Christmas Countdown - 2013

[mgramsey]

Starting to get my desk set up. The frames I have all my pictures of the kids in broke so we are getting new ones. In the mean time Anna drew me a picture of herself so I'd have one!

And Mgramsey, that's a mini statue of the Duke!

Nice pictures. Love the mini John Wayne statue. Several years ago I had the opportunity to speak with a guy that had traveled with the Duke. He noticed that Wayne paid for everything with a check. When he asked Wayne why he always used checks, Wayne explained "cause no one ever cashes them."

 

[Kimothy]

Happy 100 Days-Till-Christmas Everyone!

It's Monday and I'm at work. And it's the season premiere of Dancing with the Stars tonight--YAY!! Hope I can catch it since I'll be having dinner at a friend's house. :dance:

 

[Bradmac]

Nice pictures. Love the mini John Wayne statue. Several years ago I had the opportunity to speak with a guy that had traveled with the Duke. He noticed that Wayne paid for everything with a check. When he asked Wayne why he always used checks, Wayne explained "cause no one ever cashes them."

Because they want to keep his autograph! That's a good one! :lol:

 

[judesmama]

HAPPY 100 DAYS TO GO PALS!!!!!! Wow, I am getting nervous... need to finish my SHOPPING!! And get to testing some cookie recipes (tough work, huh??)

Cool and rainy today.. perfect day to just kick back and watch some Chrsitmas movies with the kids thsi afternoon. Missing my Jude while he's at school this AM... only an hour and a half to go until he's home!

Hey! I saw Christmas tissues at the grocery store today!! Noel was squealing, "Yay! It's Christmas time!" It was so cute!!

 

[Holiday]

Good morning MMC!!! Hard to believe ~ 100 DAYS TO CHRISTMAS! ~ Ain't it great!!!
:merry:

Not much going on around here. Just working! Thinking about what I need to get from the grocery store for Wed night! I have some returns to Kohls so I might run after work & make my returns & go to Kroger! OR that might wait until tomorrow night! I'll see once! Hubby has the day off work today - lucky duck! Hope you are all having a great Milestone Monday!!!

:dance:

 

[Cetacea]

Since I'm left-handed, I think that would be brilliant!!:-D

I'm left-handed as well, it is not so brilliant after all.

 

[Holiday]

HAPPY 100 DAYS TO GO PALS!!!!!! Wow, I am getting nervous... need to finish my SHOPPING!! And get to testing some cookie recipes (tough work, huh??)

Cool and rainy today.. perfect day to just kick back and watch some Chrsitmas movies with the kids thsi afternoon. Missing my Jude while he's at school this AM... only an hour and a half to go until he's home!

Hey! I saw Christmas tissues at the grocery store today!! Noel was squealing, "Yay! It's Christmas time!" It was so cute!!

LOVE IT!!!! :grin: Sounds like you have an awesome afternoon planned!

 

[brent]

Currently celebrating the 100-day Milestone with some Kringle Radio. Taking a Sleigh Ride with Ella Fitzgerald! Excited for the Wonderland of Snow to arrive!

 

[Seawaters]

Thanks for the graphic, Xmas. That is exactly the scene I was talking about.

I love that scene, Silent Night playing in the background, a beautiful tree lit up, and the snow falling. It is just perfect.

 

[Seawaters]

Take care. Hope Kandice has a good checkup!

Good morning MmC.....still in bed cuddling with my cat and Kandice is snoring besides me......when she is up I willl xall the pediatrition so he check her u, too....plus her asthma spray is almost empty so.we need new ones....on our way back we go by her friend Jann to pickup her homework

 

[Seawaters]

Your weather sounds like my kind of day! If Hubby didn't need to do so much remodeling work, I would wish for a day just like yours! But he needs clear weather to do the roof and some other outdoor stuff!

Morning all from a cold wet and windy UK! Just catching up while the girls are eating breakfast then once they are at school I'll be catching up with the usual house jobs!


Going to have a browse through the posts! Have a great day! x:dance:

 

[Seawaters]

Your time with your friends sounds marvelous! I truly hope you get to Nuremburg. I love the sound of your weather!

Goodmorning MMC!

