Christmas Countdown - 2015

[snowflake22]

Good morning MMC! Happy Monday!! I'm finally caught up! I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend!!
We had a pretty festive weekend. There weren't many people at the lake & Jim went loafing with his dad on Saturday so my friend & I took off on a road trip to a home décor place way out in the country. I had only been there once before at Christmas so I wanted to see it with fall things. It was fantastic! I'll have to post some pics in a fall thread! On the way back to the lake we stopped for lunch & then stopped at a farmers market to pick up pumpkins & mums. Such a fun & festive day. Then we watched the Buckeyes with friends. Yesterday I wanted to make soup over the fire but we ended up having my hubby's family over to our house to celebrate my FIL's birthday (was Friday). We got some unbaked pizza's & made 1 on the grill & the other 2 in the oven. They were delicious! My SIL made cinnamon rolls & my MIL made a carrot cake & Jim & I made homemade ice cream... geez, what a feast!! We sat out on our patio. It was a nice day! I watched the Hallmark movie last night "Lead With Your Heart" - I thought it was good! A good way to end the weekend. Boooo!!

Have a Merry Monday everyone!!

What a wonderful weekend! So many fun times with friends, family, food, and Fall! Perfect!
Hope you have a nice week!
Hugs to you & Gracie =]

 

[Holiday]

Thank goodness the woman is ok! That is a very unpleasant experience, I'm sure!
A few years ago a colleague from a different department collapsed and very sadly passed away before the paramedics got to her. She was only in her late thirties. I can't go past that spot now without thinking about her every time.

Hope you are feeling a bit better about it all and hope the woman is doing ok.

That is very sad!!

 

[Holiday]

The VA is still working on getting him a part-time CNA. Until then, and probably even still, my sister-in-law is there daily to help him out, and check-in on her Dad.
This week, with the big rummage sale starting on Wednesday, and going through the weekend, Dorothy's sisters are there. So there's a house full!

It's nice that Adrians sister lives so close. Sounds like he has many people to keep an eye on him now - hope they can get a part time CNA there soon! Continued prayers!

 

[Holiday]

What a wonderful weekend! So many fun times with friends, family, food, and Fall! Perfect!
Hope you have a nice week!
Hugs to you & Gracie =]

Thank you! Hugs back to you & Har!

 

[Irishsnow]

Thank you irishsnow! Hope you have a great day too & your back is feeling better. xx

Thank you

 

[snowflake22]

It's nice that Adrians sister lives so close. Sounds like he has many people to keep an eye on him now - hope they can get a part time CNA there soon! Continued prayers!

Yes, it is <3
He sure does, lol. It's funny to listen to them give each other a hard time!
I hope so, too. Everything seems to go at a snail's pace with them, unfortunately.
I don't think I'd be as patient as my SIL.
Thanks again for the prayers!

 

[snowflake22]

Thank you! Hugs back to you & Har!

You're welcome! And thank you!! =)

 

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

Happy Virginia Day!!!
Sorry to hear about the extra expenses to fix your car. Hope it's ready to roll soon!

Thanks. I BELIEVE IN SANTA!
The boys at the shop love to impress us with their speedy service. They already called back about the tires and they don't have the exact same ones, but the ones they have are definitely fit for winter driving. I was going to use the money for these expenses to add a wiper to the rear window, oh well, guess I can wait a month or so to do that. There's a spider living in behind the driver side mirror, hope they flush him out while they're working on repairs. I didn't want to kill him, but every day I have to knock his webs off before I can enter the vehicle. I can't stand the feeling of having webs on my skin. I'm not afraid of spiders, but it's a yucky feeling that brings about visions of spiders taking over the world likely inspired from horror movies.

 

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

Merry Monday! Hope you all had a great weekend. Ours was good..pretty low key. YesterdayView attachment 13485 my youngest daughter, Mia (she is 9) came with me grocery shopping and she picked out a little pumpkin. When we got home she asked if she could carve it so she did on her own with supervision of course. .lol So we lit is and put it on our front step. A little early but I knew you all would appreciate it!

Sorry it is to the side...but she made little fangs!! She loves anything spooky!

Looks great!

I'm a great believer in following the child's lead even when they seem "out of season", afterall that's one big thing we all share in common around these merry pages.

 

[MerryCarey]

Eight day week and counting is pretty rough. I hope they know how lucky they are to have such reliable and dedicated colleagues such as yourself! Fingers crossed that you can keep that day off and your work schedule becomes a little more tolerable. Hang in there!

