Christmas Countdown - 2017

[Holiday]

Hi all! Tis the season...Band rehearsal starts up for the Pops band! We'll be getting ready to play for Veteran's Day and also for Christmas. We've had the summer off. Just one more sign that fall is (basically) here. Just finished a good 3 mile run and it's time for dinner (BRINNER!!-breakfast for dinner!) and a good book before band rehearsal.

Have a lovely evening everyone!!

I hope rehearsal went well & you had a great time! Have a Happy Wednesday!

 

[Holiday]

Thank you Holiday ~
My girls are not big soup eaters but this one was a hit. I'll definitely be making it again

Great! I will have to try it out. It looks good.
I am watching (listening too) Pioneer Woman on TV right now! She's making ribs this morning!

 

[Holiday]

After 2 days of helping my sister move and a week of having my nieces, I don't know if I even want to get out of bed tomorrow. Lol!!!

Hope everyone is well!!! Hopefully I can get caught up soon!!

Hope the move went well & you get some re-coop time today!!! Have a great day made!!

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I want my fall back!!!!

We've got some HOT weather coming, eh??? Whew!!

 

[Holiday]

Morning and Happy Pines Day! We expect a high of 78 under cloudy skies and the chance of a shower. Not much nice weather yet this week. The sun should come out later this week though into the weekend and feel like summer weather. Glad I didn't take my a.c. down. Maria is another scary storm. Too many of them this year and definitely too many hitting land areas. Hope things calm down soon. And hope you all have a great Pines Day!

Agree - praying for everyone in Maria's path. How devastating!
Have a Merry Pines Day Edge!

 

[Holiday]

Good Morning MMC !!

going to be another hot and muggy day here, feels more lie summer than almost fall ! The nice thing is that at night it cools off and is very comfortable.

This is baking day for the rest of my fall fair entries. It all has to be on site by 8pm tonight. I will take pictures for you later.

Hope you all have a fantastically magically wonderful day !

Oh gosh, I'm a little jealous of your day!! How fun to be baking!! Can't wait to see your finished products. Have fun!!!!

 

[Holiday]

Good Morning, People of the Holidays.

And we are the keepers of the flame, aren't we?
At least we certainly keep it lit here year round!

Today's data installment:
Days to the Season: 54
Days to Christmas Day: 96

And, believe it or not, we are now down to just FIVE days until the THREE QUARTERS Milestone marker to Christmas Day.
(Yep. Like I said. Believe it or not!)


The weather? A bit more humid, but not bad.
The temperature? Reasonable for late summer.
The sun? Plenty of it.
The wind? Moderate breezes.
The hurricanes? Staying well off shore for now.
The summary? Pretty nice, all in all!
The current temperature? 66 degrees.


The wish? That you have a Wonderful Wednesday as you enjoy this evening's entertaiment and treats at the Shispering Pines.
Carl has a fall theme in full swing (even though it's two more days before autumn actually arrives) so drop by this evening and start getting into the spirit.
Hope to see you all there!

Thanks crown! See you tonight for the last Pines night of summer ~ so hard to believe!!!

 

[Holiday]

Morning all! Today dawned miserable...fog as thick as soup outside and its already hot. Its almost like walking around in a huge open air sauna..lol

Oh man ~ stay cool!!

 

[Holiday]

I hope everyone else's week is easier than mine!

It's been a heavy workweek---it's only Wednesday, and I'm pretty near worn out already. I got home yesterday about 9 p.m., read for a while, and was too wired to sleep. It took a warm shower, a mug of Tension Tamer tea, and a few gingersnaps to get me ready to sleep. In the words of our Binger, "not yabba!"

There was some "yabba" yesterday, though. I got a CD of slack-key guitar Christmas music that I ordered, and listened to most of it on the way to work this morning. Very nice! It'll be even nicer next to a Christmas tree with a mug of cocoa.

I hope your last 3 work days are easier & they go quickly for you! xx
Enjoy your new CD! It sounds relaxing!
Have a great day!

 

[NcGunny]

Lol!! The look I got from the hardware store owner when I told him I needed two 1lb bottles of Guerilla Super Glue Gel.

 

[CGYager]

We have a monthly staff meeting for the five of us in our office. We have a yearly staff retreat for the three combined offices & a Christmas luncheon.

In our September monthly meeting we discussed handing out candy at the downtown Halloween event here. I can help this year because DD is too old to trick-or-treat this year. We also discussed our Christmas party for the entire staff & the one just for us five. Our leader looked at the rest of us and said, "Remember, no Christmas decorations go up in this office before Thanksgiving!" We just smiled at her and nodded! We've never put up decorations, but we do listen to Christmas music. I told them I listen to instrumental Christmas music almost every afternoon and they never know it because I have it turned down so low! It's instrumental from January through November. Then I listen to traditional Christmas tunes through December.

Morning Whitney. Halloween for me will involve downtown (the Zoo Boo) and my own home. The Zoo Boo will be on the 27th - 29th of October and of course I got the night of Halloween off to hand out from my own door. Wal-Mart (at least here) no longer does a Christmas party, but a holiday party and usually not until mid January. I don't even get the feeling that they really want to do it any more, but sort of feel like they have to. Needless to say, I just kind of ignore it. I am the same with Christmas music in that most of what I listen to from Jan - Oct is instrumental (really enjoy the smooth jazz variety) and then on to the vocals for Nov - Dec.

 

[CGYager]

Morning and Happy Pines Day! We expect a high of 78 under cloudy skies and the chance of a shower. Not much nice weather yet this week. The sun should come out later this week though into the weekend and feel like summer weather. Glad I didn't take my a.c. down. Maria is another scary storm. Too many of them this year and definitely too many hitting land areas. Hope things calm down soon. And hope you all have a great Pines Day!

Greetings Edge. A/C here is turned off and the evenings are more than cool enough for that great sleeping weather. There will be a couple of days in the upper 80's at the end of the week, but mostly high 60's to mid 70's. Glad to see that Maria is turning to the NE and they say should miss US landfall. Have a good day and a great end of this last "Summer" week...

 

[Bradmac]

Good Wednesday morning, Christmas friends!

I've spent the morning taking a fellow company man who's never been here before on a tour. He's a new territory sales manager, which usually earns groans from us, but he's really on the ball. I think we have a keeper!

I hope y'all have a great day!

 

[CGYager]

Good Morning MMC !!

going to be another hot and muggy day here, feels more lie summer than almost fall ! The nice thing is that at night it cools off and is very comfortable.

This is baking day for the rest of my fall fair entries. It all has to be on site by 8pm tonight. I will take pictures for you later.
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Hope you all have a fantastically magically wonderful day !

Christmasstar... How is my Canadian neighbor? Hard to believe that your part up North could still be so hot at the ending of September. Although, I must admit my travels to your wonderful country have been mostly in the late Spring. Enjoy your baking time. How many entries do you involve yourself in? Anxious to see the finished work and good luck.
Have a wonderful Wednesday...

 

[CGYager]

I hope everyone else's week is easier than mine!

It's been a heavy workweek---it's only Wednesday, and I'm pretty near worn out already. I got home yesterday about 9 p.m., read for a while, and was too wired to sleep. It took a warm shower, a mug of Tension Tamer tea, and a few gingersnaps to get me ready to sleep. In the words of our Binger, "not yabba!"

There was some "yabba" yesterday, though. I got a CD of slack-key guitar Christmas music that I ordered, and listened to most of it on the way to work this morning. Very nice! It'll be even nicer next to a Christmas tree with a mug of cocoa.

Good morning Merry. Mine is beginning with some minor irritation with the area around my left eye and ear. May not be anything more than a simple bug, I'll see what happens. Not much trouble in the way of sleeping. But a warm shower and a light meal seems to help me when I have those problems. I'm sure part of it is contained in the aging process. Nice to hear you are getting things ready for the Christmas music time. I can't wait to take my portable CD player under the tree and hear the music coming from there...

 

[CGYager]

Good morning MMC! Merry Pines Day! Not much going on today ~ just working & doing a little online shopping at Kohls. Today we are supposed to start our heat wave - after not getting out of the 70's yesterday. We're supposed to hit 84º today & then we'll have almost 90º until Monday when it drops down to 85! Whew! By next week at this time we only have a high of 77 predicted. Crazy weather.

Everyone, have a great day!

Happy Wednesday Holiday. We had a nice little wind/rain storm blow though last night. The area went into a Tornado Watch, but nothing came near us. We did get the quick blow though (45+ MPH) and a short, but intense shower. Now back into sunshine with a high in the mid 70's. At least I did not have to water my new grass...
A very interesting end to the Summer season to say the least. Enjoy...

 

[Holiday]

Good Wednesday morning, Christmas friends!

I've spent the morning taking a fellow company man who's never been here before on a tour. He's a new territory sales manager, which usually earns groans from us, but he's really on the ball. I think we have a keeper!

I hope y'all have a great day!

That's great! Hope he works out well with your company!! Have a great day Brad!

 

[Holiday]

Happy Wednesday Holiday. We had a nice little wind/rain storm blow though last night. The area went into a Tornado Watch, but nothing came near us. We did get the quick blow though (45+ MPH) and a short, but intense shower. Now back into sunshine with a high in the mid 70's. At least I did not have to water my new grass...
A very interesting end to the Summer season to say the least. Enjoy...
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Good morning CGY! I'm glad to hear mother nature took care of watering your grass for you! And I'm glad you stayed safe in the storm!
Enjoy your temps in the 70's - soon we'll be f-f-freeeezing!!!

Have a great day!

 

[CGYager]

Good morning CGY! I'm glad to hear mother nature took care of watering your grass for you! And I'm glad you stayed safe in the storm!
Enjoy your temps in the 70's - soon we'll be f-f-freeeezing!!!

Have a great day!

Thanks. And I'm certain the warmth of your Christmas Spirit keeps down the heating bills in your home...

 

[SnowflakeMom]

Happy Pines Day!! I am getting on here late today. I had a few things to handle for work. Just work for me today and my daughter has a soccer game so I will go to that later, otherwise should be a quiet day. I am hoping that Maria stays far away from the east coast and I cannot believe how warm it will be this weekend. We may head to the beach on Sunday. Hope you all have a great day!

 

[NcGunny]

Happy Pines Day!! I am getting on here late today. I had a few things to handle for work. Just work for me today and my daughter has a soccer game so I will go to that later, otherwise should be a quiet day. I am hoping that Maria stays far away from the east coast and I cannot believe how warm it will be this weekend. We may head to the beach on Sunday. Hope you all have a great day!

It doesnt look good for Maria, might be a real messy one