Christmas Countdown - 2016

[Edge612]

GM Edge, hope you have a great Tuesday! I am looking forward to the chillier weather for Thanksgiving, it definitely puts me in the spirit even more!

We had some snow 2 years ago on the day before Thanksgiving. I remember driving home in maybe 3-4 inches of it. Have a good day!

 

[Holiday]

Good Morning MMC !

The weather outside is delightful, feels more like early fall than just over a month before Christmas. It will be sunny and 15c (59f). Have been outside without a jacket on.

Off to work in about an hour, it was crazy yesterday , hoping not so bad today.

Going to redesign my whole competition cake due to lack of time to do what I had planed. New design may actually work better.

Hope you all have a fantastic day !

I have no doubt whatever you do, the cake will turn out beautiful! Good luck! Can't wait to see pics. Have a great day CS!

 

[Holiday]

Morning MMC! Off to work I go for a short day today! Exciting stuff. It's chilly and cloudy here. Hope everyone has a great day!

Enjoy your short day!!!

 

[Holiday]

Good morning ~
Merry Tuesday!
We're expecting showers today with a high of 52 degrees. I'm fighting off a headache this morning thanks to the barometric pressure. Just having my coffee and relaxing for a few minutes. I have to get moving because everyone will be waking up soon. Bella has a veterinarian appointment later this morning. I was going to do some food shopping as well but I might hold off until tomorrow, I'll see how I feel. I'm going to finish decorating my Hallmark tree today. I was only able to hang all of the magic ornaments yesterday, I'll definitely finish the rest today and post a picture.
I hope everyone is well and has a nice day <3

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I hope your headache goes away & you can fully enjoy decorating your tree! Can't wait to see it!
Praying Bella's appointment goes very well today! xx
Have a great day HMG!

 

[Holiday]

Good Tuesday morning! Another mild day coming up but mornings are still chilly enough to wear a tuque. More chores to get done today and I'll download some new Christmas music to add to my playlist. That is going to be a lot of fun! I haven't been in a hurry to do it because I usually listen to music in the car only but being on vacation, hubby uses the car daily. I've been looking at new recipes for the gift box I give my family members at Christmas, still not settled on this year's selection. Wishing everyone a fantastic day coming up!

Sounds like you have a festive day ahead!! Enjoy to the fullest!!! Have a great day Martine!

 

[Holiday]

** CHRISTMAS SEASON 2016 DAY 3 **


Good Morning, Season Supporters and Christmas Chasers.

Moving right along, into Christmas Season Day 3.
Moving right along in our remaining count as well.

Days to Thanksgiving Day: 9 (SINGLE DIGITS, Folks!!)
Days to Christmas Day: 40 (40 Days and 40 nights. Brings on a flood of emotions, doesn't it?)


Still pretty coolish here yesterday but not as bad as Sunday.
Now today will be quite nice with highs back into the mid 60's. We may even flirt with 70 later on in the week.
This third day of Christmas Season 2016 has commenced beautifully sunny and calm at 44 degrees here in the capital city of North Carolina.


Have a Terrific Tuesday, Everybody!

Enjoy that mild weather crown! We are supposed to reach 61º today! I'll take it!

 

[Holiday]

Morning all! I hope you're having a wonderful day today. Mine will be hectic as usual. Might try to get a start on the holiday decorations outside this weekend, I just won't light em up till after thanksgiving.

I have noticed a lot of people with outdoor decorations up. Haven't seen any turned on though. My hubby will kick himself when it's freezing cold & he's out there putting lights up. Ha ha!
Have a great day!!

 

[Holiday]

Good Tuesday Morning MMC! A rainy day here and after a 3 day weekend no wonder the alarm woke me out of a sound sleep. But after today the weather looks about as nice as it can get for Wednesday through Saturday with sunshine and highs near 60! After that looks like we head for a November chill. Maybe just in time for Thanksgiving week. The mall felt like it's all set up for everyone to burst into Christmas. Decorations all over, an empty Santa chair set up, Christmas music playing...and you can just feel it. It's a great feeling. And it's just about to begin.
Have a great day!

Good morning Edge! Sounds like things are turning festive at your mall! Hope your 1st day back to work goes well!

 

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What is planned today to get things ready for Thanksgiving? Are you the type of person who makes a list of things to do? Hope you get as much done as you wish today. Have a great Tuesday Holiday!

