Christmas Countdown - 2012
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Thanks for thoughts and prayers!
Goodnight! =)
Good night Solice......will keep praying for your dear mom xoxo
Thank you Seawaters !!! I am so glad you enjoy them !! xo (I pick the prettiest ones with you in mind xo)
Good evening, Christmas family
I never thought I was going to make it through today. Staying up til 2 and then back up at 6 does NOT work anymore !! I am going to bed very, very soon.
I just wanted to stop in and say goodnight to all xo
Star - Praying for your BIL.......I hope he is okay xo
Made - Praying for your little niece. Poor little thing. I remember that surgery and I def did NOT feel like eating all the popsicles and ice cream I was offered. I just wanted it to stop hurting xo
Solice - Keeping your dear mother in my heart and prayers xo
Hermione is on the mend I think. She is definitely very, very ornery. Her poor face is still swollen I am guessing in part because of infection and in part because of the tooth extraction. Wish is still hanging in there though he gets grayer and grayer every day (just like his mommy but I know the secret of hair dye !!). Clancy has turned into quite the chow hound these days. Gosh !! She is so chubby !!
Smokey and Lily, the two feline members of the family are well also. They are having a riot with the nativity scene since I put it up !! They weave in an out of the figures w/o even touching them !! How do they do that ??
Good night dear, Christmas family. Can't wait to read the first special post xo
(((HUGS)))) to all but ESPECIALLY TO:
Ella, Harlowe, Snowball, Gomez, Ophelia, Sidney, Alex, Merlin, Snickers, Victor, Daisy, Diva, Mickey, Palmer, Mouse, Bo, Chico, Meca, Alvin, Charlie, Gary, Bailey, Jerrold, Irving, Martha, Uncle Julio, Missy, Scooby, Sasha, Jacob, Cracker, Bunny B, Penny, Pocket, LuLu, Bear-Bear, Stripey, Holly, Fate Puppy (London,) Buster, Missy, Baby, Santa's Polar Bears, Sangria, and all furkids everywhere xoxoo
I never thought I was going to make it through today. Staying up til 2 and then back up at 6 does NOT work anymore !! I am going to bed very, very soon.
I just wanted to stop in and say goodnight to all xo
Star - Praying for your BIL.......I hope he is okay xo
Made - Praying for your little niece. Poor little thing. I remember that surgery and I def did NOT feel like eating all the popsicles and ice cream I was offered. I just wanted it to stop hurting xo
Solice - Keeping your dear mother in my heart and prayers xo
Hermione is on the mend I think. She is definitely very, very ornery. Her poor face is still swollen I am guessing in part because of infection and in part because of the tooth extraction. Wish is still hanging in there though he gets grayer and grayer every day (just like his mommy but I know the secret of hair dye !!). Clancy has turned into quite the chow hound these days. Gosh !! She is so chubby !!
Smokey and Lily, the two feline members of the family are well also. They are having a riot with the nativity scene since I put it up !! They weave in an out of the figures w/o even touching them !! How do they do that ??
Good night dear, Christmas family. Can't wait to read the first special post xo
(((HUGS)))) to all but ESPECIALLY TO:
Ella, Harlowe, Snowball, Gomez, Ophelia, Sidney, Alex, Merlin, Snickers, Victor, Daisy, Diva, Mickey, Palmer, Mouse, Bo, Chico, Meca, Alvin, Charlie, Gary, Bailey, Jerrold, Irving, Martha, Uncle Julio, Missy, Scooby, Sasha, Jacob, Cracker, Bunny B, Penny, Pocket, LuLu, Bear-Bear, Stripey, Holly, Fate Puppy (London,) Buster, Missy, Baby, Santa's Polar Bears, Sangria, and all furkids everywhere xoxoo
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Had a nice moment this evening. I didn't get out of the office until 6:30, and had to drive home in the snow that wasn't predicted. But when I got home Mr. was waiting, and had turned the oil radiator on I our TV room so it would be nice and cozy. I turned on my virtual fireplace app on my iPad for a few minutes, and it was very nice to look at that with the cozy warmth of the room and the snow falling outside. It gave me a few moments of serenity.
