Christmas Countdown - 2008

[trackrebel]

You, too SparkleNana

 

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

Hi folks! It's been awhile! Life has had some interesting twists and turns that have kept me away, but I'm a bit more freed up and would love to join in for the countdown to this Christmas. Nice to see familiar names, hi to Crown (still at the countdown I see!!), Binger, Jay, Auntie, RadioJon (thanks for the email) and I'm sure I'll recognize more as I browse around. Nice to be back!! :

It's great to see you here, Cherie! Thanks for shaking her Christmas tail feather with a quick email "how do", RJD!

Lol, Auntie MistletoeDear!! Thanks for sharing! It is so much easier to get in the mood since finding MMC!

'Tis my pleasure to share my merry little Christmas perks and quirks with y'all!

It's always hard to decide if I should have Thanksgiving wallpaper or Christmas wallpaper on my computer at this time of the year. The answer was simple, Thankgiving on the family computer, and Christmas on my laptop (and screen saver too).

On my ride home I spotted one house with partial Christmas lights on, and one house with a Christmas tree in the front window.

Rack time, talk to you all later.

:hello: Sure missed those fly by Christmas decoration reports and it's nice to have you around again. Great news about your son coming home for Christmas!
As for wallpaper, I change mine frequently during the year, keeping them festive or sometimes opting for images of O'Malley the cat or the grandchildren. My screensaver is set to "my pictures" which provides images of family and friends, O'Malley, Christmas banners, avatars and other images which help me "stay in the spirit" all year!

 

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

: Good Morning Christmas lovers!

I can't stick around long, I'm working on my Christmas cards while listening to the Rudolph soundtrack ... Have a holly jolly Christmas ...

 

[Crown 84]

Speaking of wallpapers, here is the one I am currently using:

I likewise rotate among several different holiday wallpapers.


Good Morning, Christmas Friends & Comrade travelers!
Welcome to yet another weekend on our voyage through the Christmas Season and on to the big Day itself!
Next week, we begin the final leg of our journey to Thanksgiving, the final stop before Christmas.
Hang on for a fabulous ride!

Today is Day 10 of our Christmas Season (Wow! Already double-digits into the Season.)
Days to Christmas Day: 33
Days to Thanksgiving Day: 5 (Yum! I can almost taste that cornbread stuffing!)

COLD! here, with our temp standing currently at just short of 28.
It was windy yesterday with the temp never getting out of the 40's. BRRR! Not supposed to be much better today.
No matter, I've go the Season to keep me warm. (And with that, who needs that coffee stuff, other than....well....you know.)

Our Raleigh Christmas parade starts in 20 minutes.
And this is a REAL parade, not a broadway side show, which the Macy's parade has turned into over the years.
We have Christmas themed floats and actual CHRISTMAS music (imagine that!).

Have a Stupendous Saturday, everyone.
Try to keep warm!

 

[UnchosenFragmnts]

If Raleigh is anything like Charlotte has been recently, I don't think I could have went to that parade. It's been sooo cold and windy here lately. Last night when my wife and I were out shopping they said with the wind chill it was 18 degrees. And the heat in our car just went out, so we were absolutely frozen. We talk about how much we'd love to have snow and this 35 degree weather is killing us!

 

[cherie]

33 Days to Go!!

IronEagle: Glad to hear your son is returning from Iraq soon. That really is the best Christmas present! I'm glad you've enjoyed your visits in San Diego. It is really beautiful. Camp Pendleton is just up the road from us (about 20 miles). They had a heck of a fire on base this year. I *LOVE* Carol of the Bells. I don't have the John Tesh version, so I'll have to check that out.

Hi Auntie!! It's great to be back and thank you for the warm welcome. I have to ask, What's for dinner in Canada??

It's great to read about everyone's nice wintery weather. We're scheduled for 74 degrees of sunniness. We might *GASP* get a little rain on Thanksgiving. This would be considered very wintery for us so I'm excited!

Favorite Christmas song of the morning: Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey (ducking) singing a duet of Baby It's Cold Outside from the Rejoyce album. Also, Dean Martin singing the same duet with unnamed female artists from the album Christmas with the Rat Pack.

:razz:

 

[caseydbell]

Good late morning, hope all are enjoying the weekend

 

[Crown 84]

Oh, yeah! It was cold at the parade, Unchosen!
Glad I watched it on television. Could see all the folks bundled up to the hilt.
And those poor baton twirlers (some of whom were sleeveless) - I shuddered just looking at them!

 

[Annette]

Good evening. I hope everyone had a nice day. I went and did some Christmas shopping. Picked up a few things for my daughter today. Will finish up next weekend I hope.

 

[Sparkling Star]

Hi everyone,
Getting a bit cooler here in Seattle area. Snow up in
the passes making the ski nuts happy. Cougars won the Apple Cup so
it will either be a happy or sad trip back through the passes for some
folks. Close game though.
Oh my.....had to stop in at a store at the mall to pick up an ordered
item and it was MASS CHAOS and even the overflow tiered parking was
full. People are shopping and with the tight economy I have no idea where there money is coming from but the Christmas rush is ON. Guess a
lot of stores are offering lower prices earlier this year in anticipation of
not doing as well as expected for Christmas sales.
Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. Anyone seeing snow?

