Christmas Countdown - 2011

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oh MsChristmas, it's just awful when the little ones are sick. we have a terrible time with my daughter, she is sick a couple of times a week lately. we have an appointment at the hospital on thursday just to rule everything out, i personally think she has an intolerance to milk.

i'm off to my friend's little girl's birthday party tomorrow, it's on a farm so that should be fun! then i'm visiting my dad for the afternoon... what a rock and roll weekend hey! cheesy

just finishing my coffee then i better log off and bath my daughter, speak to you all later.
 
Good afternoon,

We spent the day volunteering at my aunt and uncle's cleaning up and salvaging what we could. We have more friends around that same neighborhood, checked on them , one of them had more than $10,000 worth of stuff looted from their home, and another family who my wife taught the daughters the house is completely gone the girls barely made it into the basement when their house collapsed and trapped them in the basement, their neighbors rescued them, and a lot of kids from the high school were helping them clean up the mess. The high school seniors were supposed to celebrate their graduation tonight, but it has been postponed until Wednesday and will be outside and turned into a big community event. This community has been amazing, there is someone coming by 2x an hour asking everyone if they need water, the first church was sending people all over town with boxes of hot dogs to feed everyone, impromptu BBQ's feeding the victims and volunteers. I live in an amazing town the people here have been so helpful with each other.
Speaking of aunt and uncle, she was interviewed by Channel 7 WHDH (Boston) and they filmed me carrying her guess what: Her Christmas tree which was blown nearly 100 yards away from her house, so MerryCarey if you see a guy carrying a Christmas tree in Monson wearing a Bruins shirt that would be me. Also they were talking about the debris from the tornadoes and my uncles address labels were found out in Natick, Ma some 60+ miles away, the wind carried it that far away!

Talk to you soon.
 
wow XMAS365, i'm so pleased that your community are all pulling together, you'll all get through it together and be stronger and closer for it. you're in my thoughts, stay safe.
 
xmas365 said:
Speaking of aunt and uncle, she was interviewed by Channel 7 WHDH (Boston) and they filmed me carrying her guess what: Her Christmas tree which was blown nearly 100 yards away from her house, so MerryCarey if you see a guy carrying a Christmas tree in Monson wearing a Bruins shirt that would be me. Also they were talking about the debris from the tornadoes and my uncles address labels were found out in Natick, Ma some 60+ miles away, the wind carried it that far away!

Talk to you soon.
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Now I have to look up news videos to see if I can spot you! Wonder if 'DH has a video archive online? ... They do! Click here to go their videos, then click on the tab that says "Tornadoes 2011," then look for "Residents search for belongings." Click on that, and it'll play in the player at the top of the screen. I saw your aunt and uncle and the Christmas tree, but I didn't see you.

Your uncle's address labels found in Natick?? That's my neighborhood ... wow. Sounds like your storm headed in our direction ... if it had held together, we might've been in the same boat.

The tornadoes were such a terrible thing, but it's inspiring to see how the communities that were hit have pulled together and are helping each other. Except for the looters. They should be shot, along with anybody else who takes advantage of tragedies.
 
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xmas365 said:
Good afternoon,

We spent the day volunteering at my aunt and uncle's cleaning up and salvaging what we could. We have more friends around that same neighborhood, checked on them , one of them had more than $10,000 worth of stuff looted from their home, and another family who my wife taught the daughters the house is completely gone the girls barely made it into the basement when their house collapsed and trapped them in the basement, their neighbors rescued them, and a lot of kids from the high school were helping them clean up the mess. The high school seniors were supposed to celebrate their graduation tonight, but it has been postponed until Wednesday and will be outside and turned into a big community event. This community has been amazing, there is someone coming by 2x an hour asking everyone if they need water, the first church was sending people all over town with boxes of hot dogs to feed everyone, impromptu BBQ's feeding the victims and volunteers. I live in an amazing town the people here have been so helpful with each other.
Speaking of aunt and uncle, she was interviewed by Channel 7 WHDH (Boston) and they filmed me carrying her guess what: Her Christmas tree which was blown nearly 100 yards away from her house, so MerryCarey if you see a guy carrying a Christmas tree in Monson wearing a Bruins shirt that would be me. Also they were talking about the debris from the tornadoes and my uncles address labels were found out in Natick, Ma some 60+ miles away, the wind carried it that far away!

Talk to you soon.
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So terrible for people to take advantage of a situation and loot!

The good news is, you have more nice people than bad and happy to hear that everyone is joining together to help.

60 miles away on address labels! Yikes!

Again, I am so happy that you all are physically ok!
 
