Christmas Countdown - 2013

[gabulldawg]

Good Monday evening everyone! It's late August and I guess I am coming out of summer hibernation as September arrives this weekend! We are so close to that magical time of year we all long for. I just read the Farmer Almanac winter forecast and they are "usually" correct for the most part and they are predicting a cold snowy winter for mid atlantic states and New England and Great Lakes area..us in the inner Mt west about average which is still a lot of freakin snow! Anyhow I hope everyone is doing good. I know I have a lot to catch up on here so I will get busy! Have a great night I will be popping in and out the rest of the night!

 

[gabulldawg]

My older boy starts 3rd grade Wednesday, and my youngest starts kindergarten next Wednesday! I can't believe how fast they are growing.

I know what you mean man! I can't believe how fast mine are growing too! I hope they have a good first week back at school! And hope the little one adjusts to k-5 okay I know it's probably hard to send them back!(or is it after a long summer)

 

[Seawaters]

Our Philly cheese steak sandwich dinner is in the crock pot and it tastes so, so good! I browned some baby bellas in the frying pan with a little butter and some garlic olive oil and put it into the crock pot as my first layer. Then I carmelized a large onion that I cut into slices, adding garlic just before the onions were done and placing them as the second layer. I sliced red bell pepper and green bell pepper as the third layer. I bought thin-sliced sirloin and cut it into strips and added that as my fourth layer. I then mixed a package of garlic and herb salad dressing mix with about 14 ounces of beef broth and poured that over the contents of the crock pot. I cooked this on high for about four hours. (We will be eating dinner soon.) Hubby tasted it and wanted me to increase the au jus, so I added more beef broth. (He wanted there to be leftovers for tomorrow or Wednesday.) We will soon enjoy this on sweet French rolls, adding Provolone and using the au jus as a French dip type of sandwich. This is so easy and one of my better sandwich meals. I bought fresh fruit (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, mangoes, bananas, nectarines, apples, and peaches) for a fruit salad with vanilla bean cream cheese fruit dip. I also added a can of Del Monte Very Cherry fruit cocktail that has a cherry-flavored light syrup. I will serve the fruit salad with a cranberry-citrus oat Newtons cookie. Dinner is just about ready. TTYL

 

[Christmasstar]

Seawater's- This year you have 3,814 posts so far and last year you had only had 3,384 posts for the whole year.

ok, how do you know how many posts in one year? I see total posted but not those for just one year.

 

[Holiday]

Goodnight, MMC! Enjoy the rest of your evening and have a great Tuesday!


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Our Philly cheese steak sandwich dinner is in the crock pot and it tastes so, so good! I browned some baby bellas in the frying pan with a little butter and some garlic olive oil and put it into the crock pot as my first layer. Then I carmelized a large onion that I cut into slices, adding garlic just before the onions were done and placing them as the second layer. I sliced red bell pepper and green bell pepper as the third layer. I bought thin-sliced sirloin and cut it into strips and added that as my fourth layer. I then mixed a package of garlic and herb salad dressing mix with about 14 ounces of beef broth and poured that over the contents of the crock pot. I cooked this on high for about four hours. (We will be eating dinner soon.) Hubby tasted it and wanted me to increase the au jus, so I added more beef broth. (He wanted there to be leftovers for tomorrow or Wednesday.) We will soon enjoy this on sweet French rolls, adding Provolone and using the au jus as a French dip type of sandwich. This is so easy and one of my better sandwich meals. I bought fresh fruit (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, mangoes, bananas, nectarines, apples, and peaches) for a fruit salad with vanilla bean cream cheese fruit dip. I also added a can of Del Monte Very Cherry fruit cocktail that has a cherry-flavored light syrup. I will serve the fruit salad with a cranberry-citrus oat Newtons cookie. Dinner is just about ready. TTYL

Well I wasn't hungry until I read this!!! Enjoy!!!!

 

[Meceka]

Good Monday evening everyone! It's late August and I guess I am coming out of summer hibernation as September arrives this weekend! We are so close to that magical time of year we all long for. I just read the Farmer Almanac winter forecast and they are "usually" correct for the most part and they are predicting a cold snowy winter for mid atlantic states and New England and Great Lakes area..us in the inner Mt west about average which is still a lot of freakin snow! Anyhow I hope everyone is doing good. I know I have a lot to catch up on here so I will get busy! Have a great night I will be popping in and out the rest of the night!

Hi, Dawg! How are Brandi and the boys? I read a mention about the cold and snowy forecast on a weather site today - it was geared toward the Superbowl being outdoors and that day's particular forecast. Did the almanac mention when the snow was going to start?

 

[Ryan]

Hmm, The person who has really picked it up this year is Snowflake. She has 4,169 posts so far this year. Last year she only had 1,051.

Wow! Who is the top poster?


