Christmas Countdown - 2016

[snowflake22]

Morning MMC friends!
Was everyone's long weekend everything they hoped it would be and more, lol. I did a whole lot of nothing but watch Netflix movies and dog sat for my neighbors who actually had plans (unlike myself). London stayed home while Lizzybeth went with daddy for the weekend. London did spend Sunday afternoon with them both but decided that she wanted to stay home most of the weekend. I was fine with that because she's so quiet that even if she's hanging out in my room with me it's like she's not there. Lizzybeth came home and then my nephew took her to play mini golf and have a quick bite to eat at Chick Fil A.

Today I started the "mummy is putting her foot down morning routine" with Lizzy. Which means when your alarm goes off it's up to you to get up and get everything you need done on your own in time for the school bus without mummy running behind you like you're in the 1st grade. She's 11 so she is more than capable of doing everything (with the exception of help with her hair - it's just so long) herself. If she's late to school once she'll have to figure out how to get there herself and I'm sure that will help remind her not to ever be late again. I've semi tried this in the past but I wavered and gave in to her crankiness in the mornings but NO MORE!!! So wish us luck.

I hope everyone has a great Tuesday! Be blessed.

Happy Tuesday, Ladybugkisses!
Glad you had such a relaxing weekend!
What did you watch on Netflix?
Good luck with Lizzy and the morning routine~I'll be thinking of you guys.
Have a wonderful week

 

[snowflake22]

Good morning ~
Happy Tuesday!
It's going to be cloudy & windy today with scattered showers, highs in the mid 70's. This is the worst we'll be feeling from Hermine. I hope everyone had a nice holiday weekend. Back to my regular routine. Typical day of errands and chores for me. I'm heading out soon to do some food shopping, I'd like to get home before the rain starts. I'll pop back in later.
I hope everyone is well and has a wonderful day!
xx

Good morning, HmG~
Merry Tuesday!
Stay safe in the storms today.
Hope your day goes well~
Sending hugs.
xx

 

[Edge612]

Morning all!! Going to be a scorcher this week,hoping its the last heatwave of the year.

I hope so too Gunny. My weather phone app shows a pretty big shift in temps by the middle of the month back to normal September weather (even a little below normal).

 

[Edge612]

Good morning ~
Happy Tuesday!
It's going to be cloudy & windy today with scattered showers, highs in the mid 70's. This is the worst we'll be feeling from Hermine. I hope everyone had a nice holiday weekend. Back to my regular routine. Typical day of errands and chores for me. I'm heading out soon to do some food shopping, I'd like to get home before the rain starts. I'll pop back in later.
I hope everyone is well and has a wonderful day!
xx

Have a great Tuesday HMG! Glad the storm is nothing compared to what it could have been.

 

[Ladybugkisses]

Happy Tuesday, Ladybugkisses!
Glad you had such a relaxing weekend!
What did you watch on Netflix?
Good luck with Lizzy and the morning routine~I'll be thinking of you guys.
Have a wonderful week

Snowflake I watched Jane's Got a Gun w/Natalie Portman, The Butler, The Ridiculous 6 and the really old version of Cheaper By The Dozen. Good mix huh?

 

[MerryCarey]

And because of my wedding, I am not working a full week the whole month of September!!

Good for you!
I try to arrange that between Thanksgiving and Christmas each year, taking off strategic Fridays and Mondays.

 

[Holiday]

Good morning MMC! Merry Tuesday!! WOW did that weekend go fast. It was just Friday & now it's Tuesday. How did that happen? I hope everyone had a great weekend! What beautiful weather we had! Friday it was chilly outside & I was craving chili! 1st I smoked the ground beef, beans, & onion & then I added all the other ingredients & finished it on the stove. Oh my - delicious. The pot was licked clean. Sure wish we had some leftovers. We watched the Bucks win Saturday, then took our bicycles out on the path. Sunday we went out on the lake, we went to listen to my nephew (through marriage) & our friends band. They were awesome! We watched the sun set over the lake. Just beautiful!

Everyone, have a good Tuesday that feels like a Monday!

 

[e_xander]

Very nice!!!
How's everything going?

I work one Friday this month, looking forward to long weekends myself =]

Not gonna lie....she's started her panic mode (has been for about a week), but she forewarned me about it. It's all part of the "fun" of planning a wedding. We are now down to the nit picky things of the wedding...mainly the decorations and seating chart. She also has to lock down the order of events and a bit more of the music. Going to get the marriage license today. We helped clean out her parents garage yesterday for the rehearsal dinner (we were going to have it at Carson Park, but her parents offered their house up. They're concerned about what to do in case of bad weather.) Like I said, nit picky things. @Jeff Westover sound familiar at all?

Enjoy your long weekends this month, Stacey!!

 

[e_xander]

Good for you!
I try to arrange that between Thanksgiving and Christmas each year, taking off strategic Fridays and Mondays.

I have been taking the week of Thanksgiving and 2 Weeks over Christmas and New Years off the last couple years and again this year. That leaves only about 2 or 3 full weeks that I have to work over the holiday...I love having that time off.

 

[snowflake22]

Snowflake I watched Jane's Got a Gun w/Natalie Portman, The Butler, The Ridiculous 6 and the really old version of Cheaper By The Dozen. Good mix huh?