MerryCarey said:
Now I have to look up news videos to see if I can spot you! Wonder if 'DH has a video archive online? ... They do! Click here to go their videos, then click on the tab that says "Tornadoes 2011," then look for "Residents search for belongings." Click on that, and it'll play in the player at the top of the screen. I saw your aunt and uncle and the Christmas tree, but I didn't see you.

Your uncle's address labels found in Natick?? That's my neighborhood ... wow. Sounds like your storm headed in our direction ... if it had held together, we might've been in the same boat.

The tornadoes were such a terrible thing, but it's inspiring to see how the communities that were hit have pulled together and are helping each other. Except for the looters. They should be shot, along with anybody else who takes advantage of tragedies.
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I saw my aunts interview, and they didn't keep the footage of me with it, I guess they don't put goofy looking guys carrying a Christmas tree in the spring on the news. cheesy

Here is my aunts interview. http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/...ghbors-look-for-memories-swept-away-by-storm/
 
MerryCarey said:
Now I have to look up news videos to see if I can spot you! Wonder if 'DH has a video archive online? ... They do! Click here to go their videos, then click on the tab that says "Tornadoes 2011," then look for "Residents search for belongings." Click on that, and it'll play in the player at the top of the screen. I saw your aunt and uncle and the Christmas tree, but I didn't see you.

Your uncle's address labels found in Natick?? That's my neighborhood ... wow. Sounds like your storm headed in our direction ... if it had held together, we might've been in the same boat.

The tornadoes were such a terrible thing, but it's inspiring to see how the communities that were hit have pulled together and are helping each other. Except for the looters. They should be shot, along with anybody else who takes advantage of tragedies.
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Agree x 100000! How AWFUL can a person be to loot the home of someone affected by such a terrible tragedy???

I am hoping your aunt and uncle can rebuild quickly, xmas, and find some peace someday soon.
 
Well, I have pretty much lost my voice! This is one of the weirdest colds I have had. I had a coughing attack at school and scared the kids. They kept saying, "Are you losing your voice?" Duh!! I hope all of y'all have a great evening. I am so tired, so I will go veg in front of the TV!
 
judesmama said:
Did I tell you guys my little Noel is now taking steps?!?! He is such a daredevil! He has had more bruises, cut lips, and bumps in his 9 months than Jude has in 3years!!
If you don't hear from me for awhile, you'll know I had a heart attcak because of my crazy baby!!!
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sounds like a handful! cheesy
 
RadioJonD said:
…and Alice has a fairly cool syndicated radio show too! A local station here carries “Nights with Alice Cooper”. The rare times I’m listening to cooperate radio, Cooper is usually the reason.
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One of our local stations carry his show, too cheesy
 
xmas365 said:
Good afternoon,

We spent the day volunteering at my aunt and uncle's cleaning up and salvaging what we could. We have more friends around that same neighborhood, checked on them , one of them had more than $10,000 worth of stuff looted from their home, and another family who my wife taught the daughters the house is completely gone the girls barely made it into the basement when their house collapsed and trapped them in the basement, their neighbors rescued them, and a lot of kids from the high school were helping them clean up the mess. The high school seniors were supposed to celebrate their graduation tonight, but it has been postponed until Wednesday and will be outside and turned into a big community event. This community has been amazing, there is someone coming by 2x an hour asking everyone if they need water, the first church was sending people all over town with boxes of hot dogs to feed everyone, impromptu BBQ's feeding the victims and volunteers. I live in an amazing town the people here have been so helpful with each other.
Speaking of aunt and uncle, she was interviewed by Channel 7 WHDH (Boston) and they filmed me carrying her guess what: Her Christmas tree which was blown nearly 100 yards away from her house, so MerryCarey if you see a guy carrying a Christmas tree in Monson wearing a Bruins shirt that would be me. Also they were talking about the debris from the tornadoes and my uncles address labels were found out in Natick, Ma some 60+ miles away, the wind carried it that far away!

Talk to you soon.
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I have such a hard time watching the videos, so much destruction. I guess it reminds me a bit of when we lost everything in a house fire when the kids were small. You are in a state of shock and just move about as if in a dream. It will take a long time for everyone to get rebuilt and back into a home again.
It is always great when everyone pulls together and helps where ever they can.
Continuing to pray for you all.
 
Good evening!

I finally finished with work and took a few minutes to catch up on the Forum - I'm beat. Good night everyone. Pleasant dreams!!!!!
 
I am going to retire for the night, I have seen enough destruction and heard so many stories of heartbreak the last few days. Tomorrow I will start to go back to normalcy with going back to work tomorrow. And cheer for the Bruins tomorrow night.

I still haven't had a good cry over this whole thing yet, it will hit me at some point.

Have a good night.
 
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