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Christmas Countdown - 2013

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brent said:
Good morning everyone!

We're nearly into the double digits of December. Hard to believe, isn't it? It was a quiet morning in terms of potential supply work. No real calls. I'm hoping for something tomorrow! At least this day off will allow me to do some laundry and a few things around the apartment.

Yesterday was nearly an all around good day. First, the Packers finally won and shed their embarrassing losing streak. Shortly after, I saw a friend from high school win the "Roar of the Rings" curling championships on national television (TSN). I actually know three of the four curlers on his team, too. Anyway, the win has qualified them to be Team Canada at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia. So happy for them!

Unfortunately, we didn't win our hockey game last night, but we were completely outmatched and played horribly. It was still nice to compete and get on the ice.

Of course, yesterday was also quite enjoyable thanks to the World's Largest Christmas Party! I enjoyed chatting with some of you on the christmas chatter website and listening to Jay on MCR! I'm already excited for next year. But, until then, we still have so much more to experience this 2013 Christmas Season!

Well, I should start that laundry. It's not going to do itself. Have a great Monday, everyone!! Continue enjoying your Christmas. Be sure to have a merry day! Merry Christmas!!
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sorry you did not win your game and even more that laundry does not do itself ! (that shatters me you know as I always thought it did :sad:)
 
HomemakinGirl said:
Good morning!
We got about an inch of snow last night before it turned over to rain and washed it away. We still have a light rain falling and will have a high of 45 degrees.
I am feeling better today. The migraine is gone and my head feels clear. It was a doozy, I didn't get much done yesterday. I'm hoping to make up for it today. I got some laundry done and started Italian Meatball Soup in the crock pot for dinner. My husband had more sanding to do last night and there is dust every where. I'm not even going to bother wasting my time cleaning it. I have better things to do, lots of Christmassy things to do! He's just going to make a mess again later anyway. I'm heading to the mall, there's more shopping to do. I can't wait until I finish shopping. I'm looking forward to staying in, playing Christmas music and wrapping gifts. I love wrapping gifts! Well I better head out and get some things done.
I hope everyone is well and has a wonderful day!!!


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wonderful your head is better!
That's a good attitude, when the house get dusy, go shopping! I like that!
 
Bradmac said:
Good Monday morning, my Christmas friends!

After the mind-numbing clothes shopping yesterday afternoon, we went to see The Journey at...no kidding...the largest church I've ever seen. Their main campus is as large as Bellville. As you enter the church, the bookstore is on the left, followed by the gift shop, then the coffee shop...it's amazing! We were taken into the concert arena (not the sanctuary. I never saw that.) and treated to live music and singing with production value that would make some Hollywood-type envious. They had TV cameras at different angle, some on arching booms, professional lighting,...Lordy, Lordy! I can't imaging what it costs just to maintain the building and grounds. I come a super small church. Our average attendance is 30.

Anyways, The Journey was awesome! It was cold and wet, which made it seem all the more realistic. There is a large pond near the church, and they ferried you across the "River Jordan", and you were conducted on a tour of the surprises that Mary and Joseph had in store for them, then by a Roman centurion to Bethlehem to register for the census. It was too long, and too cool to go into all the way, but I was super impressed!

Back to reality today. Jacob want another guitar for Christmas. And, of course, not the affordable one. I gotta have a talk with him this afternoon.

I hope y'all have a great day! cheesy
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what a wonderful way to spend the day! I would love to visit that place.
Jacob has good taste!
 
MerryCarey said:
Christmas tree in the office is up and lighted! (I didn't get to assemble it ... I was working on a job.) Decorations to come. It's fun to see the reactions of co-workers seeing it for the first time---surprise and delight!
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that is great, hopefully you get to add your creative touch to the tree too!
 
Meceka said:
Good afternoon, Christmas Family!

It is very cold and grey out today - a good day to be inside working on paperwork. Yay - that is what I am doing! A bit later I get to do some research and then chores await me this evening. All in all, a good and busy day!

Have a MERRY Monday!!!
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busy days are good too!
Hope it was a great one for you.
 
graywolf70 said:
That sounds so wonderful and glad you enjoyed it!!

A church in our area does, "The Lights of Lakeland," and the first year it was so lovely! Lights, giants trees, it was a large walk through, starting with Santa, his reindeer, elves, a toy shop, characters from The Grinch and Ruldolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Charlie Brown's Christmans, then moved phenomenal light displays. The hub was artificial snow, our version of "Rockefeller Center Tree," and their choir on risers singing carols. There was a military appreciation section showing home movies of their church members who were serving, and each of the branches of the military represented so you could go thank them for their service and make a donation that was divided among the families of those in service or who had been wounded in combat. They had fresh cookies, roasted chestnuts, cocoa and cider being served and handed out. Past all of that, and what you ended with was the walk through of the live nativity where they recreated the walk through of Bethlehem and story of each stage of Mary's conception to the birth and wise men. It was so beautiful, peaceful, uplifting and precious - the entire thing.

