Christmas Countdown - 2014

[Christmas-A-Holic]

Nope, I escaped with my bank account intact. I can resist the ornaments, it's the Jim Shore Santa's that almost got me!!!!!

I don't know if I would categorize painting toenails and fingernails as fun, but I did get to spend some time with them. They apparently enjoyed it though because they had to come in here later this afternoon to spend the night. LOL!!!!!!

xx

You got your fingernails and toenails painted? What color? :lol:

Every time I see Jim Shore Santas I think of you!

I am glad you had a nice day!

 

[Christmas-A-Holic]

Good evening,

It was a long day here, not too busy but when I got home I passed out while reading the news on my tablet in my hand and woke up and everyone had already eaten dinner.

I suggested going to Hallmark tomorrow, my wife asked why and I said it is Premiere weekend. I got the eye roll. cheesy

I think I will head to bed early, I am beat. Day off tomorrow!!!


4 more work days 'til vacation!!


Good night, everyone!

Enjoy your day off. I hope you can make it to Hallmark!

 

[snowflake22]

Hope you are having a great time with your parents, Friend!!!!!!

Enjoy that time on the deck!!!!!!!

Thanks, made! We are!!!
It sprinkled most of the time we were out there, but no one noticed much. We were having too much fun!

Here is a picture I took of our very own lonestar_kringle that Wayne and I met today at Hallmark today.

I also should mention that I asked Santa where he was employed during the holidays and he said Neiman Marcus in Downtown Dallas. We told him that we were at the tree lighting ceremony last November near Neimans. He told us he was the one there who flipped the switch! How cool is that?

I had asked Santa how much longer would he be at Hallmark today in case my grandkids could get there to see him. He pulled out a real nice pocket watch which I was impressed with. He pulled out another object that I thought was another pocket watch and he said it was his compass! I loved all the details of his suit! So happy he had that compass so we can all rest assure that he will find us Christmas Eve!

Out of all my Hallmark Christmas in July visits, this one was the best! Thanks Santa!

What a charming & kind looking Santa!!
Glad you guys had such a magical time today!!

Is that the deck you all are hanging out on????? That would be nice, huh???

Enjoy your visit with your parents!

Ha! I wish!!
Thanks, we are having a wonderful time!! <3

Good evening,

It was a long day here, not too busy but when I got home I passed out while reading the news on my tablet in my hand and woke up and everyone had already eaten dinner.

I suggested going to Hallmark tomorrow, my wife asked why and I said it is Premiere weekend. I got the eye roll.

I think I will head to bed early, I am beat. Day off tomorrow!!!


4 more work days 'til vacation!!


Good night, everyone!

Enjoy your day off tomorrow!!
4 DAYS!!! :yahoo:

 

[Christmas-A-Holic]

Ha! I wish!!
Thanks, we are having a wonderful time!! <3

Did you all go out for Mexican food???

 

[made582]

Here is a picture I took of our very own lonestar_kringle that Wayne and I met today at Hallmark today.

I also should mention that I asked Santa where he was employed during the holidays and he said Neiman Marcus in Downtown Dallas. We told him that we were at the tree lighting ceremony last November near Neimans. He told us he was the one there who flipped the switch! How cool is that?

I had asked Santa how much longer would he be at Hallmark today in case my grandkids could get there to see him. He pulled out a real nice pocket watch which I was impressed with. He pulled out another object that I thought was another pocket watch and he said it was his compass! I loved all the details of his suit! So happy he had that compass so we can all rest assure that he will find us Christmas Eve!

Out of all my Hallmark Christmas in July visits, this one was the best! Thanks Santa!

Santa sounds amazing!!!!!!

Good evening,

It was a long day here, not too busy but when I got home I passed out while reading the news on my tablet in my hand and woke up and everyone had already eaten dinner.

I suggested going to Hallmark tomorrow, my wife asked why and I said it is Premiere weekend. I got the eye roll.

I think I will head to bed early, I am beat. Day off tomorrow!!!


4 more work days 'til vacation!!


Good night, everyone!

Enjoy your day off tomorrow!!!!!!

Goodnight!!!!!

You got your fingernails and toenails painted? What color? :lol:

Every time I see Jim Shore Santas I think of you!

I am glad you had a nice day!

LOL!!!!! No!!!!!! I was painting their fingernails and toenails!!!!

 

[made582]

Thanks, made! We are!!!
It sprinkled most of the time we were out there, but no one noticed much. We were having too much fun!

With as warm as it is here, I would have gladly say out in them too!!!!!

