Christmas Countdown - 2014

[snowflake22]

That sounds relaxing. :] Some Christmas spirit would be good for me too. It would help for my writing.



Well, people say that they have never had 20C/68F here, in West of Scotland, in May but this kind of temperature has been up here for more than a week. It's quite unusual too.



Best of luck with the appointment and have entertaining time with your little one. :]



I've definitely seen some posts in the news and I am sorry to hear that. It's very sad when many people get affected by such weather events.



I am looking forward to the World Cup too! Lithuania never takes part in it (we are not good at football) but I always find a team to cheer for. ^^



Have a good day at work! :]

Thanks, Victoria!!
Wishing you a lovely day

xx




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[snowflake22]

Good Wednesday morning, my Christmas friends!

Even though school is out, it's still been a busy week. We've had rehearsals for the new play Elizabeth is in, Oliver, and Jacob has been interviewing for a band that his guitar instructor sponsors. Nancy goes back to Statesboro this evening with both of them, but I have some work to do around home.

Elizabeth actually has a singing part this time, not just dancing, so she is super excited. Now, she not only dances through the house all day, she sings while doing it LOL!

In other news, the pool is finally crystal clear. THAT was a lot of work. I'm surely going to cover it this winter.

I hope y'all have a great day! cheesy

That is awesome for Elizabeth!!

Enjoy your pool!!

Have a great day, Brad




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[Bradmac]

Working while listening to an album Jacob had.

Have any of you ever listened to the Goo Goo Dolls? I'm really liking this!

 

[brent]

Good 'Pines Day morning, everyone!

I thought it was about time I come and pay a visit. It's been yet another fairly busy month of teaching. Currently, I am teaching in Rockland, ON for the week. It's a little different than where I normally teach (Russell, ON), but it is a welcome change. My schedule is fairy simple, too. At least, it has been for the past two days. I only have one class to teach per day and the other two periods, I am in the Student Success Centre, just helping students complete their homework and other assignments. Not bad!

Glad to see that everyone is doing all right around these parts. The posts are flying and so are the days! That 200-day milestone until Christmas is two weeks from Friday, and the fact that we are now over the 1/2 way to the Christmas Season is incredible!

Speaking of incredible, Spring has finally arrived in Ottawa. Temperatures are to reach the mid 20s/70s today. The floweres are in full bloom and the leaves are finally full and a beautiful bright green. In fact, some might say we entirely skipper Spring and just went straight to Summer. I can agree with that.

Not a whole lot else going on. There are about 20 days of class remaining. Normally, I would be excited have the summer off, but I think I need to search for some source of income for the summer. Employment Insurance - more than likely - will not pay me enough, especially since I have a big summer vacation booked in August.

Have a great 'Pines Day, everyone! After all, there is only one more in this month of May! Before we know it, we will be turning our calendars once again!

 

[brent]

Working while listening to an album Jacob had.

Have any of you ever listened to the Goo Goo Dolls? I'm really liking this!

Which Goo Goo Dollas album, Brad? They released several number one albums between the mid 90s and early 00s.

 

[made582]

Good Morning, MMC!!!!!! It's just going to be plain hot here today. 85 degree's with almost 100% humidity. Yuck!!!!!!! We also have a chance of some severe storms moving in this afternoon. Hopefully they aren't to bad. I have been lazy this morning so I need to get cracking on my normal chores and then this afternoon is another doctor's appointment for mom and a few errands for me. I hope everyone is having a GREAT DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Bradmac]

Which Goo Goo Dollas album, Brad? They released several number one albums between the mid 90s and early 00s.

"Let Love In". I likey!

 

[brent]

"Let Love In". I likey!

Yes. I enjoy that album, too. They've always been a fairly respectable and wholesome band! Glad you're enjoying it!

 

[made582]

We normally do not get thunder and lightning, but this year so far, we have had LOTS!!!

I'm guessing it's the El Nino forming in the pacific that has everything screwed up.

Ok. 1 week till the Pines pool opens and the season is in full swing ... Tonight .. Some brew using maple syrup .. Gooooo Carl Yabba!!

Maple Syrup? Yum!!!!!!

Merry Morning All! Happy Pines Day! Wow Wednesday already!!

I hope things are good with you all, it has been difficult to keep up these days.

Everyone here is getting football fever as the World Cup is approaching. We are very excited!! Go England!! It will be a memorable part of our summer 2014!

Have an easy going , pleasant day everybody.
xx

Good Morning, Festive!!!!! Hope you guys have a great day!!!

Good Luck to England!!!!! Let's hope it's them and the USA in the final!!!

Good morning, MMC!!

Happy Pines Day!!

I have some errands & appointments this morning, and then off to work. By the time I get home, Adrian will be back from his business trip. Yay! =]

Have a blessed day!!

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Good Morning, Buddy!!! Hope your appointment's are going well and that you have a great afternoon at work!!!!!

Praying Adrian has a safe trip home!!

 

[Festive Spirit]

Working while listening to an album Jacob had.