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[Ryan]

Our Philly cheese steak sandwich dinner is in the crock pot and it tastes so, so good! I browned some baby bellas in the frying pan with a little butter and some garlic olive oil and put it into the crock pot as my first layer. Then I carmelized a large onion that I cut into slices, adding garlic just before the onions were done and placing them as the second layer. I sliced red bell pepper and green bell pepper as the third layer. I bought thin-sliced sirloin and cut it into strips and added that as my fourth layer. I then mixed a package of garlic and herb salad dressing mix with about 14 ounces of beef broth and poured that over the contents of the crock pot. I cooked this on high for about four hours. (We will be eating dinner soon.) Hubby tasted it and wanted me to increase the au jus, so I added more beef broth. (He wanted there to be leftovers for tomorrow or Wednesday.) We will soon enjoy this on sweet French rolls, adding Provolone and using the au jus as a French dip type of sandwich. This is so easy and one of my better sandwich meals. I bought fresh fruit (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, mangoes, bananas, nectarines, apples, and peaches) for a fruit salad with vanilla bean cream cheese fruit dip. I also added a can of Del Monte Very Cherry fruit cocktail that has a cherry-flavored light syrup. I will serve the fruit salad with a cranberry-citrus oat Newtons cookie. Dinner is just about ready. TTYL

I'm on my way!!!


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[Meceka]

Our Philly cheese steak sandwich dinner is in the crock pot and it tastes so, so good! I browned some baby bellas in the frying pan with a little butter and some garlic olive oil and put it into the crock pot as my first layer. Then I carmelized a large onion that I cut into slices, adding garlic just before the onions were done and placing them as the second layer. I sliced red bell pepper and green bell pepper as the third layer. I bought thin-sliced sirloin and cut it into strips and added that as my fourth layer. I then mixed a package of garlic and herb salad dressing mix with about 14 ounces of beef broth and poured that over the contents of the crock pot. I cooked this on high for about four hours. (We will be eating dinner soon.) Hubby tasted it and wanted me to increase the au jus, so I added more beef broth. (He wanted there to be leftovers for tomorrow or Wednesday.) We will soon enjoy this on sweet French rolls, adding Provolone and using the au jus as a French dip type of sandwich. This is so easy and one of my better sandwich meals. I bought fresh fruit (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, mangoes, bananas, nectarines, apples, and peaches) for a fruit salad with vanilla bean cream cheese fruit dip. I also added a can of Del Monte Very Cherry fruit cocktail that has a cherry-flavored light syrup. I will serve the fruit salad with a cranberry-citrus oat Newtons cookie. Dinner is just about ready. TTYL

The fruit salad sounds yummy! I did not know about the Very Cherry fruit cocktail - will have to hunt some down the next time I go to the grocery store. I'm having a cold glass of Cranberry & Blueberry cocktail juice. Cheers, my friend!

 

[snowflake22]

Good Monday evening everyone! It's late August and I guess I am coming out of summer hibernation as September arrives this weekend! We are so close to that magical time of year we all long for. I just read the Farmer Almanac winter forecast and they are "usually" correct for the most part and they are predicting a cold snowy winter for mid atlantic states and New England and Great Lakes area..us in the inner Mt west about average which is still a lot of freakin snow! Anyhow I hope everyone is doing good. I know I have a lot to catch up on here so I will get busy! Have a great night I will be popping in and out the rest of the night!

I'm sure you are pretty excited for a white Christmas!!


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[snowflake22]

Our Philly cheese steak sandwich dinner is in the crock pot and it tastes so, so good! I browned some baby bellas in the frying pan with a little butter and some garlic olive oil and put it into the crock pot as my first layer. Then I carmelized a large onion that I cut into slices, adding garlic just before the onions were done and placing them as the second layer. I sliced red bell pepper and green bell pepper as the third layer. I bought thin-sliced sirloin and cut it into strips and added that as my fourth layer. I then mixed a package of garlic and herb salad dressing mix with about 14 ounces of beef broth and poured that over the contents of the crock pot. I cooked this on high for about four hours. (We will be eating dinner soon.) Hubby tasted it and wanted me to increase the au jus, so I added more beef broth. (He wanted there to be leftovers for tomorrow or Wednesday.) We will soon enjoy this on sweet French rolls, adding Provolone and using the au jus as a French dip type of sandwich. This is so easy and one of my better sandwich meals. I bought fresh fruit (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, mangoes, bananas, nectarines, apples, and peaches) for a fruit salad with vanilla bean cream cheese fruit dip. I also added a can of Del Monte Very Cherry fruit cocktail that has a cherry-flavored light syrup. I will serve the fruit salad with a cranberry-citrus oat Newtons cookie. Dinner is just about ready. TTYL

That sounds so scrumptious, Seawaters!!
Yummo!!


