Christmas Countdown - 2011

[made582]

PS - Where's Binger?

I'm guessing he took a trip down to south America to visit all of the coffee plantations. cheesy

 

[made582]

HEY GANG!

i've decided i'm taking myself to the pines next wednesday, i may have to cross an ocean to get to it but it will be worth it, i'm sure cheesy

It'll definitely be worth it!!!!!!

 

[made582]

I'm glad we are heading to the beach for a week of vacation on Saturday. Hopefully power & phone will be restored when we get back.

I'm glad to hear that your home is okay and I hope you get your power back soon. I also hope you have a great vacation!!!!!!

 

[made582]

Good Afternoon Everyone!!!!!! It's a warm day here in central Indy with a high of 82 expected this afternoon. I went for a walk with my neighbor this morning and now I am trying to help my sister decide on a good place to stop for the night on her way to Mackinac Island this weekend. It's about 500 miles from here and my sister doesn't think my brother in law can make it all the way with his bad back. They plan on spending 2 days there and then they are going to stop at Frankenmuth on the way back for a couple of days. I am quite jealous and want to go along. Especially to frankenmuth. I told her she better take a lot of pictures at Bronners for me. My brother in laws parents are taking my nieces to Chattanooga for the week. They are going to stay on a train that has now been converted into a hotel. Hopefully my nieces are good while they are down there. They have never even spent the night with that set of grandparents so a whole week could be interesting. Well I guess I should get back to searching for my sister. I hope everyone is having a GREAT DAY!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[MsChristmas]

Hello. Haven't been on here in a while. Still feels like it was just Christmas a few weeks ago to me. Anyways, I want to get back on here more now that it's summer. Hope everyone is doing well. Found out I'll be having another daughter in September...should be a great Christmas. Those first Christmases are always extra special. Have a good week.

Congrats on having another daughter!

 

[MsChristmas]

off for 2 days of camping and a fun TOPS conference in Sarnia! So looking forward to the break.
Not sure if I will be able to get on line while there.
If not, have a fantastic weekend everyone!!

Have a great time!

Morning! Woke up this AM to ants and flying ants swarming on one of our screens (that means many were INSIDE the window!!!!!!!!!!!) I almost had a heart attack but I think my hubby got them all. Guess I'll be calling an exterminator today. Gives me the shivers!!!

Oh my gosh I hate bugs too ...just another way us cousins are alike =0).. I hope they are gone for good!

 

[MsChristmas]

Hello Christmas friends!

I'm a couple of days behind on posting! Seems like a I missed one heck of a party at the Pines yesterday too!

Sunday I went shopping at a friend's house from her late mother's Christmas collection. I brought home a whole CAR full of stuff! I got a...
A 3 ft. fiberoptic tree
A set of 2- 4 ft. trees
A rubbermaid tub full of Christmas paper plates and napkins
A rubbermaid tub full of white and silver tree decorations (including tree skirt and matching stockings)
2 table cloths
A "Merry Christmas" wall sign
A Santa wall hanging
A sleigh wall hanging
A 3ft x3ft x2ft sleigh that has a Santa in it and filled with presents
2 full size wreaths, 2 mini wreaths, and 1 9ft pine garland
A wall mirror
A box full of garland and a few other misc items

And guess how much I paid for all of this? $60!!!! I feel like I walked away with a killing!

Otherwise, since then, I've just been working a bit too much. I've got the day off today and going to try get the house cleaned up a bit. With construction going on in the house for the last 3 weeks - we're kind of a mess! Everything out of place and dust everywhere. Its taken WAY longer than they first said it would to remodel our bathroom, but it looks like it is going to get wrapped up hopefully by Monday at the latest. It will be SO nice to finally have a bathroom at home again! The fact that it is brand new is just icing on the cake.

Its a beautiful start to the day here - supposed to sunny and 86 today for the high. Absolutely beautiful! My day off work is rarely the nicest day of the week, but it looks like I got the pick this week! Hope you all get a beautiful day also!

~Laney

Thats awesome you got all that Christmas stuff and at a great price!

 

[MsChristmas]

Almost through the week. My oldest Son is SICK AGAIN. I cant take much more of these sick kids. I have to work because I had off all of last week except for Tuesday between the kids and I being sick... my Hubby is going to pick up my Son from my Mom's and take him to the doctor... thinking its strep throat this time :-? always something... another nice day here in MD.. in the mid 70's and cloudy..reminds me of a Fall day... I could only wish it was the Fall! Have a good Thursday afternoon/evening friends.

