Christmas Countdown - 2013

[Seawaters]

I hope your days before your vacay are uneventful so you can at least pretend it is restful. It is so exciting to hear about the turkeys! I love the sound of that! Your Jim Shore ornament is a fantastic find! And the bubble lights really bring back childhood memories for me. Thanks for sharing those, Xmas.

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!!!

 

[xmas365]

It is so exciting to hear about the turkeys! .

Speaking of turkeys, it is time to head to work.

Have a great day!


ttyt

 

[Seawaters]

Star, take care of yourself. I had a hurting knee when we went to Reno several years ago. I was miserable the whole time because several of the casinos had stairs. Even the few-steps ones killed me! Did you twist it or what?

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.

 

[MerryBells]

Good morning all! It's a gorgeous day in Maryland-it feels like Fall! We're enjoying sunny, breezy, 69 degree weather and the sky is that deep, darker blue that you see in the Fall. We have the windows open here at work, trying to enjoy it as much as we can. I'm lucky...I get off work at 3:00, and then I get to stay outside for awhile. cheesy

Hope everyone else has a great day too. And good weather!

 

[MerryCarey]

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

I saw a sign in our neighborhood, too. We don't do much for Halloween, but it would be fun to walk through and see what they've got when they're open!

Speaking of turkeys, it is time to head to work.

Have a great day!

Does this refer to the human "turkeys," the frozen turkeys, or (I suspect) both? cheesy I'm glad you have a vacay to look forward to in a few days.

 

[Holiday]

Greetings friends, I'm back! I have missed this forum like you would not believe. By the time I get caught up on all that I've missed it will be time to sip eggnog.

WELCOME BACK!!!!! I do believe you when you say by the time you get caught up, it will be time for drinking eggnog. LOL!

High 90s and even 100 degrees forecast for the rest of this week and next. UGH!!!

Oh my! Stay cool!! It was 49º this morning here!!! That's a little too chilly for August. I just went out to put a letter in the mailbox & I had to put my jacket on when I walked back in. The air felt COLD!

I can't wait until it's cold out and there are Christmas lights everywhere.

We have the cold part this morning!! :lol: But the sun is shining & it's a gorgeous day!

Good evening,

It was a long productive day today, we went and saw Percy Jackson 2, it was better than the first one, imo, and we enjoyed it. Then we did some more back to school clothes shopping for the boys. I also got my haircut which was long overdue, even the woman who cut my hair laughed a little when she saw how long it had gotten. All I got to say is I no longer look like a human Qtip anymore, thank god.

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!!!

LOVE them both!!! I get a haircut after work tonight & I can't hardly wait!!

Morning. I opened the window to a beautiful sunny but COLD morning! I read in the paper a few days ago that they are expecting a late autumn for us. Apprently the warm weather is due to return end of this week.

I feel a little glum today, I just need to cheer myself up. Browsing the forum will help I'm sure.

Where are you all with Autum/Fall decorating? When will you start?

I want to make an autumn wreath for the front door as we don't really get fall decorations here. I am not sure where to start! I was also thinking about getting a couple of houses from my christmas village and making a sort of Autumn/Halloween scene. This should lead nicely into the christmas season.

Happy Pines Day and Happy Milestone Day!!

I hope you are feeling better as the day goes on!! I saw some beautiful fall wreaths at the hardware store this week. There is a lady who makes them & sells them at the store. They are soo pretty. I especially like a small one - but they wanted $50 for it! It was too small for $50...but very pretty!

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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Awe...sounds like an awesome day in store for Made. Bet he has the same weather as me. Hope he brought a warm enough blankey!!

********** 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!


The heat and humidity are still with us.
So are the temps.
And the stickiness.
(It's on days like this I'm ready to just skip the remainder of the summer and just go straight to fall.)
We show 72 degrees here at this hour.

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!)
Anyway, I look to see each and every one of you there this evening.

Have a Wonderful Wednesday, Everybody!

Wouldn't miss it! YAY!!! Thanks Crown!!

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 heals really quick! Ouch!!

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!!

I hope he enjoys Kindergarten!! Time does fly!!! I saw the pumpkins in my uncles garden last night. Hard to believe it's almost pumpkin time!!!

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!

Congrats to Jacob!!!

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!!!

I am so mad at myself for sleeping in today & missing out on this awesome walking morning! My walking partner texted that she wasn't coming, so I thought I would sleep an extra 20 minutes...which turned into an extra hour & 20 minutes. DARNIT!!! Guess I will have to get a run in tonight! Supposed to be chilly tonight too!! Have a great day!

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!

Homework on the 1st day just seems NOT RIGHT! The kids here go back next week Wednesday! So hard to believe! Where did summer go??

 

[MerryCarey]

Good morning all! It's a gorgeous day in Maryland-it feels like Fall! We're enjoying sunny, breezy, 69 degree weather and the sky is that deep, darker blue that you see in the Fall. We have the windows open here at work, trying to enjoy it as much as we can. I'm lucky...I get off work at 3:00, and then I get to stay outside for awhile. cheesy

Hope everyone else has a great day too. And good weather!

