Christmas Countdown - 2011

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Oh no, I am so, so, sorry. It is so hard to lose someone you love. May you and your family find peace soon. Thinking of you.
 
I am terribly sorry for your loss... I send you lots of hugs, and prayers, and strength to get through your pain and of course your families pain... Of course also for those children who have lost their mum...

JOHNOR said:
hi gang,

those of you that read my post regarding my aunt... i'm afraid our prayers weren't answered this time. my beautiful aunt was taken from us last night. i'm in a state of shock, it came from nowhere, she had a stroke and left us within hours. her health good and she was very active and busy (she had a bypass may years ago but we still never dreamed this could happen)

my cousins are just desperately losing hope, they feel they can't cope without their mum, we all feel that way actually, she was the one everyone turned to in times of need. she was too young for this to happen to her.

i feel so angry, why did it have to be her? why weren't my prayers answered??? i know i'll never understand until i'm no longer here, but at this moment i'm angry and feel like i need answers.

thank you for all your kind thoughts and prayers. i'm trying to stay hopeful and positive and be strong as i believe everything happens for a reason, i just wish i knew what that reason was.
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JOHNOR said:
i'm afraid our prayers weren't answered this time. my beautiful aunt was taken from us last night.
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I am so sorry to hear this Johnor. My prayers go out to you and your entire family.
 
Has anyone else had a problem registering to use christmas chatter? Every time I try it tells me

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Even though I am using made582. I have tried using both my desktop and laptop. I also tried using both firefox and IE. I even tried clearing my cookies.
 
Annette1990 said:
Good evening friends!
Wanted to pop in to say hello. How's everyones summer going so far? Mine has been kinda blah with all the rain and flooding in certain areas. Our local rodeo was cancelled due to flooding at the arena. But the parade went on and it was fun to watch and also check out all the vendors. I haven't planted many flowers this year either. Hard to get into it all when the weather hasn't cooperated. Work keeps me busy and I hope to squeeze in some camping before the season is over with. Can't hardly believe we are only 182 days away from Christmas. Where has the time gone? Have a great night!cheesy
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Nice to see you here!
 
Coach- It looks like Junior's luck is returning.:-?
 
JOHNOR said:
hi gang,

those of you that read my post regarding my aunt... i'm afraid our prayers weren't answered this time. my beautiful aunt was taken from us last night. i'm in a state of shock, it came from nowhere, she had a stroke and left us within hours. her health good and she was very active and busy (she had a bypass may years ago but we still never dreamed this could happen)

my cousins are just desperately losing hope, they feel they can't cope without their mum, we all feel that way actually, she was the one everyone turned to in times of need. she was too young for this to happen to her.

i feel so angry, why did it have to be her? why weren't my prayers answered??? i know i'll never understand until i'm no longer here, but at this moment i'm angry and feel like i need answers.

thank you for all your kind thoughts and prayers. i'm trying to stay hopeful and positive and be strong as i believe everything happens for a reason, i just wish i knew what that reason was.
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http://youtu.be/uHdcyue0bSw
(this song was played at the funeral of our pastors son who died of leukemia almost 2 years ago, Ben was 18 years old)

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made582 said:
Has anyone else had a problem registering at christmas chatter? Every time I try it tells me

Your username has special characters.
These characters are not allowed,
!@#$%^&)+=-[]';,./{}|":<>?.
Please remove them and try again.

Even though I am using made582. I have tried using both my desktop and laptop. I also tried using both firefox and IE. I even tried clearing my cookies.
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I just tried mine and it was fine
 
Just scored BIGTIME at Hallmark!!! All of last year's leftover ornaments were - get this - 99 cents!!!!!!!!!!!!