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[gabulldawg]

Our Philly cheese steak sandwich dinner is in the crock pot and it tastes so, so good! I browned some baby bellas in the frying pan with a little butter and some garlic olive oil and put it into the crock pot as my first layer. Then I carmelized a large onion that I cut into slices, adding garlic just before the onions were done and placing them as the second layer. I sliced red bell pepper and green bell pepper as the third layer. I bought thin-sliced sirloin and cut it into strips and added that as my fourth layer. I then mixed a package of garlic and herb salad dressing mix with about 14 ounces of beef broth and poured that over the contents of the crock pot. I cooked this on high for about four hours. (We will be eating dinner soon.) Hubby tasted it and wanted me to increase the au jus, so I added more beef broth. (He wanted there to be leftovers for tomorrow or Wednesday.) We will soon enjoy this on sweet French rolls, adding Provolone and using the au jus as a French dip type of sandwich. This is so easy and one of my better sandwich meals. I bought fresh fruit (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, mangoes, bananas, nectarines, apples, and peaches) for a fruit salad with vanilla bean cream cheese fruit dip. I also added a can of Del Monte Very Cherry fruit cocktail that has a cherry-flavored light syrup. I will serve the fruit salad with a cranberry-citrus oat Newtons cookie. Dinner is just about ready. TTYL

My gosh that sounds so good! I think I will go warm up some dinner after reading this!:-D

 

[Meceka]

Green beans are blanched and are ready to be bagged. Up next are peaches . I was going to can peach chutney, but it is way too humid to do the boiling water bath, not to mention boiling the jars for 10 minutes before filling. Oh, how I would love a screened in outdoor canning kitchen (and while I am wishing, a small walk-in freezer!)!

 

[Christmasstar]

I'm jealous, I have had so little time to spend here and all this talk of how many post people are making has me feeling kind of sad and left out :-?
I am glad to do some quick read thoughs and see that everyone is well and some have returned which is totally awesome!
Now I am off to bed because I have a early day tomorrow.

 

[gabulldawg]

Hi, Dawg! How are Brandi and the boys? I read a mention about the cold and snowy forecast on a weather site today - it was geared toward the Superbowl being outdoors and that day's particular forecast. Did the almanac mention when the snow was going to start?

Yeah I read about the Superbowl being at the Meadowlands in Jersey on Feb 2nd possibly being snowed out! From what I gather they said Feb Would be especially snowy,BUT I did not see anywhere when it would start. I am so hoping it starts in November or at least December...Last year we had such a back loaded winter as snow did not start really until Feb but lasted until April even in the southeast ski resorts...Can't wait!!!!!

We are all doing great so far! We love it here and have met so many wonderful people in our Subdivision especially. Brandi is adjusting to being a stay at home mom so far she plans to go back maybe next school year but at the latest when the boys go to school. Thanks for asking!cheesy

 

[brent]

I hope you get the job!!! Fingers crossed!!! Did you watch Elf & PE?

Not yet! I had planned on watching yesterday, but I was exhausted from being outside for much of the day... I don't know if I am going to wait until September 25th or watch one of them before hand. We shall see!

 

[Meceka]

Yeah I read about the Superbowl being at the Meadowlands in Jersey on Feb 2nd possibly being snowed out! From what I gather they said Feb Would be especially snowy,BUT I did not see anywhere when it would start. I am so hoping it starts in November or at least December...Last year we had such a back loaded winter as snow did not start really until Feb but lasted until April even in the southeast ski resorts...Can't wait!!!!!

We are all doing great so far! We love it here and have met so many wonderful people in our Subdivision especially. Brandi is adjusting to being a stay at home mom so far she plans to go back maybe next school year but at the latest when the boys go to school. Thanks for asking!cheesy

I love it when it snows for the first time in December - big fluffy flakes that melt before they hit the ground. Christmas shopping snow! Then on Christmas Eve, the snow that sticks around is perfect.
It sounds like Utah is everything you have been wishing for weather-wise - yay! I'm glad that you and your family are doing great and making friends - awesome!!!

 

[Meceka]

I'm jealous, I have had so little time to spend here and all this talk of how many post people are making has me feeling kind of sad and left out :-?
I am glad to do some quick read thoughs and see that everyone is well and some have returned which is totally awesome!
Now I am off to bed because I have a early day tomorrow.

Don't feel left out, Christmasstar! Here is the top 5 list for the Countdown for this year:

made582 5,864
snowflake22 4,176
Seawaters 3,816
xmas365 2,643
Christmasstar 2,568

You are in 5th place! :???:

 

[Seawaters]

I forgot to say that I also had blackberries for the fruit salad. They were ginormous and sweet!!! Hubby decided to have some potato salad with dinner and will have the fruit salad as dessert later this evening.

 

[xmas365]

Good Monday evening everyone! It's late August and I guess I am coming out of summer hibernation as September arrives this weekend! We are so close to that magical time of year we all long for. I just read the Farmer Almanac winter forecast and they are "usually" correct for the most part and they are predicting a cold snowy winter for mid atlantic states and New England and Great Lakes area..us in the inner Mt west about average which is still a lot of freakin snow! Anyhow I hope everyone is doing good. I know I have a lot to catch up on here so I will get busy! Have a great night I will be popping in and out the rest of the night!

The radio show hosts I was listening to this morning were complaining about that forecast.