Christmas Countdown - 2013

[snowflake22]

Sitting here thinking about Louann, CM3 and how much I miss her this first Christmas after her home going. I imagine that she and her beloved Wish are now enjoying time together in perfect health sharing Christmas with her beloved Savior.
This song I have shared before but is so her, starting with a dog and polar bear hugging, two of her favorite animals.
So I share it again in memory of her.
Merry Christmas Louann !
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Beautiful, CS.


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[xmas365]

Bentley is keeping me company while I wrap Christmas gifts!

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The hottest gift of Christmas: CAT IN A BAG!!!! cheesy

He is adorable.

 

[gabulldawg]

Good evening everyone! We are about to start the turkey fry and not a moment too soon. I just wanted to hop on here and tell everyone goodnight and have a great nights sleep!!!I will talk to yall in the morning!

 

[snowflake22]

Dinner at my sister's for mom's birthday was okay. The highlight of it, was her dropping the cake on the floor while trying to show everyone what it looked like before she cut it. We still had Birthday cake ice cream though so all was okay!!! LOL!!!

Mom says thanks for all of the Birthday wishes!!!

That is too bad about the cake!

Hope you at least got a good laugh out of it!

The ice cream sounds delicious!!

xx


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[xmas365]

Hey everybody!!! I don't know where the last several days have gone, but I have been thinking about all of you every day & wanting to get on here, but darn....I keep running out of time! (bosses being in the office doesn't help either!)

We just had a great night. We had NO PLANS at all, which just doesn't seem right, right before Christmas. SO I texted our neighbors & told them whoever doesn't have anything going on, come over for some Christmas cheer - drinks & snacks. We had a ball. Them last minute plans are the best!! 4 couples ended up coming over & 2 sons of the 1 couple + our friends stopped it. It turned into a great night. Lots of laughs!! Tomorrow my brother & SIL come in from Cape Cod - hopefully the flooding around here doesn't cause any issues!!!! Can't wait to see them again!!!

I'm worried about my Buster. His back end seems to get weaker every day. He seems confused. Not sure if he really even knows what is going on anymore...but he eats like a champ & doesn't seem to be in any pain...BUT I'm afraid the end is coming soon for my friend! Hate it!

So - I am sitting here covered up in my Christmas afghan, watching Christmas Magic, by tree light - something I haven't been able to do enough of this season & I am loving every minute of it. It's almost 2am so I should go to bed...but I don't want too!!!!

So I'm off to read some posts & feel even more Christmassy!!! Hope all is well with all of you!!!

Nice to see you!!!

I will keep Buster in my thoughts.

 

[xmas365]

This is my front door this morning, everything covered in ice!
Power went out 10 min ago, glad it will soon get light.

That looks like you could put on a pair of skates and do a few figure eights on it. cheesy

 

[xmas365]

Oh good morning my fellow Christmas friends! It seems like I just laid down on the pillow at 2 am after getting back from SLC airport. Anyhow there is just so much to do and so much excitement in the air I could not sleep! Our house is full of my siblings and their children and spouses. They will all be gone by Jan1st and on December 27th Brandi's brother and mom and dad are flying in until Jan2nd. I would love it if some of my family and her family overlap but I am not sure who is going and when....I just know we are all here now and on the 26th my brother and his wife are leaving. everyone is leaving at different times and all. But I love it...everyone being here!!! since mom died we have really drawn strength from each other and we knew we all had to cling together this holiday and keep busy busy busy!!! so we have no time to think of sad things! Well I am going to go cook a huge country breakfast for about 15 people. I will make country fried steak with gravy and hash browns...hotcakes and sausage and bacon...I know this is not the healthiest...but I also am serving yogurts(which I love BTW) and smoothies with plenty of vitamin b12 for energy!We will probably skip lunch because we are having a turkey fry tonight!!!

How could I forget the weather...well right now it's 30F and the snow is getting soft and yesterday we got up to 37F and we continue to lose about 2 inches at least in the back yard..I have about 12 inches of snow out there...I have kept records that show we have had snow on the ground since November 27th. I am surprised because I thought we would have snow melt in between storms at least until late Dec or early jan when the snow pack usually starts. Anyway I guess we will not see grass until spring or Easter? We will see huh..lol OKay everyone have a great day whether you are shopping or going to get loved ones at the airports,bus stations, and be careful on the roads besides snow and ice they are packed with cars and people trying to get to granny's house for some pumpkin pie...(as the song goes)! I will check in throughout the day! Take care!

