Christmas Countdown - 2013

[made582]

this was taken on Saturday over by LittleCS's place

Cool!!!!

 

[Bradmac]

It is only supposed to reach 105 degrees today. We are going to Chico to pick up a prescription, so I am sure we will either have lunch or dinner there. We still have one or two gift cards to Red Lobster, but there is also another restaurant we really like.

Bradmac, I forgot to ask about Nancy. How is she? Did you get the bug? I hate when tree limbs fall. Did you guys have any high winds?

Coach, prayers going up for all the staff and kids. I know the excitement you feel. As a kid, I had a hard time sleeping before the first day; and as a teacher, I STILL had a hard time because of all the excitement!

Time to get a bite to eat. TTYL

Thanks for asking, she feels good now. It was, apparently, just a 24 hour bug, but Jacob and I got away without it, so far. We didn't have any high winds, but pecan trees are considered to be "self-pruning" by way of limbs breaking. I just they were self-disposing, too.

 

[made582]

Good afternoon.
I woke up with a sick daughter this morning. Sat in the doctors office for a couple of hours. Went back and forth to the pharmacy for a prescription. Had to cancel my daughters driving lesson and beauty parlor appointment because she is sick. She didn't show up to work today and I realized we should get a doctors note for her to bring to her manager so I just ran back to the office and got that. Ran a couple of other errands on my way home. I didn't do any chores or laundry yet. Whew! It's just one of those days. I am having a much needed cup of coffee right now and thought I would pop in to say hello!
I hope everyone is well and is having a great day!
I hope to talk to you all later :-D

Hope she feels better soon!!!!

 

[snowflake22]

Good afternoon.
I woke up with a sick daughter this morning. Sat in the doctors office for a couple of hours. Went back and forth to the pharmacy for a prescription. Had to cancel my daughters driving lesson and beauty parlor appointment because she is sick. She didn't show up to work today and I realized we should get a doctors note for her to bring to her manager so I just ran back to the office and got that. Ran a couple of other errands on my way home. I didn't do any chores or laundry yet. Whew! It's just one of those days. I am having a much needed cup of coffee right now and thought I would pop in to say hello!
I hope everyone is well and is having a great day!
I hope to talk to you all later :-D

Hope your daughter feels better, HmG. My thoughts & prayers are with you guys! Again, what a great Mom you are!!

Xo


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[Holiday]

Good afternoon, friends!!

Hope you're all having a great Friday so far!! TGIF!!

What are your weekend plans?

We are heading up north to my aunts and uncles cabin, my immediate family is there =] We are having one big celebration of me passing my real estate exam, Adrian's birthday, and our anniversary- which is today! 5 years!!
It should be fun. I love going to the lake!!

I attached one of my favorite wedding pics of us goofing around

Thinking of you all~

Hope you all have a beautiful weekend!!

((Hugs))

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Beautiful & fun picture! Hope you had a great weekend!!!!

Sugar - you camping weekend sounded like fun too...hope you had a great time!!!!

I think that is all the catching up I can do for today! Still have 35 pages to go, but I'm a little short on time!!! :grin:

 

[sugar142286]

Good morning!
We are going to have more summer like weather this week and hoping it will continue through the labor day weekend. We are going to be camping at camp David for the weekend, something we have not had an opportunity to do yet this summer. Several other family members are going to be there too so it will be a fun time!
I actually get to stay home today and get some work done around the house. I also want to bake some zucchini bread.

Sounds like a lot of fun! The bread sounds yummy.

 

[sugar142286]

Morning! Sounds like a really fun weekend planned! We also have a three day weekend here in the UK. How is your knee? If you have any bread leftover I'll happily take it off your hands

Enjoy your weekend coming up!

 

[sugar142286]

ok, I know I said zucchini bread, but noticed peaches getting soft so put in a peach cobbler first. It smells good in here!

You're killing me over here...

 

[sugar142286]

16 hours till another round of QVC ..... Ohhhhhhh Santa and Rudolph...... Are you ready ?

I'm sooo jealous.

 

[sugar142286]

Hello all!!!

It's been nearly a month since I have been here. Here it goes, just a little whining and I will quickly find my Christmas Cheer but summer has been extremely hard on me this year! I have been knocked down big time, keeping up with the 3 grandchildren while my daughter and son-in-law work and working my other job. The fatigue level was off the charts. Cabin fever really kicked in, just way too hot to do anything outdoors.

