Christmas Countdown - 2012

[Christmasstar]

What is Pines Day? Never ever heard of it

The History of Carl, The 'Pines, and Fired Twinkies
click on that to get all the info you need!


See you there later?

 

[lauriebear]

Originally Posted by caninemom3
I took a picture of myself with my Ipod and when I looked at it, that certainly did not do anything to boost my spirits.

CM3, how many badges do you need to prove you are worthwhile to us?????? You are a beautiful lady inside and OUT! We love you!

(I must admit that I get annoyed with photos of myself at times too so I guess it's a girl thing to not like our pictures being taken). =)

I sure hope you can beat those blues. Remember those badges prove you are the Christmas Queen. *We bow to you* cheesy

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Remember CM3 no matter what others may say you need to believe you are special and beautiful. Self worth is a contagious thing only when you believe in yourself will others.

I agree with everyone else, you are a wonderful lady. I bet that picture is lovely we are our own harshest critics.

(((((((HUGS))))))))))))

 

[iliam]

Good morning MMC!

I was up way too late last night but it didn't matter. I knew no matter how tired I was at work this morning I had something to look forward too, reading this thread will all of you. And tonight? My first Wednesday at the Pines, I can't wait.

Also wanted to mention, I saw someone post about 40 pages ago haha about a USB Christmas tree. I jumped on Amazon yesterday and purchased one that I will keep at the office. This way, in one more way, I'll have Christmas with me everyday!

 

[jennifer91]

Good morning, Christmas family! I hope you all have a great day today. I just had myself a light breakfast and I am going to get ready and head to Walmart & Target to get some grocery shopping done. Today was supposed to be much warmer than yesterday (which only made it to 19F for a high) but right now it is only 17F. The weather stations were all saying it is supposed to be at least in the mid-30's today, but I really don't see that happening. As much as I don't want to venture out in the bitter cold, I need some groceries and they are now calling for snow tomorrow. In case we would get a few inches, I would not want to drive.

I am going to buy the ingredients to make some pretzel & peanut crusted chicken either Friday or Saturday - yum!

Talk soon!

 

[lauriebear]

Hi everyone

Yesterday was crazy busy over here. But I must admit I like it that way!!!

It has been so cool to see how many posts we have. I sometimes have a hard time keeping up with all the posts we do get, but I find it so much fun to read when I can and comment here and there. I really loved that we set goals, I am a HUGE believer that you need them in your life. I hope we keep this thread as active if not more so with each coming year. I so love all the chatter. So one of my goals this year is to post here, on this thread. My join date was 10/2010 and that is a re-join date I lost my user name and password so I re-joined again (tee hee), but I wasn't "active" until about July of last year, I posted but not too much. Then I stumbled across this thread and it was MAGIC!!! I am glad I joined MMC and so happy that I can lose track of time and or posts, miss days on end but jump right back in, I love the Countdown, and I love the Countdown to the Countdowns we have, here is to another awesome year with MMC

 

[Seawaters]

I go in Friday to have a lump checked out. Thanks for thinking of me!

Seawaters: I read every one telling you they hope you are well, I obviously missed the post that said you are not well, but of course I want you to be well, so i hope you are well, and take some time for yourself!! all the best!!!

 

[Seawaters]

Hear, hear!!!

Merry Carey is of course totally right! Exterior beauty is not at all that important as having a good heart! But I do understand your need to feel pretty. And I just want you to realize: Phone camera's SUCK! they don't show your beauty, they make you look old and pale when you aren't (and i can tell, i am 23 and i look 83 when i picture myself with my phone!) and sometimes you are tired and look less pretty, this doesn't say anything! Don't think badly of yourself! (this is so much more fun to write than writing about human rights abuse!)

MerryCarey: good luck on your medical tests, hope all is well!

 

[Seawaters]

Listen to CAH!!! I love the last paragraph!!!

CM3, how many badges do you need to prove you are worthwhile to us?????? You are a beautiful lady inside and OUT! We love you!

(I must admit that I get annoyed with photos of myself at times too so I guess it's a girl thing to not like our pictures being taken). =)

I sure hope you can beat those blues. Remember those badges prove you are the Christmas Queen. *We bow to you* cheesy

 

[lauriebear]

Good morning MMC!

I was up way too late last night but it didn't matter. I knew no matter how tired I was at work this morning I had something to look forward too, reading this thread will all of you. And tonight? My first Wednesday at the Pines, I can't wait.

Also wanted to mention, I saw someone post about 40 pages ago haha about a USB Christmas tree. I jumped on Amazon yesterday and purchased one that I will keep at the office. This way, in one more way, I'll have Christmas with me everyday!

I feel the same way I love looking in and seeing who was here and what was going on. I usually do not post over the weekend, I am an avid hiker and mountain biker not to mention the camping the cold weather does not stop me. So I really stay off the pc all weekend. But I look SO forward to logging in on Monday!!! What a thrill I wonder how busy it was, what went on and who is new to the thread!!!

