here too...26c (78f) but humidity it will be 30c (86f) and will only be getting hotter as the week goes on.
Christmas Countdown - 2013
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Hello all!!!
It's been nearly a month since I have been here. Here it goes, just a little whining and I will quickly find my Christmas Cheer but summer has been extremely hard on me this year! I have been knocked down big time, keeping up with the 3 grandchildren while my daughter and son-in-law work and working my other job. The fatigue level was off the charts. Cabin fever really kicked in, just way too hot to do anything outdoors.
Good news, even through all this I have had fun with the grandchildren. We have stayed busy doing lots of fun things even when I am tired. We have spent a lot of time at the library checking out books and getting involved in the activities they have there, crafts, story telling and other things. We have been going to Chuck E. Cheese and other places like that. We TRY to take the bikes out some mornings if we are lucky enough to get a comfortable morning. That has maybe happened 3 times this summer. The kids have talked about Santa and Christmas all summer long and often ask to watch Christmas shows when they are over. I LOVE IT!
My brother and his family just got back from Alaska. It was great seeing them in pictures wearing jackets in August! They also visit North Pole, Alaska and saw Santa! I am so jealous!
Okay, time for you all up north to laugh but last week we got a "cool" front. The highs in the lower 90's waking up to temps in the lower 70's. It was heaven! It made me feel better. Saturday morning Wayne and I were able to take the bikes to the lake. We rode around, parked our bikes and rented a kayak then rode our bikes back to the car. We rode nearly 4 miles on the bike and did the kayak for an hour. We had a blast and can't wait to do it again! The lake was packed since the temps were nicer.
It has been a very busy summer! School starts next week so I will just have my granddaughter and my grandsons will return to school. I should have more time on here then.
I really miss you all and think of you all often! I hope everyone is well. If anyone has some great news to share with me that I might have missed on here, please send me a message!
Have a Merry Day my Christmas Friends! :!!
It's been nearly a month since I have been here. Here it goes, just a little whining and I will quickly find my Christmas Cheer but summer has been extremely hard on me this year! I have been knocked down big time, keeping up with the 3 grandchildren while my daughter and son-in-law work and working my other job. The fatigue level was off the charts. Cabin fever really kicked in, just way too hot to do anything outdoors.
Good news, even through all this I have had fun with the grandchildren. We have stayed busy doing lots of fun things even when I am tired. We have spent a lot of time at the library checking out books and getting involved in the activities they have there, crafts, story telling and other things. We have been going to Chuck E. Cheese and other places like that. We TRY to take the bikes out some mornings if we are lucky enough to get a comfortable morning. That has maybe happened 3 times this summer. The kids have talked about Santa and Christmas all summer long and often ask to watch Christmas shows when they are over. I LOVE IT!
My brother and his family just got back from Alaska. It was great seeing them in pictures wearing jackets in August! They also visit North Pole, Alaska and saw Santa! I am so jealous!
Okay, time for you all up north to laugh but last week we got a "cool" front. The highs in the lower 90's waking up to temps in the lower 70's. It was heaven! It made me feel better. Saturday morning Wayne and I were able to take the bikes to the lake. We rode around, parked our bikes and rented a kayak then rode our bikes back to the car. We rode nearly 4 miles on the bike and did the kayak for an hour. We had a blast and can't wait to do it again! The lake was packed since the temps were nicer.
It has been a very busy summer! School starts next week so I will just have my granddaughter and my grandsons will return to school. I should have more time on here then.
I really miss you all and think of you all often! I hope everyone is well. If anyone has some great news to share with me that I might have missed on here, please send me a message!
Have a Merry Day my Christmas Friends! :!!
Glad to have you back! Wasn't that cool front awesome! It cooled us down to the upper 80s and it was great. We're slowly creeping back up though to mid-90s. Hope you have a great week and get some rest.
