I was starting to get a bit emotional and decided to leave so I wouldn't change the focus.
I don't cry like I used to since I lost my mom and my husband, I find that I sob and I didn't want everyone feeling sorry for me.
I am happy that my husband had a great life although the last three years was difficult for him, he never stopped trying to take care of those around him even when he couldn't.
He was my best friend and I know I will have strong days and tearful ones and that's a good thing because it means that we had a wonderful relationship and I miss his physical presence in my life.
I heard a text tone and went to look at my phone and what I saw was information about Gary's hospital room; I must have pocket launched my NOTES page and that was the last entry. I cleared the image and saw the text from a co-worker, but that it interesting that the message popped up when I was on my way for the last organized "good bye celebration".
I know that it's perfectly fine and normal to grieve, I just prefer to do it when I'm alone so I can let the emotions flow and come to my smiling ways by recalling happy times instead of the sad and challenging last year of our life together.
My husband would be please that his nephew (and his girlfriend) made the trip to Ottawa to join us for a family celebration and proud of #1 son for making Terry feel so at home and welcome.
It was also good to see my brother. He and my dad and I were able to get caught up with each other and even recalled some family vacations and included a few memories of Gary.
All the grandchildren made it and that was important to me because I know how pleased Gary would be that we were all together. I had a variety of games to choose from and many of them were played like pick up sticks, jacks, tic-tac-toe and I even had fidget spinners and a deck of cards because he always enjoyed watching the grandchildren playing games and bonding together.
Got in just after midnight, spent some time with O'Malley cat and then went to bed. I will likely return shortly for a nap before heading out to run errands.
#2 son realized that the rings attached to the pillow that read, "The best part of memories is making them" consisted of my engagement ring and my husbands wedding band. That was my trigger that lead to my quick departure. I am still wearing my wedding band, but the sad reality that I'm a widow hit me hard.
I am hopeful that I will continue to honour and cherish our love and life together and I know we aren't finished sharing our stories and memories with each other.
The actor Jack Lemmon said, "Death ends a life, not the relationship." He was absolutely right and that statement carried me through the loss of my mom because even though she's gone, she will remain my mother. Down the road when I find myself in a new relationship, I know that Gary will always take up permanent residence in my heart and mind because we were soulmates and that will never change.
Stay Jolly!
Thinking of you, Auntie!
Thanks!
Great to see you too!
AuntieMistletoeDear
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Beautiful day in my neighbourhood = going to a fundraising car wash, grabbing some groceries and then off to see Rocketman with a friend in the afternoon.
Merry Sunday MMC!
It’s a beautiful day, lots of sunshine and we’re going to have highs near 80 degrees. Not too much planned, we’ll just be relaxing by the pool and grilling for dinner. I hope everyone is well and has a wonderful day!
xx
It’s a beautiful day, lots of sunshine and we’re going to have highs near 80 degrees. Not too much planned, we’ll just be relaxing by the pool and grilling for dinner. I hope everyone is well and has a wonderful day!
xx
Good morning all! Happy Sunday! I’m working today, so no real plans here. Hope you have a blessed day!
Thanks Crown! Happy 2nd Half of Summer Weekend!
Posted a schedule for EVINE Christmas sales under the TV section. Re posting here for some that don't check out that section.
Don't know much about the shopping channel called evine but appears to be a channel like QVC. Appears you can watch online or use the link below to find a local channel for you. As you see below the schedule jumps around a bit they have some other shows in between but could not tell if they were Christmas or not.
https://www.evine.com/onair/channelfinder?cm_re=GN-_-ONAIR-_-CHANNELFINDER
The following is based on central time zone.
Sunday 23rd 2019
10 - 11 PM Lionel Trains
11 - 12 AM Winter Wonderland
Monday 24th
12 - 1 AM Mark Roberts Collectibles
1 - 2 AM Lionel Trains
2 - 3 AM The Toy Shop
5 - 6 AM Mark Roberts Collectibles
6 - 7 AM Lionel Trains
8 - 9 AM The Toy Shop ft. Lionel (thinking they really want to sale Lonel Trains)
9 - 10 AM Mark Roberts Collectibles
3 - 4 PM Mark Roberts Collectibles
6 - 7 PM Winter Wonderland Decor Ft. Fitz & Floyd
7 -8 PM Lionel Trains
Don't know much about the shopping channel called evine but appears to be a channel like QVC. Appears you can watch online or use the link below to find a local channel for you. As you see below the schedule jumps around a bit they have some other shows in between but could not tell if they were Christmas or not.
https://www.evine.com/onair/channelfinder?cm_re=GN-_-ONAIR-_-CHANNELFINDER
The following is based on central time zone.
