Christmas Countdown - 2013

[HomemakinGirl]

Its certainly darker and cooler here now in the mornings and evenings yay!!!.
Ikeas had some lovely ivy wreaths and some swags of autumal leaves a bit of cutting and sticking im sure you could make something lovely for your door!.Im working on my website today, i am finding it hard but getting there, i had to take a computer course so i can do things properly rather than rushed!
hope everyone has a great day!

Good luck with the website Kizzy!!

 

[HomemakinGirl]

I wish her a successful road test and great driving lessons.
Sleep well!

Thank you!!!
I hope you are having a wonderful day!

 

[MerryCarey]

I love the ornament ... and the bubble-light candolier made me nostalgic. When I was a child, a neighbor of ours had a bubble-light candolier in a large side window every Christmas season. We would always pay her a visit on Christmas Eve afternoon, and I couldn't wait for dusk to fall so I could watch the bubble lights in the window against the darkening sky. I miss that sight.

This morning I took the boys to the Goodwill store to pick out some books, and of course I cannot go there without checking out the Christmas stuff. They had A LOT of Christmas stuff today, but I limited my purchase to 1 thing. I found a Jim Shore Christmas ornament for $4, I couldn't turn that down, even though there was a Santa that was a little more. This is the ornament here:

My wife loved it when she saw it.

I also got my Lakeside Christmas catalog in the mail today, I thumbed through it and I fell in love with this:

I know it is incredibly kitschy, but something about bubble lights bring me back to being 3 or 4 years old when I use to stare at them on our tree for periods of time. I WILL be ordering it after we get home from our vacation next week.

Good night everyone!!!

 

[HomemakinGirl]

Good morning, friends!!

Hope you have a blessed day!!

xx

Good morning to you too Snowflake :hi:

Hope you have a great day xo

 

[MerryCarey]

OK!
'Pines Day.
And Carl, being mindful that today is the 3/4 Season Milestone, has a new game.
Three quarters are hidden on the grounds of the Shispering Pines. Any lucky guest who find one can turn it in for a prize at the 'Pines gift shop.
(I hope they are redeemable for more than just camel coffee mugs!)

I wouldn't mind getting "just" a Carl camel coffee mug! I'd cherish it.

 

[HomemakinGirl]

Made wanted me to ask you guys to pass the collection plate around for is bail money...uh-oh!

He had a great night, and will take the scenic route home today & even stop & sample some chocolates too.

I wish I was along for that ride!!

So happy to hear he had a great time. Have a safe trip home Made!!!

 

[HomemakinGirl]

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



A Merry Milestone Morning to each and all!

(Seems like we just passed a big Milestone and here comes another!)

Days to the Season: 91
Days to Christmas Day: 133

And thus we enter the final quarter of our voyage.
My, My, My!

So exciting, thank you Crown!
Hope you have a great day!!!

 

[HomemakinGirl]

awesome!
I will actually have some time to go to the pines tonight.
Life has been very busy here and so not even time to do more than just say hello and good bye.
Hope you are all well. I am fine expect for my knee, it decided to go for a walk without me and is still sore as a result. It does not like stairs, so I have not been in the staff lunch room all week since it is up a very long set of stairs. Walking around is OK, but not bending. Anyway, that is my whine for the day, have to go. Working 8:30 to 4 today.
Have a great day.

Sending up prayers for you Star, hope your knee feels better soon!

 

[HomemakinGirl]

I haven't stopped by in a few days... we've been getting thigns ready for my big boy to go to KINDERGARTEN! Hard to believe when I joined this forum 5 years ago, he was just a little bitty baby. Time flies!

Anyway, it's a beautiful, cool day.. feels like fall! My mini pumpkins are almost ready. I wish I could take credit for them but I threw them in the garden last year for the squirrels! I thought I planted regular old pumpkins but when they looked a bit funky, I realized I planted BIG MAX pumpkins. Ay yi yi. No wonder the vines were so gigantic!!

Kindergarten is milestone, that is so exciting! Time sure does fly by, my "baby" will graduate high school this year.
Enjoy the cooler temperatures Judesmama, have a great day!!!

 

[HomemakinGirl]

Good Wednesday morning, my Christmas friends!

We made our weekly pilgrimage to nearby Statesboro for Jacob's guitar lesson. He's doing so well in his lessons that Chris, the music store owner and Jacob's guitar instructor, has added Jacob to the annual honors recital. Playing jazz, of all things. Those jazz chords are out of my league!

Chris has recently started building and selling his own like of guitars and amplifiers. Here's a link to an interview done for him while he was at the big music trade show this year: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzYhEf9MQrY Chris is a great kid. His older brother is one of my best friends, and played in the band with me for many, many years. We even survived a shootout in a bar one night...but that's a story for another day! LOL

I hope y'all have a great day! cheesy

Congratulations to Jacob :-D

 

[HomemakinGirl]

Good morning!
We have temperatures in the lower 60's this morning, we will have a high of 73 degrees today. Beautiful, expecially for August!
I have walked the dogs, straightened up the house and started laundry. I also drove my youngest in to work this morning, she had an early shift. My oldest will also be going in to work later this morning. My middle one has off but she will be working on a summer assignment for her nursing program. I can't believe we are half way through August already, they will be back in school before you know it.
Not too much planned for me today, typical day of errands and chores. I am definitely going to get outside and go for a couple of more walks with the dogs and enjoy the cooler temps!
I hope everyone is well and has a great day!!!

