Christmas Countdown - 2011

[caninemom3]

Maybe that's because this will be a special Christmas year! The count is up, Brad has a pool, Xmas has plans for his store, GBD and Jana are going to have babies, CM3 is now 8-Fingered CM3, and your cactus has a bud!!! WooHoo!

This is so hysterical !!!!!!! cheesy

Pizza for breakfast is awesome! Why not? The Ninja Turtles have it...right? LOL

I LOVE pizza for breakfast....unfortunately don't have it often enough !!!

Good morning, Christmas friends. It is overcast and cool here in northern California. Today is the last day of state testing!!! We are having a Mexican food celebration tomorrow! My son and his girlfriend will be visiting us next week on their way to Maryland. They are moving to a small town near Annapolis to help take care of her parents. I hate to see him leave California, but I am proud that he is not afraid to undertake an important task. I hope all of y'all have a great day! Spend your time wisely!

Good luck to your son and his gal....!!!!

Actually, my father-in-law's store sells pizza, and he has a breakfast pizza. It comes with scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, and whatever else you want. We love it!

It sounds SO YUMMY !!!!!!!!!

 

[Meceka]

I cut the lawn today and in between that....Kandice learned how to ride her bike....without those aids on the side of the backtire.....she was so proud, I can telll ya....and I was mighty proud too

Way to go, Kandice!

Missed you all ... I think I'm addicted to the Countdown! I bought the Tapatalk app on the road so I could at least read the posts.

We missed you, too, Merry - glad to see you back!

GBD, when you go to Bosnia, let me know your address. My students and I can send you some cards when we get back to school in August. . . If you really want some tears to come to your eyes, I suggest you listen to Walter Brennan sing Old Shep and watch Old Yeller. One time, we five kids witnessed our dog being killed on the road just as we waited on the school bus one morning. I honestly thought I would NEVER get over that!!! I still tear up and it's been over 50 years!!! I hope to be on later this evening! Talk to you later!

What a great thing your students do!

I can't listen to that song or watch that movie! When we first got programming OY was on the Disney channel and I knew what it was about so I avoided watching it - I checked the guide and it stated when the next feature would be on and I figured it would be safe to hang out with the family. When I came downstairs at that time and glanced at the tv screen - there was the puppy scene at the end of the movie and I started sobbing.

What a horrible thing you witnessed, Seawaters ((((Hugs))))

I LOVE that picture! I would totally take that cat home.

Me, too!

spring cleaning would not be so hard if I did not rearrange everything while doing it!

I do the same thing cheesy

I downloaded three new books to my Nook and I am raring to go!

What did you download?

Unbeknownst to us, our neighbor, the meanie, was witnessing this whole thing from the other side of the fence. As we finished I turned around and there he was, standing there on a foot stool or something, his head clearly over the top of the fence, tears streaming down his face.

"I've never known such love," he told my father.

"Neither had we," my Dad said.

That experience taught me that value of grieving and of remembering and not only for the people important in our lives. Our pets are FAMILY, they are monumental in our day to day, even if they cannot talk or express themselves as we express ourselves to each other.

They do speak to us. And they give a level of love I wish more of us had the capacity to give.

God bless you and your family, Brad, and the memory, too, of Ben.

Jeff

Beautiful, Jeff - this brought tears to my eyes!

Goodness gracious. I can't seem to shake this sadness and weepiness, but I have to. As many times as he made me feel better when I was down, I'm sure he'd want me to be happy remembering him.

I'll try.

Thanks again, Jeff, for eloquently saying what those of us who've lost a loved pet feel.

I'll be back to normal soon, my friends. Please bear with me.

((((Hugs))))

And with this post, Meceka is poster #9,800. Drum roll, please, for the prize: A report on single mothers in California, footnotes included at no extra price!!!!!!! This report was typed WAY before computers!

Thank you, Seawaters, I can sell it in my antique store cheesy

I just read our town's newspaper. We are such a small town that the paper is only published three times a week.

Ours is only published once a week cheesy

.Now I have the right index finger with a piece missing and the left one which swells up twice its size by the time my shift is over.........Queen of Clutz.....Geez....

Ouch! I hope your fingers are better!!!!

Please promise us you will have a doctor look at those fingers ... please. Your health and your income may be at stake here. (And your fingers are your means of keeping in "touch" with us---we don't want it to be painful for you to use the keyboard, 'cause we'd miss hearing from you!)