Have any of you ever listened to the Goo Goo Dolls? I'm really liking this!

I used to be really into the Goo Dolls when they first came out. Iris is one of my favourite songs! I have not listened to them for a awhile though. The lead singer's voice is awesome.

 

[snowflake22]

Working while listening to an album Jacob had.

Have any of you ever listened to the Goo Goo Dolls? I'm really liking this!

Yes! Love them, have seen them in concert a few times

Enjoy!




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[Festive Spirit]

Good 'Pines Day morning, everyone!

I thought it was about time I come and pay a visit. It's been yet another fairly busy month of teaching. Currently, I am teaching in Rockland, ON for the week. It's a little different than where I normally teach (Russell, ON), but it is a welcome change. My schedule is fairy simple, too. At least, it has been for the past two days. I only have one class to teach per day and the other two periods, I am in the Student Success Centre, just helping students complete their homework and other assignments. Not bad!

Glad to see that everyone is doing all right around these parts. The posts are flying and so are the days! That 200-day milestone until Christmas is two weeks from Friday, and the fact that we are now over the 1/2 way to the Christmas Season is incredible!

Speaking of incredible, Spring has finally arrived in Ottawa. Temperatures are to reach the mid 20s/70s today. The floweres are in full bloom and the leaves are finally full and a beautiful bright green. In fact, some might say we entirely skipper Spring and just went straight to Summer. I can agree with that.

Not a whole lot else going on. There are about 20 days of class remaining. Normally, I would be excited have the summer off, but I think I need to search for some source of income for the summer. Employment Insurance - more than likely - will not pay me enough, especially since I have a big summer vacation booked in August.

Have a great 'Pines Day, everyone! After all, there is only one more in this month of May! Before we know it, we will be turning our calendars once again!

So great to see you! Glad to hear you are liking your placement at work. Sounds like the weather is behaving where you are. Best of luck finding some work during summer. How exciting about your vacation, I bet you and Kim can't wait!

 

[snowflake22]

Good 'Pines Day morning, everyone!

I thought it was about time I come and pay a visit. It's been yet another fairly busy month of teaching. Currently, I am teaching in Rockland, ON for the week. It's a little different than where I normally teach (Russell, ON), but it is a welcome change. My schedule is fairy simple, too. At least, it has been for the past two days. I only have one class to teach per day and the other two periods, I am in the Student Success Centre, just helping students complete their homework and other assignments. Not bad!

Glad to see that everyone is doing all right around these parts. The posts are flying and so are the days! That 200-day milestone until Christmas is two weeks from Friday, and the fact that we are now over the 1/2 way to the Christmas Season is incredible!

Speaking of incredible, Spring has finally arrived in Ottawa. Temperatures are to reach the mid 20s/70s today. The floweres are in full bloom and the leaves are finally full and a beautiful bright green. In fact, some might say we entirely skipper Spring and just went straight to Summer. I can agree with that.

Not a whole lot else going on. There are about 20 days of class remaining. Normally, I would be excited have the summer off, but I think I need to search for some source of income for the summer. Employment Insurance - more than likely - will not pay me enough, especially since I have a big summer vacation booked in August.

Have a great 'Pines Day, everyone! After all, there is only one more in this month of May! Before we know it, we will be turning our calendars once again!

Nice to see you, Brent!
Glad that teaching is going well!

Enjoy your Spring!!

How is the new place? Are you & Kim all settled in?

The Christmas season will be here before we know it!!

Take care, friend!




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[snowflake22]

Good Morning, MMC!!!!!! It's just going to be plain hot here today. 85 degree's with almost 100% humidity. Yuck!!!!!!! We also have a chance of some severe storms moving in this afternoon. Hopefully they aren't to bad. I have been lazy this morning so I need to get cracking on my normal chores and then this afternoon is another doctor's appointment for mom and a few errands for me. I hope everyone is having a GREAT DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stay cool, buddy!
And stay safe with the storms!

Hope Mom's appointment goes well

Have a GREAT day!!

xx




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[Festive Spirit]

Good Morning, Festive!!!!! Hope you guys have a great day!!!

Good Luck to England!!!!! Let's hope it's them and the USA in the final!!!

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Fingers crossed !!!

 

[snowflake22]

I'm guessing it's the El Nino forming in the pacific that has everything screwed up.









Maple Syrup? Yum!!!!!!







Good Morning, Festive!!!!! Hope you guys have a great day!!!



Good Luck to England!!!!! Let's hope it's them and the USA in the final!!!









Good Morning, Buddy!!! Hope your appointment's are going well and that you have a great afternoon at work!!!!!



Praying Adrian has a safe trip home!!

Thanks, buddy! All good here =]

Thanks for the prayers, I always worry about him on those long drives home




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[made582]

Good morning!
It is going to be mostly cloudy today with a high of of 70 degrees. It looks like we have rain heading our way this evening and it will stick around for a couple of days.
Not too much going on for me today. I have a couple of quick errands and then I'll be working on some chores around the house. I also need to start working on a menu plan and grocery list for my Memorial Day barbeque. As of right now, the weather looks beautiful for Monday!
I hope everyone is well and has a great day!!!