 

[xmas365]

Good morning,

Just relaxing before heading to work, I am entering my final 4 day stretch before vacay! I think my mind is already there though.

Happy Milestone Day!!!

I will start to receive my turkey order guides for Thanksgiving VERY soon, and the first deliveries of frozen turkeys will be in about 1.5 months.

Have a great Pines Day!!!

 

[Cetacea]

Made wanted me to ask you guys to pass the collection plate around for is bail money...uh-oh!

He had a great night, and will take the scenic route home today & even stop & sample some chocolates too.

I wish I was along for that ride!!


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Me, too!

Thank you!!!
I hope you are having a wonderful day!

Thank you! Yes my day has been pretty wonderful so far. I hope yours will be great as well.

Good morning!
We have temperatures in the lower 60's this morning, we will have a high of 73 degrees today. Beautiful, expecially for August!
I have walked the dogs, straightened up the house and started laundry. I also drove my youngest in to work this morning, she had an early shift. My oldest will also be going in to work later this morning. My middle one has off but she will be working on a summer assignment for her nursing program. I can't believe we are half way through August already, they will be back in school before you know it.
Not too much planned for me today, typical day of errands and chores. I am definitely going to get outside and go for a couple of more walks with the dogs and enjoy the cooler temps!
I hope everyone is well and has a great day!!!

We have temps around 70', but it is said to get warmer in the next couple days.

 

[snowflake22]

awesome!
I will actually have some time to go to the pines tonight.
Life has been very busy here and so not even time to do more than just say hello and good bye.
Hope you are all well. I am fine expect for my knee, it decided to go for a walk without me and is still sore as a result. It does not like stairs, so I have not been in the staff lunch room all week since it is up a very long set of stairs. Walking around is OK, but not bending. Anyway, that is my whine for the day, have to go. Working 8:30 to 4 today.
Have a great day.

Hope your knee is feeling better soon, CS. Thinking of you!


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[snowflake22]

Good Wednesday morning, my Christmas friends!

We made our weekly pilgrimage to nearby Statesboro for Jacob's guitar lesson. He's doing so well in his lessons that Chris, the music store owner and Jacob's guitar instructor, has added Jacob to the annual honors recital. Playing jazz, of all things. Those jazz chords are out of my league!

Chris has recently started building and selling his own like of guitars and amplifiers. Here's a link to an interview done for him while he was at the big music trade show this year: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzYhEf9MQrY Chris is a great kid. His older brother is one of my best friends, and played in the band with me for many, many years. We even survived a shootout in a bar one night...but that's a story for another day! LOL

I hope y'all have a great day! cheesy

Congrats to Jacob!!

That is awesome, Brad! Thanks for sharing!!

And I want to hear that story one day!


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[snowflake22]

Good morning to you too Snowflake :hi:

Hope you have a great day xo

Thanks, friend!! You too! Xo


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[Ryan]

Good morning all. Anyone talk to Made this morning? Hope he's doing good and had a fun, restful night under the stars. Me, I'm sitting behind my desk like a sucker...wishing I was camping.

Hope everyone has a great day. I took tomorrow off to stay home, as its the last day before school starts, and my wife will be at work getting things ready. So, it will just be me and the kids and I'm going to try and make it a fun day for them.

Kind of weird that school starts on a Friday but my wife prefers it that way. She said they can go over the rules and procedures and then start actual instruction time on Monday.

 

[snowflake22]

Good morning all. Anyone talk to Made this morning? Hope he's doing good and had a fun, restful night under the stars. Me, I'm sitting behind my desk like a sucker...wishing I was camping.

Hope everyone has a great day. I took tomorrow off to stay home, as its the last day before school starts, and my wife will be at work getting things ready. So, it will just be me and the kids and I'm going to try and make it a fun day for them.

Kind of weird that school starts on a Friday but my wife prefers it that way. She said they can go over the rules and procedures and then start actual instruction time on Monday.

Yes, I heard from him.
He had a nice night, and is taking the scenic route home =] And stopping to sample chocolates. Sounds like a great day to me!!

Enjoy your day off tomorrow with the kids!! How fun! What do you guys have planned?


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[Ryan]

Yes, I heard from him.
He had a nice night, and is taking the scenic route home =] And stopping to sample chocolates. Sounds like a great day to me!!

Enjoy your day off tomorrow with the kids!! How fun! What do you guys have planned?


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Thanks for the update Snowflake!

Not sure what we are going to do tomorrow. There's a place the kids love called Andy Alligators that I may take them to. It's one of those arcades (aka c*sino for children) where they try to win a bunch of tickets and get cheap prizes that we could buy for a lot lower cost at the store. cheesy It really reminds me of slots as the machines all have bells and whistles and lights that go off as they shoot out the tickets. But the kids love it so we go sometimes. We may do that.

By the way, I saw where a Halloween store has their sign up so they'll be opening soon! Can't wait!

 

[Bradmac]

Kind of weird that school starts on a Friday but my wife prefers it that way. She said they can go over the rules and procedures and then start actual instruction time on Monday.

My kids start this Friday, too. Oh, they're so sad.

For the last few years, they've been given a pretty good bit of homework to do...on the first day! :-o