Thank you for all the cheering thoughts. I'm making plans to get a new artificial tree this year, and based on a thread I've been following about the problems with pre-lit trees, and the struggles I've had with mine as it has aged, I may be stringing my own lights this year. I'd like to get them to look as nice as the ones on the pre-lit tree (before the bulbs started burning out), because they're wrapped around the branches so they go deep into the tree and give it a sort of glow, but I'm not sure if I'd be able to get the same effect. I'm definitely going to mix white bulbs with color bulbs, same as I did with the old tree.
Does anyone here have a Balsam Hill artificial tree? If I can't find what I want at Russell's, I'm planning to order one online from Balsam Hill. I haven't been able to find another place with a premium-quality tree that's 4-1/2 feet. (I put my tree on a lamp table to save floor space.)
Thank you for all the cheering thoughts. I'm making plans to get a new artificial tree this year, and based on a thread I've been following about the problems with pre-lit trees, and the struggles I've had with mine as it has aged, I may be stringing my own lights this year. I'd like to get them to look as nice as the ones on the pre-lit tree (before the bulbs started burning out), because they're wrapped around the branches so they go deep into the tree and give it a sort of glow, but I'm not sure if I'd be able to get the same effect. I'm definitely going to mix white bulbs with color bulbs, same as I did with the old tree.
Does anyone here have a Balsam Hill artificial tree? If I can't find what I want at Russell's, I'm planning to order one online from Balsam Hill. I haven't been able to find another place with a premium-quality tree that's 4-1/2 feet. (I put my tree on a lamp table to save floor space.)
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Good night, y'all!
Cn3 so glad to hear hermione is doing good i would say the swelling is now due to the tooth being pulled and what infection is left it should start to go down in a day or so
Glad all the rest is dong good to
Morning Shellie! Morning Solice!! Hope you have a good day too.
Just going to get the girls ready for school, beautiful crisp autumn morning here looking forward to walking to school in it this morning hehe!!:razz:
Just going to get the girls ready for school, beautiful crisp autumn morning here looking forward to walking to school in it this morning hehe!!:razz:
oh sweet lauriebear, I hate that you are having a rough time up there. i sure hope they get the power back on asap.
oh authentic italian food huh? my hubby would be jealous, he grew up in New Jersey & his neighbor was an older italian lady who started everything @ the crack of dawn & cooked all day. to this day it's his favorite!
wishing you safe travels on your road trip coach.
good to hear Kim's back is on the mend. wowzer, you guys are having very cold weather. it's 39f here & i'm cold. keep positive brent!
i hope you wake feeling lots better xmas!
your mr. is so sweet to do those things for you! lucky girl! i don't have a Balsam Hill tree, mine is just a Martha Stewart 1 hubby picked up on clearance last year after Christmas. i think it's very pretty though. good luck finding it- it sounds very nice. the 1 we have is pre-lit w/ white lights & i do like you & add colored 1's to it also.
Good morning Thursday!
Hope YOU have the best day! ♥
good morning solice. how is your day? are all your kiddos excited about Christmas yet? praying for your mom!
i couldn't believe it when the alarm clock went off @ 2:30. i can remember when i didn't go to bed until this time & now i'm getting up....hmmmm
about to leave to take daughter to school. be back later guys.
Good morning Thursday!
Hope YOU have the best day! ♥
MORNING Solice hows your mum this morning
Good mornng mmc
How you all dong this morning hope all is good with you all this morning
Its cold this morning but dry
Have a load on today
Have to go and leave letters in with the traders for donations for the lights. and we get the posters yesterday so they have to be put out as well and go see the fire department and cry at them to do stewards for the light switch on
The whole thing is really starting to come together now
Never seem to post a lot these days but i do keep up wiith the posts
So am hoping you all have a great day and stay safe
And big hugs to all furbabies
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Special Post- Day 1
I love Christmas for all the right reasons.
I love Christmas because of Midnight Mass……
I love Christmas because of Christmas carols...
