Christmas Countdown - 2011

[lauriebear]

Hey CROWN ( wake up) cannot find a response to my q- are we doing speical final 5 day posts? I asked for my traditional day 4.. is that a go..

speaking of go.. gotta get coffee

YABBA!

Binger, I cannot remember the post but Crown did give you the go ahead, I am not sure of all the other days but you did get the one you asked for, I asked about these posts and read all of them from LY all I can say was WOW... I asked and I am going to do day 3 I am nervous & excited!!!

GOOD MORNING!!! thanks kerstig & undrtakr. i'll def check the site out you guys posted for me to find it. kerstig, love your flooring & grey will look fab w/ it! TGIF!!!!!!! my daughter will be spending some time @ home this weekend, she's not going to her friends or anything, yaay! she's not being punished, she's just gonna hang w/ her "rents". can you believe it?we're inviting my 2yr.old godson over so i think that has something to do with it as she absolutely adores him.
trying to think of something for us to do so she will enjoy as will the 2yr.old. daughter thinks we are so boring. don't want to have to spend $ only time. hubby said we should invite friends over since weather allows & hang outside. we've gotta couple outdoor games; cornhole(that's what we call it), ladder toss, washer toss, & can jam. crazy names but alot of fun when you have lots of people. thinking maybe a fire in the pit since it's cool & just play & hang out. have a great Friday all!!

That sounds like the best kind of Fun, hope you enjoy it!!!

Thanks for your thoughts and prayers for Wayne. He is doing MUCH better and back to work.

YAY!!! So happy to have the good news

 

[made582]

Good Morning MMC!!!!!!!!! It's a chilly one here in central Indy but we are headed back up to the mid 80's.:-( Our fall festival starts today so I think I'm going to head out there for lunch. My niece's girl scout troop is going to have a float in the parade tomorrow so I'll be out there most of the day. I also have some cleaning to do today. I hope everyone is having a GREAT DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Holiday]

Good morning! Happy Friday!!!

Check out the email that my friends Mom sent to her this morning & my friend in turn fwd it to me:

Thought I'd let you know what I read in the Lima paper this morning........ it's supposed to be an awful winter - a couple blizzards and very cold, especially Dec. and Jan. It all has something to do with the warmth of Lake Erie and the equator, too. The Midwest is really supposed to get hit!!!

Doesn't that just make your day??? Gotta enjoy these good days. Right now - no rain till Thurs. (according to Lima station)

mom

Sounds like it could be an interesting winter! :grin:

 

[Christmasstar]

It's here fellow
Christmas fans!!!!
We have officially done away with 90% of the year
to the Christmas season!!
How exciting is that !
The Season is within sight!!!​

Days to the Season: 37
Days to Christmas Day: 79
​

November 13 starts the season of amazing fun and joy and parties and decorating and food and and...well add what ever you want!
10% of this year left to go through and then we are there!!!

 

[lauriebear]

It's here fellow
Christmas fans!!!!
We have officially done away with 90% of the year
to the Christmas season!!
How exciting is that !
The Season is within sight!!!​

Days to the Season: 37
Days to Christmas Day: 79
​

November 13 starts the season of amazing fun and joy and parties and decorating and food and and...well add what ever you want!
10% of this year left to go through and then we are there!!!

OMG!!! This gave me the chills!!! Just the thought, I SO love it...

 

[Seawaters]

Good morning, Christmas friends. It is a cool morning here in northern California. Hmmm. Maybe we will be on the Lima news when (hope, hope, hope) we have great winter weather, especially snow. Then I won't have to beg all of y'all to send me some! I will be heading off to school shortly to work my buns off. I think I will become Canadienne and American so I can celebrate Thanksgiving twice! I have a great prize to give away--coming soon! Have a great day, everyone!

 

[whitney37354]

more experience needed is what I hear way to often in my job search!

And how are you supposed to get experience if no one will hire you! Either that or "you're overqualified". I might be, but if I need a job, I can start at the bottom and work my way up.