I don't even try to read through all of your posts. As much as I would want to, there are just too many.

I hope you all are well. I send get well wishes and thoughts/prayers to everyone who needs them and I'm happy with everyone who as something to celebrate!

Most of last week the weather was very fall like. But late summer came back for a visit on Friday and Saturday. I spent a great time on saturday with one of my best friends. We aren't able to see each other very often. She is only 25 years old but has to take care of the house and her parents. Her mother has a chronical sickness and her father had a work accident two years ago and can't work anymore. She has very little time for herself and I try to help her whenever I can.

We went to the flea market and I found a necklace for my mother. Just like that I have my first christmas gift.

This week however fall is back in full force. It will be windy and rainy an cold all week. I like it that way and I am already thinking about christmas.

Maybe I'm able to visit the Nuremberg (not sure if this is written right) christchindlmarket. I wanted to got there a long time, but december is always soo full of appointments that I couldn't find time so far.

 

[Cetacea]

I'm heading home in a couple minutes. Have to run a couple errands first and than I'm planing to rest.

See you tomorrow (hopefully)! Enjoy your evening.

 

[Seawaters]

You, too, Sprinkleshouse!

Happy almost Christmas!! Summer has finally broken here and the nights are wonderfully cool. My favorite time of year is finally here. The kids are still asleep and it's just me and my peppermint tea waiting on the sun to come up.

Have a blessed and beautiful day everyone!!!

 

[Seawaters]

Music to my ears!

********** MILESTONE DAY **********



Good Morning, Everyone!

First up. Many thanks to a special one of our own.
The one - the only - Brent.
For filling in so capably for yours truly.
It was a pleasure to sit back and read the count for a change, especially when it was presented so artistically!


Well, they are all open.
<< What is, Crown? >>
All of the Windows.
<< What?? >>

The 300-day Season and Christmas Day Windows -- check!
The 200-day Season and Christmas Day Windows -- check!
The 100-day Season and Christmas Day Windows -- check!
All open wide, with nothing but double digits visible ahead, followed no doubt all too soon by SINGLE digits!
<< Wow!! >>
Wow is the word.

Days to the Season: 58
Days to Christmas Day: 100

And be forwarned.
After our next Milestone (the 3/4 Christmas Day marker, just NINE days away!) the following one is the 90 percent home stretch Season Milestone!!


Cooler yesterday with low humidity.
Nice!
More of the same today, I hope.
We show 69 degrees here, currently, with a light rain falling.


Have a Marvelous Monday, Folks.
Keep your eye on the sparrow and your thoughts on the Season!

 

[Festive Spirit]

Good morning!
We are expecting showers today with a high of 70 degrees. I am going to finish my cup of coffee and go run a few errands, I'm hoping to be back before the rain starts. Not too much else going on after my errands. I have some chores to do around the house and I'm going to start a pot of Italian Meatball Soup for dinner. We also plan on going to a few more car dealers when my husband gets home from work later tonight. My daughter wants to look at the Volkswagen Jetta, so we will probably head there first.
I hope everyone is well and has a wonderful day!

I'm coming to your house tonight for dinner!

Good morning MMC!!! Hard to believe ~ 100 DAYS TO CHRISTMAS! ~ Ain't it great!!!

Not much going on around here. Just working! Thinking about what I need to get from the grocery store for Wed night! I have some returns to Kohls so I might run after work & make my returns & go to Kroger! OR that might wait until tomorrow night! I'll see once! Hubby has the day off work today - lucky duck! Hope you are all having a great Milestone Monday!!!

:dance:

Have a good day!

Currently celebrating the 100-day Milestone with some Kringle Radio. Taking a Sleigh Ride with Ella Fitzgerald! Excited for the Wonderland of Snow to arrive!

I love Ella!
:dance:

Evening everyone,

I hope you all are having a good start to the week! I just put dinner in the oven so I'm having a cup of tea before I start the children's evening routine. It has been raining all day. This wet , cold dismal weather has put me in the mood for some red wine and a an old movie once Mr. Festive gets in later. I think we will watch House on Haunted Hill and perhaps Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

Have a lovely day!

