Christmas Countdown - 2014

[snowflake22]

Just got a Weather alert from the National Weather Service;

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL.

Looks like we could have some wild weather action happening around here later on this afternoon or evening.... I realize that this may not be one of the brightest things to do, but I actually like to sit out on the porch and watch the storms, it's kind of exciting....

Stay safe & enjoy the view!




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[Holiday]

Good afternoon, MMC!

I hope all is well! For some reason I cannot fully load the pages on this site, and it is the only site it is happening on, so I have no idea what I have missed. Praying for all of you!

A very hot and muggy day here with severe thunderstorms likely for tonight. The talk is of heavy downpours and wind damage. I was up until 5:30 this morning, could not sleep whatsoever, and was up before the alarm went off. My cousin stopped over last night and brought me a bag of birthday food and I did eat a piece of cake so the sugar along with the humidity was probably the reason I couldn't sleep. Hopefully the storms tonight will cool things way, way down!

All is well here otherwise. The garden is growing and soon I will be able to pick broccoli and peppers. Already harvested kale twice and even sent some home with my cousin. Love having enough produce to share with others!

The kittens are growing fast! I have named the two chocolate tabbies Bogart and Claws and the little grey is called Lacy, as she is Lucy's little sidekick.

Chores are waiting. Be safe and MERRY!!!

Hope the storms weren't too bad! I picked a pepper from the garden - pulled an onion & pulled kohlrabi yesterday too. Love it! Cute names for the cute kitties!!! Hope you had a good nights sleep. Now have a good day ~ stay cool!

sounds like such a good time, when my kids were small we did all that kinds of stuff too.
Our temp here is 38c (100f), going to be that for a few days yet.

Stay cool CS! Wew!

hope the rain does not come and you get to enjoy the race.

The joys of renovations! Look forward to seeing the pictures when it is done.

Looks like the rain is pretty much past. I don't think we got enough even to settle the dust! It can rain after the race tonight. Lol!

I have no idea what you are talking about, I am building illiterate, so what ever it is I hope it gets fixed and does not cost you to much!

:lol: Thanks CS! It will be fine - just not w/o a headache! :smile:

I was answering posts until we decided to have a family game night, in which I lost every game!!! But it was fun. Love spending time just having fun with my family, so blessed!

But now I am going up to read, like everyone else here has done. Except for LittleCS who has no hot water in her place since they "fixed" everything after her flood, she is going to enjoy our hot water and have a nice long shower. Someone is supposed to come and fix it again tomorrow.

So have a great night all!!!

Sounds like a great night! I hope they get LCS's water issues fixed quickly now!

 

[Holiday]

I have to work on some college stuff on the computer with my husband so I'm going to sign off. Oh I brought my daughter back to the Apple store this evening and got her the MacBook Pro for school. She is thrilled but my husband is going to pass out when he sees the bill. Oh well. I'm glad we crossed one more thing off the list!
See you in the morning ~
Goodnight!


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LOL! Better prepare him! There is nothing cheap about them, for sure!! Good luck!

So cute!

Thanks!

 

[Holiday]

Good evening,

We got home earlier this afternoon, it was tough to leave the lake. We thoroughly enjoyed our time there, weather was perfect, food was great, just never have enough time to see everything you want to see. My wife and I have been together for 15 years, this was our 9th trip to Lake George, and we keep discovering new things to do.
When we got home, we tried to turn on our laptop, and nothing. Our laptop seems to be dead, I have been using my Kindle to catch up here and surf the web.

I hope you all enjoyed your day.


Good night, everyone.

Welcome back! Glad you had a good time! Hope your computer is an easy fix!

Good Morning, Mid-Weekers and Perpetually Pining 'Pines Preferrers.

To the numbers (before that camel appears and starts asking what day it is):
Days to the Season: 113
Days to Christmas Day: 155

And to really get hum.....er.......pumped up, let's consider this:
We are now UNDER two weeks away from the 100-day Season Milestone marker and the start of a double-digit Season count.
(Don't know about you, but I certainly feel pumped!)