I even got one I was looking at last year but was too cheap! (The "Where the Wild Things Are" one with Max and the sailboat - it's my husband and Jude's favorite book!!) I am sooo excited! So go check your Hallmark! Mine was getting prepared for the ornament premiere so they were desperate to get rid of 'em!
 
kerstig said:
Eventhough I seem to be to busy to be on here, I do think a lot about you guys, so I came to say hello. Also, I met Christmas on my summer vacation and I wanted to tell you guys;
Me and my boyfriend went on summer vacation to Iceland, an extremely beautiful country, which nature is so different from anything else I have ever seen, I would strongly advise any one who has the chance to visit it. It was wonderously amazing. Some days we were there, my boyfriend had to attent a congres, which is why we had the opportunity to visit a country that expensive (both the flight, the stay and the food was expensive), so I strolled through Reykjavik on my own.
On the very first day, I came across a Christmas store, an amazing little shop entirely filled with christmas items, open all year, even though Reykjavik doesn't have much of a shopping centre, Christmas was well represented, and i went back every day. Of course I didn't fail to take pictures, and the wonderous thing was that the girl working there, was unable to speak english, and evidently tourists never came in, even though the city was flooded with tourists. In the hotel, one of the girls who worked there, told me that Christmas is a very important part of the Islandic culture and in Iceland, they believe in 12 Yulelads, who each visit on a different day of Christmas :) I did not know this at all :) In the end, I bought some christmas cookie cutters, a christmas chefs hat&kitchen apron, and a christmas towel, all these things you won't find in Holland :D

Of course I didn't fail to take pictures, but i lost the lead from my phone to my computer, so it'll take a while before i can upload them...
I did have an amazing summer break!
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That sounds awesome, glad to see you back!
 
House is clean, yard is mowed....ready for another work week. Now, enjoy the rest of the night by relaxing!

Going to read the boards and relax for a while. See yall later!
 
JOHNOR said:
hi gang,

those of you that read my post regarding my aunt... i'm afraid our prayers weren't answered this time. my beautiful aunt was taken from us last night. i'm in a state of shock, it came from nowhere, she had a stroke and left us within hours. her health good and she was very active and busy (she had a bypass may years ago but we still never dreamed this could happen)

my cousins are just desperately losing hope, they feel they can't cope without their mum, we all feel that way actually, she was the one everyone turned to in times of need. she was too young for this to happen to her.

i feel so angry, why did it have to be her? why weren't my prayers answered??? i know i'll never understand until i'm no longer here, but at this moment i'm angry and feel like i need answers.

thank you for all your kind thoughts and prayers. i'm trying to stay hopeful and positive and be strong as i believe everything happens for a reason, i just wish i knew what that reason was.
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I am so sorry for you and your family's loss.
 
judesmama said:
Just scored BIGTIME at Hallmark!!! All of last year's leftover ornaments were - get this - 99 cents!!!!!!!!!!!!

I even got one I was looking at last year but was too cheap! (The "Where the Wild Things Are" one with Max and the sailboat - it's my husband and Jude's favorite book!!) I am sooo excited! So go check your Hallmark! Mine was getting prepared for the ornament premiere so they were desperate to get rid of 'em!
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Awesome finds, my local Hallmark has ornaments from years ago still at only 50% off.
 
not sure I will make it for chat but FYI- QVC has it Christmas in July schedule set- begins July 23rd.

YABBA!
 
and Garden Ridge is beginning to clear shelves..... it is beginning...

YABBA!
 
Seawaters said:
I haven't really felt like it lately, but I want to make a book to hold cards for each month of the year. That way, you can put B-Day cards or anniversary cards in the pockets and be ready to send the cards. I hope everyone has a great day. Congratulations to Xmas365 for a well-deserved honor!!
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Seawaters - The Hallmark that I work at sells them...in fact I just bought one when I worked Saturday morning! I can't wait...I finally have places to store all the cards I buy for people's birthdays/anniversaries!! :)

Also, congrats from me as well to xmas365! What a great honor! :D

JOHNOR said:
hi gang,

those of you that read my post regarding my aunt... i'm afraid our prayers weren't answered this time. my beautiful aunt was taken from us last night.
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I am so sorry Johnor...my thoughts are with you and your family as you cope. <3 Please try to stay strong though...it will be hard but I know you can do it!! *hugs*
 
Hi everyone!

Just popping in from a very busy week/weekend to say hi! I'm beginning to wonder if life will ever settle down...every time I think there's a free moment, something else comes up! It never ends! But at least I can never say that I'm bored! :)

I might try to pop into the chat and say hi, but there is so much cleaning to do and I have a crazy work week coming up (in addition to every day at Kohl's, I'm back to three nights a week at Hallmark...which leaves no time for ANYTHING, argh). Sometimes I wish I could just find ONE full time job instead of two part time ones, but I will deal. :)

Hope everyone has a good night, and I will try to pop in now and again throughout the week if I can!
 
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