Christmas Countdown - 2016

[NcGunny]

Morning everyone!!! Update on our blizzard from last week.... 34" of snow which set a all time record here for November has melted down to around 5" in the yard. Although there is still mountains of plowed snow, looks like by tonite it will be all gone.

 

[SnowflakeMom]

Happy Saturday friends! Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! We are putting up the tree today and then going to visit my MIL. I did some shopping withy daughters yesterday and then we went bowling last night with some friends. Hope you all have a blessed day!

 

[CGYager]

@CGYager my youngest niece is moving to South Dakota the end of December. I believe she will be across the state from you in Rapid City. She is so adventurous! Lol!

Yes, she will be just about to the border of Wyoming. Interesting place Rapid City, lots to see and do. My only regret in that area is the amount of casinos in Deadwood. It use to be several little shops or places to eat and then a casino. Now it is several casinos and occasionally a place to shop or eat. Oh well, to each his/her own I suppose. It just kind of bothers an "old man" when progress plows over tradition.
I truly hope she has a great time there...

 

[CGYager]

CGYager, what was the word at the clinic? Hope your work night went well and that any medication given will help quickly improve your symptoms. My boss had bronchitis a few weeks ago but he took forever to go to a clinic and it took a long time for him to completely recover. It's nice to only work two nights and then be off again. Have a good Saturday.

Thank you for your concern. Bronchitis was the answer and I have some stuff called "Prednisone" to take from Friday till Tuesday (one a day) and an inhaler if I need it. I should have gone in earlier, but when the first day hit me with a fifteen hour sleep, I just assumed it was a cold and perhaps it did start that way. I felt much better last night and even though a cough came up every now and then, it was not as pronounced as it had been. In the past, I have "healed" very quickly, although I am sure age can even slow that down a bit (but not my spirits).
Have a Sizzling Saturday...

 

[MerryCarey]

Happy Saturday! How is everyone's Thanksgiving weekend going?

Feeling so far behind here ... tree is up and lit, but not decorated ... little tree is still in the basement for now ... no lights up outside yet. Must go in to my office this weekend and decorate there, because Monday will be a busy one and I won't be able to decorate during working hours. Cards yet to write for the exchange, cookies yet to bake, wrapping yet to do, a little family shopping yet to do, more audio work to do. I keep reminding myself: It's not even December yet! But once I subtract workdays from the available time, there seems to be darn little time left to get things done, much less relax and enjoy the season. But it all gets done, somehow, when it needs to. I'd better get started! (After a cup of tea ...)

 

[trackrebel]

back from Kandice´s Hockey Games. they won both games.

now we are watching Castle and are handcrafting decoration for Christmas.

 

[trackrebel]

tomorrow we´ll light the first candle on the Advent´s wreath! Crazy how fast the time is running now!!!

 

[Martine]

Well...no decorating for us today. I've had zero energy and I feel like my body is really fighting off this cold. Hope all of this rest today means that I'll be ok to put up the tree tomorrow and be able to enjoy the party tomorrow night.

 

[nmc42088]

We will be heading home from the shore in a little while. We had a great time visiting and celebrating Thanksgiving with everyone. Have a great night everyone. I'll be at work at 8 am tomorrow am unfortunately

 

[xmas365]

Good evening,

Saturday at work is done, if I have looked at my calendar and figured out everything correctly, I should only have to work one more Saturday the rest of 2016. Two weeks from today is our NYC trip, 4 weeks from today starts my vacation. Very exciting.
We will be celebrating our immediate family Thanksgiving tomorrow, we do this one so we can have some turkey leftovers.

I hope you all had a great day


Goodnight, everyone

 

[Binger]

Done - tree is up and a few other things. Not doing as much this year. Still. Happy with the effort. Yabba!

 

[Binger]

Btw. We have slightly better than a month to get 4,000 posts to get to 60,000 before we collapse the thread.

 

[Binger]

Lovemas is DEC 23. Coach will post LOVE 100 times. I will post omggggggggggggggg 100 times. Made will post ... Make her stop. Ohhhhhhhh yesssss LOVEMAS. Is Dec 23.

 

[Binger]

Newbies are invited to Lovemas !!!!

