Christmas Countdown - 2012

[Seawaters]

Hope everyone enjoys.

This is a keeper... Click on coffee below.

Coffee

[FONT=Comic Sans MS, sans-serif]Life is not measured by the breaths we take but the moments that take our breath away [/FONT]​

 

[lauriebear]

A FULL EXTRA HOUR OF ZZZZ'S!!

Good Night, Everyone!

LOL!!! Hubby and I stayed up with neighbors and friends at the beach we watched the clock go from 1:59 AM to 1:00 AM - too funny!!! We had SO much fun!:wiggy:

 

[Seawaters]

For some reason, coffee is on my mind!!!

Good evening everybody! Hope this finds you having enjoyed your weekend! Tomorrow, it's back to the grind. But we are closing in on the week of Thanksgiving and that will be some time off for me. Two more weeks is what I keep telling myself...two more weeks...

Special posts start this week....got mine done Saturday night....

 

[merrymistletoe]

Hi all!

Had a pretty good weekend! We didn't do much Friday night...we were supposed to have 2 different sets of plans but both fell through. It was very weird for us to have a free night on a weekend! We are normally very busy or out with friends and family, so definitely a change of pace.

Saturday, hubs and I went shopping for my friend's baby shower and priced some water heaters. Luckily they weren't as expensive as we feared, and we're pretty sure we're going to replace ours within the next year. Saturday night we got together with some friends for another friend's birthday party. The wait at Buffalo Wild Wings was almost two hours, so we ended up at another sports bar down the street. We were lucky enough to get there in time to see Penn State pull down another win, and watch the Pitt/Notre Dame 3OT craziness! Afterwards, some of the friends came back to our place for drinks and games (Rock Band and Sour Apples to Apples).

Yesterday was my bridesmaid Amber's baby shower! It was A LOT of fun, probably the most fun I've ever had at one! The decorations and food were phenomenal, and she loved all her gifts! When that was over, some friends came back to our house to watch football. Two of our friends are rabid Steelers fans and I love the Giants, so we ordered pizza and spent hours yelling at the tv. While I am also a Steelers fan, my Giants love is bigger, so I was obviously disappointed in the end result (but still overall okay with it, lol). They ended up staying and talking til after 10, which I'm surprised hubs was able to stay up for because he notoriously falls asleep WAY before that!

I admittedly haven't done much today, I am slightly under the weather but I don't *feel* sick. I need to finish thank you cards, maybe run some errands, and a friend might be coming over to watch Dancing With the Stars, much to hubs' chagrin (he HATES the show). Hope you all have a great week!!!

my hubby is a Penn State fan also & has been for years! i hope you feel better!

I don't like it being dark when I get home. However, with daylight savings time, we have lots of kids waiting on school buses in the dark. At least now it is daylight. We had a bear approach some kids while they were eating and waiting on a school bus earlier this year. The kids didn't panic and knew what to do, (most of the boys had been bear hunting), but it could have been bad.

SCARY! good thing they knew what to do.

I was at Target yesterday buying new lights for our Christmas tree. Whee! I can't believe we're putting it up this week!

WOOHOO, i can feel your excitement!

well asked a few mmc members and gathered it from what they told me


bahahahaha!


I get the same for putting up outdoor decor AND you no somehting i dont care. i dont ask anything of them

you are exactly right. that's what i think too!

Hi everyone. Hope your weekends were nice. Stayed late at work today, a lot going on. Still no electric, but no worries the Condo Club house is now up and running and we can take nice hot shower there, I go to work very early in the AM so gas lines aren't a problem for me.

I hope all of you are well. I will check through the posts to see what I missed over the weekend.

Great to see you all again

sure hope you get power soon lauriebear! take care doll!

I'm one of 16% who said now.

cool, me too!

Good afternoon,

I am home sick today, just feeling blah. I stayed in bed until noon, but I think I am going to have some Nyquil and take another nap.

ttyl

oh no xmas, i hope you feel better really quick, fast, & in a hurry!

 

[lauriebear]

Good morning mmc
Its cold in ireland this morning
Have you,s any plans for today?
Our moviies 24 is now called christmas 24 so from now to after christmas its christmas movies all the tiime
Have a lot of housework to do today as i never got a chance all week but am gonna go to a wake 1st so that gonna take a few hours
So you all have a lovley sunday and talk soon
Hugs to all furbabies

Snickers wanted to say thanks for the hug!!! I love that these few channels do that!!! CHRISTMAS!!!!!!! Just bursting to call it out.

Hello World!!! *waves vigorously*

So much to do and so little time.........no, wait, I'm on holiday ALL WEEK so I can take all the time I like!!! I go back for a couple of weeks and then from Dec. 7th I'm off until January - how great is that???!!! How's everybody else doing???

