Christmas Countdown - 2011

[CJ498]

Good morning everyone! Hard to believe there are only 37 days left till the big day!!!!

Thoughts and prayers going out to all our friends in the south, seen on the news about the tornado and severe storms, hope everyone who lives in that area is safe this morning.

 

[Christmasstar]

yard all done!
Packed up all the tools and lawnmower and will be taking it to my brothers place to store in the barn until spring.
Keeping the rake for now because we live at the end of the row of townhouses and all the leaves gather in my yard.

 

[Crown 84]

Just looking at the weather,it looks like NC SC and North GA got slammed with tornadoes,I hope al our neighbours in those areas are okay! Crown and mgramsey are in those areas I think and a few others !

Just rain here in Raleigh.
All the severe weather was to the north and east of us.

 

[snowflake22]

Wooo Hoooo... Congrats!!!! I just passed 10K and I only looked at it after your post, so I guess I must talk a lot too!!! HA, HA, HA!!!!

Congrats to you too, LB!! Quite an accomplishment!
You guys have a way with words

I feel the same way!!! I am WAY excited, this year we are going to have a little reading on Sarah J. Hale, I cannot wait... This is like the BEST!!! We put the tree up Friday and my village, my outside is almost done..... Ahhhhhh, love and joy!!!!!!!!

Talk about exciting!! Where do you put your village, LB?
(What type of surface & which room?)
I can't wait to put mine up!

Snowflake, I sure hope you beat this cold soon!!!

Thanks!!

What a lovely idea for a Company Christmas party!!! What a wonderful thing to do for the little ones.

Thanks, it brings us a lot of joy too!


laying:

 

[Minta]

Good afternoon everyone..... Still amazed how quickly time is just flying by. Another local radio station just switched over to all christmas music this morning so now we have 2 stations to listen to. Going grocery shopping later today to start stocking up on some items I will need for my Christmas baking... Kitchen is done enough where I can actually do baking tomorrow night have planty of room for everything..... so tomorrow night will be spent baking with christmas music playing on the radio.. the only other thing that would make that perfect is snow but no such luck yet...

Well I hope everyone has a great day!

 

[brent]

Glad to hear you didn't have any trouble with the weather last night. A low of 25 tonight?! I think it'll be 62 here tonight...LOL.

I don't have a 16 year old yet, my son just turned 14. But he told his mom yesterday about the pretty blonde-haired girl in one of his classes. Oh my! How did we get to this point?! He should still be into Buzz Lightyear and wearing Scooby-Doo pajamas! Help me, Lord!

:lol:

I am 26 and I am still into both of those! :lol:

 

[brent]

Some good news here... Apparently, I am attending a Santa Claus parade this weekend! It's Kim's nephews' 5th birthday celebration this weekend, and as luck would have it, the Cornwall Santa Claus parade! Kim and I are heading to her hometown on Saturday morning until Sunday evening, but we are both looking forward to the parade. We will be attending with her sister's family, so it should be fairly exciting to watch her nephews (twins that will be five and the youngest is two) get all hyper when Santa Claus floats by during the parade. Obviously, I will be very excited, too!

Cornwall is a relatively small city (35,000), but the parade should be fun. Kim and I will bring our cameras to capture and then share the experience. I haven't been to a Santa Claus parade in a while... We may attend the one in Ottawa the following weekend, too. The events and excitements of the Season are truly happening!

 

[made582]

I just passed 10K and I only looked at it after your post, so I guess I must talk a lot too!!! HA, HA, HA!!!!

Oh and I just passed 12k posts....can't believe I talk that much!

Congrats to both of you!!!!!!!!

 

[made582]

Good Afternoon Everyone!!!!!! It is chilly here in central Indy today with temperatures in the high 30's and some high wind gusts. I'm doing some more decorating while I clean my apartment today. It's starting to look quite festive. I'm running out of room though. So I might have to start decorating my neighbors apartment soon. I hope everyone is having a GREAT DAY!!!!!!!

