Christmas Countdown - 2013

[sugar142286]

Good mid-morning everyone!

I woke up to a very cloudy sky and heavy rains. Weather forecast says it will rain all day therefore issued a flood warning. Guess we have to watch our small stream and the big lake.

My dads parents are planing to give my das his part of the inheritance. His older brother already has his part (he got the family house), the youngest got his part to build his own house. Now it is my fathers turn. They would like to buy a flat, as houses are waaaaayyyyyyyyy to expensive around here. They worry that if they get sick and have to go to a nursing home all their money (and dads part of the inheritance) will be used for they care. In our country this is part of the social system.

Now we have to look for affordable flats, which isn't exactly easy. We live in a pretty expensive area and can't just move to other places.

Could you pray for us? We hope for wisdom to make the right decision. Besides we try to calm our grandparents down, as they get pretty worked up. Really don't know what's the reason for all this stressing that's going on around here.

Praying for you and your family.

 

[sugar142286]

Okay, I just have to say that some people are stupid and don't deserve a drivers license. A guy in my sister's housing addition saw my niece's school bus this morning and didn't want to get stuck behind it. So instead, he tried to out turn the bus around a corner and instead of making it, crashed right into the side of the bus. Luckily no kids were on it but my sister said the driver was pretty shook up.

Glad everyone was okay. Some people are just plain stupid, as you said.

 

[sugar142286]

Have fun at the movies and save me a piece of that bread!!!!!

We had a great time, thanks. There is still some left, so come get some!

 

[sugar142286]

Good morning. Thanks for all the prayers and well wishes on the interview yesterday. The interview went good, but it makes what I make now...so I won't be accepting it if offered. I like my job now and the people I work with, so I don't want to leave for the same thing if that makes any sense. I'm appreciative for the opportunity to interview though and know the right thing will come along.

I did visit my wife's new classroom yesterday. She's working hard to put it together and doing a great job. Tomorrow night we might have a date night as my in-laws are taking the kids to Tulsa (about an hour and a half from us) to see some stuff and have a fun day before school starts. So, me and the Mrs. are going to take advantage of it and go out to eat!

Hope you all have a great day.

Glad the interview went well. I know something will come a long for you.

Enjoy your date tonight, if you do decide to go out!

 

[sugar142286]

Good Thursday morning, my Christmas friends!

Vacation is still going great! We're planning to go whitewater rafting today, then ziplining tomorrow. I hope my ol' heart can hold out! (Just kidding!)

My cousin and his family are driving up today for the weekend. His family has a place just down the road from mama's place, so it'll be fun to have them here. Ed's also my best friend, and we've played together in the band for more than 20 years. Maybe we'll plan a big BBQ this weekend!

I hope y'all have a great day! cheesy

Glad to hear you're having such a great time. Continue to enjoy!

 

[sugar142286]

Hey girl =]

It's going ok! Haven't really gotten going with training yet, still dealing with loading programs on my computer & setting up my laptop.

Thanks for asking!!

How are you guys?




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Glad to hear it's going well. Continue to work hard - you will do great!

We are good, thanks for asking! We're just busy, as usual. I work all weekend, as does DH, so I'm just trying to relax and get caught up on here now.

 

[sugar142286]

Hey, everyone! I am here to stick around this time

It went from being relatively cool here for the past week to now roasting again and needing the air conditioner. I stepped outside to go for a walk after it rained last night, and wow - overwhelming humidity! I don't know if anyone has ever watched Friends...but if you recall the Barbados episode where Monica's hair went poofy/frizzy - that was me after going outside :lol:

I am feeling a little bit better today. Just hoping it goes away before vacation. I am not really looking forward to the plane ride. I don't mind it when there are two seats across and I can sit next to my family member, but I hate three which this plane has. I always feel crammed and like I have zero space.

I still have so much packing to do...yikes!!! I am so afraid I am going to forget something, even though I made a list and have been crossing off as I go.

Good to see you back, Jennifer! How you are you feeling? Where will you be heading for vacation?

 

[sugar142286]

Going to bed soon today.....we gotta get up mighty early tomorrow....cos we are driving to Europa Park....Europe´s highest rated Amusement Park in Germany....close to Freiburg.....I heart this parc, since I have been there since I was little and it has grown so much since then and changed so much......awesome!!!!!!....Kandice can hardly wait.....and I am just the same!!!! I love parcs...roller coasters....everything about it....I will post pictures of it when I am back

Hope you guys enjoyed yourselves!

