Christmas Countdown - 2012

[Binger]

46 days TILL LOVEMAS AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

 

[Binger]

Wednesday at 6:00pm v a l e r i e ohhhhhhhhhh yesssssssssssssssssss

 

[Iron Eagle]

Hey Crown, All the boys are married and out on their own. Son #3 is still in USMC and currently deployed in the middle east. I now have 4 grandsons, but don't get to see them too often. Mrs Eagle is still working for a couple more years, then we are looking at leaving Chicago. Indiana is lookin' real good to us right about now. Grandma Eagle (Great Grandma Eagle) is in assisted living at 92yrs. Se's not too happy. She found out that they won't let her have her really big Christmas tree in her room. It's really, really big. 9ft I think. So she has to get a smaller tree. I told her they have Christmas trees in all the sitting areas, main hallways and by the fireplace in the main lobby. So she's going to wait and see.

So we are now empty nesters. Just the two of us and Maggie (the dog).

Is Binger still around? I miss his coffee rants. Many a cold night patrol with a hot cup of coffee (or tea), I would think of this place for a warming thought.


Christmasstar - Thanks for the wecome back. Old crew or new, we all are here to enjoy this wonderful time of the year . . . . Christmas !

 

[xmas365]

Great day today, except for the Bengals.

Good night everyone!

 

[Iron Eagle]

No sooner do I finish and who do I see ???? BINGER ! Glad you are here !

 

[Seawaters]

All I can say is WOW!!!

Hello all!! Finally, an update after a week of just insane craziness!!!

Last Friday were our wedding picture retakes, taken by one of my best friends (and ex-Kohl's coworker) Sasha. She had volunteered even before we got our photos from our original photographer back, as she knew how upset we were. We had to re-rent hubs's tux, which was really no big deal, as he had gotten it for free for the actual wedding due to the amount of groomsmen tuxes bought. I got my hair and makeup done by the same friends who did it on the actual day, and neither charged me or allowed me to even think about paying them (which really drives me crazy because they didn't HAVE to do that...but they would then say that we SHOULDN'T have had to redo our pictures...). We then went back to the Yorktowne and were greeted by who is honestly the BEST wedding coordinator I could've ever dreamed of having!! She let us go back up to the roof to take pics, and gave us the entire run of the hotel. Also, I had offhandedly mentioned something about how I had never gotten chocolate covered strawberries the day of the wedding (mainly because I was all over the place and forgot)...15 minutes later, Super Wedding Coordinator comes back with a plate of them, no charge! Seriously, everything we went through on Friday more than made up for the horror of our original photographer. We spent FIVE hours taking pictures with her...thankfully the rain held out...it threatened all day, but nothing! Super amazingly awesome experience!

Afterward, we picked up Sasha's husband and went to the new Buffalo Wild Wings the next town over, where we met some of their friends. It was such a great end to a great night!

Saturday, we joined my parents, hubs's parents, and a bunch of their friends and went on a murder mystery cruise that went around the Baltimore Inner Harbor. It was a lot of fun, the food was AMAZING (filet and crab cakes!), and while I did not guess the correct killer (it always ends up being the most obvious one...I guess I watch too many eps of Law and Order: SVU and am always looking for NOT the obvious one! lol), one of my parents' friends did and ended up winning two free tickets to come back!

Sunday was hubs's grandparents' 60th anniversary party. =) After that, we went to Sasha's, and we picked up our pictures! We have 467 of the most BEAUTIFUL pictures EVER. I seriously wish we could've had her as our photographer on the day of...I can't even imagine how great she could've taken our wedding party and family pictures if she did this well with just us! I will post some here if you'd like!

The rest of the week, I think I kinda mentioned in and around comments. We lost power Monday, cleaned up Tuesday, and I've been trying to work on thank you cards and cleaning the rest of the week. I am looking forward to the weekend...spending time with friends and celebrating my friend Lindsey's birthday Saturday, then one of my bridesmaids Amber is having her first baby shower Sunday. While I might not want children of my own, I certainly do love celebrating other people's babies! More nieces and nephews for hubs and I! =)

Gotta ask this here before I go...is anyone else having trouble with MMC radio skipping? I tried listening earlier and after about 2 minutes, it started skipping excessively and I had to keep refreshing the page. I thought maybe it was something with my computer, but now I am listening to a Christmas station on Pandora and it is just fine. Is it just me or is anyone else having this problem? =(

Have a good Friday, everyone!!