I love Christmas because of how I wake every Christmas Eve morning and still get the same feeling I had when I was 12. That's a tribute to my mother. She instilled in us the value of family, being together, and how it should be special. She recognized, with her mother's intuition, a long time ago that a day would come when we wouldn't all be so close to each other and that the distance would grow in more ways than miles. She made that time special because she wanted us to look back on those days as some of the most precious days of our life and long to be together again the next Christmas. I can still remember sitting in my Mother's lap on Christmas morning and feeling like the most special person in the world. I still get the same feeling each and every Christmas morning. I can still see my brother sitting there playing across from me or feel the wind in my hair as we rode our 3 wheeler together on Christmas morning. I can smell the fudge and cookies…and I can still vividly see the night that Santa came to see us because I had the brother who didn't believe. But to me….at this age….the fact that I can go to a place in my mind and see my Grandfather and Grandmother who passed years ago….when we were all together as a whole family…I am thankful for a mother who created that environment.
I love Christmas because every Christmas tree is perfect.
I love Christmas because of Christmas cards….
I love Christmas because my father had a heart attack. I can still remember coming home from a baseball game and sitting there reveling in a win with my girlfriend (soon to be wife) and getting that knock on the door. I can still remember every inch of the road on that drive. I can still remember the fear that overtook me when they told us they had to revive him three times and that it didn't look good….that the next 24 hours would be critical….that he only had a 10% chance to make it. When he made it, I tucked all that away….until Christmas morning that year. Sitting there, seeing my father who we almost lost…learning right then that life is a series of moments and that you had better learn to cherish each one as it comes along. To me, that is what Christmas is….it just adds to the series of special moments…
I love Christmas because I love giving to others. There is nothing like giving a gift or food to someone and knowing they are truly appreciative of you.
I love Christmas because I work with kids. Being around kids at Christmas….it's almost magical….even the older ones.
I love Christmas because of my wife. I'm a tough ol' coot. Not much rattles me….but the fact that I love someone so much that it can move me to tears….loving someone so deeply that you would literally give up your life for theirs….I never knew that kind of love until I knew her. Knowing that I have a Savior who felt the same for me…that's what my wife taught me about Christmas.
I love Christmas because of the Christmas lights….
I love Christmas because we put on a Christmas play for our elementary school. I love how strong the innocence is in that room. I love the strength of their blind faith. I love how the kids go nuts when an 18 year old dressed as Santa walks in….the smiles….the pure joy that every person in the room feels…
I love Christmas because I found and fell in love with all of you.
Yep, I love Christmas for all the right reasons….
….and Christmas is here….
5 more days until the season….
May your season be blessed….
I love Christmas for all the right reasons.
I love Christmas because of Midnight Mass……
I love Christmas because of Christmas carols...
I love Christmas because of how I wake every Christmas Eve morning and still get the same feeling I had when I was 12. That's a tribute to my mother. She instilled in us the value of family, being together, and how it should be special. She recognized, with her mother's intuition, a long time ago that a day would come when we wouldn't all be so close to each other and that the distance would grow in more ways than miles. She made that time special because she wanted us to look back on those days as some of the most precious days of our life and long to be together again the next Christmas. I can still remember sitting in my Mother's lap on Christmas morning and feeling like the most special person in the world. I still get the same feeling each and every Christmas morning. I can still see my brother sitting there playing across from me or feel the wind in my hair as we rode our 3 wheeler together on Christmas morning. I can smell the fudge and cookies…and I can still vividly see the night that Santa came to see us because I had the brother who didn't believe. But to me….at this age….the fact that I can go to a place in my mind and see my Grandfather and Grandmother who passed years ago….when we were all together as a whole family…I am thankful for a mother who created that environment.
I love Christmas because every Christmas tree is perfect.
I love Christmas because of Christmas cards….
I love Christmas because my father had a heart attack. I can still remember coming home from a baseball game and sitting there reveling in a win with my girlfriend (soon to be wife) and getting that knock on the door. I can still remember every inch of the road on that drive. I can still remember the fear that overtook me when they told us they had to revive him three times and that it didn't look good….that the next 24 hours would be critical….that he only had a 10% chance to make it. When he made it, I tucked all that away….until Christmas morning that year. Sitting there, seeing my father who we almost lost…learning right then that life is a series of moments and that you had better learn to cherish each one as it comes along. To me, that is what Christmas is….it just adds to the series of special moments…
I love Christmas because I love giving to others. There is nothing like giving a gift or food to someone and knowing they are truly appreciative of you.
