Christmas Countdown - 2011
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well, it is safely at the competition, and at this moment being judged, so it is now safe to post the picture.
The write up that is on the card is below the picture. They put me in the elite section this year (first time for that!)
Awards will be handed out tomorrow.
Santa's Secret Summer Shanty
When things get crazy at the north pole, Santa comes here for a refreshing break. Rudolf came along this time, and now Santa is going to have to do some repairs. Rudolf missed with the star landing so hard he made the shanty tip a bit.(his heart was in the right place!)
Everything you see is edible, even the palm tree trunks are made of one solid piece of gingerbread.
The curtains , flowers, towels and vines are made of gumpaste. The "sand" is made of ground up gingerbread.
Peek inside to see some presents that Santa has hidden here for all his elves and Mrs. Claus so they would not find them!
I LOVE IT!!!!
I am so sorry you had to go through this, and I'm glad you are now on the road to feeling 100%!!!
Thank you so much, sugar! I can't stop looking at pictures of it...I just love it so much!
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was so happy when I heard this...I've missed my favorite player this season SO MUCH!!!
I won second place in the competition!!!
HUGE CONGRATS!!!!! I also think it should've been first place, you did such a great job!
I know the feeling!! I hope things settle down for you soon!!
MerryBells;402500The chorus that I play piano for had their first Christmas concert today said:What an absolutely touching story! I played in bands and sang in choirs all throughout middle/high school and college and I always loved playing nursing homes. Sometimes it's sad to see, but moments like the one you shared here make it all worth it. I used to cry sometimes afterwards at how much they loved us being there; it makes it all worthwhile.
Good morning from Norway, with this picture from my living room this minute...
Says it all, doesn't it? ♥
I love it, Solice!! I especially like the candles in the front...great photo!
I hope so too, sending some Christmas cheer your way!!!
Hello all!!!
Back from what has been an incredibly busy few days! Work(s) have been really crazy and busy of course, and then I wasn't feeling well for a while, but I think I'm doing okay now.
Saturday I went down to George Mason University to help install a new chapter of my music fraternity at their school. It was an AMAZING experience and I was so honored to be selected as a participant. Without giving too much away, I was chosen to do a part of the ritual presentation that I did every single year in my collegiate years...a part I still knew by heart...and it was great to do it again after a 3.5 year absence. To see their faces as I said my part...it was literally breathtaking. At some parts I even cried, knowing what these girls went through over the last few years to get everything together to get approved for a chapter (something I never had to go through since my college already had a chapter established). It was really great. But it was a LONG drive that I had to start at 5am, so by the time I got home at nearly 4pm, I was not in a great mood, lol! Luckily, watching what ended up being a friggin' RIDICULOUS Big Ten championship game helped raise my spirits again. =D
Today I worked a pretty long shift at Hallmark and I bought two boxes of Christmas cards since they were BOGO 50% off. It was the last day for it too, so I'm glad I found out about that! I ended up, with my employee discount, getting two boxes of $9.99 Christmas cards for less than $9.99 total!! I love my job sometimes. =D
I know there are some Packer fans on here, and while I don't NOT like the Packers, I was sad the G-men couldn't pull out a win. It was such an exciting game though!
Now I'm off to watch the Lions/Saints game and eventually off to bed for another quite long work week. Hopefully tomorrow I will get ornaments out on the tree and cards written and sent out! Hope you all have a great week coming up! <3
Back from what has been an incredibly busy few days! Work(s) have been really crazy and busy of course, and then I wasn't feeling well for a while, but I think I'm doing okay now.
Saturday I went down to George Mason University to help install a new chapter of my music fraternity at their school. It was an AMAZING experience and I was so honored to be selected as a participant. Without giving too much away, I was chosen to do a part of the ritual presentation that I did every single year in my collegiate years...a part I still knew by heart...and it was great to do it again after a 3.5 year absence. To see their faces as I said my part...it was literally breathtaking. At some parts I even cried, knowing what these girls went through over the last few years to get everything together to get approved for a chapter (something I never had to go through since my college already had a chapter established). It was really great. But it was a LONG drive that I had to start at 5am, so by the time I got home at nearly 4pm, I was not in a great mood, lol! Luckily, watching what ended up being a friggin' RIDICULOUS Big Ten championship game helped raise my spirits again. =D
Today I worked a pretty long shift at Hallmark and I bought two boxes of Christmas cards since they were BOGO 50% off. It was the last day for it too, so I'm glad I found out about that! I ended up, with my employee discount, getting two boxes of $9.99 Christmas cards for less than $9.99 total!! I love my job sometimes. =D
I know there are some Packer fans on here, and while I don't NOT like the Packers, I was sad the G-men couldn't pull out a win. It was such an exciting game though!
Now I'm off to watch the Lions/Saints game and eventually off to bed for another quite long work week. Hopefully tomorrow I will get ornaments out on the tree and cards written and sent out! Hope you all have a great week coming up! <3
(((Merry))) .....I understand exactly how you feel !! I get tearful and blue also at Christmas even though it is what I wait for all year.....I hope you are feeling happier soon !! xo
Good evening, Christmas family !