 

[mac55]

Well, Nov is here already!

Signs of the season are everywhere.
Stores already have either Xmas items on the shelves and are starting to decorate, some have already done so. Commercials on TV have started on the 1st.

I just happen to hit the grocery store on the 1st, and low and behold, the eggnog was already out, earlier then usual I might add.
Of course, we had to pick some up and had a glass to toast in the approaching Holiday season.

Slowly, signs of Xmas shopping are starting to take shape.

It won't be long now before the Xmas Season will be here!
The closest radio station I pick up will start playing Xmas music on the 15th!

Fitting as I consider mid Nov the start of the Holiday Season.

I have to say, I was surprised tonight on my way home from doing a bit of Holiday shopping to see a Xmas tree all lit up in a living room window already!

Now with the clocks going back and the temperatures coming down, it's beginning to feel more and more like Xmas!!

Nov has a lot going on for me too with various family birthdays and some vacation days coming up, including the Thanksgiving holiday, so it won't be long that we will be a month from the big day.

Another milestone tomorrow, we hit 7 weeks to Xmas Eve!

Have a great week all!

Cheers!!

ML

p.s
I posted so Halloween wedding pics, for those that are interested.

Awesome time at the family wedding yesterday!

Costumes were a riot!!

Time to recover to start another week tomorrow and another milestone!

Cheers!!

ML

 

[Crown 84]

No sooner do I finish and who do I see ???? BINGER ! Glad you are here !

Oh, old Bing and I are still at it.
They won't let go of their coffee and I gotta have those ZZZZ's.
It will be that way until we are in our graves.
Bing will be buried in coffee grounds with a giant bean headstone and I'll -- well -- I'll just sleep!

 

[ballcoach]

Good evening everybody! Hope this finds you having enjoyed your weekend! Tomorrow, it's back to the grind. But we are closing in on the week of Thanksgiving and that will be some time off for me. Two more weeks is what I keep telling myself...two more weeks...

Special posts start this week....got mine done Saturday night....

 

[Christmasstar]

I saw this on TV today, too. Such a great commercial. Correct me if I am wrong, Star, but I believe this is the first time in a few years that I have noticed Canadian Tire using the word "Christmas." I seem to recall them using the word "Holidays" previously.

I do not remember, hmmm, my daughter does not know either. I would not be surprised if you are right though.

 

[ballcoach]

Good night, y'all!

 

[shellie12]

Good morning mmc

 

[Crown 84]

Good Morning!

A new week.
And oh, what a fantastic week it will be!
Starting this Thursday, November 8th, five days before the start of Christmas Season 2012, we begin our annual string of special posts.

But first, the daily count, in all its glory!
Days to the Season: 8 (ONE WEEK FROM TOMORROW!!)
Days to Christmas Day: 50 (Seven weeks from tomorrow!)
Days to Thanksgiving: 17 (Two weeks from Thursday!)

OK!
Once again, recapping the speical post schedule:
Day 5 before the Season - November 08 - Ballcoach
Day 4 before the Season - November 09 - Binger
Day 3 before the Season - November 10 - Christmasstar
Day 2 before the Season - November 11 - Caninemom
Day 1 before the Season - November 12 - Seawaters.

Wow!! It just doesn't get any better than this around here. You really don't want to miss it!

Coolish yesterday but dry and with little to no wind.
Should be pretty nice today.
I read 42.9 degrees here currently on our digital outdoor thermometer.

You have a Marvelous Monday, Everyone!

(Gee, I'm excited!!)

 

[merrymistletoe]

Topside roast beef with mash, Yorkshire pudding, carrot and green beans. Roast potatoes and gravy, with a trifle for desert. Turned out pretty good considering I'm not the worlds best cook LOL.

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yummy, can i come?

Hope everyone has had a great weekend! Tomorrow is my day off and I am ready for it. Can't wait! Talk to you guys then!