Good morning everyone. I love this time of year as the anticipation for fall is off the charts! School has started. Football season is almost upon us. And Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer. Leaves will be changing before we know it.
Hope you all have a wonderful day.
Hope you all have a wonderful day.
I forgot to mention but I saw Santa shopping the feed store I work at! Well, he sure did look like him. He had the perfect white beard, wearing a bright red shirt under his denim overalls. He was a jolly fellow as well. 
I'm sorry you've been so exhausted, but I'm glad you're back!!
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Careful! He might be undercover, verifying the naughty/nice list! :smile:I forgot to mention but I saw Santa shopping the feed store I work at! Well, he sure did look like him. He had the perfect white beard, wearing a bright red shirt under his denim overalls. He was a jolly fellow as well.
Hey it's great to see you ChristmasAholic! Sounds like you had a terrific summer , happy to hear it! I hope you will have some time to catch up on some rest and relaxation soon....you are going to need it as we approach our favoutite time of year......
Yes so true, autum is on it's way. My kids return to school the first week of September and that will be our official end to the summer. Halloween is very much on my mind.
We got home from PIB yesterday to see that our Maple tree has already started changing!!!!
I forgot to mention but I saw Santa shopping the feed store I work at! Well, he sure did look like him. He had the perfect white beard, wearing a bright red shirt under his denim overalls. He was a jolly fellow as well.
Glad to hear is is starting to make an appearance again!!! :smile: Hope to see more of you! It sounds like you have had a very eventful summer!!
Good morning everyone!! I see I have a lot of catching up to do - 50 pages this weekend! WOW!!!! Lol! I have a few pictures to post from my trip to Ben Franklin on Thursday & also 1 pic from Put In Bay! Coming soon....
Make it a great day everyone!!!
Nice to see you, CAH!! You are missed!!
((Hugs))
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She's back!!!!! :???:
Sorry you have been so exhausted friend!!!!! Hope it cools down soon and you get some energy back soon!!!!
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made582
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MMC Lifer
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Christmas Crew
Louann Jeffries Award
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I forgot to mention but I saw Santa shopping the feed store I work at! Well, he sure did look like him. He had the perfect white beard, wearing a bright red shirt under his denim overalls. He was a jolly fellow as well.
He wasn't shopping!!! He was spying on you!!!!! I told him how you had disappeared and he said that he would check in on you.
Oh my! I think you are both right. I was behaving very nicely while he was there.
We had 81 in my senior class. The school turned 100 years old in 2012. At the rate it's going, DD will have 200+ in her senior class---9 years to go!
I haven't posted in a while, trying to get back to normal here. Two weeks ago, the day before school started, DH had a wreck on his way to work. A girl pulled out in front of him, in the rain, & he couldn't stop. His 18 year old truck was totalled. He was blessed to have only a few cuts & bruises. It could have been so much worse. They managed to miss hitting a stop sign, guardrail, & power pole, landing in a grassy ditch. DH bummed a ride to work from a neighbor/co-worker for two weeks, got tired of waiting on the insurance company, and bought a new truck on Saturday.
We are just thankful that everyone is okay. Truck was replaced, but DH couldn't be replaced. We hate that we now have two vehicle payments, but we are glad that we are still able to take the two trips we already had planned & paid for on Labor Day weekend & Fall Break. We will be extra thankful to be there this year!
DD has decided that she want to be a ninja for Halloween & she wants an XBox 360 for Christmas. DH & I will do without this Christmas & DD will get her wish (Santa will ask her to share with us!). Our Fall Break trip will also be my belated 40th birthday celebration & our pre-20th wedding anniversary celebration. Sometimes you have to combine celebrations to get to have one bigger celebration!
Long story short, we are now broke, but still blessed! Now that school is back in session, I'm ready for college football Saturdays (go Vols!) & all the end of the year holidays.
Scenes at Ben Franklin:
I love Ben Franklin!! Looks so beautiful!!
Thanks for posting them, Holiday =]
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