Yesterday with my sister was FANTASTIC !! It was the perfect day. We went shopping and of course, some pretty madcap stuff happened with that then we went back to her house and she, my brother-in-law, Wes and myself all went to dinner at a wonderful Mexican place. The food was so good. Wes is 100% back to himself again - Thank God. It was so good to hear him laugh. He told some stories about his surgery and the outcome that, though they were actually serious, were so comical the way he told them. My sister and I were both in "stiches" ourselves just listening to him !
After dinner, back to my sister's house for decorating the tree !! We both had a wonderful time choosing the ornaments and seeing them after they had been put away for a year ! I can never remember what she has from one year to the next so it was double amazing !
After the decorating we settled down on the hide-a-bed where I would sleep and watched Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince togehter. We talked and talked and laughed. It was so wonderful beyond words. Plus she had never heard Susan Boyle so on my recommendation she bought Susan's Christmas album.....She was very impressed.
I hope all are well here. I am so tired tonight I tried to read all the posts but I didn't make it. I sincerely hope and pray all are well.
((HUGS)) everyone and ((HUGS)) also to all the furkids xo
Goodnight - Have Christmassy dreams all xo
Yesterday with my sister was FANTASTIC !! It was the perfect day. We went shopping and of course, some pretty madcap stuff happened with that then we went back to her house and she, my brother-in-law, Wes and myself all went to dinner at a wonderful Mexican place. The food was so good. Wes is 100% back to himself again - Thank God. It was so good to hear him laugh. He told some stories about his surgery and the outcome that, though they were actually serious, were so comical the way he told them. My sister and I were both in "stiches" ourselves just listening to him !
After dinner, back to my sister's house for decorating the tree !! We both had a wonderful time choosing the ornaments and seeing them after they had been put away for a year ! I can never remember what she has from one year to the next so it was double amazing !
After the decorating we settled down on the hide-a-bed where I would sleep and watched Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince togehter. We talked and talked and laughed. It was so wonderful beyond words. Plus she had never heard Susan Boyle so on my recommendation she bought Susan's Christmas album.....She was very impressed.
I hope all are well here. I am so tired tonight I tried to read all the posts but I didn't make it. I sincerely hope and pray all are well.
((HUGS)) everyone and ((HUGS)) also to all the furkids xo
Goodnight - Have Christmassy dreams all xo
star, it does look nice @ made's house!!
wow that's almost 12 hours of shopping! it's a wonderful life is my favorite!
cm3, your time w/ your sis sounds wonderful. that's exactly what Christmas time should be like, unrushed & happiness all around. i'm so glad you had such a good time.
good morning Christmas family!!
yesterday was filled with homework & projects w/ my daughter. she had a spanish assignment where she had to make a spanish dish & write a bit about it & a history assignment where she had to make a scrapbook of all the different info the teacher gave her. i feel so bad for her when she has lots of things like that so i try to HELP her. she definitely did most of the work-all weekend long!! she gets overwhelmed fast when she works alone, i just enjoyed the time spent w/ her.
i have missed all ya'll!! you guys have really been busy too it sounds like.
today i plan to make my grocery list for all my baking, maybe even go get it.
gotta bit of cleaning to do & piles of laundry. why is it, when i'm not home everyone seems to forget how to wash, dry, & fold? well i tell ya' today i will give them a crash course in it!! lol
my oldest has taken on a 2nd job. he already works @ a local grocers & the one he just started is a catering service. he is 6ft.5in, 340lbs. so he does alot of the set up for them. he seems to really like it. his car needs some cosmetic repair so he hopes to make the $ for it!
i've got a very good story about my oldest son, i tried to blog it once w/ no luck. maybe i'll try again sice our computer is repaired.
merry Christmas ya'll!!:thumbsup:
yesterday was filled with homework & projects w/ my daughter. she had a spanish assignment where she had to make a spanish dish & write a bit about it & a history assignment where she had to make a scrapbook of all the different info the teacher gave her. i feel so bad for her when she has lots of things like that so i try to HELP her. she definitely did most of the work-all weekend long!! she gets overwhelmed fast when she works alone, i just enjoyed the time spent w/ her.
i have missed all ya'll!! you guys have really been busy too it sounds like.
today i plan to make my grocery list for all my baking, maybe even go get it.
gotta bit of cleaning to do & piles of laundry. why is it, when i'm not home everyone seems to forget how to wash, dry, & fold? well i tell ya' today i will give them a crash course in it!! lol
my oldest has taken on a 2nd job. he already works @ a local grocers & the one he just started is a catering service. he is 6ft.5in, 340lbs. so he does alot of the set up for them. he seems to really like it. his car needs some cosmetic repair so he hopes to make the $ for it!
i've got a very good story about my oldest son, i tried to blog it once w/ no luck. maybe i'll try again sice our computer is repaired.
merry Christmas ya'll!!:thumbsup:
Good Morning MMC!