 

[trackrebel]

little snow off and on since an hour....will get a little more during the probably...

only 31 days to Christmas....that´s so cool....I can´t wait for it all....The Weihnachtsmarkt in my city starts tomorrow already...and next week is the 1st Advent (for most Germans...this is the official start of the Christmas Time)....I´m so exited

 

[SparkleNana]

Yes! The pace is picking up all around us!

I haven't been in the regular stores this week -- but the shoppers in the grocery stores are becoming more intense! The carts are getting fuller at checkout! People are clutching lists and their eyes are darting frantically over the shelves as they look for unfamiliar items. And this is just Thanksgiving buildup in the USA!

Yum yum!

 

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

33 Days to Go!!

IronEagle: Hi Auntie!! It's great to be back and thank you for the warm welcome. I have to ask, What's for dinner in Canada??
:razz:

cheesy Last night we had backribs and potato salad, tonight is lean ground burgers and coleslaw.

Oh, yeah! It was cold at the parade, Unchosen!
Glad I watched it on television. Could see all the folks bundled up to the hilt.
And those poor baton twirlers (some of whom were sleeveless) - I shuddered just looking at them!

cheesy Speaking of baton twirlers ... I was in a Christmas parade once upon a younger time. I was a baton twirler. I didn't practice the release and catch enough so when I was marching and twirling my baton, I never actually twirled it the way I was supposed to. I kept twisting my wrist back and forth real fast to make it look like it was twirling (the old rubber pencil trick). I'll tell you, my wrist was pretty sore after marching over a mile performing the same twisting move.

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I have a baby shower to attend this afternoon. I'm spoiling this one. Her anticipated day of arrival is January 2nd. I'm hoping she is our city's first baby of the New Year.

 

[christmasgranny]

:wiggy:Good morning. It lightly snowed all day yesterday, but there wasn't a whole lot of accumulation.
I heard the plow go by in the night, and thought I was going to wake up to a lot more than is actually out there. (Our plow people seem to like plowing bare roads. LOL)
It's been very cold, though. We've been having January temps. Crazy.
Yesterday I was at the spring filling some water jugs and I heard some geese flying overhead. They were a little late, I think!!!!
I still have a few things to pick up for Thursday. I'm so excited to have Tuesday and Wednesday off as well.

 

[Ms_Speedy_Elf]

:wiggy:Good morning. It lightly snowed all day yesterday, but there wasn't a whole lot of accumulation.
I heard the plow go by in the night, and thought I was going to wake up to a lot more than is actually out there. (Our plow people seem to like plowing bare roads. LOL)
It's been very cold, though. We've been having January temps. Crazy.
Yesterday I was at the spring filling some water jugs and I heard some geese flying overhead. They were a little late, I think!!!!
I still have a few things to pick up for Thursday. I'm so excited to have Tuesday and Wednesday off as well.

Morning everyone !

Christmas Granny ,where you spoke about the snow plow's ,I read the paper online where I grew up in Indiana and they had a story on there the other day saying that they don't have enough money to pay the road crew to keep the road's clean 7 day's a week ,so they are only going to clean them through the week for people who work and when the kid's go to school.

In regards to the geese...I guess they are confused with the way the weather is being so fickle .

 

[mac55]

Hello to all,

I too did some shopping yesterday....The malls are definetely busier these days.
It's chilly here as well but only lingering flurries for now...we may be in for some significant snow this week.

Off to a family birthday brunch this morning then off to the toy stores for a bit more Christmas shopping to pickup some toys for nephews then this afternoon, kick back and enjoy NFL Sunday until the CFL's Grey Cup game starts from right here in Mtl with the Alouettes in the game.

Cheers!!

ML

 

[JOHNOR]

oh it's really wet and dreary here in england today. it's freezing too! i was supposed to be going on a night out with my girlfriends last night but i was too ill, i caught a stomach bug on friday and i am only starting to feel slightly normal today.

anyone have any nice sunday plans?

 

[Crown 84]

Top of the morning to you, one and all!

It's a freezing (precisely, at 32) morning here in what is supposed to be the warm south. We've been having below normal temps the the past several days. Coupled with wind, I've felt more like I was living in the northeast!
At least we have sun this morning with no precip.
A great morning for the annual Raleigh Christmas show.
(Where we are just about to head out to. I'm bringing my camera!)

Today is Day 11 of our Christmas Season.
Days to Christmas Day: 32 (So close to one month.)
Days to Thanksgiving Day: 4 (Now, I can almost taste the cherry pie!)

Have a Super Sunday, folks.
You know what Day comes next week!!
Gobble! Gobble!

 

[cherie]

Good morning!! Today is thanksgiving dinner shopping day! I'm taking my big turkey shopping with me. Last year he fumbled the (frozen) turkey at the check out counter and nearly took out the customer in front of us. It was like bowling for shoppers. Fortunately said person had a sense of humor and forgave us.

I've already called dibs on the t.v. for thanksgiving morning macy's parade. I hope it's still on for this year!

Auntie: love those ribs. I knew you would be having something delicious! Love the baton twirling story. Hilarious! cheesy

My favorite Christmas songs that came up on the ipod shuffle this morning: the classic Frosty the Snowman sung by Bing Crosby and Old Fashioned Christmas sung by Frank Sinatra.

 

[trackrebel]

SNOOOOOOOOOOOOW IN Worms, Germany


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