Christmas Countdown - 2012

[xmastidings]

Good evening, MMC family! How are all of you? I am well. Just sitting and relaxing. Hope you're all enjoying you're evening at the Pines!

From the way things were sounding this afternoon, thngs may get a little interesting tonight. The last thing I heard, was something about Carl and Glitter Coffee !!! That sounds like a wild mixture.....

 

[sugar142286]

Was going to try to catch up, but there are over 50 some odd pages, so it's gonna have to wait!

I know what you mean! I would love to get caught up, but it just doesn't ever seem possible. Now my daughter is getting into playing computer games and she always wants the computer, even when I do try!

 

[sugar142286]

I still on the edge of a flu. As long as I am able to work tomorrow everything is fine.

Hope you are feeling better soon!

 

[made582]

Wow this glitter coffee is awesome!! This has to be one of the best coffees that Carl has ever made.

 

[made582]

Good evening, MMC family! How are all of you? I am well. Just sitting and relaxing. Hope you're all enjoying you're evening at the Pines!

What is new? Nothing really new here, but my family has been sooo busy. Tomorrow is trick-or-treating, so we will be having a spooky meal, then doing that will the kids.

I go back to work tonight. 2 days of work, then off for the weekend!

Well, I am off to read some posts from today. Talk to you guys later. Hope you all have a great day tomorrow. God Bless! Keep smiling!

Have fun Trick or Treating tomorrow and enjoy your weekend off!!!!!!!!

 

[sugar142286]

Good morning, MMC! I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday. The week is flying by already! I am sad that I will be missing the Pines tonight. Drink one of Carl's concoctions for me! ;]

I am in a rush this morning! I am packing a lot of last minute things, weighing my suitcase, tossing liquids into the bag, and hoping that I didn't forget anything. I hate that feeling - no matter what, I keep thinking that I forgot something. I made a list a few weeks ago and as I pack things, I scratch them off. I hope I didn't forget anything obvious. I have to finish getting ready and then my flight is in a few hours. I will hopefully talk to you guys at the beginning of next week! I might be able to pop online at some point since I will have internet access in the room.

Wish me luck for a safe flight :] I will miss chatting with you all - take care of yourselves and your families! I will keep praying for you all daily!

Hope you have a wonderful time and a safe trip!

 

[Bradmac]

Somebody tell Binger that the rest of us want some of that coffee, too!

 

[sugar142286]

Praying that your surgery goes well Dawg!!!

Praying for you as well, Dawg! Hoping for a speedy recovery!

 

[made582]

Ok I just noticed that the edible glitter in the coffee is in the shape of Christmas trees.

 

[xmastidings]

Somebody tell Binger that the rest of us want some of that coffee, too!

Hey count me in! It will be interesting to the the sparkling aftereffects later on tonight/ tomorrow morning :lol:...

 

[made582]

Sugar- Do you have any snow in the forecast yet?

 

[gabulldawg]

Good evening everyone! The weather is turning just in time for halloween! we eve have a chance for frost on monday night. Halloween morning we should wake up to temps in the 40's and high's in the 60's,that day wil be just beauitful....I have the task of handing out candy of course...which is fine by me I like it,I just hope we have enough! This is our last year in Georgia,I can't wait to see what Utah weather wiill be like on halloween next year!! Have a great night everyone!

 

[made582]

hey count me in! It will be interesting to the the sparkling aftereffects later on tonight/ tomorrow morning :lol:...

lol!!!

 

[xmastidings]

Good evening everyone! The weather is turning just in time for halloween! we eve have a chance for frost on monday night. Halloween morning we should wake up to temps in the 40's and high's in the 60's,that day wil be just beauitful....I have the task of handing out candy of course...which is fine by me I like it,I just hope we have enough! This is our last year in Georgia,I can't wait to see what Utah weather wiill be like on halloween next year!! Have a great night everyone!

I saw that Jeff had posted the 7-day weather forecast for his area, and I recall that they were calling for some snow every single day.... better get your mitts, hot coco and snow shovel ready my friend! that's what I call snuggling weather.....:cold:

 

[made582]

Carl has definitely been watching to much QVC.

 

[merrymistletoe]

I'll be sharing 'snow photos' tomorrow.
It's 40 minutes to midnight so I have to go to bed...

Long day tomorrow.
We are driving up to the mountains (to Sweden) in the morning.
But we are back in the afternoon.

Well, goodnight! =]

i never remember you are on a different time, sorry. you have no idea how simply wonderful that sounds....living in Norway & gonna scoot to Sweden & be back in the afternoon, love it!

With Halloween just one week away, a rewind back a few decades to honor what most of us got plenty of when we went trick or treating.

thanks murphman! really enjoyed that flash back! lol

Hi MerryM !! I think Hermione is getting better !! She certainly has not even acted sick !! Her doctor was not in today as this was his day to do surgery but he will be there tomorrow...I am planning talking to him even if the swelling is all gone.......I don't want to take chances with one of my babies !! xo Thank you for asking about her xoxoxo

please let us know what hermoine's doc says.

