Christmas Countdown - 2011

[ballcoach]

CAH, someone else I know had a good one, too....

 

[brent]

Binger, should we take a nap so we can be awake or should we just push through?

Made, you here?

Binger doesn't need a nap. Just coffee!!

 

[dancer_90]

The coca cola Holidays are coming advert was on in the UK tonight! It's official the Christmas season has arrived

 

[ballcoach]

Has it really only been 6 minutes so I last posted? Time is going sooooooo sssssslllllllooooooooooooowwwwwwwww.....

 

[Seawaters]

On KLOU, they are playing Darlene Love, Please Come Home!!!

 

[brent]

Has it really only been 6 minutes so I last posted? Time is going sooooooo sssssslllllllooooooooooooowwwwwwwww.....

Thankfully, there is plenty on TV tonight here. It will certainly make the time speed up on my end!

 

[trackrebel]

hi partypeoples....hope all u guys are doing good. not tired yet, so i am watching some tv and check some stuff on the internet....just saw a winter commercial for a special jack daniels brand...even tho it is not a christmas commercial...it felt christmassy and made me want to drink some jacks....lol...got none here tho

 

[Christmas-A-Holic]

CAH, someone else I know had a good one, too....

Uh oh! Did I miss congratulating someone else? I am so exhausted I can't think straight! Cofffffffeeeeee! :wink:

 

[Seawaters]

Coach was talking about YOU!!!

Uh oh! Did I miss congratulating someone else? I am so exhausted I can't think straight! Cofffffffeeeeee! :wink:

 

[Christmas-A-Holic]

Coach was talking about YOU!!!

Well now I feel silly! Sorry, my mind is a little slow right now! Ha ha! Here I was scrolling through the post today to see if there was another special post I missed. :roll: *hides*

Thanks Coach!

I think I need some sleep!=)

 

[Seawaters]

Hubby and I will be heading to Mass in about 30 minutes and then to a ham dinner afterwards for the opening of pheasant season. I will be home after that and get online to help ring in the new Season.

 

[Meceka]

I'm sitting here drinking coffee - hope it will keep me awake so that I can ring in the season with all of you!

 

[Christmas-A-Holic]

Today was full of Christmas fun. We took our grandson to 2 malls today. One of the malls had a premiere event of the new movie Arthur's Christmas, that will not be released until later this month. They had 2 snow hills and a snow play area. They made the snow, of course, with snow machines. The weather was in the 70's today. Santa was there too and they had refreshments. We had a blast! Our local news station was out there filming and we were on it, sorta. Ha ha! You could barely see my grandson and I playing in the snow in the background of the filming when we watched the news this evening.

Then we took him to the other mall that has the largest indoor tree in the USA. They just got it set up this week. It is SO beautiful!

I am beat! I am not sure I will be up for the big event tonight and I have an even busier day tomorrow so I need to get some sleep.

If I don't get a chance to pop in, have fun everyone! But I will try to be here if I don't fall asleep!

 

[made582]

Made, you here?

I'm hear for a few minutes but I have to help my sister clean up and then head home soon. Hopefully I'll be on full time by 9pm.

 

[brent]

Watching hockey tonight. Streaming the Bruins vs. Sabres game and the Maple Leafs vs. Senators is on TV... Kim and Mike are Leafs fans... Great evening! Kings game is on afterward, too!

 

[ballcoach]

Gettin' ready.....

 

[ballcoach]

Coach was talking about YOU!!!

Snicker....snicker.....

It's ok CAH, your my #1 Cowboys fan....we gotta stick together!

 

[caninemom3]

Gettin' ready.....

Looks so beatutiful Coach !

 

[xmas365]

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.

Great post, thank you!

 

[Meceka]

What a lovely tree you are going to have, Coach!