Christmas Countdown - 2011

[Seawaters]

Thinking of you, Johnor, and your cousins and the rest of the family. It is okay to feel anger. It is the one of the stages of grief. May your memories of your precious aunt keep you strong.

hi gang,

those of you that read my post regarding my aunt... i'm afraid our prayers weren't answered this time. my beautiful aunt was taken from us last night. i'm in a state of shock, it came from nowhere, she had a stroke and left us within hours. her health good and she was very active and busy (she had a bypass may years ago but we still never dreamed this could happen)

my cousins are just desperately losing hope, they feel they can't cope without their mum, we all feel that way actually, she was the one everyone turned to in times of need. she was too young for this to happen to her.

i feel so angry, why did it have to be her? why weren't my prayers answered??? i know i'll never understand until i'm no longer here, but at this moment i'm angry and feel like i need answers.

thank you for all your kind thoughts and prayers. i'm trying to stay hopeful and positive and be strong as i believe everything happens for a reason, i just wish i knew what that reason was.

 

[Seawaters]

I cannot get on to the Christmas Chat. I tried to register and it said my email was already registered. I then checked forgot password and it said password info was sent. I did it twice and still have not received the sign in info. Maybe next time.

 

[Meceka]

With all of this talk about watching Home Alone, I realized that it has probably been 5+ years since I have watched that! I'm going to have to try to find that to add to my collection. DD is almost 4, and I think she would love it for the entertainment now and grow to love it for what it means about Christmas and family later on.

My dad got home from his mission trip to the Ukraine late, late last night and I'll be happy to see him!

Well, I'm off to get the family ready for church. We're on the downhill slide to Christmas now, so lets get ready to enjoy the ride! What a fun season we have ahead of us!
~Laney

Great movie to share with her - I'm glad your dad made it back home safely!

Good morning! Xmas, Congrats on the award!!! Well-deserved!

Party yesterday was simply wonderful! Haven't seen my brother since Christmas. We all visited, cooked out, and had homemade ice-cream! Yum! Then, after all that, he informed us that he planned on making his girlfriend part of our family (she was with us). After they left, Mom wanted to go to Garden Ridge, so my parents, wife, and I loaded up and headed out. Guess what?

CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS!!!!!

They didn't have up many, but they had about four rows cleared and sticky notes hanging up about what was supposed to be where! Great! Got a picture! Can someone message me and let me know how to post pictures on here?

Have a great Sunday. Hope to be around for the chat!

Congratulations on soon-to-be new family member!

**********MILESTONE DAY**********

Good Morning, Good Morning!!

Hey, hey, hey! Today's the day!
HALF WAY BACK TO CHRISTMAS!
Days to the Season: 140
Days to Christmas Day: 182
Yes Sir! It's halftime.

:dance:

Eventhough I seem to be to busy to be on here, I do think a lot about you guys, so I came to say hello. Also, I met Christmas on my summer vacation and I wanted to tell you guys;
Me and my boyfriend went on summer vacation to Iceland, an extremely beautiful country, which nature is so different from anything else I have ever seen, I would strongly advise any one who has the chance to visit it. It was wonderously amazing. Some days we were there, my boyfriend had to attent a congres, which is why we had the opportunity to visit a country that expensive (both the flight, the stay and the food was expensive), so I strolled through Reykjavik on my own.
On the very first day, I came across a Christmas store, an amazing little shop entirely filled with christmas items, open all year, even though Reykjavik doesn't have much of a shopping centre, Christmas was well represented, and i went back every day. Of course I didn't fail to take pictures, and the wonderous thing was that the girl working there, was unable to speak english, and evidently tourists never came in, even though the city was flooded with tourists. In the hotel, one of the girls who worked there, told me that Christmas is a very important part of the Islandic culture and in Iceland, they believe in 12 Yulelads, who each visit on a different day of Christmas I did not know this at all In the end, I bought some christmas cookie cutters, a christmas chefs hat&kitchen apron, and a christmas towel, all these things you won't find in Holland.

Of course I didn't fail to take pictures, but i lost the lead from my phone to my computer, so it'll take a while before i can upload them...
I did have an amazing summer break!

Sounds like a great trip - looking forward to seeing the pictures!

hi gang,

those of you that read my post regarding my aunt... i'm afraid our prayers weren't answered this time. my beautiful aunt was taken from us last night. i'm in a state of shock, it came from nowhere, she had a stroke and left us within hours. her health good and she was very active and busy (she had a bypass may years ago but we still never dreamed this could happen)

my cousins are just desperately losing hope, they feel they can't cope without their mum, we all feel that way actually, she was the one everyone turned to in times of need. she was too young for this to happen to her.

i feel so angry, why did it have to be her? why weren't my prayers answered??? i know i'll never understand until i'm no longer here, but at this moment i'm angry and feel like i need answers.

thank you for all your kind thoughts and prayers. i'm trying to stay hopeful and positive and be strong as i believe everything happens for a reason, i just wish i knew what that reason was.

