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Count on it, Binger!
Christmas Countdown - 2011
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Binger, what time you coming here? I will be on around 9 with coffee in hand....
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Same here, friend. I hope to be the first one to tell you Merry Christmas...
Merry, that sounds like a wonderful date!! Glad you guys had such a nice evening. Enjoy the drive with your Mama today, she'll really appreciate to get out of the house, I'm sure! Hope you find some neat decorations, too!
Good Morning, Christmas Family!! :sparkle:Hope you're all doing well today~ Excited to get some coffee brewing & to turn on Hallmark & watch some festive christmas flicks. That & Sounds Of The Seasons will be on while I go through Christmas totes! Going to get out some decorations today! Yippee!
Sending Christmas cheer your way!
Have a beautiful & merry day!!
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Ah!
Good Morning!, Good Morning!!
'Twas the day 'fore the Season
and all 'cross the thread,
Not a member was sleeping,
Thinking Christmas instead!
(Even yours truly)
Yes indeedio, dear Friends.
We stand at the threshhold --- the very cusp --- of Christmas Season 2011:
Days to the Season: 1 (TOMORROW!!!)
Days To Thanksgiving Day: 12 (Nearly single digits!)
Days to Christmas Day: 43 (Six weeks from tomorrow!)
Marvelous! Simply Marvelous!
Got that Christmas music all ready.
Will likely start traditionally with my Glenn Miller "In the Christmas Mood ll" album.
(Can't decide yet which Christmas movie to watch first!)
Cold here when I got up to walk the dog this morning at 35 degrees, but we are under beautifully cloudless skies now and already up to 55, headed into the mid to upper 60's by this afternoon.
We will be celebrating my niece's 19th birthday with dinner out at noon.
Then home for cake and gifts.
Looking forward to it!
You all have a Simply Stupendously Sensational Saturday.
Thoroughly enjoy your last day before the Season commences, Everyone!!
Good Morning!, Good Morning!!
'Twas the day 'fore the Season
and all 'cross the thread,
Not a member was sleeping,
Thinking Christmas instead!
(Even yours truly)
Yes indeedio, dear Friends.
We stand at the threshhold --- the very cusp --- of Christmas Season 2011:
Days to the Season: 1 (TOMORROW!!!)
Days To Thanksgiving Day: 12 (Nearly single digits!)
Days to Christmas Day: 43 (Six weeks from tomorrow!)
Marvelous! Simply Marvelous!
Got that Christmas music all ready.
Will likely start traditionally with my Glenn Miller "In the Christmas Mood ll" album.
(Can't decide yet which Christmas movie to watch first!)
Cold here when I got up to walk the dog this morning at 35 degrees, but we are under beautifully cloudless skies now and already up to 55, headed into the mid to upper 60's by this afternoon.
We will be celebrating my niece's 19th birthday with dinner out at noon.
Then home for cake and gifts.
Looking forward to it!
You all have a Simply Stupendously Sensational Saturday.
Thoroughly enjoy your last day before the Season commences, Everyone!!
Good morning everyone! I am at Pdx waiting for my plane back home! things look to be on time,I am ready to get home although I will be back out this way in a week. I hope to be around here tonight with everyone else my plane gets back home around 730 est. so have a great day everyone!
At this time of year, I always turn my heart toward home and look back into my childhood and recall all the blessings of my life. I know I am luckier than a lot of people for my loving family who embraced life and each other. Traditions were very special to us, especially at Christmas. The season began with Thanksgiving and went all the way into January when we kids returned to school. Those memories and traditions of dinners together, underwear and pajamas on Christmas Eve, Christmas caroling throughout our town, a party on Christmas Eve that would make you think that we were kings with all the bounty we had, scented candles in the windows, the smell of balsam and cedar, oranges with peppermint, homemade candies and cookies, hot chocolate with marshmallows melting on top, the lighting of the Yule log at the community center, treat bags for all the kids, midnight mass, the twinkling lights of the tree, and every once in a while a wonderland of whiteness on a starlit night. There were so many memories that it just makes my heart swell to recall them all. For those of you with no fond memories, take some of mine; or better yet, begin your own from this day forward.
The following is an excerpt from a letter I found on the Internet. It just about sums it up for me:
Whenever possible, life should be a pattern of experiences to savor, not to endure. I'm trying to recognize these moments now and cherish them.
"Someday" and "one of these days" are losing their grip on my vocabulary. If it's worth seeing or hearing or doing, I want to see and hear and do it now
I'm not sure what others would've done had they known they wouldn't be here for the tomorrow that we all take for granted. I think they would have called family members and a few close friends. They might have called a few former friends to apologize and mend fences for past squabbles. I like to think they would have gone out for a Chinese dinner or for whatever their favorite food was.
I'm just guessing; I'll never know.
It's those little things left undone that would make me angry if I knew my hours were limited. Angry because I hadn't written certain letters that I intended to write one of these days. Angry and sorry that I didn't tell my husband and parents often enough how much I truly love them. I'm trying very hard not to put off, hold back, or save anything that would add laughter and luster to our lives. And every morning when I open my eyes, I tell myself that it is special.
And so to all of you, my MMC friends: "May today there be peace within. May you trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith in yourself and others. May you use the gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you. May you be content with yourself just the way you are. Let this knowledge settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love. It is there for each and every one of us."
And thus, dear MMC friends, we have come full circle since last year, and so it is now…the beginning of the new Christmas season.
The following is an excerpt from a letter I found on the Internet. It just about sums it up for me:
Whenever possible, life should be a pattern of experiences to savor, not to endure. I'm trying to recognize these moments now and cherish them.
"Someday" and "one of these days" are losing their grip on my vocabulary. If it's worth seeing or hearing or doing, I want to see and hear and do it now
I'm not sure what others would've done had they known they wouldn't be here for the tomorrow that we all take for granted. I think they would have called family members and a few close friends. They might have called a few former friends to apologize and mend fences for past squabbles. I like to think they would have gone out for a Chinese dinner or for whatever their favorite food was.
I'm just guessing; I'll never know.
It's those little things left undone that would make me angry if I knew my hours were limited. Angry because I hadn't written certain letters that I intended to write one of these days. Angry and sorry that I didn't tell my husband and parents often enough how much I truly love them. I'm trying very hard not to put off, hold back, or save anything that would add laughter and luster to our lives. And every morning when I open my eyes, I tell myself that it is special.
And so to all of you, my MMC friends: "May today there be peace within. May you trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith in yourself and others. May you use the gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you. May you be content with yourself just the way you are. Let this knowledge settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love. It is there for each and every one of us."
And thus, dear MMC friends, we have come full circle since last year, and so it is now…the beginning of the new Christmas season.
Have a safe flight back, Neal. Still praying for you, Brandi, and especially your dad and mom!
What a fun video. Thanks for sharing!
Hoera! The most wonderful time of the year is starting
And today Saint Nicholas and his Petes are arriving in Hollandhappy children everywhere, and oh how wonderful it is, i feel so cheerful and merry!
I am watching it realtime right now, but just to give you a (3 minute) impression:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5EKVVcOwhg&feature=related
A very merry day to all of you!
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Thank you, thank you, thank you, Seawaters! This brought tears to my eyes! This reminds me of my childhood. I want it to be exactly like this for my kids when they are old enough to remember and I'm already trying very hard to instill the holidays into my 2 year-old daughter. This passage was just marvelous. Way to bring in the season! :smile:
Good. After I became pregnant last year, I kind of tuckered out because I was always so tired and then working nights made me even more tired, so I wasn't here last year for this wonderous event. I am glad to know that because I am doubtful I will be here at 12:00 am, but I will be here sometime before that!
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