Christmas Countdown - 2014

[Meceka]

You must see The Bishop's Wife---I know you'll love it! Christmas in Connecticut is fun---I get a kick out of Cuddles Sakall as Barbara Stanwyck's Uncle Felix.

I got a kick out of him, too!

 

[Meceka]

Santa Claus is real.

Yep, you heard it here. The world may tell you otherwise, but I’m telling ya the truth. Santa is real. As we grow older, we become more skeptical of Santa, but don't ever doubt Santa.

How do I know?

When I was a kid, I saw the carrots on the roof that the reindeer ate. How else would those carrots get there? THEY WERE EVEN CHEWED(or so our little minds told us). Every Thanksgiving night, my brother and I would set out our letters to Santa and a few hours later, we would hear this bell ring from outside. That bell let us know that Santa’s elves came and got our letter. How else could you explain us getting the things we asked for during Christmas? What about the milk and cookies we set out every Christmas Eve? Where did those go? HELLO! They went to Santa!

Have you ever tracked Santa? Do you remember the newscasts when Santa showed up on the radar on the local news at 6:00 and 10:00? For crying out loud…NORAD tracks him! You can’t fake that!

Santa Claus isn’t real? Have you ever seen “The Santa Clause” parts 1,2, and 3? Are you telling me these aren’t real? Tim “The Toolman” Taylor is Santa! He has to be!

More importantly, have you ever seen Santa walk into a room full of kids? Have you ever seen them in line to see Santa at the mall? Have you ever seen the look on their faces, heard the excitement in their voices?

Friends, that anticipation in their eyes speaks to all of us. It says that Santa, in a way, is as real as it gets and Christmas is good. That look says I love the people who brought me to see Santa and I can’t wait to spend Christmas morning with these people. This, my friends, the feelings, the anticipation, the love….you can’t fake that.

As we get older, that feeling is what we are left hanging on to. Some people go through life and never lose that feeling, while some of us lose it and come back to it later in life. Regardless, the feeling of family, love, Christmas with those who mean the most….that is the same feeling we got on Christmas morning when we “believed.” You can’t deny that feeling, you can’t hide it, and you sure can’t fake it. That feeling is how I know Santa is real. That feeling is what we live for.

Santa is real, friends. He is alive and in all of our hearts. I believe in Santa and I believe in the Christmas spirit. And like Christmas, Santa is coming….

And like Christmas is coming, and like is Santa coming….so is “Little Bambina #2”. May God Bless you as much as he has my little family in the past week.

“Then my kids will be gone and have their own families and will decide if they will tell their kids the truth about Santa Claus. And, in that moment, I hope when they think back on all the Christmases that they spent with us growing up…I hope they smile. I hope they remember the love we shared together…the anticipation of Christ…the anticipation of Santa.”

And so it comes to this…..5 more days until the season….

Magical, Coach, and absolutely perfect!

CONGRATULATIONS to you and Doc!!!!!!! I am so very happy for you and your family!!!! {{{HUGS}}}

 

[snowflake22]

Good evening everyone!

It was a busy afternoon. Actually, it was much busier than expected. It seemed the Christmas Spirit is almost in full swing for many people in Ottawa. The streets were crowded, the stores were full, the snow was falling. The only thing missed was the Christmas music. We're almost there. It also seems as if some stores are waiting until at least after November 11th to fully decorate. I can totally respect that. Still, most places had Christmas almost everywhere. I had to catch myself a few times. I've still yet to see any Christmas decorations inside a mall, however. This week, I am sure.

The Great Tree Debate of 2014 has been settled. Kim and I agreed to go off the board from last night's two options. Apparently, we missed a nice 7.5-foot Christmas Tree at Canadian Tire. It was regularly $300 and on sale for $150! Great deal. It has less lights than the 6.5-foot tree, but it has nearly double the tips, and we can just add lights if we need more. The lights are also LED Warm White lights. We are pleased with our purchase. We'll be putting it up next Friday. Believe it or not, we still don't know where in the living room it will go... We'll figure it out on Friday!

I said I would put some pictures on the Blossoms thread today, but it might have to wait until tomorrow. My old roommate Cassie is having a birthday celebration for her boyfriend, who is also a good friend/teammate of mine, so Kim and I have to head out shortly after we eat dinner. It's been a busy day, indeed! No time to rest.

I hope you all have had a great Saturday afternoon! Keep enjoying the weekend!!

Glad that you found your perfect tree! Excited for you guys!
Have fun celebrating your friends birthday tonight!




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[Meceka]

Good evening!

 

[made582]

Good evening!

Good Evening, Meceka!!!! Hope you are having a great weekend!!!

 

[ballcoach]

Hey everyone! Just sitting here watching a little Netflix with Doc and Bambina and looking at the Christmas tree. Hope everyone is well. See y'all in the morning!

 

[snowflake22]

Good evening!

Good evening, dear friend!! [emoji172]




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[snowflake22]

Hey everyone! Just sitting here watching a little Netflix with Doc and Bambina and looking at the Christmas tree. Hope everyone is well. See y'all in the morning!

