Christmas Countdown - 2012

[merrymistletoe]

Well I took my niece's to the craft fair that my sister had a booth at today and managed to pick up a new ornament. Nothing fancy just a wooden star. While we were there my oldest niece wanted to say with her mommy. So my sister let her stay and help since they weren't real busy. So me and my youngest niece went to the dollar store since she kept crying that she wanted to go somewhere else. Now we are back home and she is watching Friday the 13th. It's to scary for me, but she seems to be enjoying it. LOL!!!!

how old is your niece? you don't think that will give her nightmares do you? oh well you know best!

Hey everyone! I am totally out of the loop as usual here. I have had a horrrid week...I mean one of the toughest I have had in a long while...I may not be around much anymore but I wish I had the time to hang around here more,All my friends here just keep me in your prayers cause I am having a tough time here!!! I hope Everyone is having a good weekend though,our leaves are now just beginning to turn so I am looking forward to that the next 2 to 3 weeks!!! Take care all!

sorry to hear things are so rough for you right now. i will be praying for you dawg!

 

[Solice]

Im updated, but my eyes hurts. I can hear my bed is calling for me...

Thanks for sharing pictures Brent. Love them.
It must have been amazing!
Meceka - hope the day gets better! Much much better!!
And Made - Friday the 13 - with Jason???
Well, I guess that's the end of your 'babysitting career'... LOL

Xmastidings- So scary. Im so glad you are safe!!

To all - Im thinking about you!

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Goodnight! ♥

 

[caninemom3]

Hey everyone! I am totally out of the loop as usual here. I have had a horrrid week...I mean one of the toughest I have had in a long while...I may not be around much anymore but I wish I had the time to hang around here more,All my friends here just keep me in your prayers cause I am having a tough time here!!! I hope Everyone is having a good weekend though,our leaves are now just beginning to turn so I am looking forward to that the next 2 to 3 weeks!!! Take care all!

Will definitely keep you in my prayers xo

 

[MerryCarey]

Just a quick Saturday hello ... It's been a busy day. The cable guy got here an hour after the scheduled window, but he called to let us know he'd be late, so I give 'em some points for that. We're up and running now. We didn't have to move boxes and furniture after all, 'cause he couldn't run a cable into this room---he would've had to go through the basement ceiling. So he set up the cable modem in the room across the hall and the computer runs on Wi-Fi. I'd prefer a hard connection, but it seems to be working fine. I've been sweating over getting the new email addresses up and running, and tomorrow I'll be digitally running around updating email addresses on various accounts. And we'll be losing the personal web space we had with the old provider, so I have to move the two little organization-info websites we run. Oh, joy! But, as Mr. says, people do this every day.

I'm too frazzled at the moment to shout out to individuals, but you can be sure I'm thinking of all of you, and hoping for things to improve for those of you who are having a rough time.

 

[caninemom3]

Just a quick Saturday hello ... It's been a busy day. The cable guy got here an hour after the scheduled window, but he called to let us know he'd be late, so I give 'em some points for that. We're up and running now. We didn't have to move boxes and furniture after all, 'cause he couldn't run a cable into this room---he would've had to go through the basement ceiling. So he set up the cable modem in the room across the hall and the computer runs on Wi-Fi. I'd prefer a hard connection, but it seems to be working fine. I've been sweating over getting the new email addresses up and running, and tomorrow I'll be digitally running around updating email addresses on various accounts. And we'll be losing the personal web space we had with the old provider, so I have to move the two little organization-info websites we run. Oh, joy! But, as Mr. says, people do this every day.

I'm too frazzled at the moment to shout out to individuals, but you can be sure I'm thinking of all of you, and hoping for things to improve for those of you who are having a rough time.

I find that having anyone from the outside come into your home is very stressful.......even if they are on time...Hope things become less stressful soon !! xo

 

[Meceka]

Hey everyone! I am totally out of the loop as usual here. I have had a horrrid week...I mean one of the toughest I have had in a long while...I may not be around much anymore but I wish I had the time to hang around here more,All my friends here just keep me in your prayers cause I am having a tough time here!!! I hope Everyone is having a good weekend though,our leaves are now just beginning to turn so I am looking forward to that the next 2 to 3 weeks!!! Take care all!

