Christmas Countdown - 2013

[graywolf70]

November 22, 2013 is the last time I have logged in?! Shame on me!

I MISS YOU ALL!

I hope you all had the Merriest Christmas ever!

Ours was fantastic!

Merry Christmas to you!!!

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[graywolf70]

Another great Christmas! Both my Wife's and My parents were here as well as our two sons! Now its time for me to start my annual tradition of saving a few ideas in my favorites menu for gifts for next year. Only 363 shopping days left!

LOL Thanks Slim.. I needed that.

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[Christmas-A-Holic]

I just realized I missed the Darlene Love fun here! I trust you all had good fun and lots of coffee???

Sorry I missed it, Binger!

 

[graywolf70]

Well I still have Christmas with my parents today and then the big Official Christmas with my ILs won't be till the 29th or 30th. We had a small thing with them Christmas Eve because my husband's youngest sister had to send her kids with her ex on Christmas day, around 11am. She wouldn't have them back till much later in the evening and wanted her parents to get to have as many of us there as possible on Christmas Eve/Day.

My husband's other younger sister is driving in from New Orleans on the 28th to pick up her kids, who flew in on the 21st to spend Christmas with their dad/her ex. ILs held off on the big spread and family bonfire till she can get here with her DH and kids.

Even with those two more acknowledgements of Christmas coming up - I'm trying, but I still am feeling that pressing sense of loss. I think too because it is my son's last Christmas with us as - our "child." Does that make sense? He's leaving for college in St. Louis, MO in August. Half the nation away. I think he'll come home for Christmas, but who knows?

I was watching the new Christmas movie with Candice Cameron where she is a real estate developer checking out the lodge that focuses on Christmas celebration. In it, the lodge owner is talking to her and says, "A son is a son till he takes a wife, but a daughter is a daughter for the rest of your life." I burst into tears.

There is so much coming up this year that I'm not looking forward to, I think I invested so much into this Christmas season emotionally that the close of it is feeling overwhelming.

Anyone remember that scene with Kevin Bacon in She's Having A Baby where he is strapped into that jet cart careening into a crash wall? That's what I feel like. LOL

Ah well... thankfully MMC is here and I can play on it all year through.

Merry Christmas everyone! I pray your Christmas is merry and bright. :-D

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[made582]

Good Morning MMC!!!!!! It's going to be a chilly day here with a high in the low 30's. That's better than the blizzard we had the day after Christmas last year. Not much on my agenda for today. Just lots of cleaning to do and trying to make room for all of these new gifts. Normally I would have got up this morning and went out looking for new decorations for next year but I really didn't see anything that caught my eye before Christmas. I'll still probably go out at some point because I need to get cards for the exchange next year and wrapping paper. No big bags of new ornaments though. I hope everyone is having a GREAT DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[made582]

My post Christmas blues have been replaced with the dread of having to report for Jury duty on Monday. Yuck!!! Don't they know that I'm supposed to be home watching the last of the Christmas movies on Hallmark!!!!

 

[made582]

November 22, 2013 is the last time I have logged in?! Shame on me!

That's right, shame on you!!!!!!! Your new year's resolution better be to spend more time on here next year!!!! LOL!!!!

Glad you guys had a great Christmas friend!!!!

 

[made582]

Good Morning, friends~

Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Hugs & Christmas blessings to you!!

xx

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Good Morning, Buddy!!!! Hope you aren't being over run at work by people trying to get good deals or return stuff!!!!

xx

 

[made582]

YAWWWWN!!

Well, it's time to post the morning cou.....

Wait!
Vacation.
No count until January first.
Bed.
More sleep.
YAWWWWWWN!!

See ya later.

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Enjoy your vacation Crown!!!!

 

[made582]

What a blessing Christmas was this year. We all got a couple of wonderful gifts, spent time around a table full of great food and wonderful company.
Time spent with family and friends was enjoyed and treasured.
Looking forward to bringing in the new year in just 6 days.

Glad you had a great Christmas Star!!!!

 

[made582]

Another great Christmas! Both my Wife's and My parents were here as well as our two sons! Now its time for me to start my annual tradition of saving a few ideas in my favorites menu for gifts for next year. Only 363 shopping days left!

Glad you had a great Christmas Slim!!!! I'll start looking for Stocking stuffers now!!

 

[HomemakinGirl]

Good morning!
My husband will be on vacation for the next week and school is out until January 6th. No big plans but it will be nice to have everyone around. My husband has plenty of work to do in the house and the girls will all be working at the outlets here and there.
I am not feeling sad today. I am determined to make next Christmas the best one yet. I let all of the construction in my house get me down this year. I was unorganized and frazzled most days. I am going to pull myself together. There is no better time than now to begin planning for Christmas 2014. I already updated my Christmas card list. I will be heading to Hallmark later to buy cards for next year and then Target to stock up on wrapping paper, tags and bows. I will also be working on Christmas gift lists!
I hope everyone is well and has a wonderful day :-D

 

[made582]

I just realized I missed the Darlene Love fun here! I trust you all had good fun and lots of coffee???

Sorry I missed it, Binger!

Yes you did!!!!!!

 

[made582]

Well I still have Christmas with my parents today and then the big Official Christmas with my ILs won't be till the 29th or 30th. We had a small thing with them Christmas Eve because my husband's youngest sister had to send her kids with her ex on Christmas day, around 11am. She wouldn't have them back till much later in the evening and wanted her parents to get to have as many of us there as possible on Christmas Eve/Day.

