Christmas Countdown - 2017

[CGYager]

Good Morning...happy Monday!! Back to work and looking forward to a 3 day weekend. My youngest as her Meet and Greet at 4 today. She is starting Middle School this year so it will be all brand new to her but she said she is not nervous at all..which is a good thing. Hope you all have a great day!

Good Monday Morning SnowflakeMom. Got my full day off and looking ahead to hacking down the jungle known as my backyard. Hope your daughter has a good time this afternoon. Enjoy these last couple of days for August...

 

[Skippy1707]

"Happy" Monday MMC friends!

.My Gracie could use any extra prayers available. She went back to the vet this morning. Jim dropped her off on his way to work. She didn't have a great weekend. She hasn't eaten since she left the vet on Friday & she started throwing up & she's had some diarrhea again. My poor sweetie! She's breaking our hearts!

Sending get well wishes for Gracie hun. Not nice to see little furbabies poorly :-(

Currently enjoying the bank holiday before I am back in work tomorrow. Not up to much just chilling out and enjoying the sunshine with my Chuckwalla Esteban. Wish I could get the grass cut but husband has brought a petrol lawnmower and I am just not strong enough to pull the cord to get the bleeding thing started. :-( I will go out and pick a fight with it later and see if I can actually get it going. Hes away for the night tonight though which means once the kids are in bed at 9pm I will have peace and quiet to watch the Game Of Thrones finale - so excited - but sad at the same time but I only have a few months to wait until The Walking Dead restarts.

 

[CGYager]

"Happy" Monday MMC friends!

My Gracie could use any extra prayers available. She went back to the vet this morning. Jim dropped her off on his way to work. She didn't have a great weekend. She hasn't eaten since she left the vet on Friday & she started throwing up & she's had some diarrhea again. My poor sweetie! She's breaking our hearts!

What crazy weather over the weekend. It was so chilly in our trailer at night. Our neighbor turned on her fireplace! It's August!!! Crazy! During the day was beautiful though! Perfect weather!

Hope you all had a nice weekend! Back to the grind...

Greetings Holiday. My continued prayers for Gracie and for so many experiencing some very unexpected seasonal changes. I trust you will receive some good news very soon...

 

[CGYager]

Sending get well wishes for Gracie hun. Not nice to see little furbabies poorly :-(

Currently enjoying the bank holiday before I am back in work tomorrow. Not up to much just chilling out and enjoying the sunshine with my Chuckwalla Esteban. Wish I could get the grass cut but husband has brought a petrol lawnmower and I am just not strong enough to pull the cord to get the bleeding thing started. :-( I will go out and pick a fight with it later and see if I can actually get it going. Hes away for the night tonight though which means once the kids are in bed at 9pm I will have peace and quiet to watch the Game Of Thrones finale - so excited - but sad at the same time but I only have a few months to wait until The Walking Dead restarts.

Greetings Skippy. My mower will gets it's workout today, along with the weed eater. We do what we can and then enjoy the peaceful moments in between.
Have a funday Monday...

 

[Holiday]

Good Saturday midday and Happy National Dog Day! In the honour of this day celebrating our furry babies, here is a picture of Loki in a hoodie looking shaggy. Have a great day everyone!
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(((Oh Sweet Loki))) Adorable! I missed out that it was national dog day! Although every day at our house is national dog day!

 

[Holiday]

It's a good day when you want to crochet an afghan for a wedding gift, and have a 20% off coupon for the craft store! Yippee!

FUN! Did you find yarn? Do you have a pattern picked out?

 

[Holiday]

Had a great visit with my parents and an older cousin whom I didn't get a chance to visit while I was in Toronto a few weeks ago. Took my mom and my cousin, Reg out for lunch. He tried to buy, but I beat him to the cashier. My dad told me he'd fight me on it and to just let him pay, but I didn't. I said, "You're in my city, it's my treat!" He still tried to slip $50.00 into my pocket, but I wouldn't take it.

It did us both good to see each other. It's been about 2.5 years. We chat on the phone often and I always remember to send him a birthday card in October and a Christmas card, but to be able to hug each other was great. He was always like a second dad. It did me good to see him because he was thought to have had Alzheimer's a while back and had to endure many tests and lost his license only to discover what my husband and I thought all along - he had nobody to converse with on a regular basis so he started to forget things. He seems quite fine for 89. Wish I could drive him back to Toronto on Tuesday, but I'm so swamped at work right now, I can't take any time off until October.

I have a bit of shopping to do today and must wash the kitchen floor. I don't care for domestic shores, they spoil my "play time". HaHa

Nice that you had such a good visit with your cousin & your parents!
And I agree - those domestic chores always get in the way!
Have a great day AMD!

 

[MerryCarey]

FUN! Did you find yarn? Do you have a pattern picked out?

I had the pattern picked out before the yarn ... I've made it twice before. Lots of texture, including hearts done in cluster stitches. Looks impressive when it's finished! I don't know their decor color, so I just bought aran yarn. The textured patterns always look good in aran!
Here's a picture (from the pattern---not one I made):

 

[Holiday]

Merry Monday!
Happy New Week!