I normally have lists, but so far this year the only list I have is a list of the 50 people invited with marks if they are or aren't able to make it & what food they are bringing - if they have responded. I haven't totally wrapped my head around the idea that Thanksgiving is in NINE days! I thought tonight would be a good night to dig into some cleaning/organizing....and then my sister texted asking if I want a hair cut/color tonight. I'm sure not going to turn that down! I have all the plates, etc ready to go! I will be making a cornucopia, a meat/cheese tray, a 7 layer salad & potatoes of some kind - so that all has to wait until next week. I am going to try making this....

 

[Holiday]

Good Tuesday morning, Christmas friends!

It's been another hectic few days, and today is no different. I walked in the door here at work to several pressing questions, and one inoperable phone system. As you know, on top of my regular duties, I am the unappreciated and unpaid local IT tech who know almost nothing about the phones, but everyone is complaining to me about their absolute NEED for the phone. LOL "I don't do phones, people!"

I mentioned yesterday in a quick post that Jacob's gig last Friday night with the country music girl didn't pan out. After they droved 4.5 hours to central Florida, the place turned out to be more punk rock than country music. Ha! Her manager apologized profusely for mixing things up, and they came home. His University Singers concert in Savannah on Sunday, however, was AWESOME! It was a fund-raising concert to raise money for Hospice, and they sang beautifully.

We're going to the mountains again for Elizabeth's birthday present. A trip to the mountains seems like a birthday present for me, too!

I hope y'all have a great day!

Good morning Brad! I hope the phone's are all figured out by now! xx
That's awesome that University Singers concert was so good. What a bummer about the country singer gig though. Maybe next time!
Sounds like Elizabeth's birthday trip is a gift for everybody. How fun. ENJOY! (I know you will)
Have a great day!

 

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I am SO ready for some turkey and dressing! And green bean casserole!

I'm holding out to see if one of my nieces offers to bring green bean casserole (since it's easy to make) but so far, no takers. I may have to make one of those too!

 

[Festive Spirit]

Morning MMC! Off to work I go for a short day today! Exciting stuff. It's chilly and cloudy here. Hope everyone has a great day!

Enjoy your day. Hope work goes well.

Good morning ~
Merry Tuesday!
We're expecting showers today with a high of 52 degrees. I'm fighting off a headache this morning thanks to the barometric pressure. Just having my coffee and relaxing for a few minutes. I have to get moving because everyone will be waking up soon. Bella has a veterinarian appointment later this morning. I was going to do some food shopping as well but I might hold off until tomorrow, I'll see how I feel. I'm going to finish decorating my Hallmark tree today. I was only able to hang all of the magic ornaments yesterday, I'll definitely finish the rest today and post a picture.
I hope everyone is well and has a nice day <3

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Praying your headache improves. Good luck with the vet. Can't wait to see the tree. Hope I don't miss it.

Good Tuesday morning! Another mild day coming up but mornings are still chilly enough to wear a tuque. More chores to get done today and I'll download some new Christmas music to add to my playlist. That is going to be a lot of fun! I haven't been in a hurry to do it because I usually listen to music in the car only but being on vacation, hubby uses the car daily. I've been looking at new recipes for the gift box I give my family members at Christmas, still not settled on this year's selection. Wishing everyone a fantastic day coming up!

Sounds like you are enjoying your vacation. I want to update my playlist at some point too. Have a great day!

Good morning MMC! Merry Tuesday! After a whirlwind weekend, I guess it's time to get settled back into the work week! Actually I can't settle too much - I need to get things ready for hosting Thanksgiving!! It's sneaking up on me!

I hope everyone's Tuesday is off to a good start!

Good luck with thanksgiving prep!
It's coming fast!

Morning all! I hope you're having a wonderful day today. Mine will be hectic as usual. Might try to get a start on the holiday decorations outside this weekend, I just won't light em up till after thanksgiving.

Have a great day. Hope you get round to decorating outside.

Good Tuesday Morning MMC! A rainy day here and after a 3 day weekend no wonder the alarm woke me out of a sound sleep. But after today the weather looks about as nice as it can get for Wednesday through Saturday with sunshine and highs near 60! After that looks like we head for a November chill. Maybe just in time for Thanksgiving week. The mall felt like it's all set up for everyone to burst into Christmas. Decorations all over, an empty Santa chair set up, Christmas music playing...and you can just feel it. It's a great feeling. And it's just about to begin.
Have a great day!

Have a great day! It is the most wonderful time of year!