Yes!

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My Christmas cactus has a big white bud on it! I've had it about three years, and this is the first time it has bloomed in the springtime. Even my cactus celebrates year-round!

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I thought I had a Christmas cactus but it turned out to be a crab cactus - I named him Edgar. He rarely flowers, but has taken over the entire counter in the bathroom.

Just have pizza for breakfast. We'd never tell!!!

Pizza for breakfast = yummy!

Good afternoon all

Good afternoon, irishsnow - I hope you are having a good day!

We also have a large black snake(s) that lives in our basement during the winter.

That is scary - I could never live in a house that had a snake in it!!!!!!!!

It scares me having a 5 lb chihuahua because we see hawks sometimes and they could easily grab her.

We live in an area that has a lot of hawks and although I have never seen one taken, I'm sure they have gotten a few of the cats over the years.

 

[Meceka]

Good afternoon!

It is a beautiful day out today. Early this morning there was a loud storm, but I slept through most of it. I have been so very tired the past few days. Not sure why, but I am ready to go to bed around seven - way too early! I have to make myself stay up until nine and then I'm about out as soon as my head hits the pillow. I could actually go to bed right now and sleep very well! I went from not getting much sleep to getting too much - hopefully my sleep patterns will regulate some more.

I thought I would be hitting 5000 posts about now, but apparently I did that a while back cheesy

I hope everyone is having a great day!!!!!!!!!

 

[Bradmac]

sounds like fun! My brother has an above ground pool, they use salt instead of chemicals and it works really well. Not sure where they get the pool salt, but it is so nice, no stinging of the eyes and he says a lot cheaper.

We looked at the salt system, but the pool frame is metal and would corrode quicker with salt. It would also void the warranty. We did include something called a Frog system, that introduces minerals into the water, making it softer than straight chlorine. It's not bad.

 

[MerryCarey]

pictures, we need pictures....well at least I do since I enjoy looking at stuff! especially stuff grown by friends cheesy

Noted! I may wait until it opens up to take a picture, though. Here's what it looked like in December.

That cactus is the only house plant that has ever thrived for me---I'm growing very fond of it. I've got a "black thumb," but that plant stays happy and healthy no matter what. It's even been knocked onto the floor accidentally a couple times, but it just keeps growing.

Someone once said my grandfather had a green thumb all the way up to his elbow. I didn't inherit it.

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[gabulldawg]

Good afternoon everyone! I am so far behind I don't know where to start! It is HOT about 94F right now,but it looks like cooler weather is on the way Saturday! i hope everyone is doing good have a great night!

 

[Crown 84]

.....today we saw a HUGE hawk eating a squirrel on a low branch. It was sooo neat!!!.....

Probably not to the squirrel.

 

[made582]

Good Afternoon Everyone!!!!!!! It is another hot and humid day here in central Indy and my allergies are not liking it. My head feels like it is going to exploded. I took some medicine and layed down but it is hard to get any rest when the Blue Angels keep buzzing your apartment building. They are practicing for the air show this weekend at the airport about 5 miles up the road and my apartment building happens to sit right where they come to turn around and head back to the airport for their next stunt. It is pretty cool to watch them perform. I can go stand in corn field and watch them do all of the higher altitude stuff but there are to many trees and buildings to see them do the low passes right over the field. I will try to get some pictures on Saturday. I hope everyone is having a GREAT DAY!!!!!!!!!!

 

[made582]

Living out of the city has been sooo neat with the kids - yesterday, I got to show Jude a snake in the creek near our house (and one in our yard the other day!), fish, a caterpillar nest, etc... today we saw a HUGE hawk eating a squirrel on a low branch. It was sooo neat!!!

All we saw when we lived in Philly was pigeons!

I love living in a semi rural area. There is a nice patch of woods about 100 hunderd yards away from my building and we get all kinds of wildlife walking around. I could do without the skunks though.

 

[made582]

Oooh - one IN your house!! That might be a little close for comfort fo rme...

I agree!!!!!!

 

[made582]

Pizza for breakfast is awesome! Why not? The Ninja Turtles have it...right? LOL

:lol:

 

[caninemom3]

Good Afternoon Everyone!!!!!!! It is another hot and humid day here in central Indy and my allergies are not liking it. My head feels like it is going to exploded. I took some medicine and layed down but it is hard to get any rest when the Blue Angels keep buzzing your apartment building. They are practicing for the air show this weekend at the airport about 5 miles up the road and my apartment building happens to sit right where they come to turn around and head back to the airport for their next stunt. It is pretty cool to watch them perform. I can go stand in corn field and watch them do all of the higher altitude stuff but there are to many trees and buildings to see them do the low passes right over the field. I will try to get some pictures on Saturday. I hope everyone is having a GREAT DAY!!!!!!!!!!