That sounds pretty wonderful, Coach.
Enjoy the rest of your evening!




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[made582]

Hey everyone! Just sitting here watching a little Netflix with Doc and Bambina and looking at the Christmas tree. Hope everyone is well. See y'all in the morning!

Sounds like a perfect night!!

Goodnight, Coach!!

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[made582]

Goodnight, Everyone!!

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[HomemakinGirl]

Good evening!
I wanted to share some new kitten pictures but Tapatalk isn't letting me post pictures anymore. Not sure what's going on, its so annoying. Anyway, I never got to go Christmas shopping this afternoon, I'll have to do some tomorrow. My husband got home from work early so we went to look for curtains and a few area rugs. Since I'm hosting Thanksgiving the pressure is on to finish up this house. The end of this project is in sight!
We finally got some cooler temperatures, I heard we may see some snow flurries next week. My two oldest have some friends over, since its too cold to be outside they set up our garage with a big table & chairs and they hung Christmas lights up, it looks very festive. My husband even set up a space heater so its nice and warm. At least they have somewhere to go with their friends. My youngest is in the city with a group of friends so I doubt I'll sleep well until I know she's home safe and sound. But I am exhausted from running around all day so I'm going to lay down. I hope everyone had a wonderful day, I'll see you in the morning. Enjoy the rest of the evening, goodnight!

 

[HomemakinGirl]

Goodnight, Everyone!!

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Goodnight Made!

 

[snowflake22]

Goodnight, Everyone!!

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Goodnight, buddy! Sleep well!!
Feel better~

(((Hugs)))




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[snowflake22]

Good evening!
I wanted to share some new kitten pictures but Tapatalk isn't letting me post pictures anymore. Not sure what's going on, its so annoying. Anyway, I never got to go Christmas shopping this afternoon, I'll have to do some tomorrow. My husband got home from work early so we went to look for curtains and a few area rugs. Since I'm hosting Thanksgiving the pressure is on to finish up this house. The end of this project is in sight!
We finally got some cooler temperatures, I heard we may see some snow flurries next week. My two oldest have some friends over, since its too cold to be outside they set up our garage with a big table & chairs and they hung Christmas lights up, it looks very festive. My husband even set up a space heater so its nice and warm. At least they have somewhere to go with their friends. My youngest is in the city with a group of friends so I doubt I'll sleep well until I know she's home safe and sound. But I am exhausted from running around all day so I'm going to lay down. I hope everyone had a wonderful day, I'll see you in the morning. Enjoy the rest of the evening, goodnight!

That is frustrating!
Hope you are able to post pictures soon!

Your garage sounds so fun & merry! Hope your daughter & her friends are having a blast!

Rest well tonight, hope you're feeling much better [emoji175]
Goodnight!

xx




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[xmas365]

Good evening,

Just popping in to say goodnight. Long day slinging turkeys. I will catch up tomorrow, I can't wait to read the special posts.


Good night, everyone.

 

[snowflake22]

Good evening,



Just popping in to say goodnight. Long day slinging turkeys. I will catch up tomorrow, I can't wait to read the special posts.





Good night, everyone.

Goodnight, Xmas. Rest well!




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[made582]

Good evening,

Just popping in to say goodnight. Long day slinging turkeys. I will catch up tomorrow, I can't wait to read the special posts.


Good night, everyone.

Goodnight, Xmas!!

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[made582]

Good evening!
I wanted to share some new kitten pictures but Tapatalk isn't letting me post pictures anymore. Not sure what's going on, its so annoying. Anyway, I never got to go Christmas shopping this afternoon, I'll have to do some tomorrow. My husband got home from work early so we went to look for curtains and a few area rugs. Since I'm hosting Thanksgiving the pressure is on to finish up this house. The end of this project is in sight!
We finally got some cooler temperatures, I heard we may see some snow flurries next week. My two oldest have some friends over, since its too cold to be outside they set up our garage with a big table & chairs and they hung Christmas lights up, it looks very festive. My husband even set up a space heater so its nice and warm. At least they have somewhere to go with their friends. My youngest is in the city with a group of friends so I doubt I'll sleep well until I know she's home safe and sound. But I am exhausted from running around all day so I'm going to lay down. I hope everyone had a wonderful day, I'll see you in the morning. Enjoy the rest of the evening, goodnight!

I've been having trouble with tapatalk posting pics too. Hopefully they fix it soon!!

Hope you can sleep and that the kids don't keep you up. Hope your other daughter gets home safely too!!

Goodnight, HMG!!!

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[made582]

Goodnight, buddy! Sleep well!!
Feel better~

(((Hugs)))




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Thanks, Beautiful!!! I hope you can sleep great tonight too!!!!

(((Hugs)))

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[brittd19]

Good afternoon, friends!

Still contemplating this beautiful advent calendar, even with 20% off it's spendy.
So festive though!

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WOW! That is beautiful! I say splurge a little!!:lol: