Christmas Countdown - 2012

[Cetacea]

Good morning christmas gang!

Hope everything is fine.

@Christmasstar: You are welcome. I am happy you had a great day. A great day is always a special gift.

@Cm3: I am so happy everything turned out well at your work place. Hope it stays that way. Yes, both the ebook reader and the notebook are things I greatly appreciate and will take good care of. I am raised to be responsible when it comes down on spending money on something. Like not spending money I don't have and save up for bad times. Unfortunately a lot of people my age don't know this anymore and spend money without having it.

@Meceka & Made: How do october clouds look like? I am not aware on having different clouds for different seasons in my country.

 

[Crown 84]

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



Good Morning, Friends of the Season.

Monday behind us.
'Pines Day ahead.
And today?
Well......today is a MILESTONE DAY!

Days to the Season: 91
Days to Christmas Day: 133
THREE QUARTERS of the way to the Season.
<< What?? Crown! No! >>
Yes, 'tis true, 'tis true.
We really are that far along.
<< AAAUGH! I'm not ready. >>
Sorry.

Hey! Two dry days in a row. Wow!
(Take THAT, mosquitoes!)
We are at 68 degrees here, currently.

OK - DOEKAY
You have a Terrific Tuesday, one and all.
See you at the old S.P. tomorrow!

 

[Christmasstar]

i'm on weigh****chers at the minute, trying to lose a bit of weight, don't feel too comfortable in my skin at the minute, but it's hard because i love food soooo much! craving chocolate cakes, full english breakfasts, indian food, ice cream etc... going to be good for a while and see if i can lose the weight, then i'll allow myself these treats at the weekend.

Good Luck Johnor !!! You can do it !!! I know what you mean, though. I was on maintenance for nearly three years at the same weight and just let loose in April. Since then I have gained a HUGE amount of weight and I just don't have the motivation to go back to dieting......I am NEVER comfortable in my skin actually !! Take care, let us know how you are doing !! xo

I stopped eating "diet" food and started eating real food. I enjoy my chocolate and my Greek yogurt. I now eat with keeping in mind my stomach is only the size of my fist when empty and that is how much I eat at one sitting. I eat very slow paying attention to each bite and savoring it all. Started this on June 11 and have released 33lbs (do not loose it anymore as that implies I want to find it again).
Very simple way to eat, no weighing and measuring of anything.

 

[Christmasstar]

Good Morning MMC!

Day 2 of vacation Bible school.
Today we all get to dress like a Babylonian, from 650BC. Very hard to find pictures of them, seems they never took very many back then.

We are going to have to do everything inside today as it is going to rain most of the morning.

Then I meet my friend for lunch and then I have to be at work at 2 (until 9)

Good thing I have a bit of time now to say hi because I do not think I will have time the rest of the day!

 

[snowflake22]

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



Good Morning, Friends of the Season.

Monday behind us.
'Pines Day ahead.
And today?
Well......today is a MILESTONE DAY!

Days to the Season: 91
Days to Christmas Day: 133
THREE QUARTERS of the way to the Season.
<< What?? Crown! No! >>
Yes, 'tis true, 'tis true.
We really are that far along.
<< AAAUGH! I'm not ready. >>
Sorry.

Hey! Two dry days in a row. Wow!
(Take THAT, mosquitoes!)
We are at 68 degrees here, currently.

OK - DOEKAY
You have a Terrific Tuesday, one and all.
See you at the old S.P. tomorrow!

Happy Milestone Day!! :dance:

Day 2 of vacation Bible school.
Today we all get to dress like a Babylonian, from 650BC. Very hard to find pictures of them, seems they never took very many back then.

We are going to have to do everything inside today as it is going to rain most of the morning.

Then I meet my friend for lunch and then I have to be at work at 2 (until 9)

Good thing I have a bit of time now to say hi because I do not think I will have time the rest of the day!

Good Morning, CS!! Hope you have a lovely day as well!!! =]

 

[Christmas-A-Holic]

Good afternoon, everyone. Sorry I wasn't here yesterday. I was going to check in last evening, then I started to not feel very good. The stuff my kids, well about another after I went to lay down, I had it too. Thank goodness my sister was here and could watch the kids for me. God Bless her!

I am starting to feel better now. I've had some Gatorade so far and I think I am going to eat some soup here in a little bit.

Sorry you have all been sick. I hope everyone is better now! Take care.

Well I have been reading all your posts & I have made it to Sunday!! I'm catching up!

I wanted to tell you all about our chilly weekend! Our friends had a party Friday night - we were going to sit around a bonfire & grill out. It was so cold & windy outside we didn't even light a fire. We sat inside their building with the garage door open. All girls were in sweatshirts. It was so cold with the door open, we had to close it!!!
Saturday we went to an outdoor wine tasting/jazz fest with the girls in my family. I wore a jacket all day! Then we drove by someone's house who was burning leaves & my sister said "Oh it smells like FALL" - then another sister says "look at the clouds in the sky...we have OCTOBER clouds in August"!
Sunday it was cooler again! I had a jacket on for awhile yesterday afternoon sitting outside. We took the convertible out last night & ended up with windows up & heater on! It's supposed to be 88 on Thursday but the rest of the week is 70's & low 80's! Could it be Fall is moving in already????

Sounds like a great time!

 

[gabulldawg]

Just a very quick pop in this morning...Helllo Friends!! Busy day at work here...but I wanted to tell you....This morning as I was eating my eggs and toast I saw my first 2 Autumn themed Commercials...albeit one was a nasonex allergy spray but It was fall themed with the beautiful orange and yellow leaves all about...the second one was from (gosh I forget now) but it was the Fall fragrance collection from a fragrance company here in the US I just forget the name!!! but it was a neat commercial too with fall leaves and pumpkins all about...its coming everyone our favorite time of year!!! have a great day all!

 

[Christmas-A-Holic]

I didn't know they had a team in Baltimore....snicker snicker.

Just kidding SIT, just kidding! They are much better than my boys.

:lol:

One thing is clear after an afternoon spent on the minature golf course here at the campground. I won't be joining the PGA tour anytime soon.

I'm sure you will be on that tour in no time! :wink:

Day 2 of vacation Bible school.
Today we all get to dress like a Babylonian, from 650BC. Very hard to find pictures of them, seems they never took very many back then.

We are going to have to do everything inside today as it is going to rain most of the morning.

Then I meet my friend for lunch and then I have to be at work at 2 (until 9)

Good thing I have a bit of time now to say hi because I do not think I will have time the rest of the day!

Enjoy your day!

 

[Undrtakr]

Just a very quick pop in this morning...Helllo Friends!! Busy day at work here...but I wanted to tell you....This morning as I was eating my eggs and toast I saw my first 2 Autumn themed Commercials...albeit one was a nasonex allergy spray but It was fall themed with the beautiful orange and yellow leaves all about...the second one was from (gosh I forget now) but it was the Fall fragrance collection from a fragrance company here in the US I just forget the name!!! but it was a neat commercial too with fall leaves and pumpkins all about...its coming everyone our favorite time of year!!! have a great day all!

I think its airwick. I saw the same commercial too!

 

[Christmas-A-Holic]

Very busy week here between watching the grandchildren and working a few extra hours at work. I might not be online much but will do my best! It will also be a choice, if I have time, of facebook or MMC? Hmmm... I choose MMC!!! The best place to be! :thumbsup:


Mgramsey, still thinking and praying for you all.

Merrymistletoe, praying for you as well!

CM3, I hope everything is going well on the job!

Not sure if I missed out on anyone else but thinking of you all!

 

[Binger]

That's okey dokey artichokey.....

YABBBAAAAAAAAAAAAA

 

[Binger]

Busy week here... must buy more coffee.....

YABBBAAAAAAAA

 

[MerryCarey]

Sweet Christmas candy cane dreams to all! Oh and I hear Carl has some gingerbread camel cookies for us all at the Pines!

It's true! I snuck a photo ...

 

[MerryCarey]

Very busy week here between watching the grandchildren and working a few extra hours at work. I might not be online much but will do my best! It will also be a choice, if I have time, of facebook or MMC? Hmmm... I choose MMC!!! The best place to be! :thumbsup:

Good choice! Please don't go all-Facebook and deprive us non-Facebookers of your company. If you ever want to chat, ChristmasChatter.com is always open ... cheesy

 

[Seawaters]

Lol

talk about roughing it. We had to drive almost 5 miles to mcdonalds for dinner.

 

[Seawaters]

Your BEST EVER!!!

The Opera.. PART XIXIXX
Act One.. Scene One: The curtain opens to a blank stage… in the background someone is humming the theme song to “General Hospital..” Carl the Camel enters dressed in hospital scrubs and we see them with three Keurig coffee makers on each hump.. they dance….. 20 minutes later, the curtain closes… end Act One

Act Two: Opens with BradMac being proclaimed the Mayor of ChristmasTown… Jayish enters and does a Paus Du Lux wherein he strolls across the stage..entitled “Jaywalking”…. Brad sings the aria..”Free Coffee for everyone..” Binger, Christmas-a-holic, Snow in Texas, Coach and made sing the loudest aria ever entitled..” Heaven is Here and it is NOT called De Caf”… the crowd continues to rejoice….at times throwing up empty canisters of Keurig pods… end ACT 2…

Act Three.. Opens with Auntie Mistletoe singing the aria..” Coffee in Canada is made with Moose”… Solice enters and sings the aria…” Coffee in Norway is made with Sweden..” Shellie sings the aria..” In Ireland we drink Irish Coffee” Sugar 14..enters and sings the aria..” I make coffee then stick my finger in for a better taste..” In the background we see Coach running bases.. there is still much happiness in Christmas town… until.. skies darken and the neon pouring coffee cup in the background is turned off…enter.. The evil Crown… who sings the aria.. ” COFFEE: disrupts my normal sleep patterns 21.5 hours per day..” Plus I am angry at Mayor Brad for refusing to outlaw daylight savings time” ( they like additional darkness.. more sleeping time)… Crown then summons their powers and places a hex on Brad’s heart, causing him to be zipped into the plastic cylinder and shutting down the free coffee… we see TrackRebel slumped over the baby carriage moaning….
end Act Three…

Act Four: Curtain opens… there is darkness everywhere…Cainemom enters and sings the aria..” It is like Ohio in the Winter…” Seawaters sings the aria..” Ohhhh help… no one can function without Coffee” and we see her place flowers at the foot of the giant Keurig statue in the town square.. .. we see Made sleeping at their laptop.. and Christmasstar wandering the town square unable to focus or knit….
end Act Four…

Act Five ( finale)- Curtain opens.. Merry Carey sings the aria..”Due to the mild winters in New England.. I propose we all take a piece of our heart and recreate Brad’s heart…” Undertakr announces they are going to be the one responsible for the saving of Bradmac..” We see a giant line.. with Meceka, xmas 365, RadioJon, and MerryNoel all singing the aria..”Is this the line for a free sample of Pumpkin Rug remnants or the line to save Bradmac..” Suddenly, Maureen enters and uses her special powers of weaving plaid coffee filters.. she then places an IV into Brad’s canister where he walks through the trials of decaf and instant coffee wearing his hospital gown….and in one of the most beautiful and moving moments ever in operatic history.. he proclaims Crown forgiven since tea also has caffeine in it and thus, they are not to be harassed on St. Folgers Day…” the entire company comes together with Jayish at front and center, wearing a tu tu made of burlap coffee bean bags dancing a paus du lux entitled.. ”New Jersey..Tramps like us baby we were born to run..to the Coffeepot..” curtain closes..
END…

 

[Christmas-A-Holic]

Busy week here... must buy more coffee.....

YABBBAAAAAAAA

According to the UPS website, our Keurig is on it's way! That should keep my energy going for a busy week! My brother is a UPS driver, I should demand he bring it himself! =)

Good choice! Please don't go all-Facebook and deprive us non-Facebookers of your company. If you ever want to chat, ChristmasChatter.com is always open ... cheesy

MMC has always been my favorite online place! Facebook is nice but if I had to choose just one, it would be here! I think it might have something to do with Christmas???

I sometimes have trouble staying caught up on here, Facebook is even worse, lot's of updates all day long! I think I have "Liked" too many pages, which makes it hard to keep up. =)

 

[Seawaters]

This sounds so PERFECT.

Well I have been reading all your posts & I have made it to Sunday!! I'm catching up!

I wanted to tell you all about our chilly weekend! Our friends had a party Friday night - we were going to sit around a bonfire & grill out. It was so cold & windy outside we didn't even light a fire. We sat inside their building with the garage door open. All girls were in sweatshirts. It was so cold with the door open, we had to close it!!!
Saturday we went to an outdoor wine tasting/jazz fest with the girls in my family. I wore a jacket all day! Then we drove by someone's house who was burning leaves & my sister said "Oh it smells like FALL" - then another sister says "look at the clouds in the sky...we have OCTOBER clouds in August"!
Sunday it was cooler again! I had a jacket on for awhile yesterday afternoon sitting outside. We took the convertible out last night & ended up with windows up & heater on! It's supposed to be 88 on Thursday but the rest of the week is 70's & low 80's! Could it be Fall is moving in already????

 

[Seawaters]

Gotta head out to school in a few minutes. I overdid it at work yesterday and was too exhausted to get on MMC last night. Hope you all have a great day.

 

[Seawaters]

I love TrackRebel's tradition for the kids. I wish we had something like that for teachers!!!