Good news, even through all this I have had fun with the grandchildren. We have stayed busy doing lots of fun things even when I am tired. We have spent a lot of time at the library checking out books and getting involved in the activities they have there, crafts, story telling and other things. We have been going to Chuck E. Cheese and other places like that. We TRY to take the bikes out some mornings if we are lucky enough to get a comfortable morning. That has maybe happened 3 times this summer. The kids have talked about Santa and Christmas all summer long and often ask to watch Christmas shows when they are over. I LOVE IT!

My brother and his family just got back from Alaska. It was great seeing them in pictures wearing jackets in August! They also visit North Pole, Alaska and saw Santa! I am so jealous!

Okay, time for you all up north to laugh but last week we got a "cool" front. The highs in the lower 90's waking up to temps in the lower 70's. It was heaven! It made me feel better. Saturday morning Wayne and I were able to take the bikes to the lake. We rode around, parked our bikes and rented a kayak then rode our bikes back to the car. We rode nearly 4 miles on the bike and did the kayak for an hour. We had a blast and can't wait to do it again! The lake was packed since the temps were nicer.

It has been a very busy summer! School starts next week so I will just have my granddaughter and my grandsons will return to school. I should have more time on here then.

I really miss you all and think of you all often! I hope everyone is well. If anyone has some great news to share with me that I might have missed on here, please send me a message!

Have a Merry Day my Christmas Friends! :!!

So glad to hear from you, CAH! Glad to hear you're doing well. (((Hugs))) to you and SIT! God Bless.

 

[ClaireLovesChristmas]

Morning Claire! How are you? I am just having an easy day today and catching up on housework etc as I worked yesterday. Hubby has been on vacation but gone back to work today

Goodluck with the garden, I was just outside tidying up my own

Have a good evening at work!

Horrible when they have to go back, So nice spending time with my hubby when he has days off!! work was ok, was glad to get home though lol xx

Good morning!
We are going to have more summer like weather this week and hoping it will continue through the labor day weekend. We are going to be camping at camp David for the weekend, something we have not had an opportunity to do yet this summer. Several other family members are going to be there too so it will be a fun time!
I actually get to stay home today and get some work done around the house. I also want to bake some zucchini bread.

Have a great time camping!! xxx

Good Monday morning, my Christmas friends!

What a long weekend. Our plant was closed Friday (with the exception of we, the admin staff) to give the guys a big thanks for their hard work, and we rented a local water park for 4 hours. Who knew it would be 73° in August and rainy?!? So, we're going back this Friday to try it again. It's bound to be back in the 90's by then. LOL

Saturday we drove to Macon, GA to buy school uniforms. Man, I need to go into the uniform business! Lots of profit there! Then I drove around for 30 minutes to find a Starbucks for the trip home. While driving around, I saw a Guitar Center store. We stopped and Jacob had a fit over a nice acoustic guitar. ♪♫Santa Claus is coming to town!♫♪

Yesterday we have lunch and supper at Nancy's mom's. I went home to find a monster limb broken out of one of my big pecan trees. It barely missed my pull-behind yard sprayer and the boat. Whew! Now I have my work cut out for me. I'll have to sharpen the blade on the chain saw.

I hope y'all have a great day! cheesy

My eldest daughter is starting high school in september, went for her uniform and nearly fell through the floor when they told me the bill!! x

Hello all!!!

It's been nearly a month since I have been here. Here it goes, just a little whining and I will quickly find my Christmas Cheer but summer has been extremely hard on me this year! I have been knocked down big time, keeping up with the 3 grandchildren while my daughter and son-in-law work and working my other job. The fatigue level was off the charts. Cabin fever really kicked in, just way too hot to do anything outdoors.

Good news, even through all this I have had fun with the grandchildren. We have stayed busy doing lots of fun things even when I am tired. We have spent a lot of time at the library checking out books and getting involved in the activities they have there, crafts, story telling and other things. We have been going to Chuck E. Cheese and other places like that. We TRY to take the bikes out some mornings if we are lucky enough to get a comfortable morning. That has maybe happened 3 times this summer. The kids have talked about Santa and Christmas all summer long and often ask to watch Christmas shows when they are over. I LOVE IT!

My brother and his family just got back from Alaska. It was great seeing them in pictures wearing jackets in August! They also visit North Pole, Alaska and saw Santa! I am so jealous!

Okay, time for you all up north to laugh but last week we got a "cool" front. The highs in the lower 90's waking up to temps in the lower 70's. It was heaven! It made me feel better. Saturday morning Wayne and I were able to take the bikes to the lake. We rode around, parked our bikes and rented a kayak then rode our bikes back to the car. We rode nearly 4 miles on the bike and did the kayak for an hour. We had a blast and can't wait to do it again! The lake was packed since the temps were nicer.