A Good Monday Morning Belly Laugh List
- At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car With Sunglasses on and point a Hair Dryer At Passing Cars. See If They Slow Down.
- Page Yourself Over The Intercom. Don’t Disguise Your Voice.
- Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something, Ask If They Want Fries with that.
- Put Your Garbage Can On Your Desk And Label It “In-Box.”
- Put Decaf In The Coffee Maker For 3 Weeks. Once Everyone has Gotten Over Their Caffeine Addictions, Switch to Espresso.
- In The Memo Field Of All Your Checks, Write “For Smuggling Diamonds.”
- Finish All Your sentences with “In Accordance With The Prophecy.”
- Dont use any punctuation
- As Often As Possible, Skip Rather Than Walk.
- Order a Diet Water whenever you go out to eat, with a serious face.
- Specify That Your Drive-through Order Is “To Go.”
- Sing Along At The Opera.
- Go To A Poetry Recital And Ask Why The Poems Don’t Rhyme.
- Put Mosquito Netting Around Your Work Area And Play tropical Sounds All Day.
- Five Days In Advance, Tell Your Friends You Can’t Attend Their Party Because You’re Not In The Mood.
- Have Your Co-workers Address You By Your Wrestling Name, Rock Bottom.
- When The Money Comes Out The ATM, Scream “I Won!, I Won!”
- When Leaving The Zoo, Start Running Towards The Parking lot,Yelling “Run For Your Lives, They’re Loose!!”
- Tell Your Children Over Dinner. “Due To The Economy, We Are Going To Have To Let One Of You Go.”
- And The Final Way To Keep A Healthy Level Of Insanity…
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well as soon as I have my coffee I THINK I will be ok. HAHAHA
Jay did a radio debut? Hmmm where can this debut be found?
Question: Is anyone else feeling slow this year? Slow as in late getting things done. It seems this year has flown by and WOWZA am I ever behind. It seems to be getting worse as each year goes by but things are getting done which is good.
Looks like it may rain today- it is a lil warm out there but not so warm as to not require a light jacket or sweater.
Dh has decided that we are going to go see lights, there is a place near us that has a 3 to 4 mile stretch of lights that are top notch. I hope to get pictures but with my little crappy camera I dunno if it will work out right, we will see.
Hope everyone has a great day.:merry:
Jay did a radio debut? Hmmm where can this debut be found?
Question: Is anyone else feeling slow this year? Slow as in late getting things done. It seems this year has flown by and WOWZA am I ever behind. It seems to be getting worse as each year goes by but things are getting done which is good.
Looks like it may rain today- it is a lil warm out there but not so warm as to not require a light jacket or sweater.
Dh has decided that we are going to go see lights, there is a place near us that has a 3 to 4 mile stretch of lights that are top notch. I hope to get pictures but with my little crappy camera I dunno if it will work out right, we will see.
Hope everyone has a great day.:merry:
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******** CHRISTMAS SEASON DAY 23 ********
Good Morning, All.
A new week.
And another week closer to Christmas 2011.
To the count, sans delay:
Days to Christmas Day: 20
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Whadda you say?
We're now UNDER three weeks away!
Much warmer here this morinng under a cloud cover with rain possible tonight and the next couple of days. Currently, it is 55 degrees here in the capital city, headed to the upper 60's by this afternoon.
Now, that's right nice for December!
You all have a Marvelous Monday in the spirit of the Season. OK?
Good Morning, All.
A new week.
And another week closer to Christmas 2011.
To the count, sans delay:
Days to Christmas Day: 20
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Whadda you say?
We're now UNDER three weeks away!
Much warmer here this morinng under a cloud cover with rain possible tonight and the next couple of days. Currently, it is 55 degrees here in the capital city, headed to the upper 60's by this afternoon.
Now, that's right nice for December!
You all have a Marvelous Monday in the spirit of the Season. OK?
Good Monday morning, my Christmas friends!
We finally got our inside decorations up, and our tree is even nicer than last year's! We bought an 8' tree this time, and with the star on the top, it almost scrapes the ceiling. I worked the rest of the day trying to get the pool closed for the winter. Almost there!
My wife went to Atlanta with her sister yesterday morning, and she should be home early this evening. I'm ready for her to get home!
Yesterday evening was our Christmas party at church, and guess who stopped by: Santa! He handed out the gifts that we all brought for each other. What's funny is, I got the same men's gift that I brought. It was ok with me...I knew what was in the bag!
I hope y'all have a great day! cheesy
We finally got our inside decorations up, and our tree is even nicer than last year's! We bought an 8' tree this time, and with the star on the top, it almost scrapes the ceiling. I worked the rest of the day trying to get the pool closed for the winter. Almost there!
My wife went to Atlanta with her sister yesterday morning, and she should be home early this evening. I'm ready for her to get home!
Yesterday evening was our Christmas party at church, and guess who stopped by: Santa! He handed out the gifts that we all brought for each other. What's funny is, I got the same men's gift that I brought. It was ok with me...I knew what was in the bag!
I hope y'all have a great day! cheesy
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