Merry Tuesday!
A rainy day here today so I am just working and listening to some Christmas music.
Tonight my youngest daughter has basketball practice and my oldest wants to go see a hypnotist that is putting on a show at the school so it will be a lot of driving back and forth. I ma hoping I can find someone to do a car pool.
Have a great day, my friends!!
We are one day closer to Thanksgiving!!

Wow the hypnotist show is bound to be fun. Hope you can car pool. Enjoy!

Last night I looked at "your memories from this day 2015" and look what I saw....

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Last year I put up my tree on Nov. 14th! Ahhhhhhh - this is really going to bother me having to wait this year. LOL! (though I'm happy to host Thanksgiving!)

I remember you posting the tree last year! My how time flies. I put up our tree early last year too. It was about the 20th I think! Seeing your tree reminded me. I am dying to decorate. This weekend I will start for sure! Have a great day!

I have work again tonight and we will be pushing out as much christmas as possible. My neighbors have a few small decorations out but nothing lit yet. It finally stopped raining but very breezy and cold. Can't believe how close thanksgiving is

Hope you are all set for thanksgiving. How great your neighbours have started!

 

[Edge612]

Good morning Edge! Sounds like things are turning festive at your mall! Hope your 1st day back to work goes well!

It's almost that time Holiday where everyone (not just Christmas Crazies) acknowledge it's here.

 

[Bradmac]

No lights in my neighborhood yet.

For a couple years I've been putting C7 strings on a lovely arbor vitae at the corner of the house, but the bulbs constantly burn out. As in a bulb or two every day! I'm thinking of getting GE brand light strings (instead of Home Depot house brand) and trying one more year. The strings are pricy, but I do love the "legacy" look of the bulbs, and want to find out if better strings will last longer. (Incandescent, that is. I haven't seen a C7 LED string that looks right to me.)

I agree. LED's are just not the same, for some reason, but I do like the pre-lit trees that you can change from clear lights to colored lights with the flick of a switch!

 

[Holiday]

Good Morning/Afternoon christmas friends...Hope everyone is having a merry day so far...Its another wet day here again...My little girl is still not feeling too good but she isn't been sick any more just hot flushes so fingers crossed she will be back at school tomorrow or Thursday...Enjoy your day ahead christmas friends

Good morning/afternoon prancer! Sorry to hear your little one still isn't feeling well. Hope she turns that corner very soon! xx Hope you are enjoying your day!

 

[Bradmac]

I normally have lists, but so far this year the only list I have is a list of the 50 people invited with marks if they are or aren't able to make it & what food they are bringing - if they have responded. I haven't totally wrapped my head around the idea that Thanksgiving is in NINE days! I thought tonight would be a good night to dig into some cleaning/organizing....and then my sister texted asking if I want a hair cut/color tonight. I'm sure not going to turn that down! I have all the plates, etc ready to go! I will be making a cornucopia, a meat/cheese tray, a 7 layer salad & potatoes of some kind - so that all has to wait until next week. I am going to try making this....

That looks delicious!

 

[Holiday]

Merry Tuesday!
A rainy day here today so I am just working and listening to some Christmas music.
Tonight my youngest daughter has basketball practice and my oldest wants to go see a hypnotist that is putting on a show at the school so it will be a lot of driving back and forth. I ma hoping I can find someone to do a car pool.
Have a great day, my friends!!
We are one day closer to Thanksgiving!!

Good morning SFM!! I hope you can find someone to car pool with. Sounds fun for your oldest!! Have a great day!

 

[Holiday]

Thankfully we did. hope you are well rested from your busy weekend

Thanks! Slept great!

I have work again tonight and we will be pushing out as much christmas as possible. My neighbors have a few small decorations out but nothing lit yet. It finally stopped raining but very breezy and cold. Can't believe how close thanksgiving is

Stay warm!!! Hope your night at work goes well!! xx

 

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We had some snow 2 years ago on the day before Thanksgiving. I remember driving home in maybe 3-4 inches of it. Have a good day!

We have a chance of snow Saturday!!!

 

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Good luck with thanksgiving prep!
It's coming fast!

I remember you posting the tree last year! My how time flies. I put up our tree early last year too. It was about the 20th I think! Seeing your tree reminded me. I am dying to decorate. This weekend I will start for sure! Have a great day!

Thank you! YES, it IS coming fast!
I will be jealous of you all decorating. I am so excited to get out my tree - just not sure when it's going to be able to happen!