 

[Christmasstar]

An unusual day here at the office. Everyone else is gone on the annual offsite. I always volunteer to stay behind to cover the phones. Why? It's a two-day event. The afternoon of the first day is devoted to athletic competition, and the evening to beer. The morning of the second day is an all-hands meeting. I'm one of the oldest employees age-wise and never was much of an athlete, and I don't drink beer (and can't tolerate being around those who have had too much of it), so I hold down the fort here. The remodeling is still going on---they're installing a drop-ceiling in the area behind me, so there's periodic drilling and hammering. Otherwise, I'm answering the phone and, unless some proofreading jobs come in by email, keeping myself entertained.

It's dark and rainy outside and there are still no overhead lights in my area, only the 60-watt lamp on my desk in a long, narrow room, so it's dim and almost cozy, except for the overactive air conditioning and the construction noise. They're working in the kitchen area, so there'll be no tea, coffee, or hot chocolate today. I brought my lunch. I hope it stays slow today so I'll have a breather. It's been a busy week.

LOL< you sound just like me, I would have stayed behind for the same reasons!

 

[Christmasstar]

It is a quiet day here as well. I did a couple offers and otherwise spend my time joking with my work collegues. Other than that I ckecked my favourite authors for new books (luckily some are coming up) and was searching for new authors. I found one "problem" with the ebook reader though. Ebooks are much cheaper then real books and without worrying for storage space I tend to buy way to many books. Do you have the same "problems"?

Tomorrow evening we are able to visit a flat, we might be able to buy. The offer looks very good, according to my cousin, who works in the real estate business. It would also be more or less close to the village we live in now. We'll see how the meeting goes and how the rest goes.

I'm going home early as there really isn't any work to do and I'm having headache.

we have books in every room of our house, and yes, we keep getting more! But we also from time to time give away books that we have read or no longer wish to keep so others can enjoy them.
Hope all goes well the viewing of the flat!

 

[Christmasstar]

Good Morning MMC!!!!! It's going to be another warm humid day with a high of 82. We did finally get some of the rain last night about 2am. Of course I wasn't quite asleep yet so then it kept me up. So I'm dragging today. Which I don't have a lot to do so I can deal with that. I hope everyone is having a GREAT DAY!!!!!!!!!!

what you need is some white noise in your room at night so these things do not wake you up. Put on a small fan in your room and see how well that works.
I had a long and busy day at work and glad to be home again!

 

[made582]

what you need is some white noise in your room at night so these things do not wake you up. Put on a small fan in your room and see how well that works.

Oh, I have to have a fan going when I sleep no matter what it's like outside. I even have a battery operated one that I take with me when I travel. The storm last night was just louder than the fan.

 

[Christmasstar]

Good morning MMC! Hope you all have a fun weekend planned. We really have no definate plans other than going to the lake for the weekend. We MIGHT do a bike tour at a neighboring town tomorrow morning. They have 12 - 25 - or 50 mile rides. Might try the 25! We will probably make that decision tomorrow morning - pending what time we get to bed tonight!
Went out to eat at an Italian Restaurant last night that was having a benefit for Boy Scouts. The waiters were all BS leaders - our waiter was a friend of ours. We had a ball with him. We had a table of 9 - 2 of which were his wife & daughter. He was razzed plenty! All tips went to the Boy Scouts. Fun night!
Make it a great day!!!

sounds like a nice weekend to me!
I love those fund raiser dinners, always fun and a great way to raise money.

 

[Christmasstar]

Hello everyone

Thanks so much for all your kind words of support and true Christmas Spirit

The weather in Toronto is beautiful today and my youngest is napping... all seems right in the world

Hope you all have a Christmas-y Day

the weather here in Stratford is great today too!!

 

[sugar142286]

Good evening, MMC! Just wanted to stop in and say hello before laying down for a nap, for work tonight.

I hope you all enjoy the start to the weekend. Talk to you all tomorrow!

 

[Christmasstar]

Well I can officially say that I have finished shopping for one person on my Christmas list. I just ordered all 8 seasons of Full House for my niece in Seattle off of amazon. She has been obsessed with it on tv here lately and keeps complaining because they show the same one's over and over. So now she will be set.

tell her she can come and visit me any time and I will watch it with her!

 

[Christmasstar]

Oh, I have to have a fan going when I sleep no matter what it's like outside. I even have a battery operated one that I take with me when I travel. The storm last night was just louder than the fan.

we have had a few storms that were louder than my fan too! I also cannot sleep without this white noise going.

 

[Christmasstar]

wow, I am so tired, if was still not light out I would crawl into bed!

 

[Ryan]

We are out and about and reporting live from Hobby Lobby. It's a Christmas wonderland in here!

 

[snowflake22]

We are out and about and reporting live from Hobby Lobby. It's a Christmas wonderland in here!

Yay!!! Take lots of pics!!


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