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good to see you stop by sugar. i'm praying for your dad & your uncle & EA!

Glad to hear your kin is ok. I have an uncle who lives In Toms River, NJ. We haven't heard anything from him yet, but hopefully no news is good news.

bradmac, i will pray for your uncle!

Hey Crown, All the boys are married and out on their own. Son #3 is still in USMC and currently deployed in the middle east. I now have 4 grandsons, but don't get to see them too often. Mrs Eagle is still working for a couple more years, then we are looking at leaving Chicago. Indiana is lookin' real good to us right about now. Grandma Eagle (Great Grandma Eagle) is in assisted living at 92yrs. Se's not too happy. She found out that they won't let her have her really big Christmas tree in her room. It's really, really big. 9ft I think. So she has to get a smaller tree. I told her they have Christmas trees in all the sitting areas, main hallways and by the fireplace in the main lobby. So she's going to wait and see.

So we are now empty nesters. Just the two of us and Maggie (the dog).

Is Binger still around? I miss his coffee rants. Many a cold night patrol with a hot cup of coffee (or tea), I would think of this place for a warming thought.


Christmasstar - Thanks for the wecome back. Old crew or new, we all are here to enjoy this wonderful time of the year . . . . Christmas !

1st i would like to thank your son for serving in the military. your son doing what he does secures our freedom! you can meet up w/ made582 if you move to Indiana.

Great day today, except for the Bengals.

Good night everyone!

yaay you had a great day!

 

[merrymistletoe]

Good morning mmc

:lol: now how did you get that picture of me?????

 

[Holiday]

Good evening, everyone! How are you all!? I'm not bad. It's been a busy week/start to my weekend, but just thankful for my family and that I have them!

It your friends with me on Facebook, you would have saw the post about my dad yesterday. He hasn't been feeling very well for 3 days or so. He had flu like symptoms, just no fever and that is what EA had, so he went to the doctor. They thought he either had an appendicitis or diverticulitis. Well, that's not even close to what it was. He has a blood clot in the lining of his intestines. It was very scary for him and us at first - this is his 3rd blood clot - so he obviously has some type of issue. The doctors did a lot of clotting blood work to see. My mom and I both have a clotting deficieny. We both have had a blood clot before too, so they don't know where I get my deficieny from. I guess we soon wiill. The doctor flat out told him he could have died if he waited much longer. I knew that myself, but didn't want to tell my dad that.

Anyway, they told my dad yesterday, they were putting him on Heparin through his IV, which is a drip and he would be there for 3 to 5 days and if it didn't take care of the clot, he would need surgery. With his symptoms and such, he is already responding well and the doctor send he shouldn't need surgery, thank goodness!

Thank you all for your continued prayers as, I've been dealing with this, plus EA being sick this week - I know some of you too read about my uncle in the prayer section on the boards. We find out in a week and half if his tumors are cancerous. Please continue to prayer his tumors are non-cancerous.

What God doesn't give you...wheew!

Well, hope you're all having a great weekend! Don't forget to turn your clocks back tonight. I will be working an extra hour. God Bless and enjoy those Christmas movies. I know I am! cheesy

(((Sugar))) Prayers going up for your Dad & your family! I hope he continues to respond well to the medication & no surgery is needed. Scary stuff! Hang in there!!!


Good morning MMC! I'm getting ready for work & I'll try to check in from there!!! Have a great day!!!

 

[merrymistletoe]

Good Morning all you fantabulous peeps!!!!:hello:

i woke up feeling great this morning. it might be the time change or it may just be the fact that Christmasis only 49 days away! woooohoooo! it was great getting up & going into the kitchen to make coffee & seeing Christmas stuff everywhere!!!! I can't wait till the "special" posts start this weekend, what a line up of talent!!

can you believe i've already caught criticism for decorating so early? yeah, i went to my mama & daddy's yesterday to pick daughter up (from her other home lol)& my brother was saying, "it's too early, it's too early!" i, of course, went on to explain to him that, to me, Thanksgiving is the kick off for it all...the whole season, & i want to be able to enjoy allllll of it & i can't until i know all my decorations are done. there's alot of work involved in putting it all out & i want to be able to enjoy everything!, not to mention that i have to put up everyone elses after Thanksgiving. lol

i can't remember who now but there's a band coming to town the 2nd week in December for a Christmas concert. i'm always so busy between work & home that i never get to do anything. the tickets are $10 so i told hubby we are gonna go. i can't wait! i do remember it being a beach band & i like that. there's a post on the door @ work so i'll find out & let y'all know.