I am up early and enjoying a cup of tea on my own. It's a beautiful morning and I am enjoying the view of our garden. Several different roses have bloomed along with a couple of other exotic flowers. It's a holiday here today. Not sure what we are doing yet. We may just stay at home and watch a couple movies. I can't believe it's the last days of August! Mum is already half way through her trip!!! I hope the next few weeks don't go by too quickly. She leaves end of September.

Have a beautiful day and week.

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I hope you & your mum enjoy the remainder of August & your month of September together!! It sounds like you started your morning off right! Nice!
Have a great day Festive!

 

[Holiday]

Morning MMC! Happy Monday as it's the week of transition. August will transition to the Bers which is amazing to think about this week. It's all coming. Today we expect a high of 75 under mostly sunny skies. Again below normal and beautiful weather here in late summer. Seems like summer may not have too much real hot/humid days left this year. I'll take the nice weather. And I hope you all have a great Monday. Anyone already excited for the 3 day holiday weekend?

I'm excited for my 4 day weekend!! And the 1st Buckeye game on Thursday!
Have a good Monday!

 

[Holiday]

Morning MMC, I hope you all have a wonderful day!

You have a wonderful day too FKB!

 

[Holiday]

Good morning ~
Happy Monday!
It's going to be partly sunny and breezy today with a high of 75 degrees. I'm heading out in a little bit, I have a chiropractor appointment this morning. I'm going to make a Target run as well. Back home afterward to work on the laundry and make a pot of chicken & tortellini soup for dinner. That's about it for me. I hope everyone is well and has a great week ahead!

You soup sounds delicious! I've been craving soup! Have a great day HMG!

 

[Holiday]

Good Morning...happy Monday!! Back to work and looking forward to a 3 day weekend. My youngest as her Meet and Greet at 4 today. She is starting Middle School this year so it will be all brand new to her but she said she is not nervous at all..which is a good thing. Hope you all have a great day!

Hope your daughter has a great year at middle school!! Have a good Monday SFM!

 

[NcGunny]

I had the pattern picked out before the yarn ... I've made it twice before. Lots of texture, including hearts done in cluster stitches. Looks impressive when it's finished! I don't know their decor color, so I just bought aran yarn. The textured patterns always look good in aran!
Here's a picture (from the pattern---not one I made):
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Yarn always seemed like buying wallpaper to me. If you decide on a color and buy it, you better buy more than needed or it will be discontinued when you return for more..lol

 

[Holiday]

Sending get well wishes for Gracie hun. Not nice to see little furbabies poorly :-(

Currently enjoying the bank holiday before I am back in work tomorrow. Not up to much just chilling out and enjoying the sunshine with my Chuckwalla Esteban. Wish I could get the grass cut but husband has brought a petrol lawnmower and I am just not strong enough to pull the cord to get the bleeding thing started. :-( I will go out and pick a fight with it later and see if I can actually get it going. Hes away for the night tonight though which means once the kids are in bed at 9pm I will have peace and quiet to watch the Game Of Thrones finale - so excited - but sad at the same time but I only have a few months to wait until The Walking Dead restarts.

Thank you for the well wishes for Miss Grace!

Enjoy the sunshine & good luck with the mower! xx Enjoy the show tonight!

 

[Holiday]

Greetings Holiday. My continued prayers for Gracie and for so many experiencing some very unexpected seasonal changes. I trust you will receive some good news very soon...
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Thanks for the prayers ~ good news would be great!! xx
Yes, mother nature is a little confused this year!
Hope you are enjoying your day off!

 

[Holiday]

I had the pattern picked out before the yarn ... I've made it twice before. Lots of texture, including hearts done in cluster stitches. Looks impressive when it's finished! I don't know their decor color, so I just bought aran yarn. The textured patterns always look good in aran!
Here's a picture (from the pattern---not one I made):
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Beautiful! That will be pretty in Aran. Be sure to share a picture!

 

[SnowflakeMom]

"Happy" Monday MMC friends!

My Gracie could use any extra prayers available. She went back to the vet this morning. Jim dropped her off on his way to work. She didn't have a great weekend. She hasn't eaten since she left the vet on Friday & she started throwing up & she's had some diarrhea again. My poor sweetie! She's breaking our hearts!

What crazy weather over the weekend. It was so chilly in our trailer at night. Our neighbor turned on her fireplace! It's August!!! Crazy! During the day was beautiful though! Perfect weather!

Hope you all had a nice weekend! Back to the grind...

So sorry to hear this about Gracie!! Will definitely keep her in my prayers.
Have a good day, Holiday!

 

[Holiday]

So sorry to hear this about Gracie!! Will definitely keep her in my prayers.
Have a good day, Holiday!

Thank you SFM! Makes me so sad!

 

[MerryCarey]

Yarn always seemed like buying wallpaper to me. If you decide on a color and buy it, you better buy more than needed or it will be discontinued when you return for more..lol

It's like that sometimes! Basic colors are modified, or specialty colors are dropped. I got partway through a black/white/gray afghan before I discovered they'd discontinued the lovely charcoal gray I'd been using.