I am so sorry, Johnor. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family - stay strong! ((((HUGS))))

Just scored BIGTIME at Hallmark!!! All of last year's leftover ornaments were - get this - 99 cents!!!!!!!!!!!!

I even got one I was looking at last year but was too cheap! (The "Where the Wild Things Are" one with Max and the sailboat - it's my husband and Jude's favorite book!!) I am sooo excited! So go check your Hallmark! Mine was getting prepared for the ornament premiere so they were desperate to get rid of 'em!

You are so lucky!

I cannot get on to the Christmas Chat. I tried to register and it said my email was already registered. I then checked forgot password and it said password info was sent. I did it twice and still have not received the sign in info. Maybe next time.

Missed you on the chats - hope you can get it figured out for the next time!

 

[Meceka]

Good evening, MMC!

Long day, but productive. I am so ready to read until I fall asleep - starting a new mystery tonight.

Good night and pleasant dreams!!!!!

 

[MichelleluvsChristmas]

Praying for you!!!!!!!!!!!! and sending my love!

 

[Seawaters]

I love mysteries. What are you reading?

Good evening, MMC!

Long day, but productive. I am so ready to read until I fall asleep - starting a new mystery tonight.

Good night and pleasant dreams!!!!!

 

[made582]

I cannot get on to the Christmas Chat. I tried to register and it said my email was already registered. I then checked forgot password and it said password info was sent. I did it twice and still have not received the sign in info. Maybe next time.

It won't even let me register.:-? I have been trying since october but I still haven't had any luck.

 

[xmas365]

good night Christmas friends, sorry I missed the chat.

 

[ballcoach]

aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......I missed the chat!

 

[Laney]

JOHNOR - I'm so sorry for your loss. I'll be praying for you and your whole family while you go through this hard time. We love you here and hope you know that you can come to us when you are hurting.

~Laney

 

[made582]

Goodnight Everyone!!!!!!!!!!

 

[HoosierChristmas]

I'm baaaaaaack! (again!) haha

I posted in the intro forums a little note about some things that happened since I've been away. I don't feel the need to copy and paste so if you want to read it here's the link: http://mymerrychristmas.com/forum/showthread.php?p=351844#post351844

I missed this place a lot and life keeps getting in the way, but I'm making the time and effort to visit because I love this forum!

 

[ballcoach]

Yes Binger, it has started. Darlene is warming up!

Night, Made.

Good night, all.

 

[ballcoach]

Welcome back, Hoosier!

 

[Binger]

hi coach

 

[Binger]

Hi made

YABBA!

 

[trackrebel]

good morning. am at my friends house this morning...had a nice breakfast and drank a latte macchiato...Kandice is still not a 100 percent fit...so she came with me instead of pre-school. it is a hot day today....sun is burning since it rose and it will only become hotter

holla

 

[judesmama]

Hi everyone!

Just popping in from a very busy week/weekend to say hi! I'm beginning to wonder if life will ever settle down...every time I think there's a free moment, something else comes up! It never ends! But at least I can never say that I'm bored!

I might try to pop into the chat and say hi, but there is so much cleaning to do and I have a crazy work week coming up (in addition to every day at Kohl's, I'm back to three nights a week at Hallmark...which leaves no time for ANYTHING, argh). Sometimes I wish I could just find ONE full time job instead of two part time ones, but I will deal.

Hope everyone has a good night, and I will try to pop in now and again throughout the week if I can!

That does sound busy! But hey, you work at 2 of my favorite stores!!

I cannot get on to the Christmas Chat. I tried to register and it said my email was already registered. I then checked forgot password and it said password info was sent. I did it twice and still have not received the sign in info. Maybe next time.

Darn, we missed ya!

I'm baaaaaaack! (again!) haha

I posted in the intro forums a little note about some things that happened since I've been away. I don't feel the need to copy and paste so if you want to read it here's the link: http://mymerrychristmas.com/forum/showthread.php?p=351844#post351844

I missed this place a lot and life keeps getting in the way, but I'm making the time and effort to visit because I love this forum!

Glad to have you back.

good morning. am at my friends house this morning...had a nice breakfast and drank a latte macchiato...Kandice is still not a 100 percent fit...so she came with me instead of pre-school. it is a hot day today....sun is burning since it rose and it will only become hotter

holla

Hope she feels better soon. My boys are sick, too.. I hate summer colds!

 

[ballcoach]

Hey friends! Have a great Monday!

 

[Meceka]

I love mysteries. What are you reading?

One Bad Apple - the first in An Orchard Mystery series by Sheila Connelly. Did you like the scrapbooking mysteries?

It won't even let me register.:-? I have been trying since october but I still haven't had any luck.

It wouldn't let me, either, until I was in the right group.

I'm baaaaaaack! (again!) haha

I posted in the intro forums a little note about some things that happened since I've been away. I don't feel the need to copy and paste so if you want to read it here's the link: http://mymerrychristmas.com/forum/showthread.php?p=351844#post351844

I missed this place a lot and life keeps getting in the way, but I'm making the time and effort to visit because I love this forum!

Welcome back, Hoosier!