Sunday 23rd 2019
10 - 11 PM Lionel Trains
11 - 12 AM Winter Wonderland
Monday 24th
12 - 1 AM Mark Roberts Collectibles
1 - 2 AM Lionel Trains
2 - 3 AM The Toy Shop
5 - 6 AM Mark Roberts Collectibles
6 - 7 AM Lionel Trains
8 - 9 AM The Toy Shop ft. Lionel (thinking they really want to sale Lonel Trains)
9 - 10 AM Mark Roberts Collectibles
3 - 4 PM Mark Roberts Collectibles
6 - 7 PM Winter Wonderland Decor Ft. Fitz & Floyd
7 -8 PM Lionel Trains
This is the best news so far this year!
Just a quick reminder for next week. Don't forget to keep an eye on the QVC Viewers thread
Sunday June 30th
12 – 1 AM House to Home by Valerie – Holiday Edition
1- 2 AM Mr. Christmas
2 – 5 AM The Joy of Christmas
5 – 6 AM Jim Shore Hearthwood Creek – Folk Art Collectibles
6 – 7 AM Holidays Aglow – Decorative Lights
7 – 9 AM House to Home By Valerie – Holiday Edition
9 – 11 AM Sundays with Carolyn & Dan – Holiday Edition
11 am – 2 PM In the Kitchen with David – Holiday Food Edition
2 – 3 PM David’s Great Big Christmas
3 – 5 PM House to Home by Valerie – Holiday Edition
5 – 7 PM Christmas In July sale
7 – 9 PM House to Home by Valerie – Holiday Edition
9 – 11 PM The Joy of Christmas
Sunday June 30th
12 – 1 AM House to Home by Valerie – Holiday Edition
1- 2 AM Mr. Christmas
2 – 5 AM The Joy of Christmas
5 – 6 AM Jim Shore Hearthwood Creek – Folk Art Collectibles
6 – 7 AM Holidays Aglow – Decorative Lights
7 – 9 AM House to Home By Valerie – Holiday Edition
9 – 11 AM Sundays with Carolyn & Dan – Holiday Edition
11 am – 2 PM In the Kitchen with David – Holiday Food Edition
2 – 3 PM David’s Great Big Christmas
3 – 5 PM House to Home by Valerie – Holiday Edition
5 – 7 PM Christmas In July sale
7 – 9 PM House to Home by Valerie – Holiday Edition
9 – 11 PM The Joy of Christmas
AuntieMistletoeDear
MMC Hostess of Christmas Online
MMC Lifer
Christmas.com Alum
Christmas Crew
Christmas Talk Alum
That film was amazing; touched my heart so deeply and sincerely that I'm now rushing to get tickets to Elton's Farewell concert in October. I was talking about it with my husband a month before he went into the hospital for the last time and I trust he would want me to treat myself to something special like this since he and I shared so many types of music in common. I missed the Paul McCartney tour; I don't want to miss this one.
Ran into an old friend at the car wash fundraiser for a p.t. paramedic who is going through treatment for testicular cancer - he doesn't qualify for benefits and two months into his career, he received the diagnosis.
Rose's husband, Barry was in the ER a few curtains away from my husband's sheltered stall. When we were advancing to Gary's room, I wanted to take Barry with us so I could keep an eye on him when Rose wasn't around. He begins stem cell treatments in a few weeks and their son is getting married this summer. I am hopeful it works for him. She told me what an inspiration I was for her during her struggle to smile through the sadness. We had a very long hug and shared a few tears, hers brought mine on, but it was lovely being there for each other.
I brought two dozen donuts to the gang washing cars and then gave them a donation for their chum. I had my car washed last weekend - full luxury style, but after some highway driving and more pollen adding a green tinge to my black GT, I was happy to have it hosed down again.
Stay Jolly!
AuntieMistletoeDear
MMC Hostess of Christmas Online
MMC Lifer
Christmas.com Alum
Christmas Crew
Christmas Talk Alum
Glad it was fun; my mom used to throw us the best parties even if they were considered small, they weren't and we always got to choose what we wanted for our meal and sometimes what type of cake - other times the cake was a surprise.
Hello all!