hey seawaters, we are going to mcadenville, Christmas Town, U.S.A., this year too. we said we were last year & never did. i think the weekend after Thanksgiving we are going, i'm so excited!

has anyone seen the pumpkin flavored eggnog in theirstores yet? i was wondering how it is. i've had the sugar cookie kind but it is waaay too sweet to me.

i hope y'all have a great day & have Christmassy thoughts all day!:sparkle:

 

[Christmasstar]

Good Morning MMC!

Morning news show out of Toronto is doing a poll today on when we think the Christmas season should start. So I am posting the link so we can vote too.
http://www.bttoronto.ca/
scroll down about 1/2 way and on the left you will see the vote section.

Now
After Remeberance Day (November 11)
or after the Santa Claus Parade (November 18)

 

[mac55]

Somewhere in the middle, I would say.

Mid Nov is pretty much it for me.

With 7 weeks to go to Xmas Eve, listening to another 30min of Xmas tunes with breakfast and coffee.

There was even frost on the car this morning, so the air is definitely getting colder.

It was the first morning in a while to drive into work with some daylight, but it takes some getting used to those early sunsets. Yesterday, was quite a shock to the system. LoL!

Oh well, another sign that the Xmas season is almost upon us.

Have a great week all!!

Cheers!!

ML

Morning news show out of Toronto is doing a poll today on when we think the Christmas season should start. So I am posting the link so we can vote too.
http://www.bttoronto.ca/
scroll down about 1/2 way and on the left you will see the vote section.

Now
After Remeberance Day (November 11)
or after the Santa Claus Parade (November 18)

 

[Christmas-A-Holic]

Good afternoon dear Christmas family !!

Well today has not gone exactly as I had wanted it to. I was feeling really great, started working this morning, looking forward to decorating this afternoon when all of a sudden I did not feel so well. Tummy queasy and such. I barely worked an hour before I stopped and just laid in front of the fire listening to Christmas carols. I probably have a bug. I sure hope It is GONE by tomorrow. Tomorrow is the annual Christmas open house at Donzell's Garden Center with my sister. I CANT miss that !!!

I only got through some of Saturday's post so not sure if you are better now. I hope you are!

It your friends with me on Facebook, you would have saw the post about my dad yesterday. He hasn't been feeling very well for 3 days or so. He had flu like symptoms, just no fever and that is what EA had, so he went to the doctor. They thought he either had an appendicitis or diverticulitis. Well, that's not even close to what it was. He has a blood clot in the lining of his intestines. It was very scary for him and us at first - this is his 3rd blood clot - so he obviously has some type of issue. The doctors did a lot of clotting blood work to see. My mom and I both have a clotting deficieny. We both have had a blood clot before too, so they don't know where I get my deficieny from. I guess we soon wiill. The doctor flat out told him he could have died if he waited much longer. I knew that myself, but didn't want to tell my dad that.

Anyway, they told my dad yesterday, they were putting him on Heparin through his IV, which is a drip and he would be there for 3 to 5 days and if it didn't take care of the clot, he would need surgery. With his symptoms and such, he is already responding well and the doctor send he shouldn't need surgery, thank goodness!

Thank you all for your continued prayers as, I've been dealing with this, plus EA being sick this week - I know some of you too read about my uncle in the prayer section on the boards. We find out in a week and half if his tumors are cancerous. Please continue to prayer his tumors are non-cancerous.

What God doesn't give you...wheew!

I haven't been on facebook a lot lately and when I do I don't check too much on there so I missed your post. I pray he recovers completely andn no more issues!!!

Bo is not doing good ~ please keep him in your thoughts and prayers.

Have a MERRY night!

:rudolph:

Aww... I will be praying for Bo!

To borrow a British phrase, Right-O! And the Same-O to you too-O!!

That was a great show-O. You da man RadioJonD-O!