 

[snowflake22]

Did you all go out for Mexican food???

Yes, we did!! We introduced them to our favorite place here =]
Ate way too much food! Chips, salsa, queso, tilapia, shrimp enchiladas, chimichangas, rice, and beans! ahhh!! We are still stuffed!

 

[made582]

Did you all go out for Mexican food???

Yes, we did!! We introduced them to our favorite place here =]
Ate way too much food! Chips, salsa, queso, tilapia, shrimp enchiladas, chimichangas, rice, and beans! ahhh!! We are still stuffed!

Listen to her rubbing it in to the rest of us when she knows we are craving it too!!!!!! :lol:

 

[snowflake22]

With as warm as it is here, I would have gladly say out in them too!!!!!

It has cooled down here, but still 96-100% humidity. Gross!
:razz:
Monday, the high is in the 60's! CRAZY!!!

 

[Christmas-A-Holic]

Yes, we did!! We introduced them to our favorite place here =]
Ate way too much food! Chips, salsa, queso, tilapia, shrimp enchiladas, chimichangas, rice, and beans! ahhh!! We are still stuffed!

Yummy!!!

 

[snowflake22]

Listen to her rubbing it in to the rest of us when she knows we are craving it too!!!!!! :lol:

You guys can always join us! We'd love to see you!

Made, I'm sure you have Mexican restaurants!! LOL!!! :wiggy:

 

[Christmas-A-Holic]

LOL!!!!! No!!!!!! I was painting their fingernails and toenails!!!!

:lol:

Listen to her rubbing it in to the rest of us when she knows we are craving it too!!!!!! :lol:

Ha ha ha!

We have a Mexican food restaurant on every corner here but I just cannot seem to get to one of them!

 

[HomemakinGirl]

Hi everyone!

Just a quick post/update as I am currently in the Toronto City Centre Airport. Currently, I am en route back to Sault Ste. Marie. I'm sure that some of you saw on facebook, my 99-year-old grandmother passed away on Tuesday evening. Initially, the news hit me pretty hard. Since Wednesday, however, I've become proud of her accomplishment(s). You can't be disappointed with 99 years. She did a great job. The funeral will be fairly quiet, but I am sure I will shed a few tears. I would like to thank everyone that has sent positive vibes my way.

As for me, I am currently working at Passport Canada again for the summer... Hence, why I haven't been here. I have little to no internet access throughout the day. It's tough to do anything on such a strict schedule.

Also, I am trying to save money for my trip to Italy, where I will be competing in the World Ultimate Club Championships with my team (www.worlds2014.org), but my bank account doesn't seem to be increasing at all. If only there was a way to start some sort funding initiative! ...my debt will probably just increase after all this...

My plane is now boarding. I'll be home in the Sault until Tuesday, so I am sure that I will have a few opportunities to drop in.

Have a great Saturday, everyone!

I'm sorry to hear about your grandmother Brent, I will keep you and your family in my prayers.

Good evening! I've just came back from my final training. It made things even more confusing rather than simpler and clearer. The hockey centre, where I'm based at, is not fully set up yet so walking around the venue didn't help much because we know that most of the things will be re-allocated in next few days. Oh, it looks like first couple of days of my shifts will be very messy. Luckily, I got a map of how completed venue will look like so I will try to carefully study it. Maybe it will make things a little bit easier.

I hope the map helps to make things easier for you Victoria, enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Good afternoon! Hope this finds everyone doing great! Got back into town last night about 5:00, ate supper, played with the Bambina, and fell asleep by 7:00. Paid for it when we all woke up at 2:00 this morning. Baby wanted to play and Daddy wanted to oblige. That went on til about 5:30 a.m. when we all went back to sleep. Haven't been up long! Gotta start packing....turn around and leave again tomorrow. Ugh...

Presenting this week at National High Schools that work. Kinda excited, kinda not. When I was asked earlier this year, it sounded like a great idea. Now that it's time to go, I'm kinda dreading it. I missed the heck out of that little girl last week. New Orleans was fun, the conference was good, but I'm exhausted. No rest for the weary...gotta keep trucking.

I will see yall later on in the day. Hope everyone is doing great!

Enjoy your evening ballcoach and have a safe trip tomorrow.

Hello all. We are about to start our anniversary date but I just wanted to check in here and say hi.

Dad is feeling better today. Thank you for all the prayers!

Have a great Saturday!

I'm glad your Dad is feeling better, that's great news.
Enjoy your date night Ryan and Happy Anniversary!!!