 

[Bradmac]

Almost through the week. My oldest Son is SICK AGAIN. I cant take much more of these sick kids. I have to work because I had off all of last week except for Tuesday between the kids and I being sick... my Hubby is going to pick up my Son from my Mom's and take him to the doctor... thinking its strep throat this time :-? always something... another nice day here in MD.. in the mid 70's and cloudy..reminds me of a Fall day... I could only wish it was the Fall! Have a good Thursday afternoon/evening friends.

It goes through our house like that, too. Sometimes twice around. Good luck!

 

[Undrtakr]

Well good afternoon all! I'm almost done work (2 hours left). I was sucked into Duke Nukem Forever the night before and played till my eyes hurt LOL. Almost Christmas in July! I hope Leons plays the Christmas in July commercials. Well break is over and back to work I go! Have a great day all!

 

[judesmama]

I get them around my back door at least once every summer. There is a colony down by my neighbors apartment and it doesn't seem to matter what we use on them they won't die. The maintenance staff won't spray anything real powerful because of all of the dogs around so I just make sure to keep plenty of raid on hand to keep spraying around the back door to keep them out.

OHHH nooo, I hope mine aren't crazy like that!!!!!!!

Have a great time!



Oh my gosh I hate bugs too ...just another way us cousins are alike =0).. I hope they are gone for good!

Thanks - me too!!

Almost through the week. My oldest Son is SICK AGAIN. I cant take much more of these sick kids. I have to work because I had off all of last week except for Tuesday between the kids and I being sick... my Hubby is going to pick up my Son from my Mom's and take him to the doctor... thinking its strep throat this time :-? always something... another nice day here in MD.. in the mid 70's and cloudy..reminds me of a Fall day... I could only wish it was the Fall! Have a good Thursday afternoon/evening friends.

Aww, poor thing! Hope he feels better soon and no one else catches it!

 

[Seawaters]

And with this post, Made is poster #12,400. I can hardly believe it. And speaking of believing it, Made will not believe his prize: two crayons, one green and one red!

I'm glad to hear that your home is okay and I hope you get your power back soon. I also hope you have a great vacation!!!!!!

 

[Seawaters]

Good afternoon, everyone. Just home from the physical therapist who checked out the right shoulder but left the broken ribs alone. I have to go over to school again this afternoon and work with some other teachers for a few hours. I hope everyone has a great afternoon!

 

[happyelf]

Below is an edited copy/paste of what I posted back in February bringing newcomers up to date:

OK.
I'll try to review the history of some of the more -- well -- interesting characters and places mentioned here in our countdown thread.

First, of course, there is Carl.
Ah, Carl! Our 3-humped Coffee Camel.
Born about 5 years ago over at Christmas.com, he came about as part of the long-running interplay between Binger and myself in regards to coffee vs sleep.
(Carl's third hump stored the finest blend of coffee which der Bingster coveted.)

Originally, Carl lived with me and was a frequent over-the-shoulder commentator when I posted the daily count.
After a time, he began staying with willing thread contributors who agreed to be his host for short visits. After each visit, his antics were duly reported by the host for all to read and enjoy.

Over time, the humor wore a bit thin so Carl was mentioned less frequently. Eventually, he was dropped from the thread for several months until one of our members (Auntie perhaps?) inquired as to his whereabouts. At that point, it was revealed that Carl, owing to his unique ability to talk, had been offered an undercover position with the military on a secret spy mission in Saudi Arabia.
On his release and return, he accepted the position of activities director at the Shispering Pines where he remains to this day.

Carl's personality traits: He's fun-loving, talkative, experimental (primarily with coffee blends of a questionable nature) and -- yes -- a bit vain to the point of narcissism.
But under it all, he has a heart of gold and a guaranteed position at the 'Pines owing to his unique talents (and the fact the resort's business has tripled ever since his arrival).


That, of course, brings us to the 'Pines. The Shispering Pines, that is.
Name-christened by our own Jayish after a typo which was supposed to read "Whispering Pines", our thread-resident resort eventually took on a "Holiday Inn" (meaning the 1942 movie) like flavor, especially after Carl's arrival and his tremendous love for Christmas in general and that movie in particular.
Each Wednesday is open house day, where the first glass of sweet southern iced tea is complimentary along with the first Fired Twinkie (and now the newly-introduced Fired Twinkling derived from crossing Merry Carey's Kinklings with Carl's own Fired Twinkies).