 

[KerWa]

Well my niece is still really dizzy this morning and exrelmely itchy. No rash yet but it took 3 days last time before it started to appear. My sister has to take my nephew to the eye docotor this morning(he may need surgery because the muscles that control his eyes are to weak) and then if my niece is still bad this afternoon she is going to take her to the ER. My whole family is just falling apart. I think me and my youngest niece are the only 2 that don't have something majorly wrong with us at the moment.

I hope everything will be OK!

 

[KerWa]

Have a nice weekend everybody.

 

[snowflake22]

The Haunted Toru sounds so cool!
I will keep Harlowe in my thoughts and prayers!!

Thanks, Meceka!! Hugs to Palmer!

I forgot to say this last night, as I was driving home last night, I was on my road about 3/4 of a mile from home. I saw something cross the road, I slowed down thinking it was a deer as I got closer it looked like a dog, and then I really saw it in my high beams it was a coyote! I drove by it, it looked at me and started running towards my car. I was freaked out and sped up. I know their are coyotes in my area, but I never saw one before.

Wow, how crazy is that? I always thought they were supposed to be afraid of humans. We have quite a few howling around here at night, too. We can hear them coming from the open desert fields, and have to be very careful while walking Harlowe. A few people in a community across the highway have had their dogs taken from their fenced in backyards =(

That sounds so interesting, now that is something I would love to do!!! Thank you for the update on little Harlowe, I can completely understand how you feel about her.

Our animals are our fur children, nice to see so many people feel the same way

Interesting tour! My dad stayed at MGM hotel one month before it burned down.

Wow, thank God for timing. It's sad when you think that something tragic like that had to happen to make all hotel rooms have sprinklers installed in them.

I hope Harlowe will be ok!

Thank you, CAH!

My grandchildren did not come over today so I headed up to the gym with my mom and aunt and then planned to get a bunch of stuff done when I got home. Instead of having a burst of energy when I returned home I took a nap! Here it is after 3:30 and only got a load of laundry done. I feel a little better now so I hope to accomplish something.

I don't think I mentioned but Wayne ended up having to go to the doctor yesterday. Just when he thought he was doing better he got sick again! They ran blood work and the good news is it's just viral and the doctor said it will run it's course and he should be just fine. He has not eaten well for almost a week and finally getting a little appetite back.

Glad Wayne is feeling better!!

OMG Lauriebear...that sounds delicious!!! Send some to Pennsylvania, please? =)

Vegas too, please!!

LOL! Well, nothing at the moment...we are going to drop off the contract and the deposit at the Yorktowne tomorrow, so it will be officially official!! We are so excited!! Other than that, I'm going to make some dress appointments for next Friday so one of my matrons of honor can go with me, and then there's a bridal expo on the 26th so I'm excited about that! Thanks for asking! =)

Sounds like so much fun!! Excited for you!

Good evening, Christmas family


Another week finished for me. I am exhausted. The platform the company has us use to type from was down today when I tried to log on so I didn't even get started today until 4 p.m. which is an hour later than usual.....Now I have to make that time up before end of the pay period......I hope I can do it..

Lilnoelelf - Hope you forgive me, I forgot to tell you I hope you feel better !!!!

CAH - As I mentioned, praying for Wayne.......poor guy

Snowflake - Sending prayers and big warm ((HUGS)) to your Harlowe xo


She & I both thank you, CM3!! Hugs to your fur children, too!


Made - It makes me so sad that a family as nice as your has to go through all this stuff.....xo


I watched a special I taped on Animal Planet about Polar bears and these spy cams that scientists invented in order to get closer.......Would you believe I could hardly watch it??

It was about two mommy bears and their cubs. They all almost died.......I was in tears before it was over but they made it okay.......I know I am boring always talking about animals.....I guess they are just so important to me.......xo

I hope everyone has a safe and peaceful Christmassy night xo

Goodnight Christmas family xo

That does sound hard to watch :-(
I love the Animal Planet! Half the time I end up in tears, too!
I love talking about animals as well. They are so loving & sweet. I always figure that if someone is an animal lover, they have to be a kind & compassionate person.