Thank you! They DO appreciate our hard work, but we are expected to step up to the plate when extra effort is needed for a pitch or a campaign.

I have colleagues who have been working more hours per day than I, but they have had a day or days off since the 13th. Fingers crossed for Friday!

 

[snowflake22]

Thank you! They DO appreciate our hard work, but we are expected to step up to the plate when extra effort is needed for a pitch or a campaign.

I have colleagues who have been working more hours per day than I, but they have had a day or days off since the 13th. Fingers crossed for Friday!

Prayers & fingers crossed for you, as well!

 

[Bradmac]

Merry Monday! Hope you all had a great weekend. Ours was good..pretty low key. YesterdayView attachment 13485 my youngest daughter, Mia (she is 9) came with me grocery shopping and she picked out a little pumpkin. When we got home she asked if she could carve it so she did on her own with supervision of course. .lol So we lit is and put it on our front step. A little early but I knew you all would appreciate it!

Sorry it is to the side...but she made little fangs!! She loves anything spooky!

She did great!!

 

[Ladybugkisses]

I forgot to tell you guys about my date. We had to cancel our original date due to him having death in his family.
So we had to reschedule for this Saturday. I was soooo nervous - didn't know what to wear, didn't know what to do with my hair, got brows done and pedicure (do guys even notice??? - he did!!!) changed outfits like 40 times my oldest said I must have tried on every dress in my closet. Didn't want to appear to overdress like I was as the kids say "doin the most" didn't want to appear like I didn't care cuz I soooo cared. Picked a perfect dress I could dress up or down. I kept it casual - a little off the shoulders, cute sandals and makeup was a fresh look not dramatic. Took a cab to meet him (safety first - after all we did meet online!) and arrived a little ahead of him so I put our name on the list and five mins or so he arrived.

His online photo did him no justice. His is soooo handsome - blue eyes, salt 'n pepper hair (he's 44 -first time dating someone older than myself) and an athletic body. He was dress semi-casual - nice jeans and blue and white button down, nice shoes. He thought I was and I quote "Gorgeous!" and I blushed. Dinner conversation was very relax and enjoyable. My nerves melted and we laughed and laughed. We have soooo much in common - music, traveling, we both love war movies (he's a Veteran), similar situations with the closeness we have with our kids (each have 2 each). We were seated at 6:50ish and we were done by 7:40 so he asked if I had to get back home or did I want to continue (are you kidding!?!!!) and so he voided out the check he paid and we stayed for drinks and dessert, during which we decided to see a movie.

We saw the movie BLACK MASS - pretty good film. He drove me home (I felt comfy enough at this point). Upon walking me to my door he asked me out again for this Thursday which I played it cool and said "yes, I would like that very much" but I wanted to say "HAIL YEAH!!!" We've been talking and texting each other regularly since then. Sorry for the long message but can you tell that I'm excited??? Dating is rough and more times than not I've had some duds so to have a good one come along is awesome.

 

[snowflake22]

I forgot to tell you guys about my date. We had to cancel our original date due to him having death in his family.
So we had to reschedule for this Saturday. I was soooo nervous - didn't know what to wear, didn't know what to do with my hair, got brows done and pedicure (do guys even notice??? - he did!!!) changed outfits like 40 times my oldest said I must have tried on every dress in my closet. Didn't want to appear to overdress like I was as the kids say "doin the most" didn't want to appear like I didn't care cuz I soooo cared. Picked a perfect dress I could dress up or down. I kept it casual - a little off the shoulders, cute sandals and makeup was a fresh look not dramatic. Took a cab to meet him (safety first - after all we did meet online!) and arrived a little ahead of him so I put our name on the list and five mins or so he arrived.

His online photo did him no justice. His is soooo handsome - blue eyes, salt 'n pepper hair (he's 44 -first time dating someone older than myself) and an athletic body. He was dress semi-casual - nice jeans and blue and white button down, nice shoes. He thought I was and I quote "Gorgeous!" and I blushed. Dinner conversation was very relax and enjoyable. My nerves melted and we laughed and laughed. We have soooo much in common - music, traveling, we both love war movies (he's a Veteran), similar situations with the closeness we have with our kids (each have 2 each). We were seated at 6:50ish and we were done by 7:40 so he asked if I had to get back home or did I want to continue (are you kidding!?!!!) and so he voided out the check he paid and we stayed for drinks and dessert, during which we decided to see a movie.