I hope things get better for you, Dawg ~ I will keep you and your family in my prayers.

 

[brent]

OMG! I'm so glad you had such an epic night ~ thank you for sharing the pix with us!!!

You're welcome. It was very epic! I'm still riding on a high. If anyone is interested, the link to all 116 photos from my camera is here

 

[Christmasstar]

Good Saturday morning, my Christmas friends!

I'm here at Bernie's, and I just finished cooking breakfast. In addition to the sausage, bacon & egg, and coffee, we also do a breakfast pizza. It's topped with sausage, bacon & scrambled eggs, but no tomato sauce. I think I like it better than a pepperoni pizza...if I could still have pizza.

I hope y'all have a great day! cheesy

sounds yummy!

 

[brent]

what other 2 outfits do you have? you'll have to let everyone here pick for you since your unsure!!!!





OH MY GOSH-OH MY GOSH-OH MY GOSH!!!!!thanks for posting these pics! ask Kim for me-was his butt firm or squishy? lol don't judge, just ask.

i am a huge fan so this is way cool of you to post these for us.

All the photos are here

You're welcome for posting. I'm glad everyone here has been so receptive to it. But, he is the Boss and he is a true musical legend.

Kim says that his butt was firm. It's something she'll always remember.

 

[brent]

Brillant photo.s glad you had a lovely time

You're welcome!

 

[brent]

Im updated, but my eyes hurts. I can hear my bed is calling for me...

Thanks for sharing pictures Brent. Love them.
It must have been amazing!
Meceka - hope the day gets better! Much much better!!
And Made - Friday the 13 - with Jason???
Well, I guess that's the end of your 'babysitting career'... LOL

Xmastidings- So scary. Im so glad you are safe!!

To all - Im thinking about you!

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Goodnight! ♥

You're welcome. It was real amazing.

 

[brent]

I have returned from Rideau Centre. I spotted Christmas Street at The Bay! It's tucked away on the bottom floor now. I guess they needed more space than the catwalk could provide! Pictures in the Blossoms thread coming shortly!

 

[Christmasstar]

Wow, last night we got rocked with some serious storms last night. I work on the 4th floor of the building and was working a little late when all of sudden bam... it hit, the lights started flickering, the building was shuttering, and for a few seconds, I thought the windows were going to blow in. The weather channel had issued a tornado warning, but I was not aware of it and so I got startled big time... Lucky it passed North of us and what I felt was just the thunderstorm portions. Here is a little clip from one of our local weather channels:

BALTIMORE –

Fast-moving severe thunderstorm cells dumped heavy rain and hail along the Interstate 83 corridor in Baltimore County before moving along to northwestern Harford County early Friday evening, prompting a tornado warning for about an hour.
The National Weather Service indicated that a radar-indicated tornado moved northeast at 30 mph in the Jarrettsville area of Harford County. The tornado was not immediately confirmed.

11 Insta-Weather PLUS Chief Meteorologist Tom Tasselmyer said the storm continued upper-level winds ranging from 80 to 100 mph.

All I can say is wow, for a few minutes, I was a little nervous. Needless to say, my plans for putting up additional Halloween decorations outside last night, was just a bit cancelled....

Well, hope everyone has a nice and relaxing weekend, me, I'm back at the office... "hey, gotta to get it while you can...Christmas will be here before we know it..."lol.

wow, so gald you are safe!

 

[Christmasstar]

Good afternoon everyone!

I didn't visit yesterday. Sorry for that. I don't even have time right now to read the posts on the forums either. Sorry for this as well. My mom arrived late Thursday afternoon and we have been very busy since. Yesterday, we spent the entire day attempting to get into the pit at the Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band concert. Oh, my goodness. What a show! In order to get into the pit, we needed to be at least 500 numbers away from the randomly drawn number at 4:45 pm. We arrived at 1:30. Our numbers were 194-6 (Kim, myself and my mom - in that order). The number 461 was drawn. There were only 704 bracelets given out, which meant that we were within the final 60 to get into the pit! Incredible! We were about six rows back in the centre from The Boss!