 

[ClaireLovesChristmas]

Good morning MMC! Well my tree is going up today, I was going to wait until next Saturday but I just can't hold out! Hubby is going into the attic to bring everything down before he leaves for golf!

My shopping is going great, I cannot believe how organised I am this year, just about finished for the girls only got the parents to buy for now.

Anyway best get sorted for a day of decorating! Have a fantastic Sunday everyone!

 

[Bradmac]

Good Sunday morning, Christmas friends!

What a busy few days we've had! We all left work a couple hours early on Wednesday (thanks!). Then we had Thanksgiving at mom's on Thursday. After lunch, mom,Nancy and Elizabeth dragged me shopping. Ugh! Walmart was a CRAZY PLACE, but I got the 55" TV. LOL! Where am I going to put that thing?!? At 8pm, Elizabeth and I went home, leaving mama & Nancy shopping. Nancy came home at 2am. Friday, we did Thanksgiving at Nancy's mom & dad's. Yesterday, I picked up pecans all morning, helping Elizabeth earn some Christmas money, then we bought & put up our tree! Whew!!

Today, we have church, then lunch at mom's.

I hope y'all have a great day!

 

[Crown 84]

** CHRISTMAS SEASON 2016 DAY 15 **


Good Morning.
And there you have it -- two full weeks of Christmas Season 2016 completed.
(Time is moving along real fast, Folks. Better get a hold of yourselves and keep focused on the rapidly approaching Big Day!)

And just how much time do we have left?
Well:
Days to Christmas Day: 28 (That looks like EXACTLY FOUR WEEKS to me!)


Well, we did indeed cool off yesterday but it was still not bad at all for late November in North Carolina.
Today should be rather coolish too, then we will begin to warm up again.
We stand just under 34 degrees here at this hour.


Can the Panthers rally and secure the NFC South title before it's too late? Even though they are 4-6, they are still only 2 games behind the Falcons.
Let's see what happens today. Defeating the Raiders won't be easy.


Have a Super Sunday, Everyone!

 

[ballcoach]

Good morning, everyone! Woke up to a frigid 32 degree morning here. Wasn't supposed to get that cold, but I will take it. I was going to go outside, but I think I will just sit in my chair and read all things Christmas.

We went out last night for my birthday...tomorrow, I turn 40. Yes, 40. It is so hard to believe. I don't even know where my 30's went! I've been coming here for a since 2009 and it seems like I just joined last week. Wow!

Newbies are invited to Lovemas !!!!

and I've been to a few of these nights! These have been some of the best times here....make sure y'all come join us.

 

[Edge612]

** CHRISTMAS SEASON 2016 DAY 15 **


Good Morning.
And there you have it -- two full weeks of Christmas Season 2016 completed.
(Time is moving along real fast, Folks. Better get a hold of yourselves and keep focused on the rapidly approaching Big Day!)

And just how much time do we have left?
Well:
Days to Christmas Day: 28 (That looks like EXACTLY FOUR WEEKS to me!)


Well, we did indeed cool off yesterday but it was still not bad at all for late November in North Carolina.
Today should be rather coolish too, then we will begin to warm up again.
We stand just under 34 degrees here at this hour.


Can the Panthers rally and secure the NFC South title before it's too late? Even though they are 4-6, they are still only 2 games behind the Falcons.
Let's see what happens today. Defeating the Raiders won't be easy.


Have a Super Sunday, Everyone!

Thanks Crown! 4 weeks to go till Christmas!

 

[Edge612]

Good a.m.! Hope everyone has had an awesome Thanksgiving week. It's been busy but fun. I got a lot of my Christmas shopping (both online and in stores) done from Thursday through Saturday and I am going to do a little more today. I think these 4 days are when I get 80-90% of my Christmas shopping done so it is pretty intense and then I can add a few things here and there through the next few weeks. Oh I got the tree up and Rollins surprisingly doesn't seem that interested in it. Weird...unless he's playing sly till I turn my back. I'm not sure. But it's been a lot of fun and I just was looking at the tree last night smiling thinking how it's amazing that we are again at this time of year and reminded me why this is still by far the best time of year.
Have a great Sunday!