Christmas Countdown - 2013

[made582]

I'll make room, I promise!!


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Okay, I'll bring my sleeping bag so I don't get to cold out there on the deck.

 

[xmas365]

The time has come.


Talk to you all tonight!!!!

 

[made582]

We can all fly up there and Adrian can have us waiting for her at home. When she comes in he can explain that we are all there because we care and are going to support her during the recovery process.


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LOL!!! Sounds like a great plan!!!!


I fully expected her to say that they were all Adrian's. So at least she is still in the Denial stage and hasn't gotten worse.

 

[made582]

The time has come.


Talk to you all tonight!!!!

Hope Work goes as smoothly as possible!!!

 

[Ryan]

LOL!!! Sounds like a great plan!!!!


I fully expected her to say that they were all Adrian's. So at least she is still in the Denial stage and hasn't gotten worse.

I would say we could stage the intervention tonight at the Pines but Carl would not be on board. Carl has always been one to celebrate excess!


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[Holiday]

Back from my shopping trip!! Only bought two things. A birthday gift for my aunt and a Santa for me. I'll post a pic here in a bit. I've got a bunch of them uploading to photobucket right now for the Blossoms thread.

Sounds like a fun trip!!!! I will have to check out your pics!

Good evening,

Why was it 80+*F on October 1? I spent most of my day outside doing my yardwork and now I have got an absolutely splitting headache from being in the warm sun. One of our 2 large maple trees in the front yard is almost barren of all leaves so I was able to clean those up so only one more tree to clean up as they fall off that one. I think the maple that all the leaves have fallen off of is slowly dying so it changes color and drops its leaves earlier than all the others.
I did run out earlier to Goodwill, found nada! Then I made a trip to Lowe's and they have almost all of their Christmas out.
Made, you would have loved it, they have an 18 inch Jim Shore Santa statue for about $49.

I would have taken pictures but I was being a wuss and chickened out on taking pictures for the Blossoms. Darn anxiety issues!

I hope you all had a great day so far, I will be popping in throughout the evening.

Glad to hear your headache is better today!! Nice find on the Santa/reindeer!!

Good evening friends! Just getting home and settled for the night. It's suppose to start raining tonight and turn cold...I still have the little ones tonight as Brandi and her sister and hubby are going out. I am tired and would like to stay and keep the boys rather that leave them with a sitter, so after dinner me and them are going to watch Home alone 1 Jordan loves hearing Kevin talk and he looks at him the whole movie it's really funny watching him.. Okay so another busy WARM day has come to an end. I hope it cools down for all of us this season because it just don't feel right unless it's cold! Goodnight talk to you all on hump day!

Hope you had a good night watching Home Alone w/ the kids! Hope Brandy & fam had fun too!!

Good evening!
I am turning in soon, I had a super busy day and I'm exhausted. I will catch up tomorrow. Just wanted to let you all know I was in the mall this afternoon and was offered a job with Yankee Candle!!! The hiring manager was in the store when I made my purchase, she must have liked how enthusiastic I was about their products. We started chatting and before I knew it she had me fill out an application and offered me a part time job. She wants to start training me on Thursday. I absolutely love that store. I really want to do it and I'm praying that I can handle it. My youngest has her drivers license now so maybe it will work out since the girls are all driving. I will keep you posted!!
Good night everyone, sweet dreams!


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JEALOUSY!!! I am a candle-aholic! That would be a bad store for me to work in! Lol! Awesome!

I got home around 7 p.m. No, I don't have any say in it. I answer to the traffic people, who answer to the account people, who answer to the clients. So if a client suddenly wants something on a short turnaround, or wants to make last-minute changes at 5:30, it must be done. That's the advertising biz. Today it was a billboard and a last-minute ad. Just seems like it's been happening more frequently lately. To look on the bright side ... at least we've got clients and plenty of work. We aren't twiddling our thumbs and laying people off. But it's so inconvenient sometimes, because you rarely know in advance when you have to stay late. To be fair, the agency I work for is better than most in terms of trying to minimize late work and weekend work. At other agencies, staying late often means past midnight. For us, past 8 p.m. Is unusual.

