Christmas Countdown - 2011

[KerWa]

Hi everybody
Just want to say hello (I haven't been around for a while). I hope everyone is doing fine.

 

[Christmas-A-Holic]

Hi everybody
Just want to say hello (I haven't been around for a while). I hope everyone is doing fine.

Good to see you again! =)

 

[KerWa]

home at last! It is so nice to be back home from a lovely vacation.
I think I am going to have a nice long soak and then go and read myself to sleep, which should not take long!
:lol:

I hope you had a great time!

 

[Bradmac]

*Chirp* *Chirp* *Chirp*

Where'd everybody go?
:???:

 

[lauriebear]

*Chirp* *Chirp* *Chirp*

Where'd everybody go?
:???:

HA, HA, HA that is too funny, my husband & I will go cricket, cricket (an inside joke) but that made me think of it!!! Tee Hee!!!

 

[Christmasstar]

Good night to all the posters who are about to sleep. It is still early for me, and I will be looking for different trail mix recipes. If anyone has one to share, please post it!

take:
1 cup each of
dried soy bean
sun flower seeds
pumpkin seeds
raw cashews
raw peanuts

put on cookie tray in 350' oven for about a 1/2 hour but make sure to take it out every 10 min and stir to brown evenly...do not over brown, should just be very light brown so watch closely
cool

in a bowl add dried fruit (home dried fruit is the best) of your choice and mix well.

This mix will last a long time in a sealed container and tastes great, no added salt or chemicals to ruin the fresh taste.

 

[Christmasstar]

Good night MMC friends! Gotta get up in the am to take my husband to have a minor procedure done. Thank goodness tomorrow is Friday and the start of the weekend. Talk to everyone sometime tomorrow!

praying all goes well!

 

[Christmasstar]

Morning everyone!! Really tired this morning, Emelia was awake most of the night, she was all upset, think she is coming down with something, going into town in the morning, just got to get the girls new shoes then thats everything bought for them going back to school monday!! These 6 week holidays have flown by! (not that im complaining ha!)

Also seen afew things that one of my daughters would love for christmas so going to order them today!!!

Have a great day everyone!!!

school starts here on Monday too...my eldest is off to college and the only one going to school this year. I do not have to buy anything for her, just move here stuff to London.

 

[Christmasstar]

I have to help Bernie at the store this evening, and I have to open it in the morning. A couple of the girls are supposed to come in so I can leave at lunch for opening day of dove season!!! Ain't nuttin' gooder!! For my friends who don't hunt, please don't think ill of me. I grew up hunting, and I just love it!

I hope y'all have a great day!

you hunt doves???
can't you hunt crows instead?

 

[Christmasstar]

Good morning! Happy Friday - Labor Day Weekend!! Wasn't it JUST Memorial weekend???

Good for you ChristmasHeart running a 10k! WOW!! WTG! We have a 10K here in October I would like to do - someday! Lol! But I would Wog it! (walk/jog) We have done quite a few 5k's but haven't tried a 10k yet!

We are doing a 30 mile bike ride next weekend - a Tour De Donut! How many donuts can you eat while riding 30 miles??? Looking forward to it!

Happy Holiday weekend everybody!! After labor day the fall/holiday/Christmas feeling really starts setting in!!

enjoy your bike ride! I used to ride like that when I was a teenager, now I do not think they make bike seats big enough anymore! LOL

 

[Christmasstar]

Good Morning Everyone!!!!!! It is going to be 100 degrees here on September 2nd. Really? I thought I lived in the midwest not the southwest. I need to run to the store this morning to get some ink for my printer. Then I have some cleaning to do. I hope everyone is having a GREAT DAY!!!!!!!!!!

it is a hot and humid day here today too, 29c but with humidity feels like 40c. So glad my AC is still in the window

 

[sugar142286]

Best wishes on your husband's procedure!

Thanks! Everything went well!

 

[Christmasstar]

Good Morning, MMC friends! Happy Friday!!
What are your plans for the weekend?
My husband and I will be catching up on yard work, grilling out with friends, celebrating our 3rd wedding anniversary, and decorating for Fall! So excited!
... whatever your plans, please be safe & have a wonderful holiday weekend!!!

