Christmas Countdown - 2017

[Martine]

Good evening,
Made it to my day off finally, I am just beat tonight. I get to look forward to a 1pm Bruins game tomorrow.
I read all the posts from today, just a quick hello.

Goodnight, everyone

Enjoy your well-deserved day off xmas365.

 

[Martine]

Good Monday morning! Off to work in a few. Doing training almost all day today. Weekend at work wasn't too bad but I'm really looking forward to having a day off tomorrow. Hope everyone will enjoy a wonderful day!

 

[Edge612]

Morning MMC! Happy MLK Day! I'm working today but the roads were empty. Not many people on them. I know the schools are closed today. Some jobs are off but some are not. It's ok because I'm going to take my 1st PTO day 3 weeks from today the day after the Superbowl. Speaking of that the games were kind of interesting this weekend. I still think 1/3 of the lights are up around here and it's great to see as we are in the middle day of January now. Glad I ordered my Nintendo Switch because now it's sold out all over everywhere. Just another reason to look forward to March this year lol. But for today going to stay busy at work and then go home to relax.
Have a great day whether you are working or off!

 

[Crown 84]

Good Morning, Milestone Trappers.

And marker number one is just about to step into our time trap.

First, today's data:
Days to the Season: 301
Days to Christmas Day: 343

Yes, tomorrow the trap will be sprung, the 300-day Season Window will be captured and opened, and for the next 100 days, we will gaze on a landscape populated by 200's level numbers to Christmas Season 2017.
(Hey! A bit of excitement in the dead of January!)


Nicely warm again for January yesterday, with just a touch of evening rain.
It should be dry today and continued unseasonably warm.
(And this time of year, I LOVE unseasonable warmth!)
Currently, an inspection of our back door thermometer reveals that it is 44 degrees here in our part of MMC Land.


Wasn't that an exciting and nerve-wracking win by the Packers yesterday?
(Took at least a few hours off my life!)
Now, it's the Packers and the Falcons for the NFC championship!


Have a Marvelous Monday, Everyone.
And a Stellar Start to your new week!

 

[Edge612]

Good Morning, Milestone Trappers.

And marker number one is just about to step into our time trap.

First, today's data:
Days to the Season: 301
Days to Christmas Day: 343

Yes, tomorrow the trap will be sprung, the 300-day Season Window will be captured and opened, and for the next 100 days, we will gaze on a landscape populated by 200's level numbers to Christmas Season 2017.
(Hey! A bit of excitement in the dead of January!)


Nicely warm again for January yesterday, with just a touch of evening rain.
It should be dry today and continued unseasonably warm.
(And this time of year, I LOVE unseasonable warmth!)
Currently, an inspection of our back door thermometer reveals that it is 44 degrees here in our part of MMC Land.


Wasn't that an exciting and nerve-wracking win by the Packers yesterday?
(Took at least a few hours off my life!)
Now, it's the Packers and the Falcons for the NFC championship!


Have a Marvelous Monday, Everyone.
And a Stellar Start to your new week!

Thanks Crown! That was a great game yesterday!

 

[Minta]

Good Morning ... Home today with todays as we all have off. I bought to much banana last week so I have a bunch that are very ripe so I am going to make chocolate chip banana bread later today. Not much else going on today other then I have to take my mom grocery shopping sometime today.

Well have a great day!

 

[Iteachpercussion]

Good morning!
Today is Henry's birthday. He wanted to eat breakfast at Panera this morning, so he decided to wake us up at 6:40! We eventually got up and going. Now we have a few hours before we pick up his friend and then head out for birthday fun.

Everyone have a wonderful day!

 

[NcGunny]

Good Morning, Milestone Trappers.

And marker number one is just about to step into our time trap.

First, today's data:
Days to the Season: 301
Days to Christmas Day: 343

Yes, tomorrow the trap will be sprung, the 300-day Season Window will be captured and opened, and for the next 100 days, we will gaze on a landscape populated by 200's level numbers to Christmas Season 2017.
(Hey! A bit of excitement in the dead of January!)


