Christmas Countdown - 2015

[snowflake22]

I don't know how old you are (you look youngish) but I'm 37, don't really think I'm "that old" but I was listening to a song I grew up listening to and my friend said "wow that's a classic." I was like wow so now my music is considered classic/old...guess I am getting old.

My music is classic hits now, too.
The funny thing about age is that when you're really young, as in a teenager, you think people in their 20s were old, then 30's and so forth. When I hit my 20s I thought that people in their 40s were old, now that I'm at that age, I don't see people as old anymore! I mean, there's certain ages that people are considered seniors by society's standards, but age has just become a number. I look at my parents who are in their early 70s, and they are so young at heart and very active, that when I really sit and think about their age, I think that 70's doesn't seem "old"!

 

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

We had snow today! Not a lot but enough to see it was white on the ground.

I had to scrape frost from my windows before I could go shopping this morning. Okay, I'll admit, there was some evidence of white stuff, but it was a bit slushy by the time I headed out.

 

[MerryCarey]

I still have most of mine (around a thousand of them...) and I also still have my Kenwood stereo system that I bought in 1982 at a Navy PX in Little Creek, Virginia. It has the record player, cassette player, am/fm component and Yes with the big speakers (to my wife's horror....)

Good for you! LPs have a certain sound to them ... in spite of the surface noise, it's a nice, full sound to relax to now and then. MP3s are get-up-and-go music, but LPs are wonderful for just sitting on the sofa and listening with a warm mug of something. Occasionally I put on a Christmas LP and put a fireplace video on the TV at the same time.

 

[snowflake22]

That is AMAZING---I've never seen anything like the carvings he does! Very true to the original movie images! (Can't wait to see if he does a Bela Lugosi (hint, hint))!

That is actually on his list! I'll be sure to post it if he does.
He plans to do two more this year, one maybe yet next week, and then definitely one the week of Halloween.

 

[MerryCarey]

I don't know how old you are (you look youngish) but I'm 37, don't really think I'm "that old" but I was listening to a song I grew up listening to and my friend said "wow that's a classic." I was like wow so now my music is considered classic/old...guess I am getting old.

I still remember the first moment I felt old ... when my cousins and I were talking about 8-track tapes, and my youngest cousin said "What's 8-track??"

Mr. worked with a guy who had never even heard of Jimmy Cagney. Ouch ...

 

[MerryCarey]

Love the Marx Brothers

Well done! That was the scene I was thinking of.
We both love the Marx Brothers. For a few years, my Halloween costume was Harpo Marx ... complete with huge pockets in the lining of the coat, the wig, the top hat, the horn, everything. And I played the character and didn't speak. I'd carry labels from soft-drink boxes so I could get a soda from the bar, and all sorts of little toys and stuff in the pockets. It was a blast, because people started treating me as though I were the real Harpo!

 

[MerryCarey]

We're expecting our first frost tonight. That may call for hot cocoa later!
As usual, we're just hanging out watching movies this evening. That's a perfect Saturday evening for us.

 

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

I grew up in a nutty world where my brothers and I would sometimes put on skits for our parents guests and if we couldn't come up with something original, we'd act out a bit of Marx Brothers stuff. Our parents were smart because they were able to entertain friends without kids in their hair as we were off practicing for our skit. Good times. Plenty of laughs.

 

[MerryCarey]

I grew up in a nutty world where my brothers and I would sometimes put on skits for our parents guests and if we couldn't come up with something original, we'd act out a bit of Marx Brothers stuff. Our parents were smart because they were able to entertain friends without kids in their hair as we were off practicing for our skit. Good times. Plenty of laughs.

I would have loved to join in on that!

I briefly met Harpo's son Bill Marx when he came to my hometown playing in a harp and piano act in which he also told stories about his father. (He was the pianist, and a woman was the harpist.) I took a first edition of "Harpo Speaks" for him to sign. He spotted the book, his face lit up, and he said, "I know what that is!" He wouldn't sign it, because he insisted he would be defacing the book, so he signed an LP he'd made with the harpist. He wanted me to stick around so we could chat a little while, but I had accepted a ride from a neighbor who was ready to leave, and I couldn't stay. I wish I could have!

 

[ballcoach]

Hey everyone! Hope all is well! Great day here today. Got the garage cleaned up and got the lights down and checked the bulbs. Lights go on the roof next week....two weeks until the tree goes up.

Getting closer!

 

[HomemakinGirl]

Good evening, friends ~
Hope you're enjoying your weekend!
Have a merry night!

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Good evening Snowflake!
Hope you have a Merry night as well!
xx

 

[snowflake22]

Hey everyone! Hope all is well! Great day here today. Got the garage cleaned up and got the lights down and checked the bulbs. Lights go on the roof next week....two weeks until the tree goes up.

Getting closer!

Hey coach~
Sounds like a lot of fun Christmas prep!
Less than ten weeks now!

 

[snowflake22]

Good evening Snowflake!
Hope you have a Merry night as well!
xx

Good evening, HmG!
Thank you!
Enjoy the Islanders game!
Xo

 

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

I would have loved to join in on that!

I briefly met Harpo's son Bill Marx when he came to my hometown playing in a harp and piano act in which he also told stories about his father. (He was the pianist, and a woman was the harpist.) I took a first edition of "Harpo Speaks" for him to sign. He spotted the book, his face lit up, and he said, "I know what that is!" He wouldn't sign it, because he insisted he would be defacing the book, so he signed an LP he'd made with the harpist. He wanted me to stick around so we could chat a little while, but I had accepted a ride from a neighbor who was ready to leave, and I couldn't stay. I wish I could have!

I'm pleased by his response; how unfortunate you couldn't have chatted a bit more with him. Good for him to run into you.

 

[HomemakinGirl]

When you start saying "that crap music you listen to" to a bunch of teens you know you're getting old HMG .

I don't think it matters how old you are, some of it really is crap lol. Not all of it though, I actually like some of the stuff my girls listen to.

 

[HomemakinGirl]

We had snow today! Not a lot but enough to see it was white on the ground.

Nice!

 

[HomemakinGirl]

We're expecting our first frost tonight. That may call for hot cocoa later!
As usual, we're just hanging out watching movies this evening. That's a perfect Saturday evening for us.

Sounds wonderful, enjoy!

 

[HomemakinGirl]

Hey everyone! Hope all is well! Great day here today. Got the garage cleaned up and got the lights down and checked the bulbs. Lights go on the roof next week....two weeks until the tree goes up.

Getting closer!

So exciting Ballcoach!
Enjoy the rest of the evening!

 

[Edge612]

I miss sleepovers and all night horror movies. When we were younger three siblings that lived around the corner would come over to our place; our mom was awesome like that; we always had so much fun camping out in the family room with sleeping bags all six of us and she'd fix us up some chip and dip and popcorn for the movies and breakfast in the morning.

That sounds really cool!

 

[Edge612]

We had snow today! Not a lot but enough to see it was white on the ground.

You can keep the snow till around Dec 20 then send us some.