I plan to move my daughter to her new home so she can start school!

 

[Christmasstar]

Maybe I'll go to a craft store or two this weekend to see if the Christmas yarns are out. My stash of leftover yarn is almost gone (I made a scrap afghan), so I have to start a new project. Maybe I'll crochet a Christmas afghan! I've got several patterns I haven't tried. Throughout the summer I work on hats and scarves, then in November I send a box to an association for the homeless.

It's not all altruistic ... I enjoy crocheting, and the stuff I make has to go somewhere, so I'm happy they want my hats and scarves! When it starts getting cooler, I make afghans. It's a very cozy winter hobby---the bottom half keeps me warm while I work on the top half!

that is so great and your certainly do have an unselfish regard for the welfare of others, that is what makes you so special! cheesy

 

[made582]

*Chirp* *Chirp* *Chirp*

Where'd everybody go?
:???:

I've been trying to kill a fly for the last hour and a half. :-?

 

[made582]

What are your plans for the weekend?

My husband and I will be catching up on yard work, grilling out with friends, celebrating our 3rd wedding anniversary, and decorating for Fall! So excited!

Happy Anniversary!!!!!!!!

 

[Christmasstar]

I will also be spending that time cleaning the house and purging - we have so much stuff that it is starting to clutter and I hate that.

I am so getting into the fall and christmas mode here. Going to go out his weekend and look for a couple christmas gifts.

Hope everyone has a great day!

I have been doing that for the past year! Seems to be no end to it. With my daughter moving to college this weekend, I can now start the basement clean out!

 

[Christmasstar]

Not at all, I am with the construction company that is currently re-building the WTC.

(here is a link that for construction updates and a ton of info http://www.lowermanhattan.info/construction/project_updates/freedom_tower_26204.aspx)

Well, they wanted certain accepts completed for the upcoming anniversary and with the The National September 11 Memorial opening on the 10th anniversary we had a lot of "kinks" to work out. It was designed to outline the original WTC sites building foot print, and with the waterfalls, it has been completed but, as with anything it needed adjustments. It is such a beautiful memorial everyday I pass it (we are now on the 50th floor our offices) as we are at steel on the 80th floors now, pouring foundation/concrete in the 60th floor level now. It is now down to the wire, the Architect is completing what in construction we call a punch list - which is his comments/suggestions/and finishing of the site. We are also setting up with the staging company all the memorial props. The Callery pear rescued and it is the surivor tree has been a work in progress but it is showing new growth, thank God! And maybe this will give a new light to lawyers everywhere a little known story next door to the Tribute WTC Visitor Center, outside the firehouse on Greenwich Street at Liberty, is the Fire Department of New York Memorial Wall. The firehouse, home to Ladder Co. 3, Engine Co. 10, lost five firefighters on 9/11, but the wall is a tribute to all firefighters who died. It was a gift from the law firm Holland & Knight and also honors one of the firm's partners, Glenn J. Winuk, a volunteer firefighter and medic from Jericho, N.Y. He helped evacuate the firm's offices near the World Trade Center, then raced to the towers to help. Winuk died when the south tower collapsed. It is going to be a heart wrenching day. But, who knows God has a funny way of stepping in and making us grow and learn - I won't say heal as we never will in this lifetime, but maybe as time goes by, and like when I read about D-Day, Pearl Harbor, & JFK, it will be history of what took place, not painful like those who lived through it, but a knowing sadness and of pride that yes we did re-build, we did grow from love, we did move forward because the world came together of a moment in time.

I just watched on Discovery Channel, last night, regarding the rebuilding of the WTC. I also saw the story behind the pear tree. There was 3 different shows on back to back and it was very interesting to watch.

Thanks for sharing this with us!

Yes, thank you, I had not heard the story of the pear tree, made me cry. One day I hope to be able to travel to New York and visit the site.

 

[sugar142286]

I'll say a prayer that all goes well.

Thanks, Made! I appreciate that! Everything went well!

 

[Christmas-A-Holic]

*Chirp* *Chirp* *Chirp*

Where'd everybody go?
:???:

I'm here now! But gotta go again. =)

I've been trying to kill a fly for the last hour and a half. :-?

Did you get em yet???

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Happy anniversary, Snowflake!