We saw the movie BLACK MASS - pretty good film. He drove me home (I felt comfy enough at this point). Upon walking me to my door he asked me out again for this Thursday which I played it cool and said "yes, I would like that very much" but I wanted to say "HAIL YEAH!!!" We've been talking and texting each other regularly since then. Sorry for the long message but can you tell that I'm excited??? Dating is rough and more times than not I've had some duds so to have a good one come along is awesome.

That is wonderful!!! So happy that you found someone so nice and interesting (doesn't hurt that he's not too bad on the eyes!) to spend time with. He sounds like quite a gentleman. Hope you two continue to enjoy each other's company!

 

[SnowflakeMom]

Good morning MMC! Happy Monday!! I'm finally caught up! I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend!!
We had a pretty festive weekend. There weren't many people at the lake & Jim went loafing with his dad on Saturday so my friend & I took off on a road trip to a home décor place way out in the country. I had only been there once before at Christmas so I wanted to see it with fall things. It was fantastic! I'll have to post some pics in a fall thread! On the way back to the lake we stopped for lunch & then stopped at a farmers market to pick up pumpkins & mums. Such a fun & festive day. Then we watched the Buckeyes with friends. Yesterday I wanted to make soup over the fire but we ended up having my hubby's family over to our house to celebrate my FIL's birthday (was Friday). We got some unbaked pizza's & made 1 on the grill & the other 2 in the oven. They were delicious! My SIL made cinnamon rolls & my MIL made a carrot cake & Jim & I made homemade ice cream... geez, what a feast!! We sat out on our patio. It was a nice day! I watched the Hallmark movie last night "Lead With Your Heart" - I thought it was good! A good way to end the weekend. Boooo!!

Have a Merry Monday everyone!!

Sounds like a fun weekend!! I watched Lead with your Heart too...I liked it too!!

The VA is still working on getting him a part-time CNA. Until then, and probably even still, my sister-in-law is there daily to help him out, and check-in on her Dad.
This week, with the big rummage sale starting on Wednesday, and going through the weekend, Dorothy's sisters are there. So there's a house full!

Keeping your FIL in my continued prayers. I hope they can get the CNA in soon to help him out.

 

[snowflake22]

Good afternoon, MMC!
Hope that your Monday is going well.
Thoughts and prayers for you all!

 

[snowflake22]

Sounds like a fun weekend!! I watched Lead with your Heart too...I liked it too!!



Keeping your FIL in my continued prayers. I hope they can get the CNA in soon to help him out.

Thank you, friend.

Hope that your daughter had a wonderful time at the dance on Friday Night!

 

[SnowflakeMom]

I forgot to tell you guys about my date. We had to cancel our original date due to him having death in his family.
So we had to reschedule for this Saturday. I was soooo nervous - didn't know what to wear, didn't know what to do with my hair, got brows done and pedicure (do guys even notice??? - he did!!!) changed outfits like 40 times my oldest said I must have tried on every dress in my closet. Didn't want to appear to overdress like I was as the kids say "doin the most" didn't want to appear like I didn't care cuz I soooo cared. Picked a perfect dress I could dress up or down. I kept it casual - a little off the shoulders, cute sandals and makeup was a fresh look not dramatic. Took a cab to meet him (safety first - after all we did meet online!) and arrived a little ahead of him so I put our name on the list and five mins or so he arrived.

His online photo did him no justice. His is soooo handsome - blue eyes, salt 'n pepper hair (he's 44 -first time dating someone older than myself) and an athletic body. He was dress semi-casual - nice jeans and blue and white button down, nice shoes. He thought I was and I quote "Gorgeous!" and I blushed. Dinner conversation was very relax and enjoyable. My nerves melted and we laughed and laughed. We have soooo much in common - music, traveling, we both love war movies (he's a Veteran), similar situations with the closeness we have with our kids (each have 2 each). We were seated at 6:50ish and we were done by 7:40 so he asked if I had to get back home or did I want to continue (are you kidding!?!!!) and so he voided out the check he paid and we stayed for drinks and dessert, during which we decided to see a movie.

We saw the movie BLACK MASS - pretty good film. He drove me home (I felt comfy enough at this point). Upon walking me to my door he asked me out again for this Thursday which I played it cool and said "yes, I would like that very much" but I wanted to say "HAIL YEAH!!!" We've been talking and texting each other regularly since then. Sorry for the long message but can you tell that I'm excited??? Dating is rough and more times than not I've had some duds so to have a good one come along is awesome.

Sounds like a great date!! I hope it continues to go well!

 

[Holiday]

 

[snowflake22]

No kidding
AMEN!!