Good morning, Christmas family! I hope you all have a great day today. I just had myself a light breakfast and I am going to get ready and head to Walmart & Target to get some grocery shopping done. Today was supposed to be much warmer than yesterday (which only made it to 19F for a high) but right now it is only 17F. The weather stations were all saying it is supposed to be at least in the mid-30's today, but I really don't see that happening. As much as I don't want to venture out in the bitter cold, I need some groceries and they are now calling for snow tomorrow. In case we would get a few inches, I would not want to drive.

I am going to buy the ingredients to make some pretzel & peanut crusted chicken either Friday or Saturday - yum!

Talk soon!

Did you get that recipe here in the recipe thread? If not can you share it there - it sounds so yummy!!!

I go in Friday to have a lump checked out. Thanks for thinking of me!

Oh SW, I will go right to that pray thread and post for you, I will be hoping only positive thoughts.

 

[made582]

Only 11 more days until the deadline for the video, photo, and essay contest!!!!

http://www.mymerrychristmas.com/forum/showthread.php?t=31754

I hope to see a lot of entries.

Of course if you watch the first part of my video on there you'll realize that you are all competing for second place!!:lol: Especially since the second part of my video is where I break out my secret weapons.:wink:

 

[lauriebear]

Only 11 more days until the deadline for the video, photo, and essay contest!!!!

http://www.mymerrychristmas.com/forum/showthread.php?t=31754

I hope to see a lot of entries.

Of course if you watch the first part of my video on there you'll realize that you are all competing for second place!!:lol: Especially since the second part of my video is where I break out my secret weapons.:wink:

I must have missed this post!!! I should check it out. I love creative writing Thx Made

 

[jennifer91]

Did you get that recipe here in the recipe thread? If not can you share it there - it sounds so yummy!!!

Nope, the recipe was from my aunt! I would love to share. My mom and I were watching Rachael Ray's top 10 recipes from 2011 and she had her own version of peanut/pretzel chicken, so it reminded us that we were really feeling for it and to pick up the stuff this week.

I'll post the recipe and a picture!

 

[lauriebear]

Nope, the recipe was from my aunt! I would love to share. My mom and I were watching Rachael Ray's top 10 recipes from 2011 and she had her own version of peanut/pretzel chicken, so it reminded us that we were really feeling for it and to pick up the stuff this week.

I'll post the recipe and a picture!

Awesome, I can't wait, I love trying new recipes. Thank you very much :???:

 

[made582]

Most of the free books that you find for Nook and Kindle are in the public domain (in the U.S., that generally means published before 1923). There are some good ones out there, but the free books can also suffer from lousy formatting. But if they're free, you haven't lost anything by trying.

Archive.org, Google Books, and gutenberg.org have tons of free public-domain books for download. Many are not Kindle-compatible, though. It takes tech-savvy to convert the files and manually load them onto a Kindle.

This is the main reason I wanted a tablet instead of a kindle or nook. With the tablet I can download both the kindle and nook apps so I don't have to worry about what format a book is in.


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[trackrebel]

when it comes to readin books...im oldskool...i prefer having a real book in my hands, rather than reading it on the computer or worse (for me) to listen to them...i like the feeling of paper, the smell....the knowledge that I dont need any special to read a book....of course a lightbulb would be great connected to electrictx...but u know what im saying

 

[trackrebel]

and yup i am down with an aggressive stomach flu......not funny

 

[Meceka]

MerryCarey: praying all will be well!

track: I pray you are better soon!
I prefer actual books, too, but I do have e-readers - they are handy devices for work - I can load Antique guides and take them along when I search for stock for the store

Good afternoon, Christmas friends!

I was just thinking how much I miss the candy cane pens that had peppermint scented ink - I would really love some of those! Other than that, work is going well. I am about to have some spicy mac and cheese for lunch.

Have a MERRY day!!!!!

 

[MerryCarey]

MerryCarey: good luck on your medical tests, hope all is well!

MerryCarey: praying all will be well!

It's just an annual screening-type test, so I'm sure everything will be fine! Thanks for your good wishes!

I am going to buy the ingredients to make some pretzel & peanut crusted chicken either Friday or Saturday - yum!

I'll post the recipe and a picture!

Don't forget to post that recipe---sounds yummy!

and yup i am down with an aggressive stomach flu......not funny

Oh, no ... I hope that gets out of your system soon. Take care of yourself.

 

[Crown 84]

I found it!!!

Some of you may remember before Christmas I was searching everywhere for a Christmas table runner I knew I had bought earlier in the year. Well, it finally turned up. It was in a box in the spare room closet. Along with 4 sets of brand new lights and gift bags.

So this coming Christmas, my tree will now have about 800 lights on it. I bought 4 strings of lights at an after Christmas sale this year. It is going to look great!!!
(I did say I wanted more lights on the tree)

Holy cow, 'Star.
When I first started reading your post I thought you had found the ornament at the 'Pines!

Keep looking, Folks.

 

[trackrebel]

kandice just spilled water on the living room floor and ran through it squashing it everywhere....while i fell asleep for a moment....awesome