I love Christmas because I work with kids. Being around kids at Christmas….it's almost magical….even the older ones.
I love Christmas because of my wife. I'm a tough ol' coot. Not much rattles me….but the fact that I love someone so much that it can move me to tears….loving someone so deeply that you would literally give up your life for theirs….I never knew that kind of love until I knew her. Knowing that I have a Savior who felt the same for me…that's what my wife taught me about Christmas.
I love Christmas because of the Christmas lights….
I love Christmas because we put on a Christmas play for our elementary school. I love how strong the innocence is in that room. I love the strength of their blind faith. I love how the kids go nuts when an 18 year old dressed as Santa walks in….the smiles….the pure joy that every person in the room feels…
I love Christmas because I found and fell in love with all of you.
Yep, I love Christmas for all the right reasons….
….and Christmas is here….
5 more days until the season….
May your season be blessed….
Thank you, Coach. What a wonderful post. May God always bless you and keep your loved ones. We are all so blessed to have you in our Christmas family.
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Good Morning, Special People.
And today really is special!
It's day one of our annual and highly anticipated SPECIAL POST week.
Today, we begin with Ballcoach, with der Binger to follow tomorrow.
Then we continue with Christmasstar, Caninemom and Seawaters in that order.
Wow, Guys!
These are 5 days you just don't want to miss!
Almost makes this anticlimactic:
(But not quite)
Days to the Season: 5 (INCREDIBLY CLOSE!!)
Days to Christmas Day: 47 (Not far off from the 6 weeks mark!)
Days to Thanksgiving: 14 (Two weeks from today!)
Holy Holidays, Batman!!
It was a tad warmer yesterday but no so you would really notice it.
By contrast, we are supposed to reach or surpass 70 by the end of the week.
Can't wait!
I read 37 degrees here at this hour.
Have a Thoroughly Thrilling Thursday, Folks!
{ I had the above prepared but Ballcoach already had his special post out!
Fantastic start off for us, Coach. Truly heartfelt and well-written. Thank you, my friend! }
And today really is special!
It's day one of our annual and highly anticipated SPECIAL POST week.
Today, we begin with Ballcoach, with der Binger to follow tomorrow.
Then we continue with Christmasstar, Caninemom and Seawaters in that order.
Wow, Guys!
These are 5 days you just don't want to miss!
Almost makes this anticlimactic:
(But not quite)
Days to the Season: 5 (INCREDIBLY CLOSE!!)
Days to Christmas Day: 47 (Not far off from the 6 weeks mark!)
Days to Thanksgiving: 14 (Two weeks from today!)
Holy Holidays, Batman!!
It was a tad warmer yesterday but no so you would really notice it.
By contrast, we are supposed to reach or surpass 70 by the end of the week.
Can't wait!
I read 37 degrees here at this hour.
Have a Thoroughly Thrilling Thursday, Folks!
{ I had the above prepared but Ballcoach already had his special post out!
Fantastic start off for us, Coach. Truly heartfelt and well-written. Thank you, my friend! }
I have not been on in a couple of days then come here to read my first post, The Special Post! That brought tears to my eyes, Coach!!! That was beautiful!
Also Coach, thanks to you, I got all my Thanksgiving cooking done and in the freezer. I had read about you doing that and I thought I would do the same. That is what I have been busy with the past couple of days. I will just have the turkey to cook on Thanksgiving Day. No plans to cook that ahead of time, I love the smell of it cooking on that very day while watching the parade!
Caninemom, last I read your little furry child was having some issues and I have not been on since. How is the little one doing?
I am not going to have time to back track right now and read the post I have missed but I hope everyone is well!
Also Coach, thanks to you, I got all my Thanksgiving cooking done and in the freezer. I had read about you doing that and I thought I would do the same. That is what I have been busy with the past couple of days. I will just have the turkey to cook on Thanksgiving Day. No plans to cook that ahead of time, I love the smell of it cooking on that very day while watching the parade!
Caninemom, last I read your little furry child was having some issues and I have not been on since. How is the little one doing?
I am not going to have time to back track right now and read the post I have missed but I hope everyone is well!
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