I'm working my way through various things today which started with a long walk with the dogs. Bitterly cold but brilliant sunshine so it was lovely. I've compiled the Christmas Card Exchange List so once it closes today, we're all ready to go (point of note CLOSING DAY TODAY FOR THE EXCHANGES!!!) As Shellie said, Movies 24 is now Christmas 24 so I'll have the TV on whilst making an apple pie. Sometime over the next few days I'll have to sort out my begonias, if it isn't too late. They were stunning over the summer and I'd like to hold onto them until next year!!!!!

I may even feel inclined to bake cookies................oh, and it's the last episode of Downton Abbey tonight (unhappy smiley face) this series has flown by but luckily they're making a Christmas special!!!!

WAVES BACK VIGOROUSLY

Hi Mo!!! So glad you have some time off ENJOY!!! What kind of cookies are you thinking about making?!?!?!

G

Im so ready to decorate for Christmas.
Think I need to sit on my hands soon.. LOL

LOL I like that A LOT!!! I saw a picture me sitting on mine!!!! TOO FUNNY!

 

[caninemom3]

QVC, HSN, & Shopnbc Schedule for this week

Tuesday 11/6
9am Christmas Shoppe

Wednesday 11/7
12am Deck the Halls
3am Christmas Shoppe
7am Home for the Holidays with Dan
10am Heartfelt Holidays with Valerie
12pm Christmas Shoppe
2pm Your Home with Jill
6pm Heartfelt Holidays with Valerie
7pm Christmas Shoppe
8pm Deck the Halls

Thursday 11/8
2am Bethlehem Lights

Friday 11/9
Shopnbc
1am Home for the Holidays
1pm Home for the Holidays

HSN
2am Holiday Decorating
8am Holiday Decorating
1pm Holiday Decorating

Saturday 11/10
QVC
4am Christmas Shoppe

Thanks Made !! xo

 

[Seawaters]

I KNEW I had seen the following quote--I did in the signature of our very own Sugar. I think it's the perfect answer to the person who was irate about not respecting our veterans. (I say, "What's not to respect?")

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace & goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.
Calvin Coolidge

 

[caninemom3]

Well, Nov is here already!

Signs of the season are everywhere.
Stores already have either Xmas items on the shelves and are starting to decorate, some have already done so. Commercials on TV have started on the 1st.

I just happen to hit the grocery store on the 1st, and low and behold, the eggnog was already out, earlier then usual I might add.
Of course, we had to pick some up and had a glass to toast in the approaching Holiday season.

Slowly, signs of Xmas shopping are starting to take shape.

It won't be long now before the Xmas Season will be here!
The closest radio station I pick up will start playing Xmas music on the 15th!

Fitting as I consider mid Nov the start of the Holiday Season.

I have to say, I was surprised tonight on my way home from doing a bit of Holiday shopping to see a Xmas tree all lit up in a living room window already!

Now with the clocks going back and the temperatures coming down, it's beginning to feel more and more like Xmas!!

Nov has a lot going on for me too with various family birthdays and some vacation days coming up, including the Thanksgiving holiday, so it won't be long that we will be a month from the big day.

Another milestone tomorrow, we hit 7 weeks to Xmas Eve!

Have a great week all!

Cheers!!

ML

p.s
I posted so Halloween wedding pics, for those that are interested.

Thank you !!! I am heading there to see the pics !!

 

[caninemom3]

I only got through some of Saturday's post so not sure if you are better now. I hope you are!

I haven't been on facebook a lot lately and when I do I don't check too much on there so I missed your post. I pray he recovers completely andn no more issues!!!

Aww... I will be praying for Bo!

That was a great show-O. You da man RadioJonD-O!

I was better later that evening, CAH !! Thank you so much for caring xo

 

[caninemom3]

I have not been on since Saturday morning and don't have time to catch up on all post, my granddaughter will be here shortly.

Wayne and I celebrated his birthday all day Saturday. He got a few emails for free dinners at various restaurants so we went out for lunch and dinner and spent nearly the whole day going to different stores checking out Christmas goodies! We had the Christmas music blaring in the car most of the day, after I played the Birthday song by the Beatles! That might not sound like much of a birthday to those not into Christmas but we had a blast (I'm sure you all here at MMC understand)!

We were wild and didn't get home until 8:00 pm!!! Ha ha! :wiggy:

That sounds like an EXCELLENT way to celebrate a birthday to me !!! xo

 

[caninemom3]

what s up

Hey Track !! xo

 

[caninemom3]

Hi everyone. Hope your weekends were nice. Stayed late at work today, a lot going on. Still no electric, but no worries the Condo Club house is now up and running and we can take nice hot shower there, I go to work very early in the AM so gas lines aren't a problem for me.

I hope all of you are well. I will check through the posts to see what I missed over the weekend.

Great to see you all again

Always nice to see you LB !!! xoxo

 

[caninemom3]

Good afternoon,

I am home sick today, just feeling blah. I stayed in bed until noon, but I think I am going to have some Nyquil and take another nap.

ttyl

Hope you are feeling better soon !!! xo

 

[Seawaters]

Wish I could be there with you in McAdenville! I miss it so much, especially this time of year! Wave really big for me!!! If you go across the bridge, our house is the first one on the right--white with black shutters and a swimming pool on the side. Toot your horn as you go by and I will tell my BIL that it was you!!!