Good evening, MMC family! How are all of you? I am well. Just sitting and relaxing. Hope you're all enjoying you're evening at the Pines!

What is new? Nothing really new here, but my family has been sooo busy. Tomorrow is trick-or-treating, so we will be having a spooky meal, then doing that will the kids.

I go back to work tonight. 2 days of work, then off for the weekend!

Well, I am off to read some posts from today. Talk to you guys later. Hope you all have a great day tomorrow. God Bless! Keep smiling!

you guys trick or treat tomorrow night? the kids here won't until next wednesday the 31st? take care sugar!

Good evening, MMC!

I had a very good day today ~ time to relax for the rest of the evening. I just might watch a Christmas movie cheesy

MERRY dreams!!!

have a great evening meceka!

watching Survivor then Modern Family. this will be their Halloween show. love that show!

made i love those glittery cupcakes? that is what that was right?

 

[xmastidings]

Carl has definitely been watching to much QVC.

Wow!!! Those are some pretty wild looking cupcakes? Snowballs? Glitterballs???

 

[vsuclaribnl]

The days they go by so quickly even if your not married! =]
Maybe a silly question but what is the 5K?

It's a race where 5 kilometers is what you run. I think the English equivalent is 3.1 miles or something like that. I am SO excited!

Wow cool picture I could just see VS now take that you bad photographer!!!

LOL!! I totally thought of that when I saw that picture...it's perfect!!!

My family does our own "Turkey Trott" (5k) on Thanksgiving morning! The 5k's around here all start too late - we have cooking/baking to do, a parade to watch, etc...LOL! So we go early in the morning & then back to our house for coffee & muffins. It just makes ya feel better to get some exercise in the morning, then you can eat all day! :lol: Good luck!!! Have fun!

That's what I'm hoping for, because usually we hit 3 different houses on Thanksgiving! I think running before all of that will help me not pack on all the calories! lol That's so cool that you do your own!! I'm hoping to make this an every year event!

VS awesome for you!!! Back in 1996 I ran the NYC Marathon and I do a series of runs locally now, I only did the NYC one just to be in it ~ go and DO IT

That is SOOO amazing that you did the NYC marathon! I don't think I could ever do something like that! Congrats to you!!!

Wow, last night we got rocked with some serious storms last night. I work on the 4th floor of the building and was working a little late when all of sudden bam... it hit, the lights started flickering, the building was shuttering, and for a few seconds, I thought the windows were going to blow in. The weather channel had issued a tornado warning, but I was not aware of it and so I got startled big time... Lucky it passed North of us and what I felt was just the thunderstorm portions. Here is a little clip from one of our local weather channels:

BALTIMORE –

Fast-moving severe thunderstorm cells dumped heavy rain and hail along the Interstate 83 corridor in Baltimore County before moving along to northwestern Harford County early Friday evening, prompting a tornado warning for about an hour.
The National Weather Service indicated that a radar-indicated tornado moved northeast at 30 mph in the Jarrettsville area of Harford County. The tornado was not immediately confirmed.

11 Insta-Weather PLUS Chief Meteorologist Tom Tasselmyer said the storm continued upper-level winds ranging from 80 to 100 mph.

I think we caught the tail end of this storm in my part of PA. They had issued a tornado watch for our area, but all we got was about 20 minutes of torrential downpouring. It managed to soak through my shoes as we were getting out of our car at our friends' house, but that was the worst of it! Thank goodness you are okay!

Hey everyone! I am totally out of the loop as usual here. I have had a horrrid week...I mean one of the toughest I have had in a long while...I may not be around much anymore but I wish I had the time to hang around here more,All my friends here just keep me in your prayers cause I am having a tough time here!!! I hope Everyone is having a good weekend though,our leaves are now just beginning to turn so I am looking forward to that the next 2 to 3 weeks!!! Take care all!

I am so sorry to hear this, dawg. I really hope you are okay. I'll keep you in my thoughts!

We went to Toys R Us to shop for a baby shower gift for our friend. We also had the boys go around and give us ideas for Christmas, now we know what we are getting them. We went to BK for lunch and stayed there for a while so the boys could play on the playground, while we were there, another woman was there with her sons and mother. We were talking and she comes over to me and asked me if my name was Ronnie, I said yes. She then said she was our next door neighbor when I was age 1-8, she was/is a year older than me and I was over her house almost everyday to play as kids. We had a love/hate relationship as kids, but once again someone from distant past has shown up out of the blue. Her mother watched my sister and I all the time, we had dinners, birthday parties, etc... together. How strange is that twice in one week I see someone I haven't seen in nearly 30 years?
Hope your having a great Sunday, and your football teams are winning for you.

That is so cool, xmas!

FIL passed away this afternoon; we got the news just a few minutes ago. Mr. is on his way down there now before the mortician arrives. Mr. and his family all had some quality time with him toward the end, playing his favorite music on the iPad and holding his hand. Yesterday he could barely speak, but he managed to say, "Tough old man." He certainly was. God rest his soul. Thank you all for your prayers during his long final illness.