A bit warmer and more humid yesterday as somewhat more typical summer weather begins to make a comeback. At least our rain chances have diminished a bit.
We have started off this fine summer day at 74 degrees here.


Have a Wonderful Wednesday, Folks! See you at the 'Pines tonight for who knows what.
(Well, whatever our activities director has planned. Bound to be interesting, regardless.)

Happy Pines Day!

Good Wednesday morning!

Here's my Motto for this morning.....

What a way to start your Day!.......

Love it!!! Happy Pines Day!!

Good morning, MMC!!!
Happy Pines Day!!



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Have a Happy Hump/Pines Day!

Good morning,

We may not be at the lake, but I don't work again until Monday. We will probably use today as a recovery day, but I still have to mow my hayfield in this 90+ degree day.
I was thinking back to "breaks" (I did pop in for a quick hello) from MMC, this vacation was probably the longest I have been away from here since the freak October snowstorm in 2011 when we lost power for 5 days.

I best go start my day.

Have a great one!

Nice to have days off at home too!!! Enjoy!!!

 

[Bradmac]

Just got a Weather alert from the National Weather Service;

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL.

Looks like we could have some wild weather action happening around here later on this afternoon or evening.... I realize that this may not be one of the brightest things to do, but I actually like to sit out on the porch and watch the storms, it's kind of exciting....

I enjoy sitting on the porch watching storms, too. Be sure to find a place for your vehicles in the hail!

 

[made582]

A bit warmer and more humid yesterday as somewhat more typical summer weather begins to make a comeback. At least our rain chances have diminished a bit.
We have started off this fine summer day at 74 degrees here.


Have a Wonderful Wednesday, Folks! See you at the 'Pines tonight for who knows what.
(Well, whatever our activities director has planned. Bound to be interesting, regardless.)

Have a great day Crown and see you at the Pines!!!!!

Good Wednesday morning!

Here's my Motto for this morning.....

What a way to start your Day!.......:-D

Mmmm, donuts!!!!

Hope you are having a great day, Xmastidings!!!

Good morning, MMC!!!
Happy Pines Day!!

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Good Morning, Buddy!!!! Glad to hear that you slept great last night!!!!! Enjoy your morning!!!

xx

 

[snowflake22]

Have a great day Crown and see you at the Pines!!!!!







Mmmm, donuts!!!!



Hope you are having a great day, Xmastidings!!!









Good Morning, Buddy!!!! Glad to hear that you slept great last night!!!!! Enjoy your morning!!!



xx

Thanks! You, too!

xx




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[Holiday]

Good morning!
We will have sun and clouds today with temperatures around 85 degrees. Storms will be passing through later this evening.
I'm tired of dorm shopping! I need to head back to Bed, Bath & Beyond today. I'm going to pick up a few of those under bed storage boxes for my daughter. I was by myself yesterday and the cart was so full, I couldn't fit them in. I'm also going to pick up a few more things at Target for her and she told me she wants to hang up firefly string lights in her dorm room so I added that to the list. I should probably look online for them and save myself the trouble of driving around. Other than that I will be working on my daily chores. Oh and my husband and I need to work on the financial aid stuff again. We ran in to problems last night, it was too late to call customer service so we gave up. We have such bad luck with that stuff, there's always an issue. So we'll try again tonight.
I hope everyone is well and has a great day!!!

Good luck today HMG! Have a good day!