My husband's other younger sister is driving in from New Orleans on the 28th to pick up her kids, who flew in on the 21st to spend Christmas with their dad/her ex. ILs held off on the big spread and family bonfire till she can get here with her DH and kids.

Even with those two more acknowledgements of Christmas coming up - I'm trying, but I still am feeling that pressing sense of loss. I think too because it is my son's last Christmas with us as - our "child." Does that make sense? He's leaving for college in St. Louis, MO in August. Half the nation away. I think he'll come home for Christmas, but who knows?

I was watching the new Christmas movie with Candice Cameron where she is a real estate developer checking out the lodge that focuses on Christmas celebration. In it, the lodge owner is talking to her and says, "A son is a son till he takes a wife, but a daughter is a daughter for the rest of your life." I burst into tears.

There is so much coming up this year that I'm not looking forward to, I think I invested so much into this Christmas season emotionally that the close of it is feeling overwhelming.

Anyone remember that scene with Kevin Bacon in She's Having A Baby where he is strapped into that jet cart careening into a crash wall? That's what I feel like. LOL

Ah well... thankfully MMC is here and I can play on it all year through.

Merry Christmas everyone! I pray your Christmas is merry and bright. :-D

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Have fun celebrating Christmas with your Parents!!!!!

That's right, it's always Christmas here so there is no reason to be blue!!!!!

 

[VictoriaLT]

Good afternoon to all!

I hope that everyone's Christmas was MERRY and bright. ;]

I woke up on Tuesday morning feeling ill so I basically spent two days in bed eating smelly garlic and drinking lots of tea. I haven't had sore throat or running nose for years and now I got it on Holiday. Yuck. :/ Anyway, I managed to chat with my mum on Skype last night for 3 hours!!! (It probably was the longest chat we have ever had on Skype. ^^ )

I am now looking forward to going home for New Years. :]

Enjoy the rest of the holiday everyone! (I see that some of you have already started thinking about next year's Christmas or card exchange. Oh, I wish I could be that organized!)

Best wishes from cloudy and windy Scotland!

 

[made582]

Good morning!
My husband will be on vacation for the next week and school is out until January 6th. No big plans but it will be nice to have everyone around. My husband has plenty of work to do in the house and the girls will all be working at the outlets here and there.
I am not feeling sad today. I am determined to make next Christmas the best one yet. I let all of the construction in my house get me down this year. I was unorganized and frazzled most days. I am going to pull myself together. There is no better time than now to begin planning for Christmas 2014. I already updated my Christmas card list. I will be heading to Hallmark later to buy cards for next year and then Target to stock up on wrapping paper, tags and bows. I will also be working on Christmas gift lists!
I hope everyone is well and has a wonderful day :-D

Enjoy your time with the family HMG!!!!!!


That's the right attitude to have!!!! It's never to early to start planning!!!

 

[made582]

Good afternoon to all!

I hope that everyone's Christmas was MERRY and bright. ;]

I woke up on Tuesday morning feeling ill so I basically spent two days in bed eating smelly garlic and drinking lots of tea. I haven't had sore throat or running nose for years and now I got it on Holiday. Yuck. :/ Anyway, I managed to chat with my mum on Skype last night for 3 hours!!! (It probably was the longest chat we have ever had on Skype. ^^ )

I am now looking forward to going home for New Years. :]

Enjoy the rest of the holiday everyone! (I see that some of you have already started thinking about next year's Christmas or card exchange. Oh, I wish I could be that organized!)

Best wishes from cloudy and windy Scotland!

Sorry you were sick for Christmas Victoria!!!! Hope you feel better soon!!!!

Glad you got to spend some time chatting with your mom last night!!!!

 

[MerryCarey]

And so the after Christmas blues start......

I shouldn't have the blues yet, but it always makes me a little sad, coming home from our last Christmas outing on Christmas day....even though I am off work until Jan 3rd & even though we have Christmas parties Friday, Saturday & Sunday this week & even though I have a ton of Christmas movies on dvr & they are still showing them on Hallmark....it's just not the same after the 25th! I sound like such a whiner! I'm really looking forward to the next week & I will enjoy it to the max...just wish I could shake this sad feeling. [/SIZE]

I don't think you're a whiner. I think all of us here go through this to some extent. I know just what you mean when you say "it's just not the same after the 25th." We'll be watching some Christmas movies here in the next few days too, but the peak of the season has passed and it's more of an afterglow. But the celebration will continue!

 

[MerryCarey]

November 22, 2013 is the last time I have logged in?! Shame on me!

I MISS YOU ALL!

I hope you all had the Merriest Christmas ever!

Ours was fantastic!

Great to see you here! I'm glad you both had the fantastic Christmas you deserve!

 

[MerryCarey]

No real plans today, but I may knock a couple minor things off my to-do list, like setting up my "calendar book" for 2014 with appointments, reminders, and birthdays. I have an iPhone, but I'm afraid to trust everything to iCal---I get the reminders when I'm busy with something else and dismiss them. Later in the day we'll have some more Christmas films downstairs. Last night we sampled some of the DVDs we got for Christmas. I got Mr. a big set of rare films from archives, and he got me a big Blu-ray set of Buster Keaton films. I've seen a lot of Keaton films, but … wow! They never looked so good.

We're supposed to get a dusting of snow today!