Over the years in their pursuit to do-it-one-better, they kept adding things, expanding to an adjacent property so they could make it bigger. The last year I went was 2011. It was awful. They practically shoved you through the nativity walk, skimped on the experience of it and made it like a huge maze you had to walk through, giving it a carnival feel. They made the whole focus on the children having characters there that had nothing to do with Christmas, its traditions or anything. Spiderman, Batman, Superman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Cinderella, Big Bird, etc.

I never even saw a tree, the snow was gone, the cocoa and cider vendors were no where - even the military display was gone. It was all focused on commercialism and the church made it feel like they tried to quickly usher people through the nativity story portion so as not offend those who just came to bring their kids to the light display. I was so disappointed I never went again.

I would love to find a display in my area like it again. So glad you and your family enjoyed the weekend! That's wonderful!

Hope you have a great day. :yahoo:
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that is really to bad, hope you find a good one again to go to .
 
graywolf70 said:
Good afternoon MMC Family.

I am NOT a happy Christmas elf today. Yesterday was the day we FINALLY got to do our tree. After the online party I started on the lights waiting for my son to get home so we could decorate. We have about 1400 lights on our tree. 400 multi-function white lights and then 1,000 multi-colored.

Last year I bought all new multi-colored lights. I noticed my old ones were dimming so before putting them on the tree last year, I went out and bought 1,000 new ones. Good quality ones too. They were all lit and beautiful last year when we took the tree down, and this year - 3 of the 5 sets are not functioning at all. I went through all 600 of the little bulbs and all 6 fuses. Nothing, nada, zilch, no twinkle. :-o

So I put on the white lights since they go on first and added on the two sets of colored lights that were working. Today I have to go... out there.... and buy more lights so we can finish decorating. Grrrr!!!

What happened to the days when a set of lights worked for years? My dad had the same set of lights on the tree for almost 10 years. I was with him when he bought them when I was 8. He replaced them the year after I graduated high school. LOL He bought new ones and two years later - needed to replace some of those. Ridiculous.

Oh well. Noah said, "I think it still looks beautiful Mom. We could just leave it as it is!" Love that kid. :)
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awe, that is to bad, but yes mom, it still looks great, in my imagination anyway! Disappointing. I have a few light out, but most are still working.
 
VictoriaLT said:
Good evening everyone! How was your day? :] Mine turned out to be incredibly good because the fact that my cousin finally became a dad made my day! His wife gave birth to a wonderful baby girl early this morning. I'm very VERY happy for them! ^^ I hope to go to Norway sometime to visit them. :]

I have been in a huge need to share my excitement with someone. ^^

Best wishes to all!
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congratulations to them! so exciting, hope you can make it out to see them soon.
 
VictoriaLT said:
Good evening everyone! How was your day? :] Mine turned out to be incredibly good because the fact that my cousin finally became a dad made my day! His wife gave birth to a wonderful baby girl early this morning. I'm very VERY happy for them! ^^ I hope to go to Norway sometime to visit them. :]

I have been in a huge need to share my excitement with someone. ^^

Best wishes to all!
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That's wonderful news, congratulations to your cousin and his wife!


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Christmasstar said:
how come? Is this because of your cold or did something else happen I missed? Praying all is well.
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Yep, because of my cold. I have a large white spot in the back of my throat, and a co-worker has strep throat. I am feeling a little better today, but my throat is still very sore & inflamed. I wanted to rule out strep while I had the day off. I was having second thoughts about going in, but just wanted to be safe.

Thank you for your prayers, CS!

All is ok, just need some extra rest.

xx


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jennifer91 said:

I am glad to hear that you are feeling better today! Italian meatball soup sounds delicious. Italian food is my favorite! Ugh, I know how it goes with the messy sanding. We just went through that a while ago when my dad redid a room in our house. I wish that I loved wrapping gifts! I am so terrible at it that it just makes me frustrated! Have a good day!!
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Thanks Jennifer!
My husband is renovating our kitchen but the project also snowballed in to the dining room, living room and den. So we have a big mess!
I hope you're having a good night!


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snowflake22 said:
Yep, because of my cold. I have a large white spot in the back of my throat, and a co-worker has strep throat. I am feeling a little better today, but my throat is still very sore & inflamed. I wanted to rule out strep while I had the day off. I was having second thoughts about going in, but just wanted to be safe.

Thank you for your prayers, CS!

All is ok, just need some extra rest.

xx
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ok, good, glad nothing serious, gets lots of rest!
 
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