It has been a very busy summer! School starts next week so I will just have my granddaughter and my grandsons will return to school. I should have more time on here then.

I really miss you all and think of you all often! I hope everyone is well. If anyone has some great news to share with me that I might have missed on here, please send me a message!

Have a Merry Day my Christmas Friends! :!!

Great to see you back!! have missed you xxx

Good morning everyone. I love this time of year as the anticipation for fall is off the charts! School has started. Football season is almost upon us. And Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer. Leaves will be changing before we know it.

Hope you all have a wonderful day.

Cant wait!! I always watch for the tree behind my house turning colour!! Love this time of year!!! xxx

Good afternoon.
I woke up with a sick daughter this morning. Sat in the doctors office for a couple of hours. Went back and forth to the pharmacy for a prescription. Had to cancel my daughters driving lesson and beauty parlor appointment because she is sick. She didn't show up to work today and I realized we should get a doctors note for her to bring to her manager so I just ran back to the office and got that. Ran a couple of other errands on my way home. I didn't do any chores or laundry yet. Whew! It's just one of those days. I am having a much needed cup of coffee right now and thought I would pop in to say hello!
I hope everyone is well and is having a great day!
I hope to talk to you all later :-D

Aww hope your daughter is better soon!!! enjoy that well deserved coffee!! xx

 

[sugar142286]

Scenes at Ben Franklin:

Love it!

 

[sugar142286]

We had 81 in my senior class. The school turned 100 years old in 2012. At the rate it's going, DD will have 200+ in her senior class---9 years to go!

I haven't posted in a while, trying to get back to normal here. Two weeks ago, the day before school started, DH had a wreck on his way to work. A girl pulled out in front of him, in the rain, & he couldn't stop. His 18 year old truck was totalled. He was blessed to have only a few cuts & bruises. It could have been so much worse. They managed to miss hitting a stop sign, guardrail, & power pole, landing in a grassy ditch. DH bummed a ride to work from a neighbor/co-worker for two weeks, got tired of waiting on the insurance company, and bought a new truck on Saturday.

We are just thankful that everyone is okay. Truck was replaced, but DH couldn't be replaced. We hate that we now have two vehicle payments, but we are glad that we are still able to take the two trips we already had planned & paid for on Labor Day weekend & Fall Break. We will be extra thankful to be there this year!

DD has decided that she want to be a ninja for Halloween & she wants an XBox 360 for Christmas. DH & I will do without this Christmas & DD will get her wish (Santa will ask her to share with us!). Our Fall Break trip will also be my belated 40th birthday celebration & our pre-20th wedding anniversary celebration. Sometimes you have to combine celebrations to get to have one bigger celebration!

Long story short, we are now broke, but still blessed! Now that school is back in session, I'm ready for college football Saturdays (go Vols!) & all the end of the year holidays.

So glad to hear DH is okay and wasn't hurt any worse than what he was.

Sounds like you guys have a lot of fun planned ahead. Enjoy!

 

[sugar142286]

We're you all ears? cheesy

:lol:

 

[sugar142286]

Hi all,

Checking in from beautiful Lee, MA in the Berkshires!

There is wifi in the lobby, so I thought I would check in real quick.

So far so good, we will be heading out to lake George tomorrow.


Ttys

Enjoy! Glad to hear everything is going well so far!

 

[sugar142286]

Good afternoon.
I woke up with a sick daughter this morning. Sat in the doctors office for a couple of hours. Went back and forth to the pharmacy for a prescription. Had to cancel my daughters driving lesson and beauty parlor appointment because she is sick. She didn't show up to work today and I realized we should get a doctors note for her to bring to her manager so I just ran back to the office and got that. Ran a couple of other errands on my way home. I didn't do any chores or laundry yet. Whew! It's just one of those days. I am having a much needed cup of coffee right now and thought I would pop in to say hello!
I hope everyone is well and is having a great day!
I hope to talk to you all later :-D

Hope she feels better soon!

 

[sugar142286]

Good evening, MMC friends! Hope you're all doing well!

Not much planned for tonight. Trying to figure out what we're going to do for dinner. Also doing some things around the house. It seems never ending! Working tonight too...other than that, that is it. What are your plans?

Hope you're all have a great day! I will stop back later. God Bless and keep smiling!

 

[Binger]

7 hours till qvc!! Yabba

 

[Binger]

Stock up now... Coffee coffee. Glitter glitter

 

[sugar142286]

Started a new book yesterday - Skipping
Christmas by John Grisham. The movie, Christmas With the Kranks is based on the book. It's very good so far!