Did I say I don't want school to start??? Hurry and start! Ha ha! It was just a bit overwhelming yesterday and those days will happen! I just wasn't feeling real well and my grandkid's parents had a very long 10 hour day at their jobs so that means the kids were here that long. We didn't get out of the house yesterday so it was cabin fever and too hot to play outside. Hey! I am not going to focus on the few meltdowns but report the fun we did have! We did some art projects, watched some TV together, baked brownies and played with shaving cream. I cleared the dining room table off and sprayed a bunch of shaving cream all over it and they had a blast, it cleans the table too! It's also nice because it finally just dissolve away and not too messy! I took a picture of them playing in it and sent it to my daughter. She replied back, "Hey, I remember doing that when we were little"! So with all that in mind I will focus on the fun we had! We will probably get out and do something fun today. 10 hours is just too long to hang out inside the house.

Lol ~ I hope you are able to get outside today!!

Nothing special to report ... but it looks like it's going to be a busy day at the office. A temp proofreader just came in. No one told me it was going to be a two-proofreader day! Better brace myself and have some tea!

Hope your day is better than expected!

Just as long as you don't buy the moisturizing shaving cream! I bought that once, it was a mess and everything was greasy. Ha ha! Just buy the cheap plain stuff and they play and play until it all dissolves away. Clean table and clean hands! They just rinse off with water afterward. =)

What a fun idea!!!

Good Wednesday morning, my Christmas friends!

It's another hot, humid day here in south Georgia...what else is new, eh? The a/c in the main office is still down, but the guy is here to (hopefully) fix it. My office trailer is still the hub of popularity!

Elizabeth is in the second week of a two-week intensive ballet camp, on top of her regular ballet classes AND Oliver Twist rehearsals. I know she love it, but the poor thing is getting tired. Tonight, she and her BFF are spending the night with another girl in the class that they like, so I won't see her again until 10pm tomorrow.

I hope to be getting a haircut in the next hour or two. I'm starting to look a little bushy. And I haven't shaved for a few days, trying to get the "dangerous" look. It's unlikely to work...LOL!

I hope y'all have a great day!

Awe - good luck to Elizabeth. What a trooper! Have a good day!

Brad-
Hope Elizabeth has fun tonight! Bless her heart, she is so passionate about what she loves. Admirable!

Stay cool! Hope the AC gets fixed at work, so you can have your trailer back

Have fun with your dangerous look! I'm scared even to reply to you! Haha!

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:lol:

Just got a Weather alert from the National Weather Service;

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL.

Looks like we could have some wild weather action happening around here later on this afternoon or evening.... I realize that this may not be one of the brightest things to do, but I actually like to sit out on the porch and watch the storms, it's kind of exciting....

Stay safe xmastidings!!!

 

[MerryCarey]

Just got a Weather alert from the National Weather Service;

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL.

Looks like we could have some wild weather action happening around here later on this afternoon or evening.... I realize that this may not be one of the brightest things to do, but I actually like to sit out on the porch and watch the storms, it's kind of exciting....

Stay safe while you watch! We may get storms here later, or they may stay west of here. Xmas365, be careful out there!

Have a great day and just hearing from you is a special report! =)

Aww, you made me blush! Thank you! Love hearing about your day and what you do with the grandkids.

 

[made582]

Good morning,

We may not be at the lake, but I don't work again until Monday. We will probably use today as a recovery day, but I still have to mow my hayfield in this 90+ degree day.
I was thinking back to "breaks" (I did pop in for a quick hello cheesy ) from MMC, this vacation was probably the longest I have been away from here since the freak October snowstorm in 2011 when we lost power for 5 days.

I best go start my day.

Have a great one!

Hope you enjoy the rest of your vacation and stay safe mowing the yard in that heat!!!!

Good morning!
We will have sun and clouds today with temperatures around 85 degrees. Storms will be passing through later this evening.
I'm tired of dorm shopping! I need to head back to Bed, Bath & Beyond today. I'm going to pick up a few of those under bed storage boxes for my daughter. I was by myself yesterday and the cart was so full, I couldn't fit them in. I'm also going to pick up a few more things at Target for her and she told me she wants to hang up firefly string lights in her dorm room so I added that to the list. I should probably look online for them and save myself the trouble of driving around. Other than that I will be working on my daily chores. Oh and my husband and I need to work on the financial aid stuff again. We ran in to problems last night, it was too late to call customer service so we gave up. We have such bad luck with that stuff, there's always an issue. So we'll try again tonight.
I hope everyone is well and has a great day!!!