Good Afternoon, MMC!!!!!! It's a muggy day here in Central Indy where the rain just arrived. So hopefully it will help with that problem. I spent most of my morning out at my sister's house catching up with my niece's. Then I headed to hallmark to look around. I resisted the urge to buy anything but I came close. Now I'm off to the grocery and maybe Hobby Lobby. I wanted to check in here first though. I hope everyone is having a GREAT DAY!!!!!!!!!!

I hope you had a nice day Made, enjoy the rest of your evening!

Hope you are having fun shopping, HMG!!!!!!

Thanks Made!!!

Good evening, MMC!

Just finished washing windows and installing a new mini blind. Palmer is passed out with exhaustion ~ she supervised. cheesy

Cancelled my plans to go to Hallmark this weekend as I am too busy to go. I turned in my Wish List a few week ago and I have until the 20th to pick my order up so hopefully I won't be so busy later in the week. It is going to be much cooler on Tuesday ~ perfect day to spend a few hours walking around in Frankenmuth.

Have a MERRY evening!

Good evening Meceka!
Palmer is too cute, I love when you share stories about her!
Have fun when you go to Hallmark and enjoy the cooler temperatures next week!
Have a nice night!!!

 

[made582]

It has cooled down here, but still 96-100% humidity. Gross!
:razz:
Monday, the high is in the 60's! CRAZY!!!

Yuck!!!! The cool down is supposed to reach us on Tuesday. Can't wait!!!!!

You guys can always join us! We'd love to see you!

Made, I'm sure you have Mexican restaurants!! LOL!!! :wiggy:

Yeah, but I'm kinda leary of going to them after they were shut down for a couple of weeks by a joint federal task force a couple of months ago.

 

[snowflake22]

Yuck!!!! The cool down is supposed to reach us on Tuesday. Can't wait!!!!!



Yeah, but I'm kinda leary of going to them after they were shut down for a couple of weeks by a joint federal task force a couple of months ago.

Why???

Haha!! You just need to move!

 

[HomemakinGirl]

That was me today at Hallmark! We went to Hallmark today and there he was.... SANTA!!! Santa was there and they had a table full of cookies for the customers and we checked out all the new ornaments. Wayne and I started talking to Santa and told him we are members of a Christmas forum. He asked which one, we told him and he immediately said, "I know Jeff Westover very well"! Santa is a member here but not active, he is active over at Claus Net. What a small world we live in!

After we left there we were just up the road from Southfork Ranch from the show Dallas. Been by it plenty of times on our way to different places but decided to stop because Wayne wanted to get pictures of it for family member in Maryland to see that is a fan of the show.

We also went to Bath and Body Works and bought 2 Heirloom Pumpkin candles. Super yummy smelling and now my house smells like fall! We stopped in Yankee Candle as well and looked around. Dropped by Hobby Lobby to look at fall and Christmas decor. Then went to Starbucks for a frappuccino.

It was a wonderful merry day!

We plan to watch, Angels Sing, this evening.


FYI: I had a very hard time getting on here to post. I will try my best to read some of the post if the site cooperates for me!

Sounds like you had an awesome day, I'm glad you had fun! Enjoy the rest of your evening CAH!

Out on our date and we went by Hobby Lobby. If Crown will permit, a few early blossoms...

That's so exciting Ryan, thanks for sharing!!!

It was great meeting you two today at Amy's Hallmark in Sachse, TX! I had a blast, as you can imagine. After you two left, a man who had been in earlier picking up his annual order of ornaments came back in with his granddaughter. I think I got maybe 6 hugs out of her before they left.

It's so nice to see you on the countdown lonestar kringle!!!

 

[made582]

Why???

Haha!! You just need to move!

Immigration issues, Drug Trafficking, Money laundering, Tax issues. All kinds of good stuff!!!! LOL!!!

So I avoid them because I don't like getting shot!!!!!


You're right!!!!! I do!!!!!

 

[Christmas-A-Holic]

Yeah, but I'm kinda leary of going to them after they were shut down for a couple of weeks by a joint federal task force a couple of months ago.

Immigration issues, Drug Trafficking, Money laundering, Tax issues. All kinds of good stuff!!!! LOL!!!

So I avoid them because I don't like getting shot!!!!!

Oh but I bet the food is to die for!!!

 

[Christmas-A-Holic]

Meceka, I hope you can get to Hallmark soon, they sure have a lot of nice ornaments!

 

[made582]

Oh but I bet the food is to die for!!!

Well it used to be. I don't think it's as good now though. Lost most of their cooks.


The one closest to me used to be packed day and night. Now the parking lot is barely half full.