I am so sorry for your and Mr.'s loss, but glad that the family got to spend some time with him before he passed. I'll keep all of you in my thoughts.

Snow on Halloween? That's what accuweather is saying.

That's awesome, made! We had snow on Halloween weekend last year, it was the biggest snowfall we had all of 2011-2012!!

Monday hello ... Not a very good day. On top of the death in the family, our shiny new cable Internet that was installed Saturday has broken down twice already, and has scrambled one of the channels in our TV package. In the middle of Mr.'s family trying to stay in touch as arrangements are made. A cable guy is supposed to come out tomorrow to see if it's our signal or the brand-new cable modem they installed Saturday. They'd better fix it---I spent Saturday evening and most of yesterday moving our websites, updating our email address on our online accounts, and sending out emails about out new email address.

Petty complaints, I know. But all rolled together, they have me frazzled. I hope things settle down soon.

Thanks for all your prayers and good wishes. FIL's last words were: "Tough old man." We think he slipped away while sleep. Mr.'s brother went to give him his medication, and he was gone.

I'm so sorry for all of this, Merry. Glad to hear that the cable situation seems to have been resolved though!

That's funny you ask. I have been listening to the soundtrack to the Nightmare before Christmas and I Love it.... I got turned onto it when we went to Disney for Halloween and they kept piping this song over the speakers, "This is Halloween, This is Halloween..." and I relly liked it but had no idea where it was from. So when we got back, I did a little digging and found out that it was from the movie, "Nightmare before Christmas". I went to youtube and bingo, there was the soundtrack.

It has put me on a mission to finially watch the movie, I have never seen it and I was not so sure if you can define it as either a Halloween or a Christmas movie! Thanks for the input, It's on my to do list this week sometime~

It's odd you posted this because I had the same discussion with friends of mine this past weekend. Most of them said they considered The Nightmare Before Christmas a Christmas movie, while I was in the minority that said Halloween movie. Some people watch it on both holidays!

Work called and told me they didn't need me to comeback tonight, which is good because my sinuses are bothering me, it feels like a sinus infection may be setting in, on my way into work this morning my nose started bleeding. That usually starts happening when an infection is here. Day off tomorrow, maybe the final time I mow the lawn for 2012, I hope.

Good night!

I hope you feel better xmas!!!

people will always complain about something as long as they have they voice to do so. The one that always seems bad is the Keurig Coffeemakers. Lot's of my friends have them and never one problem and some posts say they have gotten like 3-4 replacements and finally gave up saying the product is bad.

Hubs and I have had ours since Christmas 2009 and we've never had any issues with it!! I do know a lot of people who've had problems with theirs in the time that we've had ours though...not really sure what the problems are! =(

Good morning everyone! its so early I may still try to go back to sleep for a few hours. This is mine and brandi's last full week of work..well she works 3 days next week through hallowen,then she starts maternity leave until after spring semetster starts jan 8th or 7th..I start a 2 weeks vacation on friday and have outpatient surgery on this monday morning,should just take a few days to a week to get better,no biggie! We bought halloween candy tonight and am certain we bought enough,but I think that every year.lol I hope everyone has a great Tuesday!!

Hoping for a quick recovery for your surgery!! Hope you and Brandi have a nice couple of weeks together before the new baby boy comes! =)

Here is good costume idea....

I love it!!! Who WOULDN'T want to be a penguin!!! <3 them so much!!!

Good morning, MMC! I loved reading all of the QVC commentary - hilarious as usual!

I slept in a little bit today (oops) which means I am getting a late start to my day. I am going to be running around the house back and forth finishing my last minute packing. Tomorrow is the big day - vacation! I haven't been on a vacation for three years, so I am really looking forward to it. My stomach seems to be cooperating today although it still bothered me yesterday. I am praying that it gives me no trouble this trip! The weather is going to be HOT which I am not used to. We have been having 30s for the lows here. Temperatures near 90 will be like a shock to the system! Unfortunately the work is already piling up for me to do for school when I get back. I got as much as possible done, but I can't possibly pack heavy school books and notebooks. Plus it wouldn't be much of a vacation if I sat and did schoolwork the whole time.

I am going to try to catch up at some point this afternoon - I have been slacking terribly! I can't believe that when I get back it'll be a couple of days shy from November. I will be cranking out the Christmas tunes!

Hope to talk to you all later on - if not, pray for a safe flight for me tomorrow!

Praying for a safe flight!! Have a great time in Disney!!!

Hi MerryM !! I think Hermione is getting better !! She certainly has not even acted sick !! Her doctor was not in today as this was his day to do surgery but he will be there tomorrow...I am planning talking to him even if the swelling is all gone.......I don't want to take chances with one of my babies !! xo Thank you for asking about her xoxoxo

Continuing to keep Hermione in my thoughts...glad she's doing better!!!!

 

[vsuclaribnl]

Carl has definitely been watching to much QVC.

I want the recipe for this!!! =)

 

[made582]

made i love those glittery cupcakes? that is what that was right?

They are actually chocolate truffles rolled in edible glitter.