Sounds like an excellent mix!
I love Netflix, so many movies and shows to choose from, whatever genre you're in the mood for

 

[Edge612]

Good morning MMC! Merry Tuesday!! WOW did that weekend go fast. It was just Friday & now it's Tuesday. How did that happen? I hope everyone had a great weekend! What beautiful weather we had! Friday it was chilly outside & I was craving chili! 1st I smoked the ground beef, beans, & onion & then I added all the other ingredients & finished it on the stove. Oh my - delicious. The pot was licked clean. Sure wish we had some leftovers. We watched the Bucks win Saturday, then took our bicycles out on the path. Sunday we went out on the lake, we went to listen to my nephew (through marriage) & our friends band. They were awesome! We watched the sun set over the lake. Just beautiful!

Everyone, have a good Tuesday that feels like a Monday!

Sounds like you had a good weekend Holiday. FYI Friday 5PM-Tuesday 5AM is the same distance as Tuesday 5AM-Friday 5PM so in the same amount of time we'll be back to the weekend .

 

[snowflake22]

Good morning MMC! Merry Tuesday!! WOW did that weekend go fast. It was just Friday & now it's Tuesday. How did that happen? I hope everyone had a great weekend! What beautiful weather we had! Friday it was chilly outside & I was craving chili! 1st I smoked the ground beef, beans, & onion & then I added all the other ingredients & finished it on the stove. Oh my - delicious. The pot was licked clean. Sure wish we had some leftovers. We watched the Bucks win Saturday, then took our bicycles out on the path. Sunday we went out on the lake, we went to listen to my nephew (through marriage) & our friends band. They were awesome! We watched the sun set over the lake. Just beautiful!

Everyone, have a good Tuesday that feels like a Monday!

Good Morning, Holiday!
Happy Tuesday!
The holiday weekend did fly by~
The chili sounds amazing, I could go for some right about now
Glad you guys had fun times!
Have a great week!

 

[Holiday]

Good Night MMC! Summer is over so time to go back to work and school...

Well, aren't you a ray of sunshine. LOLOL

 

[Holiday]

Merry Tuesday,

I will be enjoying the last day of summer holidays with the kids before school tomorrow. It is very warm out and expected to reach 70F today!!!

Good luck going back to work today. Weekend will be here soon. Hang in there.


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Have fun with the kids today. Enjoy the nice weather!

 

[snowflake22]

Not gonna lie....she's started her panic mode (has been for about a week), but she forewarned me about it. It's all part of the "fun" of planning a wedding. We are now down to the nit picky things of the wedding...mainly the decorations and seating chart. She also has to lock down the order of events and a bit more of the music. Going to get the marriage license today. We helped clean out her parents garage yesterday for the rehearsal dinner (we were going to have it at Carson Park, but her parents offered their house up. They're concerned about what to do in case of bad weather.) Like I said, nit picky things. @Jeff Westover sound familiar at all?

Enjoy your long weekends this month, Stacey!!

It happens to the best of us!
That's great that her parents are sharing their house for the rehearsal dinner, you just never can completely predict the weather, especially here-better to be safe. It's going to be the most wonderful day for you guys! Best wishes, and enjoy every minute.

Thanks, Sean!

 

[snowflake22]

Well, aren't you a ray of sunshine. LOLOL

 

[Holiday]

Good Morning, MMC~
Happy Tuesday!!
Hope you had a lovely Labor Day~
It's going to be a warm, humid & rainy day here, potentially severe storms this afternoon.
Looking forward to an extra short week!
Wishing you all a blessed start to it!

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Stay safe in the weather today! Hope it doesn't get too bad!
Hope you had a lovely Labor Day weekend too!
Have a great day!

 

[Holiday]

Good Morning All!

Day two of work for me this week already. It's going to be a busy one, but that's okay! Love that it's fall! I'll be decorating tonight-it's just gotten too busy over the last few days to get it done. Something to look forward to tonight!

The hot and humid weather is back for the week unfortunately, but nothing to do about that but turn on the AC and wait for later this month for the heat to finally break...it's never soon enough!

Hope everyone has a great day!

Have fun decorating! Have a great day!

 

[Holiday]

Good Morning, Friends!
Back from the Beach and all is well. No damage whatsoever, not even one porch screen.
And so --- another rental season in the book.
(Well actually, we have one or two more of our regulars coming in October who couldn't make it during the summer.)


OK. A big MMC-Style "THANKS!" to our good thread citizen Made for keeping us informed in regards to the count the last couple of days!

Now, on with today's numbers:
Days to the Season: 68
Days to Christmas Day: 110

And just LOOK!
We will be SINGLE DIGITS away from the 100-day Christmas Day Window as of tomorrow.
That, of course, also means we will be single digits away from a double-double digit count sequence.
(And if you know what that cryptic line means, you are a true Countdown Thread regular!)


Quite nice weather at the coast and on the trip, with no rain.
Warmer weather is expected starting today but not really hot.
This morning has commenced at 67 sunny degrees here in our part of the MMC Nation.


Have a Terrific Tuesday, Folks!

I'm glad you didn't have any damage at the cottage!
Have a great day crown!

 

[Holiday]

Good Morning ... I took today of from work as it's the 1st day of school for my kids. I let them decide dinner for tonight and they want a ham dinner so I will be making a honey ham for dinner today.

Going to spend my morning getting a jump start on my fall deep cleaning by steam cleaning the carpets and cleaning out the heat ducts.

Have a great day everyone

I hope the kids have a great 1st day back at school.
Your supper sounds delicious!
Have a great day!