Hope you can finish getting everything for the dorm soon before it drives you crazy!!!!! Good Luck with the financial aid stuff too!!!! Hope you can get it done tonight!!!

Did I say I don't want school to start??? Hurry and start! Ha ha! It was just a bit overwhelming yesterday and those days will happen! I just wasn't feeling real well and my grandkid's parents had a very long 10 hour day at their jobs so that means the kids were here that long. We didn't get out of the house yesterday so it was cabin fever and too hot to play outside. Hey! I am not going to focus on the few meltdowns but report the fun we did have! We did some art projects, watched some TV together, baked brownies and played with shaving cream. I cleared the dining room table off and sprayed a bunch of shaving cream all over it and they had a blast, it cleans the table too! It's also nice because it finally just dissolve away and not too messy! I took a picture of them playing in it and sent it to my daughter. She replied back, "Hey, I remember doing that when we were little"! So with all that in mind I will focus on the fun we had! We will probably get out and do something fun today. 10 hours is just too long to hang out inside the house.

Sounds like a lot of fun!!!!! I've never heard of the shaving cream thing either and I don't think I'm brave enough to try it with my niece's!!!!

Nothing special to report ... but it looks like it's going to be a busy day at the office. A temp proofreader just came in. No one told me it was going to be a two-proofreader day! Better brace myself and have some tea!

Hope it's not to bad!!!!! Good Luck!!!!!

Made, I can't find the post right now but I did read it last night - I was just WAY TOO TIRED to reply back. Thanks a lot for your suggestion of coming up there when the kids go back to school to wash your dishes. That's all I am doing now since they have been out of school!

You know what though?! My 4 year old granddaughter kept asking if she can wash the dishes. I finally let her yesterday - no heavy pots and pans or knives! I filled up the sink with warm soapy water and she did a really good job washing them! Probably a better job than me because she spent so much time cleaning each dish. She was having so much fun too and kept asking to wash them all day! Yay! Now I have a dishwasher!!! =) I had 4 sink loads of dishes throughout the day and then my grandsons joined in on the "fun". I am glad they they think it's fun!

LOL!!!! Okay, ask them what their going rate is?

Good Wednesday morning, my Christmas friends!

It's another hot, humid day here in south Georgia...what else is new, eh? The a/c in the main office is still down, but the guy is here to (hopefully) fix it. My office trailer is still the hub of popularity!

Elizabeth is in the second week of a two-week intensive ballet camp, on top of her regular ballet classes AND Oliver Twist rehearsals. I know she love it, but the poor thing is getting tired. Tonight, she and her BFF are spending the night with another girl in the class that they like, so I won't see her again until 10pm tomorrow. :sad:

I hope to be getting a haircut in the next hour or two. I'm starting to look a little bushy. And I haven't shaved for a few days, trying to get the "dangerous" look. It's unlikely to work...LOL!

I hope y'all have a great day! cheesy

Hope they can get the A/C fixed in the main office so you can have some peace and quiet!!!! LOL!!!!

I hope Elizabeth has a great time and that you don't miss her to much!!

Enjoy the haircut!!

Just got a Weather alert from the National Weather Service;

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL.

Looks like we could have some wild weather action happening around here later on this afternoon or evening.... I realize that this may not be one of the brightest things to do, but I actually like to sit out on the porch and watch the storms, it's kind of exciting....

Stay safe!!!!!!!

I like to sit out and watch them too!!!! I'm a bit more careful now though. We had lighting hit not to far from us a few years ago while me and my neighbor were standing on the porch watching. So we are a bit more careful now and go in when the lighting gets close.