Good Morning all you fantabulous peeps!!!!:hello:

i woke up feeling great this morning. it might be the time change or it may just be the fact that Christmasis only 49 days away! woooohoooo! it was great getting up & going into the kitchen to make coffee & seeing Christmas stuff everywhere!!!! I can't wait till the "special" posts start this weekend, what a line up of talent!!

can you believe i've already caught criticism for decorating so early? yeah, i went to my mama & daddy's yesterday to pick daughter up (from her other home lol)& my brother was saying, "it's too early, it's too early!" i, of course, went on to explain to him that, to me, Thanksgiving is the kick off for it all...the whole season, & i want to be able to enjoy allllll of it & i can't until i know all my decorations are done. there's alot of work involved in putting it all out & i want to be able to enjoy everything!, not to mention that i have to put up everyone elses after Thanksgiving. lol

i can't remember who now but there's a band coming to town the 2nd week in December for a Christmas concert. i'm always so busy between work & home that i never get to do anything. the tickets are $10 so i told hubby we are gonna go. i can't wait! i do remember it being a beach band & i like that. there's a post on the door @ work so i'll find out & let y'all know.

hey seawaters, we are going to mcadenville, Christmas Town, U.S.A., this year too. we said we were last year & never did. i think the weekend after Thanksgiving we are going, i'm so excited!

has anyone seen the pumpkin flavored eggnog in theirstores yet? i was wondering how it is. i've had the sugar cookie kind but it is waaay too sweet to me.

i hope y'all have a great day & have Christmassy thoughts all day!:sparkle:

 

[xmas365]

The nap was good, I was woken up when my son came in and the phone rang at the same exact time. It was a stupid political robo-call, one more day until all these phone calls and mailers stop, we have been averaging 4-5 robo-calls a day, and 2-3 mailers a day. Just taking it easy now. I am hoping to rent Arthur Christmas tomorrow since it is coming out on DVD tomorrow.

Enjoy the evening.

 

[Seawaters]

Thinking of you during this time of uncertainty. Take care and don't get too discouraged.

Good morning everyone,

It's Monday. Another work week has begun. The good news? Well, next Monday will be the eve of the Christmas Season. Just over seven days until we can countdown (in real time) to the beginning of the Christmas Season!

I hope everyone enjoyed their extra hour of the weekend. I actually woke up this morning a little confused. I didn't awake in darkness like I had been doing the previous couple of weeks. The time change now has the sunrise at about 6:48 rather than the 7:30ish times we had last week. But, the days are still getting shorter. The sun sets tonight at 4:44 pm. That's early!

The temperature is still getting a little colder. We are currently at 0c (32f) with a -3 (27f) wind chill. Daytime highs are only supposed to reach about 6c (44f) for the rest of the week, too. Even the weather can tell you that the Christmas Season is on its way!

Yesterday was somewhat relaxing. Although they did not play too well, I was satisfied with a Packers victory. Kim and I also put our bikes in storage at a friend's place for the winter. Another sign! And the best sign of all? We may have turned on the Christmas lights last night. It just seems so much more peaceful with the decorations shining in the living room. I'll have to take some pictures soon!

Not a whole lot else is happening. Today is my last Monday at my job. My second last day at the job. My contract expires tomorrow. I'm hoping that something comes along as soon as possible. I need money and cannot be out of work very long! Again, it's terrible to have two degrees and a diploma and not be able to find work.

Have a great Monday, everyone! It is the final full work week before the Season begins!

 

[Seawaters]

Wow. That is so scary!

I don't like it being dark when I get home. However, with daylight savings time, we have lots of kids waiting on school buses in the dark. At least now it is daylight. We had a bear approach some kids while they were eating and waiting on a school bus earlier this year. The kids didn't panic and knew what to do, (most of the boys had been bear hunting), but it could have been bad.

 

[merrymistletoe]

Wish I could be there with you in McAdenville! I miss it so much, especially this time of year! Wave realy big for me!!! If you go across the bridge, our house is the first one on the right--white with black shutters and a swimming pool on the side. Toot your horn as you go by and I will tell my BIL that it was you!!!

i'll be sure & do that. as time nears i'll be on probably talking about it & you be sure to remind me! k?

 

[Seawaters]

It is SO GOOD to have you back. I am glad you are able to take a shower. I hated to say anything!!!

Hi everyone. Hope your weekends were nice. Stayed late at work today, a lot going on. Still no electric, but no worries the Condo Club house is now up and running and we can take nice hot shower there, I go to work very early in the AM so gas lines aren't a problem for me.

I hope all of you are well. I will check through the posts to see what I missed over the weekend.

Great to see you all again

 

[Seawaters]

So did I, Xmas!!!

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