That sounds gorgeous! I know what you mean about the sky---in my mind, I call it "October sky." There's no haze, so you see the deep, intense blue. Enjoy your post-3 p.m. afternoon!

 

[Seawaters]

This was a fun interview. I was so impressed, not only with his knowledge, but also with his "showmanship"! He seems very natural in front of a camera. I thought it was so fun that he named his different products after real people like the "Mean Jean" named after his MIL!!! So funny and at the same time so sweet. What a great opportunity for Jacob to work with someone of Chris' caliber! Go, Jacob. And go, Chris, too!

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

 

[Seawaters]

It is already getting warm here in northern California. Hubby is in the back part of the house doing some demo work, taking down some sheetrock. I still have some more packing up to do, so I should get in there before plastery stuff is everywhere! TTYL

 

[Ryan]

I saw a sign in our neighborhood, too. We don't do much for Halloween, but it would be fun to walk through and see what they've got when they're open!

I love going in the stores. Some items they sell are overly gory for my tastes. I enjoy spooky stuff for Halloween, but not disturbing and violent, if that makes any sense. There's far too much of that in the real world, in my opinion.

Sorry for my soapbox...I do love decorations and costumes though! I want to get a Halloween inflatable decoration for the yard this year. The kids would love it.

 

[Ryan]

I completely forgot its a milestone day. Entering the 4th quarter of our game? That's crazy, in a good way!

Oh man I bet Carl has some crazy stuff lined up for this evening at the Pines. Dare I even attend? I may regret it all in the morning...

 

[Ryan]

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

Homework on the first day!?! Teachers can be SO mean. Seawaters and the lovely Mrs. Ryan notwithstanding, of course .

 

[snowflake22]

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!

That sounds like a blast!! Hope you guys have a great time!!

Yay to the Halloween store!!


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[Holiday]

Good chilly morning!!! Hope you are all having a great HuMp Day/Pines Day/Milestone Day!! SO much to celebrate!! :grin:

It has been a busy week. Hubby is on vacation. He moved everything out of our spare bedroom upstairs on Monday, ripped up the carpet, yesterday he wiped down the walls & painted the ceiling. Last night he got a couple walls painted. Hoping to finish the painting before we leave for the weekend on Friday!

Monday night I picked a 5 gallon bucket full of tomatoes & got them all washed up & made some fesh salsa! Last night I ran the rest of them through the strainer & I have about 11 or 12 qt of juice ready to be boiled & canned! AFTER my hair cut!

Tomorrow is my hubby & my sisters birthday! We are planning to go out to eat at a restaurant/tavern where my nieces boyfriend is singing/playing (guitar) - Friday I'm off work - heading to Put In Bay! Wew! What a week! My brother & his whole family are in Put In Bay now (they come home today) - I have been dog sitting for their Mini Yorkie while they have been gone. She is so sweet!!

Yesterday I rec'd the Taste of Home "Comfort Food, Slow Cooker & Trick or Treat time" - I don't know why I was surprised to see it so soon. It made me smile...but it's bittersweet!!! Made me think of everyone here looking so fwd to fall & cooler temps. Gotta love the comfort foood time of year. Mmmmm!

Hope you are all having a great day!!

 

[Holiday]

Good morning all! It's a gorgeous day in Maryland-it feels like Fall! We're enjoying sunny, breezy, 69 degree weather and the sky is that deep, darker blue that you see in the Fall. We have the windows open here at work, trying to enjoy it as much as we can. I'm lucky...I get off work at 3:00, and then I get to stay outside for awhile. cheesy

Hope everyone else has a great day too. And good weather!

Enjoy your awesome day!!!!

It is already getting warm here in northern California. Hubby is in the back part of the house doing some demo work, taking down some sheetrock. I still have some more packing up to do, so I should get in there before plastery stuff is everywhere! TTYL

Hope you got everything put away before the plastery stuff invaded! :lol: (It does make a mess....)

Sugar - hope your hubby's finger is ok today!!!

 

[Seawaters]

Of course!!!

Homework on the first day!?! Teachers can be SO mean. Seawaters and the lovely Mrs. Ryan notwithstanding, of course .

 

[Bradmac]

We went to Hobby Lobby yesterday. Can you guess where I spent all of my time? cheesy

 

[Bradmac]

Hubby is on vacation. He moved everything out of our spare bedroom upstairs on Monday, ripped up the carpet, yesterday he wiped down the walls & painted the ceiling. Last night he got a couple walls painted. Hoping to finish the painting before we leave for the weekend on Friday!

[Inigo Montoya]"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."[/Inigo Montoya]

If you are a fan of The Princess Bride, like me. cheesy

 

[Holiday]

We went to Hobby Lobby yesterday. Can you guess where I spent all of my time?

AWESOME!!!!

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[Inigo Montoya]"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."[/Inigo Montoya]

If you are a fan of The Princess Bride, like me.

Ha ha ha!!! He is golfing now - for the 2nd time this week....if that makes you feel any better! :lol: AND this was his choice to paint this week - I didn't even bring it up! :lol: And we are going out for his bday torrow night & going away for the weekend, so it's not all work, work, work!!! Hee hee! Too funny!!!

 

[judesmama]

Brad, thanks for that pic!! Jealous!