 

[Anne_Langston]

Good morning everyone! I can't believe it's a week to Thanksgiving! It's going to be a bit challenging this year--I hadn't posted this earlier because I don't want to bring down the mood, but my stepfather passed away Tuesday evening. He'd been married to my mom for 30 years and I thought of him as one of my parents. He'd had bypass surgery in January and never really recovered--just kept getting weaker and weaker. It was really hard for him, because he'd kept working up until the surgery (at 79, he was _still_ working construction!) and he was getting more and more frustrated because he couldn't do the things he loved, like carpentry, fishing, gardening.... But this still came like a bolt out of the blue. I was looking through the Heifer International Holiday catalog, and we're going to give a share in stocking a fish pond in an underprivileged area in his honor, since he was such an avid fisherman. I think my mom will like that, and I'll feel like I'm still giving him a Christmas present. Sorry to be such a downer--I hope everyone else is having a wonderful build up to the holidays. Give the people you love a great big hug and enjoy them today, because you just never know.

 

[lauriebear]

Congrats to you too, LB!! Quite an accomplishment!
You guys have a way with words

Thanks, Snowflake22!!!!

Talk about exciting!! Where do you put your village, LB?
(What type of surface & which room?)
I can't wait to put mine up!

Well.... My Village starts in my Bay Window in the Dinning room, I have three shelves that I cover in tinfoil and "snow" then it is into the livingroom I go... Where I have The Island Of Mis-fit Toys village and then two other end tables that get a "mini" village (I say mini because one I usually put the Train Station and track I got from Kohls one year. On the other I mix it up maybe one or two houses... One the metal I also put some things up. So pretty much all over, like everything comes down. Oh, I almost forgot the hutch in the dining room I also put some of the village there too!!!

 

[Christmas-A-Holic]

I am 26 and I am still into both of those! :lol:

My husband wears Snoopy and The Simpsons pajamas! You are never too old for that. He's a grandpa! :wink:

 

[Christmas-A-Holic]

As a matter of fact, he did have Scooby Doo pajamas a few years ago!

 

[Seawaters]

And with this post, Dawg is poster #25,500. For his efforts, he receives a Christmas notepad to keep track of each of his posts so he can determine how much he talks!!! In fact, he will also receive a special pencil that does a great job of making tally marks to make it easier for him to know at a glance that he really speaks volumes!!! Haha!

Oh and I just passed 12k posts....can't believe I talk that much!

 

[Christmas-A-Holic]

Good morning everyone! I can't believe it's a week to Thanksgiving! It's going to be a bit challenging this year--I hadn't posted this earlier because I don't want to bring down the mood, but my stepfather passed away Tuesday evening. He'd been married to my mom for 30 years and I thought of him as one of my parents. He'd had bypass surgery in January and never really recovered--just kept getting weaker and weaker. It was really hard for him, because he'd kept working up until the surgery (at 79, he was _still_ working construction!) and he was getting more and more frustrated because he couldn't do the things he loved, like carpentry, fishing, gardening.... But this still came like a bolt out of the blue. I was looking through the Heifer International Holiday catalog, and we're going to give a share in stocking a fish pond in an underprivileged area in his honor, since he was such an avid fisherman. I think my mom will like that, and I'll feel like I'm still giving him a Christmas present. Sorry to be such a downer--I hope everyone else is having a wonderful build up to the holidays. Give the people you love a great big hug and enjoy them today, because you just never know.

Sorry to hear of your loss.

 

[MerryBells]

Good afternoon, everyone! It's a perfect Fall day here; cool, cloudy, and breezy. I have to do some Thanksgiving shopping after work, and then Mom and I have to do some work at Church, so we will get to enjoy the weather.

My Mom and I are also going to a Christmas Dinner and Entertainment being given at my Church on Saturday. I'm waiting to see how that will go, because it is the first church dinner we've been to since my Mom had to 'retire' from her "Kitchen Queen" position. Mom is becoming forgetful, and I'm not the person who you ask to be in charge of things (no organizational skills), so the job has passed into other hands. I'm sure it's going to be great, but Mom is still upset because she's not in charge. Originally, we weren't going to go (because of the Mom-upset problem), but then Mom decided she really wanted to see the entertainment. So, we shall see. You might see me posting Sunday afternoon that my Mom decided to eject people from the church kitchen or something. :-?

On a brighter note, my husband and I are going to Pennsylvania for a few days after Thanksgiving, so I have something cheerful to think about. And I finished the fleece jacket I was making for Christmas!

 

[lauriebear]

AL - I am so sorry for your families loss. I think your plans sound perfect, you are right you never know and it is so important to remember what really is important, like family. I will keep you in my thoughts & prayers.