Which in turn brings us to Fired Twinkies. That's right - FIRED Twinkes as (opposed to "fried").
Again, a typo was to blame. (Believe it was Binger this time.)
But our unique thread treat has endured, especially after becoming the official confection at the Shispering Pines.


Well, there you have it. A thumbnail sketch of an explanation as to what is going on here.

It now makes PERFECT sense! Thank you

- never tried a twinkie though.....

 

[Meceka]

WOOOOHOOOOO! Bruins! I have waited for this my whole life.

Congratulations on the Bruins victory!

Sunday I went shopping at a friend's house from her late mother's Christmas collection. I brought home a whole CAR full of stuff! I got a...
A 3 ft. fiberoptic tree
A set of 2- 4 ft. trees
A rubbermaid tub full of Christmas paper plates and napkins
A rubbermaid tub full of white and silver tree decorations (including tree skirt and matching stockings)
2 table cloths
A "Merry Christmas" wall sign
A Santa wall hanging
A sleigh wall hanging
A 3ft x3ft x2ft sleigh that has a Santa in it and filled with presents
2 full size wreaths, 2 mini wreaths, and 1 9ft pine garland
A wall mirror
A box full of garland and a few other misc items

And guess how much I paid for all of this? $60!!!! I feel like I walked away with a killing!

What a great deal, Laney!

Severe thunderstorms hit us last night. We are blessed that no one was hurt bad but trees are down everywhere and many homes are damaged. Our house is ok but several large trees are down on our property. One took out a power pole so we have no power, phone or water (no power so well won't work). Duke Power estimates 7 days until we have power restored. This is like I remember my Grandparents home being when I was small. Our son gets to see what it is like to read by an oil lamp. Also we have never had cell phone service at our house, we have to drive several miles to get a signal so we are kind of isolated.

I'm glad we are heading to the beach for a week of vacation on Saturday. Hopefully power & phone will be restored when we get back.

I'm sorry there is damage around your place and you have no electricity - glad there were no bad injuries! Have fun on your vacation!

Almost through the week. My oldest Son is SICK AGAIN. I cant take much more of these sick kids.

Poor kid - I hope he is better soon!

 

[Meceka]

Good afternoon!

I hope everyone is having a good day!

Got my errands done a little bit after one this afternoon - there was quite a downpour while I was out - a half inch in less than twenty minutes. Stopped at a few garage sales, but didn't much. It was fun, though. My throat is still very scratchy so I am going to relax the rest of the day since I have to work tomorrow.

Have a great evening!!!!!!!!

 

[Bradmac]

It now makes PERFECT sense! Thank you

- never tried a twinkie though.....

You never tried a fired twinkie, or any kind of twinkie? Surely you've had a twinkie!?! If not, you need to go get one right now!

We need a pack of twinkies here, STAT!

 

[MsChristmas]

Evan has hand, foot and mouth disease.. I guess this is common in young kids... they actually get blisters in their mouth.. and a fever... doctor said can be pretty painful and its contagious but goes away in a few days..so now to try to keep my other Son away...that should be pretty difficult... just wanted to give you guys an update!

 

[Christmasstar]

there is internet here at camp! I am sitting in our dining tent listening to thunder rumble in the distance and hoping it goes the other way!

We are just north of Brights Cove near Sarnia Ontario.

 

[vsuclaribnl]

Sounds like my day today! (Minus the appointment) - Same weather, maybe some cookies, trip to the park. My sister is in Ocean City, MD right now - is that near you? They went to Virginia Beach and she called me frantic because she found a cockroach in the room! Blech! So I foudn them a hotel in OC, MD and they are sooo happy there!!

Where in VA Beach did they stay? Every time I go there, I stay at 19 Atlantic and I've never had a problem. I recommend it to anyone I know who wants to go to VA Beach. Still tho, I'd've freaked out at a cockroach in my room...I used to go insane when I found them at my old apartment in GA!

Ocean City is about 2 1/2 hours from us. We are in the central part of MD near Baltimore... we love Ocean City... (not as much as our Florida vacation haha) but its a lot of fun down there..tons of stuff to do! We were suppose to go the end of the last week but the Boys were sick. Glad your sister is enjoying herself!

You've gotta live near me then...I live in PA just up I-83. We always go into Baltimore and take the light rail down almost every time.