I'll attach a few photos here for your viewing pleasures. I'm sure there must be a few people on here that are fans of the legend as well. I must say... He put on the greatest show I have ever witness. Even at 63 - not that its old - he could still move like someone in their prime. The energy he exuded and filled the arena with was unsurmountable. Ottawa is known as a fairly relaxed crowd, but for the first time I have ever seen, Bruce had everyone out of their seats and dancing. The three of us had the time of our lives.

Highlights included the three of us helping Bruce crowd surf from the catwalk back to the stage during Hungry Heart! My mom was freaking out because she finally touched the "man of her dreams," I was excited that I carried him for a few seconds... and then Kim was thrilled that she "touched/grabbed Bruce's butt!" It was a great experience. I loved it.

Guitarist Nils Lofgren and Bruce:

Bruce:

Stevie and The Boss talkin' bout "Glory Days":

I am still in awe of this show. Wow. More good news... I'm heading to the Rideau Centre today. Maybe Christmas will finally be "blossoming" in Ottawa. Time will tell! Have a wonderful Saturday, everyone!!

that is so awesome! Sounds like you had such a great time!

 

[merrymistletoe]

All the photos are here

You're welcome for posting. I'm glad everyone here has been so receptive to it. But, he is the Boss and he is a true musical legend.

Kim says that his butt was firm. It's something she'll always remember.

very cool! i checked out all the pics. tell Kim i said thanks for the info. that's what i thought.

 

[gabulldawg]

I am finally done with the kitchen!! as in the dishes wiping and mopping floors! it's been a beautiful day weather wise,hig of 78F low this morning made it down to 49F and still the same tonight...I am looking forward to our leaves beginning to change and fall..I still have to go get halloween candy it's next week! Has everyone seen the cute Mand M and reeeses cup commercials for halloween??!!
Thanks everyone for the prayers and cool vibes being sent my way,it's just been a difficult week in so many ways,sometimes little things pile up one after the other then before you know it's a mountain! But Things will get better !!! I hope everyone has a great Fall evening! for those of you in the northern most climates curl up to the fire and watch a great Halloween movie!!! it's almost time for my annual viewing of Halloween II oh and of course Halloween one!.lol Goodnight all! Hope to check in with yall tomorrow!

 

[xmas365]

Hey everyone! I am totally out of the loop as usual here. I have had a horrrid week...I mean one of the toughest I have had in a long while...I may not be around much anymore but I wish I had the time to hang around here more,All my friends here just keep me in your prayers cause I am having a tough time here!!! I hope Everyone is having a good weekend though,our leaves are now just beginning to turn so I am looking forward to that the next 2 to 3 weeks!!! Take care all!

I will keep you in my thoughts.

 

[xmas365]

Good night all!

 

[Christmasstar]

Well I took my niece's to the craft fair that my sister had a booth at today and managed to pick up a new ornament. Nothing fancy just a wooden star. While we were there my oldest niece wanted to say with her mommy. So my sister let her stay and help since they weren't real busy. So me and my youngest niece went to the dollar store since she kept crying that she wanted to go somewhere else. Now we are back home and she is watching Friday the 13th. It's to scary for me, but she seems to be enjoying it. LOL!!!!

I think a wooden star is just perfect!
I shudder thinking about that movie and I have only seen a tiny bit of it!

 

[Christmasstar]

Hey everyone! I am totally out of the loop as usual here. I have had a horrrid week...I mean one of the toughest I have had in a long while...I may not be around much anymore but I wish I had the time to hang around here more,All my friends here just keep me in your prayers cause I am having a tough time here!!! I hope Everyone is having a good weekend though,our leaves are now just beginning to turn so I am looking forward to that the next 2 to 3 weeks!!! Take care all!

praying for you!
So sorry to hear you are having a tough time. ((((HUGS)))))