Made I know just how you feel !! I have to have a Kenalog shot every 3 months or so to keep my allergies under control !! I hope you feel better !!

 

[made582]

actually, my father-in-law's store sells pizza, and he has a breakfast pizza. It comes with scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, and whatever else you want. We love it!

yum!!!!!!

 

[MsChristmas]

Good afternoon, Christmas family !!


I just wanted to check in and say hello. Yet another mishap with my hands only this time it is my fault !!

I was trying to open a package a couple of days back and decided to use an extremely sharp knife...........well, you guessed it. The knife slipped and not only cut the wrapping on the package but it also took a piece out of the tip of my right index finger.........Man.....the thing is SO SORE and typing at night has been VERY painful.........Now I have the right index finger with a piece missing and the left one which swells up twice its size by the time my shift is over.........Queen of Clutz.....Geez.....:-?

Have a good afternoon, Christmas family !!! xoxo

Hope your finger feels better soon!

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Sad ... the candlepin bowling alley in our town is closing this week. Every year at Christmastime they used to have displays with animated figures, kind of a Christmas village. I'll miss seeing that. Makes me feel kinda guilty that we didn't go there more often.

On my visit back to Maryland, I noticed two duckpin lanes near my old hometown had closed. Bowling seems to be on the decline, and the alleys just don't attract enough bowlers to stay open. When I was a kid, it was a treat if our parents decided to take us bowling on a weekend afternoon.

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We had a local bowling alley close a few years ago =0(

Good morning, Christmas friends. It is overcast and cool here in northern California. Today is the last day of state testing!!! We are having a Mexican food celebration tomorrow! My son and his girlfriend will be visiting us next week on their way to Maryland. They are moving to a small town near Annapolis to help take care of her parents. I hate to see him leave California, but I am proud that he is not afraid to undertake an important task. I hope all of y'all have a great day! Spend your time wisely!

What town outside of Annapolis? I live about 20 minutes from Annapolis!

 

[made582]

I was trying to open a package a couple of days back and decided to use an extremely sharp knife...........well, you guessed it. The knife slipped and not only cut the wrapping on the package but it also took a piece out of the tip of my right index finger.........Man.....the thing is SO SORE and typing at night has been VERY painful

I hope it heals quickly!!!!!!!!!!

 

[MsChristmas]

Good afternoon Christmas friends. I leave for Florida on Saturday so I probably wont be back on here until around the 23rd. Once I get back from vacation and being at the beach (as well as Disney World).. I will be just about ready for the Fall =0) Take care friends and will talk to you all when I return!

 

[gabulldawg]

Ugh I am simply about to throw my laptop through the window! it is moving at the speed of a snail! right now I am kindof helping my Gf grade finals(shhh) tomorrow is the last day of schools around here. I have a ham in the oven,clothes in the dryer,floors need to be swept and mopped. I think it is going to be a long night!

 

[made582]

MsChristmas- Have a Safe Trip!!!!!!!!!

 

[judesmama]

Probably not to the squirrel.

LOL - you are probably right there! I love seeing nature at work - and I'm a vegetarian (well, not to say that most meat eaters are dining on squirrel, but you know!)

I love living in a semi rural area. There is a nice patch of woods about 100 hunderd yards away from my building and we get all kinds of wildlife walking around. I could do without the skunks though.

Blech - we get them, too. So bad we have to close the windows some nights... eek.

Good afternoon Christmas friends. I leave for Florida on Saturday so I probably wont be back on here until around the 23rd. Once I get back from vacation and being at the beach (as well as Disney World).. I will be just about ready for the Fall =0) Take care friends and will talk to you all when I return!

Ooh, have fun and travel safely!!

 

[gabulldawg]

Good afternoon Christmas friends. I leave for Florida on Saturday so I probably wont be back on here until around the 23rd. Once I get back from vacation and being at the beach (as well as Disney World).. I will be just about ready for the Fall =0) Take care friends and will talk to you all when I return!

Have fun on your trip and dont forget the sunblock!: