Christmas Countdown - 2008

JOHNOR · Oct 22, 2008

hello friends.

we have heavy rain and gale force winds scheduled for tomorrow :-?

i have just enjoyed a lovely lunch. i bought a crusty baguette, filled it with ham, lettuce, onion, cucumber, mayo and black pepper and i also bought myself some lovely chips out of the chippy with loads of salt and vinegar on. stuff the diet, it was gorgeous!

Lorn--xx · Oct 22, 2008

Your lunch did sound lovely, i had some egg and bacon pie from the cafe and lots of fruit! but fancy some chocie now!! LOL xx

Binger · Oct 22, 2008

I had coffee for lunch.. hmmm and dinner.. COFFEE.. you can sleep when youre dead!

YABBA

Binger · Oct 22, 2008

hmmmm better start stocking up on coffee for that all nighter when we bring in the season....

YABBA..

Holiday · Oct 22, 2008

SparkleNana, I'm so glad you got there in time to get one of the last 2 creamers!! What would you have done without it??? ;-) Every time I took a sip of my coffee today I said "OH YUM!!!" :lol: I haven't tried the tiramisu coffee flavoring but I saw they had it at Walmart. I thought it kind of funny that tiramisu is a coffee flavored dessert & now they have a coffee flavoring that tastes like...coffee!!! Lol!!

Maureen · Oct 22, 2008

*HISSY FIT

We don't get creamers here - we can't even get half and half!!!!!!!!

*END OF HISSY FIT

SparkleNana · Oct 22, 2008

Maureen -- please tell me that is a joke!!! The thought of people being without half-and-half for coffee.... is too awful!!! And the creamers are owned by Nestle - which I think is a global company based in Switzerland, isn't it? That is closer to Scotland than it is to the USA!

If we have to have all the disadvantages of having a global economy...... then I think we deserve all the luscious creams and cream-flavored things from the world economy to put in our coffee! All the luscious things produced in the whole world must be available for our coffee! And at darn cheap prices too! If they mess with our coffee.... the Boston Tea Party will look like child's play!

SparkleNana · Oct 22, 2008

Binger - you aren't drinking your coffee black, are you?

mac55 · Oct 22, 2008

There was even some lingering flurries early this morning in the north east...
Though it is supposed to warm up for the weekend...

Just about 9 weeks to go!!

ML

Crown 84 · Oct 22, 2008

SparkleNana said:
Binger - you aren't drinking your coffee black, are you?

Binger would drink their coffee black, white, green, purple or any other color.
The only way they wouldn't drink it is slow.

sila · Oct 23, 2008

morning all xxxxxxxx :snowball

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Sparkling Star · Oct 23, 2008

Hi everyone......getting close to that special time again. Looking forward
to the Christmas Card exchange. Hi Cedar, and Crown and Jayish,
RennaB and of course the one and only Binger. Hey, where's my
coffee? Greetings to all the rest of you as well. (I'm an old timer from
Christmas.com). Hi AuntieM, I didn't forget you either. Take care,
I'll drop back by soon. :tree:

Hi Jeff !

Lorn--xx · Oct 23, 2008

Hey everyone i signed up for the Christmas Card exchange but changed my email address since then and i am worried i wont recieve the list??

Ms_Speedy_Elf · Oct 23, 2008

Lorn ,what did you change your email address to? I mean Yahoo ,Hotmail,G mail or MSN .com? Jeff mentioned that we should use MSN.com or Hushmail (which I had never heard of until he mentioned it.)

If you aren't using MSN or Hush mail you might wanna change it before the list goes out this weekend.

SparkleNana · Oct 23, 2008

Good Morning, Friends! Happy Thursday To You!!!

I bought three more bags of Halloween candy for the trick or treaters. I have to hide them from my husband. (He loves chocolate so much!) He somehow senses when I am bringing chocolate into the house. He gets up from his desk and starts wandering around. He sort of looks like a zombie from the movie "The Night of The Living Dead". His eyes have a faraway look. Some primitive instinct has told him that chocolate is near. He becomes disturbed and agitated, although he doesn't know why. He keeps searching through the grocery bags. (OF course, I removed the chocolate and hid it before I brought the bags into the house.) I have learned to buy some of his most favorite healthy treats - in order to distract him. He loves the "Crispick" apples -- which are available now (but only for a short season. I guess they don't store well.)

He will accept a Crispick apple. But he is not fully content. For an hour or so longer, he will occasionally prowl the house.... looking.... looking....

Don't worry -- he eats as much chocolate as he likes on Halloween night, when the doorbell starts ringing. I can't hide the candy any longer at that point.

Crown 84 · Oct 23, 2008

Hi, Folks.

It's another cold one here in Raleigh where we stand at 40.
But true to recent pattern, it is calm, dry and sunny.

Let's check on our count for the day:
Days to the Season: 21 (Three weeks from today!)
Days to Christmas Day: 63 (Nine weeks from today!)
Days to Halloween: 8 (ONE week from tomorrow!)
My, oh my. Get that candy stocked!

Well, it is once again Friday Eve, guys.
I hope it proves to be a Fantastic one for you, and a Thrilling Thursday as well.

pinkini · Oct 23, 2008

it's a chilly day in chicago, again. going to get even colder this weekend. i cannot wait for the first snow!

every day i practice gratitude and i have been so blessed. today, though, i am grateful for the MMC forums - the news is not so good these days and it just feels like life is always a struggle. but here at MMC, people are friendly and we band together to stay positive and bring warmth to each other.

JOHNOR · Oct 23, 2008

maureen, you say we can't get creamers. what are those???

Maureen · Oct 23, 2008

Coffee Mate is a well-known creamer but they can also get it in liquid form

http://www.coffee-mate.com/Products.aspx

That shows the flavours.

Our Coffee Mate is just your ordinary flavoured powder stuff. Our other alternative is cream; single double or whipping. Over the pond there is a wonderful thing called half and half which is a mix of 1/2 whole milk and ½ cream, typically used as a cream in coffee. Half-and-half does not whip, but it can be used in place of whipping (heavy) cream in many recipes for less fat cooking.