Christmas Countdown - 2013

[caninemom3]

It's me ...

Now now now !!!! None of this small teeny weeny lettering ...Shout it to the world IT'S ME !!!!!!!! You are a pretty lady xo

 

[caninemom3]

I have never heard Vince Scully broadcast a game. To me the greatest baseball broadcaster ever was the one and only Ernie Harwell, the Detroit Tiger's announcer I grew up listening to. He was the voice of summer!

Hi Meceka !!!!!! xoxo

 

[Meceka]

Good afternoon everyone!

I hope you're all well. The count seems to be getting closer to the next milestone. I had a decent interview last night. I can't quite claim it as being "successful" until the hiring process has completed. The interesting news is that they are looking to complete the process by next Monday. I really want this career position. It would be great to (finally) have some security. I'd appreciate some assistance from you all, too. Thanks!

More importantly, I need your support for something else, too. My grandmother is having quite the battle right now. She's 83, but her health has been deteriorating over the past five or six years. She used to be quite healthy until my grandfather past away. Anyway, she has been in the hospital since Saturday morning and they don't quite know what is wrong. They've run tests but the doctors are baffled. With that said, I would appreciate your help and assistance on this matter, too. My grandmother has always been there for me and it is tough for me not to be around her during this tough time. Thank you!

Enjoy your Thursday, everyone. After today, there is only one more work day until the weekend!

My prayers are on the way!

 

[Meceka]

:lol: Haven't seen the actual copy yet---they usually thank their customers for their patience (ain't that encouraging? :wink and reinforce how quickly they responded in the face of great difficulties.



Some of the school systems in Massachusetts, including Boston public schools, have already cancelled classes for tomorrow. And Mr.'s office has told everybody not to come in, which is a BIG relief to me. I'm planning to work from home. Some areas are now being told to expect 30+ inches. I hope we don't lose our power ... they'll have a tough time getting around to fix outages.

DTE did that when we lost power a few weeks ago - they also called the house three times: twice to ask if our power was back on and once to air a message from the president that praised their employees for working overtime to get the power back on.

 

[Meceka]

Hi Meceka !!!!!! xoxo

Hi, CM3!!!!

 

[xmas365]

Will catch up with reading posts later, just wanted to check in. We lost power for a few hours overnight, but got it back around 7 a.m., so we're warm and safe. The storm is winding down, but we have a few inches coming yet. Mr. went out to shovel---it was very difficult for him to shove the door open a few inches against the snow. Front and back door have knee-high-plus snow across them. I'll go out later to take pictures when the doors are passable. Public transportation will not be running today, and the driving ban is expected to remain in effect all day. The drifts are incredible. I don't know how much we got because of the drifting.

xmas365 and all New Englanders, I hope you're warm and safe. Looks like today will be shoveling and movies. Nobody's going anywhere for a while.

Glad to hear you are safe and warm, what a snow event this was.

 

[Christmas-A-Holic]

Who is ready for the Greasy Skillet tonight?!

 

[Meceka]

Tomorrow is Friday! I hope everyone is as stoked as I am! Can't wait to kick back and drink coffee. Tomorrow my Granny turns ?? and my wife turns ??. If they knew I put their age on the internet they would beat me to a pulp!

Have a great Friday!

A very Happy Birthday to them both!

 

[xmas365]

I am the luckiest man in the world. Tonight I get to escort two beautiful girls to the daddy/daughter dance. They have already picked out their dresses and mommy plans to pull their hair up into some kind of girly/prissy configuration. The corsages are waiting for me at the florist.

This is the fourth year for me doing this and the funniest thing about it is knowing the restuarant down the hall is standing room only of all the moms who just cant stand to be left at home while their husbands and daughters enjoy a night of dancing. The dads get a kick at watching their heads peering in to see how it is going.

Have a good time.

 

[xmas365]

I have never heard Vince Scully broadcast a game. To me the greatest baseball broadcaster ever was the one and only Ernie Harwell, the Detroit Tiger's announcer I grew up listening to. He was the voice of summer!

Vin Scully is an amazing broadcaster here is some of his best:

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[xmas365]

CAH-We were waiting for you to help shovel, we waited and waited, we just did it. It took a couple hours but it is done. cheesy

 

[Seawaters]

Thanks, MC for the snow pics. Totally love it and wish we had some. I just returned from visiting a friend, and as I was walking to the car, I ws reminded of a chilly fall day. It even smelled fally!!! Fall and winter are definitely my favorite seasons.

 

[Christmas-A-Holic]

CAH-We were waiting for you to help shovel, we waited and waited, we just did it. It took a couple hours but it is done. cheesy

Sorry! Made was suppose to help me and Seawaters never showed up with the jet. That's my excuse and I am sticking with it! :lol:

 

[Meceka]

Originally Posted by ballcoach
Tomorrow is Friday! I hope everyone is as stoked as I am! Can't wait to kick back and drink coffee. Tomorrow my Granny turns ?? and my wife turns ??. If they knew I put their age on the internet they would beat me to a pulp!

Have a great Friday!

Hope they enjoy their birthday - yesterday was mine!!! Love February almost as much as I do December!!! Wooo Hooo

Happy Birthday!

 

[Meceka]

I got a nice surprise from my 8 year old grandson. He had early release from school today and brought home a project he made for Christmas. I fell in love with it so he gave it to me! I asked my daughter (his mom) if she minds if I keep it. I wasn't sure if it's something she wanted. She told me of course I could since I am Christmas Crazy! I put the date on the back of it so I can remember when he made it when I bring it out to display every year. I am getting a large collection of hand made goodies from the kids. Our hallways is full of art work they have hung on the walls.

I love it!

 

[made582]

CAH-We were waiting for you to help shovel, we waited and waited, we just did it. It took a couple hours but it is done. cheesy

Sorry! Made was suppose to help me and Seawaters never showed up with the jet. That's my excuse and I am sticking with it! :lol:

Sorry, Seawaters was going to drop me off first to get started but we have been doing circles around the airport all day waiting on them to get the runways open.


Add skis for the landing gear on the lear to her Christmas list for next year.

 

[made582]

Who is ready for the Greasy Skillet tonight?!

Me, Me!!!!! If I'm still awake.

 

[made582]

I am the luckiest man in the world. Tonight I get to escort two beautiful girls to the daddy/daughter dance. They have already picked out their dresses and mommy plans to pull their hair up into some kind of girly/prissy configuration. The corsages are waiting for me at the florist.

This is the fourth year for me doing this and the funniest thing about it is knowing the restuarant down the hall is standing room only of all the moms who just cant stand to be left at home while their husbands and daughters enjoy a night of dancing. The dads get a kick at watching their heads peering in to see how it is going.

Have fun!!!

 

[Christmas-A-Holic]

Sorry, Seawaters was going to drop me off first to get started but we have been doing circles around the airport all day waiting on them to get the runways open.


Add skis for the landing gear on the lear to her Christmas list for next year.

Also my hands and arms were hurting from all those dishes I had to wash at Made's today so just too tired to shovel.

(Do we have enough excuses yet???) :wink:

 

[made582]

Nothing much new to report. Looks like we got around 20 inches, more or less---it's hard to tell because of the drifting. About knee-deep in the driveway (but Mr. shoveled a few inches off the driveway before the deep snow fell), and waist-high drifts in the backyard. We don't have a snow-blower, and shoveling the driveway looks impossible, but if our plow guy doesn't get here before tomorrow afternoon, we're going to have to try to dig a pathway out for at least one of the cars.

Here's our cars in the driveway:

Can't get out of the driveway:

Here's one of those waist-high snowdrifts:

Wow, that's a lot of snow!!!!