GOOD MORNING!!! thanks kerstig & undrtakr. i'll def check the site out you guys posted for me to find it. kerstig, love your flooring & grey will look fab w/ it! TGIF!!!!!!! my daughter will be spending some time @ home this weekend, she's not going to her friends or anything, yaay! she's not being punished, she's just gonna hang w/ her "rents". can you believe it?we're inviting my 2yr.old godson over so i think that has something to do with it as she absolutely adores him.
trying to think of something for us to do so she will enjoy as will the 2yr.old. daughter thinks we are so boring. don't want to have to spend $ only time. hubby said we should invite friends over since weather allows & hang outside. we've gotta couple outdoor games; cornhole(that's what we call it), ladder toss, washer toss, & can jam. crazy names but alot of fun when you have lots of people. thinking maybe a fire in the pit since it's cool & just play & hang out. have a great Friday all!!

I love cornhole & bocce!! Sound like you will have a fun weekend with your family~ enjoy!

:smile:

 

[snowflake22]

TGIF, Christmas friends!!

It is a beautiful, sunny fall day- high of 68 degrees here. I'm looking forward to some rest & relaxation this weekend after a busy & stressful work week! My company had to lay off a friend of mine, I feel so bad for her. You see things like that every once in awhile, but it never gets any easier. Hopefully things will turn around soon.

On a happier note, I am getting excited about the Christmas Card exchange!! I wonder how many people are signed up so far?!
Can't believe we are down to just 78 DAYS!!! YAY!

Well, break time is almost over...
I hope everyone has a beautiful weekend!! :smile:

:}

 

[Bradmac]

Good Friday afternoon, my Christmas friends!

It's been kind of hectic around work today, so I haven't been around as much. The kids are out of school this afternoon and all day Monday for Fall break. I usually like to go to the mountains on their fall break, but my wife is an accountant, and Oct. 15 is some big deadline....so I can't go!!!

Poor me. LOL

Oh, well. I hope y'all have a great day! cheesy

 

[CJ498]

TGIF everyone! Hope everyone is doing great on this autumn afternoon. So glad this week is about over and got the weekend to relax a little.

I ordered the first new addition to my Christmas village for this year, I usually add 2 or 3 pieces to it every year.
Lemax Village "Tower Theater"

The leaves on the trees are really starting to change color around here fast which means raking them up when they fall down soon, (one of my least favorite things to do all year, would rather be shoveling show lol)

Hockey season is underway, watched an awesome game last night, Penguins won in a shootout (I'm a fanatic Pittsburgh Penguins fan lol) I'm a Steelers fan too, but they are not doing good this year, lots of great games on this weekend too, really looking forward to watching sports and relaxing and getting some work done on my website and hanging out on here this weekend!

I have not posted much in this thread, but going to try to keep up with it, it moves so fast!

Anyway, hope everyone has a great weekend!

:celebrate:

 

[Meceka]

Good choice on watching the hockey game! I am flipping between it and the Tigers/Yankees playoff baseball game. Quite a good night for a Canadian sports fan!

Quite a good night for Detroit Tiger fans! :dance:

I watched a special I taped on Animal Planet about Polar bears and these spy cams that scientists invented in order to get closer.......Would you believe I could hardly watch it??

It was about two mommy bears and their cubs. They all almost died.......I was in tears before it was over but they made it okay.......I know I am boring always talking about animals.....I guess they are just so important to me.......xo

You are not boring, CM3 - I love talking and reading about animals - they are very important to me, too! (((hugs)))

 

[Meceka]

Happy Milestone Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :dance:

 

[Meceka]

Good Milestone Day afternoon, Christmas Family!!!!!

I am about to start work, but wanted to wish you all a good day and MERRY dreams!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[vsuclaribnl]

I am so excited for you !!! You are going to be the most BEAUTIFUL bride !! xo

Awww thank you!!! We'll see...first I actually have to select a dress before I can be a beautiful bride! That is the stressful part thus far.