That would be frustrating!! I get so antsy to get out of here when it's quitting time, that when I end up having to stay 30 minutes over, I'm chomping at the bit to get outa here! :lol: And you do have a good attitude, even if it isn't great while waiting to get out...I would be the same way. LOL

Good Morning!
Happy Pines Day!
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This morning it was so dark when my alarm went of, it reminded me that the clocks will change at the end of the month! It is raining out but not as cold as I thought it would be. I managed the school run without getting soaked at least!

Rather uneventful day today, a bit of work to do, house work to catch up on, I need to decide on the wallpaper and the paint colour for the walls and I also need to start organising presents for my little ones birthday.

I am off to make breakfast for my youngest and order some groceries.

Have a great Wednesday everyone! How is it Wednesday already!!

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Have a good day!!

Good Morning, Folks.

Oh, say can you see.....
Can it be, can it be?

FIVE days off now from the ninety percent Home Stretch Milestone to Christmas Season 2013.

And the "Home Stretch" can mean only one thing -- that we are near to arrival at the Season!
(Better get crackin' on those Holiday plans!)

Days to the Season: 42
Days to Christmas Day: 84


Finally, a warming trend is upon us and should continue through this week with a chance of rain by week's end.
We have begun this fine day with 60 degrees here in the capital city of the great state of North Carolina.


Hey! Carl's got a special treat in store for all visitors to the Shispering Pines open house this evening.
Big-screen showings of all the Blossoms photos our members have posted to date!
And not only that, all contributors have their names automatically entered for Carl's special door prize drawing. I think it has to do with flowers.
(Hopefully NOT some sort of flower-coffee blend!)

See you there.
And have a Wonderful Wednesday!

YIPPEE! Can't wait to see all the photo's on the big screen! :grin:

Slept lousy last night, for some reason. Kept having dreams where I was tired but not able to sleep (on a long flight over the ocean, etc.). Just before I woke up I had just eluded some spies who were chasing me. What the heck!? But it looks like it'll be another gorgeous fall day here, so I'll try to wake up with a cup of strong tea and do my best today.

Get that tea in ya!!! Sorry you didn't sleep well!

Good morning!
It is going to be sunny and warm today. I walked the dogs nice and early, before it gets too hot. My air conditioner is already running. I am heading out to run a few errands now then back home for chores. I have to wear a white collar polo shirt to Yankee Candle tomorrow so I need to pick one up while I'm out. Not too much else going on today. My daughter has a job interview after school at Crabtree & Evelyn. I hope she gets in there, its a beautiful store. My other daughter has an interview with Coach on Friday. That would also be a nice store to get in to, as long as she doesn't want to buy a new handbag every time she gets a paycheck. So many stores around here are looking for help, they are definitely getting ready for the holiday season!
I hope everyone is well and has a wonderful day!!!

Good luck to you & the girls!!

Good Morning MMC!!!!! It's going to be a cloudy day here with a high around 80 degree's. There is a slight chance of rain too. Not to much going on here today. My bedroom closet is being over run with boxes from amazon and other places that I have ordered gifts from. So I'm going to try to condense everything down to just a few boxes until I start wrapping. I also need to do some laundry and my normal daily chores. I hope everyone is having a GREAT DAY!!!!!!!!!

I understand what you man about Amazon boxes! It's foggy/misting here! Have a good day!!!

absoloutely rubbish day today sometimes I really struggle to understand other people. So I am cheering myself up with 15 mins on here, with happy people who "get it". ( the whole Christmas thing)

I hope your day gets better!!!

 

[Holiday]

Good afternoon MMC! Now that is afternoon - I am finally caught up on posts! Wew! Been a busy morning at work! And thankfully it's almost time to go home for lunch!!! YAY!

Hope you are all having a great Hump Day/Pines Day!
:hi:

 

[Christmasstar]

Work time again, yeah! So happy to have work and be able to stand well enough to do it.
Have a good afternoon everyone!