 

[Seawaters]

Thanks for the link, Star. The ad said, "Think Oktoberfest except the beer is replaced with Christmas cheer!"

I love going to flea markets and yard sales. Every once in awhile I find something really grand that makes it all worth while.
Being a caregiver can be a stressful job. I am the main caregiver for my mom and my special needs son. Neither need a lot of care, mostly just someone to be there when needed.
I plan on going to the Christkindl market in Kitchener again this year.
http://www.christkindl.ca/
Best thing to do in December is to make yourself an appointment and mark on the calendar. That way when someone asks you to do something else you can say, no I have an appointment that day!

 

[Seawaters]

I feel giddy, too, Festive Spirit. I love reading about everyone's weather. We have a lot of sun here in northern California, always the same. In winter, we normally get lots of rain, so I am looking forward to it!

Merry Monday! 100 days till christmas! I think we need to celebrate!

How was everyone's weekend? On Saturday, we visited the shops and they were really starting to prepare for christmas. I bought the children's Advent calenders ready for December! I also bought two Halloween decorations. One is a pumpkin and the other is a ghost. I will post a photo when I can ! I was so pleased to find them, it made my day!

Long day yesterday working so I am just catching up with things at home today. Torrential rain this morning!! I was so lucky that it stopped in time for me to walk my son to school. It is pouring again now.

I have fallen behind on weekend posts as usual so I hope you are all well.

Happy 100 days till christmas!!! It makes me giddy that the start of the season is so close!

 

[Seawaters]

Wow, what a wonderful-sounding weekend, CAH! So glad you both were able to enjoy it!

We are moving right along, Crown! :???:

I have not been on here all weekend. Wayne was off on Friday so we finally had 2 straight days to spend together and had a lot of fun! It has been awhile we usually just get Saturday.

Friday we took the bikes out to the lake and made the trip all the way around, almost 10 miles. We parked the bikes and rented a kayak for an hour. I had a cooler packed with lunch and we ate it while floating in the middle of the lake. We ran all our errands them came home to relax.

Saturday we spent the first part of the day in Downtown Dallas to a museum at the Old Red Courthouse building then went to the JFK Dealey Plaza area. We didn't go to the museum, already been there a couple of times, just walked around. I take that area for granted since I grew up here and have had to go down that road to get places many times but when I stop and visit and really think about it it's very surreal to think of what took place. We are coming up on the 50th anniversary of the assassination. The day Kennedy was killed my dad was working in Downtown Dallas less than one mile away from the shooting. He was caught up in all the commotion. The tourist flood that place and you hear languages from all over the world. It's cool to hear that!

We had lunch in Downtown Dallas, headed home and kicked back for some TV then went to the movies. I am not much into going to the movies these days and it's the first time we went to the movies 6 years. I hate the way prices have increased but we went for twilight time and had a coupon for a bucket of popcorn so we managed to keep the price below 20 bucks!

With a full weekend going on we have fell asleep around 8:30 pm the past few nights! We had a great weekend and Monday is here for the start of a fantastic week!

I know a few of you already heard about our weekend from Wayne. =)

I hope you all are doing great! Be Merry my Friends!

 

[Seawaters]

Good success in looking for an apartment, Brent!

Good MILESTONE morning everyone!

It's a chilly morning in Ottawa. Temperature is currently sitting at 6C/45F but feels like 4C/39F. Brrr! We arrived home yesterday from Rochester at about 6PM. The tournament went well and we're heading to Boston for Regionals for the final weekend of September. Good stuff!

Not a whole lot to say, really. I had to record the Packers game from yesterday. My brother and dad were in attendance at Lambeau Field, so it is certainly a must watch for me. I already know the score and stats, but I am sure that I will enjoy it anyway. I think I should get to that now.... Otherwise, Kim and I have some apartment hunting to do. We could be moving for the first time in more than three years. Hopefully we can find something for November. Yep. Just in time for Christmas decorating!

Have a great Monday, everyone! The work week has arrived, but be sure to take in the high of the 100 Days to Christmas Milestone! Double digits arrive tomorrow and we'll be closing in on the Christmas Season in no time... not to mention seeing Christmas Blossom right before our very eyes!