Nicely warm again for January yesterday, with just a touch of evening rain.
It should be dry today and continued unseasonably warm.
(And this time of year, I LOVE unseasonable warmth!)
Currently, an inspection of our back door thermometer reveals that it is 44 degrees here in our part of MMC Land.


Wasn't that an exciting and nerve-wracking win by the Packers yesterday?
(Took at least a few hours off my life!)
Now, it's the Packers and the Falcons for the NFC championship!


Have a Marvelous Monday, Everyone.
And a Stellar Start to your new week!

Thxs Crown...Days are being chipped away at ever so slowly.

 

[NcGunny]

We don't do laundry here anymore. I don't know why we didn't "farm it out" years ago. My husband can't handle the stairs and I'd rather not be bogged down with another chore so I drop it off and the laundromat after my work out and my husband picks it up later in the day. Love how they fold everything as if it was being wrapped as a gift.

Lol..with 2 boys I would have to do a dropoff everyday of the week.

 

[Holiday]

Good morning MMC!! Merry Monday! I hope everyone had a great weekend!!

Mom had a semi-rough weekend. She's definitely taken steps backwards after coming down with the flu last week! She's scheduled to come home today for a home evaluation - hoping that can happen & she's having a good day. Would be nice for her to take a nap at her own house & have Emma make her a nice meal before heading back. HOPEFULLY the doc will still release her on Wednesday. xx

When I went to visit mom on Saturday afternoon, she was sound asleep so what's a girl to do? Oh ya - go to Ben Franklin & buy Christmas something's at 85% off!



Everyone, have a great day!!!

 

[Bradmac]

Good morning!
Today is Henry's birthday. He wanted to eat breakfast at Panera this morning, so he decided to wake us up at 6:40! We eventually got up and going. Now we have a few hours before we pick up his friend and then head out for birthday fun.

Everyone have a wonderful day!

Happy Birthday to Henry!!

 

[Bradmac]

Good morning MMC!! Merry Monday! I hope everyone had a great weekend!!

Mom had a semi-rough weekend. She's definitely taken steps backwards after coming down with the flu last week! She's scheduled to come home today for a home evaluation - hoping that can happen & she's having a good day. Would be nice for her to take a nap at her own house & have Emma make her a nice meal before heading back. HOPEFULLY the doc will still release her on Wednesday. xx

When I went to visit mom on Saturday afternoon, she was sound asleep so what's a girl to do? Oh ya - go to Ben Franklin & buy Christmas something's at 85% off!

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Everyone, have a great day!!!

I'm sorry your mom still isn't feeling much better. I bet she'll spring back once she gets home. hope you have a great day, too!

 

[Holiday]

Yep. We are under a freezing rain advisory until 1pm on Sunday. So I'll just be hunkering down inside.

Hope you stayed safe!! We got some freezing rain but main roads were ok due to temps in the high 20's & salt!

 

[Holiday]

Good afternoon everyone .. Well Raven's seroma is now half the size it was when we took her to the vet however she is still mad that she can't chase Jasper (our cat)

Weather calling for snow showers and maybe one inch tomorrow. Sounds like perfect weather to bake and make soup

Have a great day

Awe - glad to hear Raven is doing better. Hope she'll be chasing Jasper in no time!!
Baking & making soup sounds like a great day!!!
Have a good Monday!

 

[Bradmac]

Good Monday morning, Christmas friends!

What a beautiful weekend we had! I know it's not really springtime, but it was sunny and 75°F all weekend! I was on a ladder repairing shingles and siding on the house, then I worked on some of my side-business stuff. After that, I rode over to my brother's shop for a while. Lulu and I rode around most of the day Saturday. Nice!

Jim went to an auction a couple weeks ago and paid 30 bucks for two electric digital smokers and a dehydrator that didn't work. They were new, and had never been used. He took them back to his shop and found loose wires in both of the smokers. Now they work like new! He gave one of them to me, so I spend a few hours yesterday afternoon "seasoning" the inside of the cabinet with hickory smoke. I plan to try out some boneless pork chops tonight. Mmm, mmm, mmm!

I hope y'all have a great day!