 

[made582]

Oh, Eddie... If I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn to the carpet, I wouldn't be more surprised than I am now.



Christmas vacation is on Comedy Central right now!!!

 

[made582]

Work time again, yeah! So happy to have work and be able to stand well enough to do it.
Have a good afternoon everyone!

Have a good day Star!!!!

 

[XmasDreams]

Oh, Eddie... If I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn to the carpet, I wouldn't be more surprised than I am now.



Christmas vacation is on Comedy Central right now!!!

One of the best quotes from that movie. Wish was at home and not at work watching that right now,

 

[Festive Spirit]

As usual my country is lagging behind ;-). The second season just started last sunday. But because I didn't see the first season it doesn't make much sense to watch the second. Besides it runs very late, which is a no-go for me. I'm sure I'll be hooked on this show real soon. The theme of it is right up my alley.

One of my friend just told me about another series called "The blacklist" which just started in the united states. Do you know this one? Guess it will take a year or more until this one runs in German or Swiss TV channels.

I have not seen Blacklist as it is not being shown here yet. Hopefully we will get it soon! We are also behind in most US shows.

Yesterday I heard my first radio commercial for the symphony Christmas concert in the nearest larger city. That put a smile on my face on the drive home! The first Dixie Stampede Christmas commercial on tv is what gets DD & me to squealing & dancing. Those usually start in October too!

It's a great feeling when you start getting the signs especially in the early days when you least expect it!

 

[snowflake22]

We can all fly up there and Adrian can have us waiting for her at home. When she comes in he can explain that we are all there because we care and are going to support her during the recovery process.


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Party at my house!!! It's nice that you care, lol.


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[snowflake22]

Oh, Eddie... If I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn to the carpet, I wouldn't be more surprised than I am now.



Christmas vacation is on Comedy Central right now!!!

Yay!!!! Thanks for letting us know!!


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[Bradmac]

Rudolph's nose really glows!!!!

this one is my favorite. Nice!

Made, I just saw where Tom Clancy died. Did you ever read his stuff?

I've read many Tom Clancy novels, great stuff. RIP, Mr. Clancy.

 

[Ryan]

I've read many Tom Clancy novels, great stuff. RIP, Mr. Clancy.

I really enjoyed his book "Without Remorse."


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[Solice]

Good Evening!

 

[Ryan]

I am really in the Halloween spirit this year! I just posted a new thread in the Halloween section about ghost stories if any of you are interested.


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[Ryan]

Good Evening!

Hello Solice and good evening to you.


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[VictoriaLT]

I received my first set of Christmas shop coupons today! It really is starting!!

I'm just making dinner, I hope you all have a great day!

It really is starting! I have noticed that M&S already started its big autumn sale which means that Christmas stuff should be on display very soon. I can't wait for that because M&S usually have adorable Christmas decorations.

absoloutely rubbish day today sometimes I really struggle to understand other people. So I am cheering myself up with 15 mins on here, with happy people who "get it". ( the whole Christmas thing)

Oh, I know what do you mean. This is the reason why no-one of my friends, or even family members, don't really know how I personally feel about Christmas because I'm sure they wouldn't understand it. Anyway, I think that for the next time, we could meet and be two of us surrounded by people who 'don't get it' so you wouldn't need to be alone. :] But I think as Holiday is approaching quickly, it should put all people in the same mood so it should be okey soon, at least for a little while.

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Good evening everyone!

Hope everyone had a good day!

I went for some plant identification earlier today for university course. It definitely went much better than tree identification last week. ^^ I also got a lot of useful information for possible exchange to take part in next semester. It turned out to be complicated story overall so shortly, the deadline is in less than two weeks and there's too much paperwork to be done by that time to apply for the exchange. Although spending 5 months in Amsterdam sounds very attractive, I have to be realistic that I probably wouldn't be able to submit all the documents requested. It's very shame but oh well, I guess it has to be that way.