Enjoy your time with your family.

 

[xmas365]

Good morning friends. I hope each one of you is having a great start to the Christmas week. I can't believe it's here!

Icepocalypse 2013 is over for Oklahoma. My neighbor's tree is partly down on my yard, and some of my rain guttering is falling off of the house. Other than that there is no major damage. I hope you all have a great Sunday. I can't wait for the radio festivities to start on Kringle radio!

Below are the ice cycles that formed on the bench on our front porch...

The ice is so beautiful, yet so damaging. I am glad to hear you didn't get any major damage.

 

[snowflake22]

Good evening everyone! We are about to start the turkey fry and not a moment too soon. I just wanted to hop on here and tell everyone goodnight and have a great nights sleep!!!I will talk to yall in the morning!

Enjoy your dinner!!

Goodnight, dawg


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[xmas365]

Ryan- Stay safe in that ice!!!!!

Here is a few pictures of the flooding around town

The park downtown (It floods a lot but the playground is on high ground and I've only ever seen water reach it once before)


My cousins housing addition

Wow, that is a lot of water.

 

[xmas365]

Ryan, the ice photos look amazing and beautiful, but so treacherous! I'm happy to hear your house didn't suffer much damage.

Christmasstar, I hope your power stays on. Stay safe in all that ice!

We're luckier here. The ice is much farther north. We're in the warm air here, but it's dark and gray. I guess we'll get some rain. All our lovely snow from last week will be gone by Christmas, but I'm grateful that we are out of the severe weather.

Out here west of you MC, we had snow on the ground when I got home from work yesterday. When I left for work this morning, it was all gone!!!! No white Christmas for us this year it looks like. :x

 

[xmas365]

Well I am sitting down to a quick bite to eat because after I cooked breakfast this morning I went back to sleep, as usual I made too much so there is leftovers. It looks like the average member of my family will gain 20 to 30 pounds this Holiday!! I mean this is bordering on gluttonous I think!! We did not attend Mass this morning but we will go Christmas eve of course. All 20 of us and it is so special having the family there and hearing the music and lighting the candles, it's such a spiritual time it's hard to explain but I am sure most of yall know too! Well I need to take the dogs out for a stroll! Check back in later !

I love leftovers! We always make extra just so we will have some. cheesy

 

[sugar142286]

Good evening everyone! We are about to start the turkey fry and not a moment too soon. I just wanted to hop on here and tell everyone goodnight and have a great nights sleep!!!I will talk to yall in the morning!

Enjoy the turkey fry, Dawg! Good night!

 

[xmas365]

What a buy! DH and I are going to have to run to Toys R' Us tomorrow. We need diapers and we have a really good coupon for there. We'll brave it and go!

I hope you are dressing in a suit of armor. cheesy Stay safe!!!!

 

[snowflake22]

Goodnight, friends!!

Merry, Christmassy dreams!!

xx

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[sugar142286]

I hope you are dressing in a suit of armor. cheesy Stay safe!!!!

I said to DH, "Can't we just go to the grocery up the street?" No...we have to use the coupon, since it expires soon. I can't blame him for that, but holy cow. Toys R Us will be totally nuts and the traffic will be too. Say a prayer! :lol:

 

[made582]

Goodnight, friends!!

Merry, Christmassy dreams!!

xx

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Goodnight and Sweet Dreams, Buddy!!!!!!!

Hope work isn't as bad tomorrow!!!!

xx

 

[sugar142286]

Goodnight, friends!!

Merry, Christmassy dreams!!

xx

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Goodnight, Snowflake! ​

 

[xmas365]

Dinner at my sister's for mom's birthday was okay. The highlight of it, was her dropping the cake on the floor while trying to show everyone what it looked like before she cut it. We still had Birthday cake ice cream though so all was okay!!! LOL!!!

Mom says thanks for all of the Birthday wishes!!!

Should have called "5 second rule" and scooped it up. cheesy

 

[xmas365]

Sounds about right. cheesy