 

[Holiday]

Yea I saw this morning that it's over. I was hoping it would last through at least this weekend.

And same here. I still have my mid size tree up and fully decorated, and have been mostly watching all my DVR recordings from December. Good to know others are doing the same! I think this will be my last day of really fully celebrating the season though. I'll just be watching my DVRs from December all day today and enjoying my tree. Then as my second full work week starts up I'll see if I feel like doing anything Christmassy or not. If I do I will. If not then I won't force it. I am still seeing some houses with Christmas lights on, so that's good.

I think by next week though everyone will have moved on and will be paying attention to politics so this weekend might make good for doing some last Christmassy things. Then by my days off next week I'll go ahead and take everything down.

I think in general most people are tired of hearing about politics, so maybe that's the reason we're seeing Christmas up later than normal this year. Something happy!! Let the Christmas spirit continue!!

 

[Holiday]

Hey. Crabtree isn't the only shopping center still clinging to its Christmas decorations.
Our local grocery store still sports its holiday wreath.
(Took this picture early this afternoon.)

Go Harris Teeter!! Love it! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Holiday]

Good evening,

I am very tired again, I do have to work tomorrow and Sunday, but i have Monday off. Finally got my prescription for my anxiety refilled after 2 weeks, everytime I called the Dr office, I got a recording or it just rang, finally got through. I have had terrible nights sleep for the last week, with frightening dreams accompanying the time when I was sleeping. Hopefully being back on the Rx will take care of the dreams.
My trees are still up, I still love looking at them.

I am going to retire for the night.

Goodnight, everyone

Glad you were able to get your meds refilled. Hope they help & you are having a nice day off!

 

[Holiday]

Am I just totally crazy that I spent all of today doing Christmassy things? I watched several Christmas movies and TV episodes on my DVR throughout the day, listened to Christmas music, went to the store but drove around a bit first specifically to find decorations still up, decided to keep my own decorations and tree up until my days off next week (thought the same thing last week about this week), and just kept reminiscing and trying to recreate what it was like throughout December. I just didn't want to do anything else, to be honest I couldn't do anything else, just cuz it's still so close to having recently been the season, I don't want to move on from it. I guess I'm not as ready to let it go as I thought.

Has anyone ever seen the episode of King of the Hill called Twas the Nut Before Christmas? I just watched it again a little while ago from when I recorded it in December. It's when Bill becomes Santa during the season, and if you know the show you know Bill definitely has a few loose screws in his head. Anyways, he finds so much joy and gets so much attention and adoration from being Santa during the season that when it's over it doesn't even occur to him to end it when the season ends, going so far as to keep running his Santa's village and maintaining his Santa persona pretty late into January. It's kind of weird and dark if you imagine something like that to happen in real life. It's funny, and in line with the humor of the show, but weird nonetheless. Hank and the other guys try to nudge him out of it, and through another series of events he finally does snap out of it. But I hate to admit it, I'd be lying if I said I don't see a little bit of myself in Bill during this episode. Obviously not to the extend that is portrayed in the episode, but like I said, it's hard to watch it and not in some way understand what's going on in his head.

I don't doubt that if a psychologist knew just how passionate I am for Christmas that I would be diagnosed with some kind of label for it. Don't get me wrong, I'm fine with being this way and totally embrace it. I'm just saying, if I really unfiltered expressed my love for Christmas and the extent to which I go all out for it, to include not wanting to let it go when it's over, I think the majority of people would see it a bit odd, and maybe even think something's wrong with me.

But that's why I'm here at MMC so I can do that and people won't look at me weird.

Anyways, that's my post-Christmas thought of the day.

If they put you in a straight jacket, we will bail you out!! Ha ha ha!!

 

[Holiday]

Hello everyone. I have not been around nearly as much as I'd like to be. This year has started off busy!
I hope everyone is doing well. We were supposed to get a major ice storm in these parts but so far it hasn't been much. They did cancel work and school yesterday for everyone in my house. With MLK Day on Monday, it's a four day weekend for us.
I hope you all have a great Saturday.

Nice to see you Ryan!! Hope all is well with you & you are all enjoying your 4 day weekend!!