Have a great day, HMG!!!!! Have fun planning your BBQ!!!! I need to call my sister and figure out what we are doing.

Made - Is it today your mum has an appointment? Hope everything goes well. Thinking of you guys.

It is today. Thanks for thinking of her!!

Good Morning! It's a beautiful morning around these parts, supposed to get some rain later on today. Yesterday, phase 2 of the construction wrapped up on my house: whew, this one was the biggest portion of the scheduled three....sort of glad that's all done. It looks wonderful! The contractors did a fantastic job and the contractor that I hired to be the GC, did a fantastic job of keeping all the sub-contractors on schedule and on budget...

I'm going to take a break from all the big construction for about a month and then phase 3 will commence sometime around July 1. This will be the fit-up of the basement. In the next few weeks, I'll spend that time, sealing up the basement, doing some preliminary electric work, dry-locking all of the floors and concrete walls, etc... My goal is to be completely done before the beginning of the Fall, so I can move my grandfather in with me before winter.

I'm a busy bee around and inside the house, now that good weather is upon us, I'm jumping on all sorts of tasks and banging them out... No grass or mold is growing under my feet....
It is beautiful outside this time of year, just the other night, I went outside at dusk on my back deck and there was about 30 deer grazing on my lower property. I just sat there and watched them until it was too dark to see them any longer: my kind of life~

Well it's "Hump Day"...Looks like a trip to the Pines may be in order for tonight....

Sounds like the house is coming along nicely and that you are keeping busy. I'm sure it will be beautiful when it's all done.

Jealous of your view!!! That sounds like a perfect way to spend an evening.

Good Wednesday morning, my Christmas friends!

Even though school is out, it's still been a busy week. We've had rehearsals for the new play Elizabeth is in, Oliver, and Jacob has been interviewing for a band that his guitar instructor sponsors. Nancy goes back to Statesboro this evening with both of them, but I have some work to do around home.

Elizabeth actually has a singing part this time, not just dancing, so she is super excited. Now, she not only dances through the house all day, she sings while doing it LOL!

In other news, the pool is finally crystal clear. THAT was a lot of work. I'm surely going to cover it this winter.

I hope y'all have a great day! cheesy

Congrats to Elizabeth!!!!! I'm sure she will do a wonderful job!!!!

Pool Party at Bradmac's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[brent]

Nice to see you, Brent!
Glad that teaching is going well!

Enjoy your Spring!!

How is the new place? Are you & Kim all settled in?

The Christmas season will be here before we know it!!

Take care, friend!




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Same to you, snowflake!

The new place is great. We're quite settled in. All we really have left to do is install our air condition. Hopefully we can do that tonight!

I'll have to post a picture (on here) of Simon. I know that he's been on my facebook a few times, but I will show him to MMC shortly enough!

The Season is so close... until then, I'm glad we can all enjoy some great weather!

 

[snowflake22]

Same to you, snowflake!

The new place is great. We're quite settled in. All we really have left to do is install our air condition. Hopefully we can do that tonight!

I'll have to post a picture (on here) of Simon. I know that he's been on my facebook a few times, but I will show him to MMC shortly enough!

The Season is so close... until then, I'm glad we can all enjoy some great weather!

Thanks!

That is wonderful to hear, Brent! Glad you guys are enjoying your new home.

Looking forward to meeting Simon =]




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[made582]

Good 'Pines Day morning, everyone!

I thought it was about time I come and pay a visit. It's been yet another fairly busy month of teaching. Currently, I am teaching in Rockland, ON for the week. It's a little different than where I normally teach (Russell, ON), but it is a welcome change. My schedule is fairy simple, too. At least, it has been for the past two days. I only have one class to teach per day and the other two periods, I am in the Student Success Centre, just helping students complete their homework and other assignments. Not bad!

Glad to see that everyone is doing all right around these parts. The posts are flying and so are the days! That 200-day milestone until Christmas is two weeks from Friday, and the fact that we are now over the 1/2 way to the Christmas Season is incredible!

Speaking of incredible, Spring has finally arrived in Ottawa. Temperatures are to reach the mid 20s/70s today. The floweres are in full bloom and the leaves are finally full and a beautiful bright green. In fact, some might say we entirely skipper Spring and just went straight to Summer. I can agree with that.

Not a whole lot else going on. There are about 20 days of class remaining. Normally, I would be excited have the summer off, but I think I need to search for some source of income for the summer. Employment Insurance - more than likely - will not pay me enough, especially since I have a big summer vacation booked in August.

Have a great 'Pines Day, everyone! After all, there is only one more in this month of May! Before we know it, we will be turning our calendars once again!

Hey Brent!!!!! It's good to see you!!!!!

Glad to hear that the teaching is going well and keeping you busy!!!!

Enjoy the beautiful weather and hope your training is going well!!!

Praying you can find something for this summer.