Good morning everyone! I can't believe it's a week to Thanksgiving! It's going to be a bit challenging this year--I hadn't posted this earlier because I don't want to bring down the mood, but my stepfather passed away Tuesday evening. He'd been married to my mom for 30 years and I thought of him as one of my parents. He'd had bypass surgery in January and never really recovered--just kept getting weaker and weaker. It was really hard for him, because he'd kept working up until the surgery (at 79, he was _still_ working construction!) and he was getting more and more frustrated because he couldn't do the things he loved, like carpentry, fishing, gardening.... But this still came like a bolt out of the blue. I was looking through the Heifer International Holiday catalog, and we're going to give a share in stocking a fish pond in an underprivileged area in his honor, since he was such an avid fisherman. I think my mom will like that, and I'll feel like I'm still giving him a Christmas present. Sorry to be such a downer--I hope everyone else is having a wonderful build up to the holidays. Give the people you love a great big hug and enjoy them today, because you just never know.

 

[snowflake22]

Good morning everyone! I can't believe it's a week to Thanksgiving! It's going to be a bit challenging this year--I hadn't posted this earlier because I don't want to bring down the mood, but my stepfather passed away Tuesday evening. He'd been married to my mom for 30 years and I thought of him as one of my parents. He'd had bypass surgery in January and never really recovered--just kept getting weaker and weaker. It was really hard for him, because he'd kept working up until the surgery (at 79, he was _still_ working construction!) and he was getting more and more frustrated because he couldn't do the things he loved, like carpentry, fishing, gardening.... But this still came like a bolt out of the blue. I was looking through the Heifer International Holiday catalog, and we're going to give a share in stocking a fish pond in an underprivileged area in his honor, since he was such an avid fisherman. I think my mom will like that, and I'll feel like I'm still giving him a Christmas present. Sorry to be such a downer--I hope everyone else is having a wonderful build up to the holidays. Give the people you love a great big hug and enjoy them today, because you just never know.

So sorry for your loss, Anne. I will keep you and your family in my thoughts & prayers.
~What a wonderful thing to do in his honor~

 

[caninemom3]

I did get about 2 hours of sleep finally so I feel better! Just think, we are one week away from turkey day! I am still looking forward to thanksgiving,I am anxious to see how my dad will be doing by that day...I do hope he can be home for christmas! Now if I can just get through these next 2 days I will be doing good! have a good morning everyone!

Glad to hear your dad is doing so well. Praying that all goes smoothly !! The one night when I could sleep you were still awake or I would have hung out with you !!! xo

I am just getting WAY TOO excited that Thanksgiving is next week!!! We will have 3 straight days of celebrating! Thanksgiving with the family, Black Friday (no shopping but enjoy the Christmas entertainment at the malls) and Saturday chill in front of the tv for a marathon of Christmas shows and movies! It will feel like a 3 day Christmas party!

That sounds WONDERFUL !!!!!

Good morning everyone! I can't believe it's a week to Thanksgiving! It's going to be a bit challenging this year--I hadn't posted this earlier because I don't want to bring down the mood, but my stepfather passed away Tuesday evening. He'd been married to my mom for 30 years and I thought of him as one of my parents. He'd had bypass surgery in January and never really recovered--just kept getting weaker and weaker. It was really hard for him, because he'd kept working up until the surgery (at 79, he was _still_ working construction!) and he was getting more and more frustrated because he couldn't do the things he loved, like carpentry, fishing, gardening.... But this still came like a bolt out of the blue. I was looking through the Heifer International Holiday catalog, and we're going to give a share in stocking a fish pond in an underprivileged area in his honor, since he was such an avid fisherman. I think my mom will like that, and I'll feel like I'm still giving him a Christmas present. Sorry to be such a downer--I hope everyone else is having a wonderful build up to the holidays. Give the people you love a great big hug and enjoy them today, because you just never know.

((Anne)) I am so very sorry for your loss and you are right, we just never know......Praying for you...xo

 

[caninemom3]

Good afternoon Christmas family !!

I was so tired yesterday and then last night when I got finished I didn't even come to the site. I had supper and went to bed. Still really tired today too but this is my Friday.

I start work in 8 minutes so I don't have much time.

Praying for all who are not feeling well or who have had losses xoxo

BIG congratulations to all who have hit milestones in the amount of posts !!!! It doesnt take long with such a wonderful Christmas family !!!

(((HUGS))) Everyone......Maybe I will be back later tonight xoxoxoox