Today was a pretty relaxing day overall. Rain moved in this evening, but was not too bad.
Henry has a friend over staying the night. Tomorrow we are going to take the boys to a retro video game/movie store that also has an old style arcade in it. It is really cool. Henry loves going there, he is really into all of the stuff from my childhood in the 80s.
MIL update: she is out of ICU and in a regular hospital room. She still struggles to stay awake and the infection is not gone yet. She has made a lot of progress though. The big issue now is getting her to eat. She does not want to eat the hospital food, or really anything but sweets. However, she is diabetic (part of the larger problem) and she really need some protein. But again, overall, she is making progress. Thanks for all of the positive vibes!
Everyone have a great night!
Today was a pretty relaxing day overall. Rain moved in this evening, but was not too bad.
Henry has a friend over staying the night. Tomorrow we are going to take the boys to a retro video game/movie store that also has an old style arcade in it. It is really cool. Henry loves going there, he is really into all of the stuff from my childhood in the 80s.
MIL update: she is out of ICU and in a regular hospital room. She still struggles to stay awake and the infection is not gone yet. She has made a lot of progress though. The big issue now is getting her to eat. She does not want to eat the hospital food, or really anything but sweets. However, she is diabetic (part of the larger problem) and she really need some protein. But again, overall, she is making progress. Thanks for all of the positive vibes!
Everyone have a great night!
Meceka
MMC Associate Editor
MMC Lifer
MMC Donor
Christmas Crew
Louann Jeffries Award
Santa's Elf
Kringle Radio DJ
Merry Morning!
My dad and I returned last night instead of sleeping over and returning today as originally planned.
We had a great visit and a perfect family BBQ picnic in the back yard and then I thanked everyone for coming and offered a few words about my husband and his relationship with them. I passed out five personal items that he wanted me to pass along to specific people. His nephew cried softly when I gave him Gary's tie clip that he wore at our wedding and a few times since that day.
We watched the video that was made for his 70th birthday so we could remember part of a life well lived.
I was starting to get a bit emotional and decided to leave so I wouldn't change the focus.
I don't cry like I used to since I lost my mom and my husband, I find that I sob and I didn't want everyone feeling sorry for me.
I am happy that my husband had a great life although the last three years was difficult for him, he never stopped trying to take care of those around him even when he couldn't.
He was my best friend and I know I will have strong days and tearful ones and that's a good thing because it means that we had a wonderful relationship and I miss his physical presence in my life.
I heard a text tone and went to look at my phone and what I saw was information about Gary's hospital room; I must have pocket launched my NOTES page and that was the last entry. I cleared the image and saw the text from a co-worker, but that it interesting that the message popped up when I was on my way for the last organized "good bye celebration".
I know that it's perfectly fine and normal to grieve, I just prefer to do it when I'm alone so I can let the emotions flow and come to my smiling ways by recalling happy times instead of the sad and challenging last year of our life together.
My husband would be please that his nephew (and his girlfriend) made the trip to Ottawa to join us for a family celebration and proud of #1 son for making Terry feel so at home and welcome.
It was also good to see my brother. He and my dad and I were able to get caught up with each other and even recalled some family vacations and included a few memories of Gary.
All the grandchildren made it and that was important to me because I know how pleased Gary would be that we were all together. I had a variety of games to choose from and many of them were played like pick up sticks, jacks, tic-tac-toe and I even had fidget spinners and a deck of cards because he always enjoyed watching the grandchildren playing games and bonding together.
Got in just after midnight, spent some time with O'Malley cat and then went to bed. I will likely return shortly for a nap before heading out to run errands.
#2 son realized that the rings attached to the pillow that read, "The best part of memories is making them" consisted of my engagement ring and my husbands wedding band. That was my trigger that lead to my quick departure. I am still wearing my wedding band, but the sad reality that I'm a widow hit me hard.
I am hopeful that I will continue to honour and cherish our love and life together and I know we aren't finished sharing our stories and memories with each other.
The actor Jack Lemmon said, "Death ends a life, not the relationship." He was absolutely right and that statement carried me through the loss of my mom because even though she's gone, she will remain my mother. Down the road when I find myself in a new relationship, I know that Gary will always take up permanent residence in my heart and mind because we were soulmates and that will never change.
{{{HUGS}}}
Meceka
MMC Associate Editor
MMC Lifer
MMC Donor
Christmas Crew
Louann Jeffries Award
Santa's Elf
Kringle Radio DJ
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