I know what you mean. When my daughter was a teenager she was gone a lot on the weekends hanging out with friends. I always enjoyed her when she chose to hang around with us, which she did often!

I actually hung out with my parents a lot when I was a teenager and when I would come home from college for breaks. They would always get together with their crazy friends and have the best parties...I had a blast (and still do!) with them! =)

Thanks for your thoughts and prayers for Wayne. He is doing MUCH better and back to work.

That's so good to hear!!! Continued good health to you both. =)

As you all know my Yankees lost, BY ONE RUN!!!! UGH!!!!!!!! Twice bases loaded TWICE!!!! Ok, enough of that... Now, at least I will be able to watch and enjoy the World Series as I won't have a vested interest. Maybe it will be better for my blood pressure, not that I have a problem thank goodness.

Now, in the interest of good sportsmanship, I will not post the bolded/italicized/underlined/huge-fonted message that I put on my online journal this morning regarding the Yankees loss. I will just say I'm sorry for your team's loss and invite you to jump on my bandwagon of a hopeful Phillies/Tigers World Series! (It really does suck to not have a vested interest in any team left, huh? lol)

OMG!!! This gave me the chills!!! Just the thought, I SO love it...

Me too!!! Only 37 days til the season...and a time when hopefully less people will give me crap about my stores having Christmas stuff out! haha

My company had to lay off a friend of mine, I feel so bad for her. You see things like that every once in awhile, but it never gets any easier. Hopefully things will turn around soon.

On a happier note, I am getting excited about the Christmas Card exchange!! I wonder how many people are signed up so far?!
Can't believe we are down to just 78 DAYS!!! YAY!

I'm so sorry for your friend. I hope she can find something soon. I'm excited for the card exchange too! This is my third year doing it and I just love it!

Quite a good night for Detroit Tiger fans! :dance:

Although I am not a *true* Tigers fan (just rooting for them to win the ALCS and hopefully go against the Phillies in the WS), I approve of your message! cheesy

 

[lauriebear]

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Now, in the interest of good sportsmanship, I will not post the bolded/italicized/underlined/huge-fonted message that I put on my online journal this morning regarding the Yankees loss. I will just say I'm sorry for your team's loss and invite you to jump on my bandwagon of a hopeful Phillies/Tigers World Series! (It really does suck to not have a vested interest in any team left, huh? lol)

Thank you for the kind words... I was mad at them! How can you live the bases loaded twice, you don't deserve it... Now, I will Want to see these games between TX & DET, that is going to wild, I so didn't see TX beating the Rays!!! But, tonight is a good night for Baseball another two game 5 nail biters...

 

[shellie12]

GOOD EVENING A CHRISTMAS FRIENDS
Was reading over the threads and everyone seem to be on good form.
Was not finished today to after 5 i have never seen as many hair dryers, curlers, strigthers and shavers in my whole life hell of a job checking htem adn was building toys as well , so awy the toys went to the shop once there was 4 or five built
Now am on the lookout for more ( gonna see if santa wood need another elf. elf shellie . i could go with that ok lol i can just see me in a elf outfit with pointed ears
Hoping you all have a pretty good day. and a good evening and now the weekend is there a nice relaxing one

Thanks lauriebear for your comments on my dogs and parrots there all my family, I love them more than some of the people round me. (is that a horrible thing to say ?)

Thanks for your thoughts and prayers for Wayne. He is doing MUCH better and back to work.
Glad to hear it hope he stays that way

Have a few pallets tomorows but should be easy. so i hope to get all sorted for 12. i have said hoping !!!!!!
Any way you all enjoy whatever it is your doing and have a good evening

 

[Christmasstar]

Yesterday a dear lady at our church lost her battle with cancer. I know she is now with the Lord, safe and happy, but I will sure miss Marilyn's smile on Sunday mornings!

An hour ago I received news that a sweet young man who rode my bus died this morning. He was only 14 years old. He had MD and was in the hospital with pneumonia. James was such a sweetheart.

Please pray for both these families as they grieve the loss of a family member.