 

[Holiday]

Good morning MMC!!! Rain came through overnight/early morning - sun was out a few minutes ago, but now it's clouding up again! A cloudy night at the races would be ok - dirt track, sun, humidity isn't always a great mixture. :lol:

More destruction at our house last night. A good chunk of the floor is up. Lighting for above the island is in. My stove is unhooked - no cooking for me! :smile: (he's going to hook it back up once all the floor is out & subfloor is down.) Trencher can hopefully still come today to put new tile in & plumber is coming this afternoon. Oh fun fun fun!! Lol! We had a kitchen full of people again last night. Gracie is not loving all the noise! Poor girl!

Hope you are all having a marvelous Hump Day/Pines Day! Ahhhh - it's the Eve of Christmas Eve! (in July)

:give:

 

[made582]

Good Morning MMC!!!!!! Talk about a stormy morning!!!! It's been thundering here for almost 2 hours straight. It poured rain for about 45 minutes too. So much for sleeping in for me. LOL!!!! Not to much planned for me again today. I'm battling what I'm pretty sure is the start of bronchitis. So I'm just pumping myself full of meds and trying to get plenty of rest. I have to get my daily chores done too. I hope everyone is having a GREAT DAY!!!!!!

 

[made582]

Good morning MMC!!! Rain came through overnight/early morning - sun was out a few minutes ago, but now it's clouding up again! A cloudy night at the races would be ok - dirt track, sun, humidity isn't always a great mixture. :lol:

More destruction at our house last night. A good chunk of the floor is up. Lighting for above the island is in. My stove is unhooked - no cooking for me! :smile: (he's going to hook it back up once all the floor is out & subfloor is down.) Trencher can hopefully still come today to put new tile in & plumber is coming this afternoon. Oh fun fun fun!! Lol! We had a kitchen full of people again last night. Gracie is not loving all the noise! Poor girl!

Hope you are all having a marvelous Hump Day/Pines Day! Ahhhh - it's the Eve of Christmas Eve! (in July)

:give:

Wow!!!! You guys are making all kinds of progress!!!!

Hope Gracie gets use to the noise!!!!

Have a great time at the race tonight!!!!!!!!

 

[snowflake22]

Good morning MMC!!! Rain came through overnight/early morning - sun was out a few minutes ago, but now it's clouding up again! A cloudy night at the races would be ok - dirt track, sun, humidity isn't always a great mixture. :lol:



More destruction at our house last night. A good chunk of the floor is up. Lighting for above the island is in. My stove is unhooked - no cooking for me! :smile: (he's going to hook it back up once all the floor is out & subfloor is down.) Trencher can hopefully still come today to put new tile in & plumber is coming this afternoon. Oh fun fun fun!! Lol! We had a kitchen full of people again last night. Gracie is not loving all the noise! Poor girl!



Hope you are all having a marvelous Hump Day/Pines Day! Ahhhh - it's the Eve of Christmas Eve! (in July)



:give:

Glad things are moving right along!

Happy Pines Day!!

Hugs to Gracie




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[snowflake22]

Good Morning MMC!!!!!! Talk about a stormy morning!!!! It's been thundering here for almost 2 hours straight. It poured rain for about 45 minutes too. So much for sleeping in for me. LOL!!!! Not to much planned for me again today. I'm battling what I'm pretty sure is the start of bronchitis. So I'm just pumping myself full of meds and trying to get plenty of rest. I have to get my daily chores done too. I hope everyone is having a GREAT DAY!!!!!!

Take good care of yourself & feel better, friend!!

xx




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[Holiday]

Good Morning MMC!!!!!! Talk about a stormy morning!!!! It's been thundering here for almost 2 hours straight. It poured rain for about 45 minutes too. So much for sleeping in for me. LOL!!!! Not to much planned for me again today. I'm battling what I'm pretty sure is the start of bronchitis. So I'm just pumping myself full of meds and trying to get plenty of rest. I have to get my daily chores done too. I hope everyone is having a GREAT DAY!!!!!!

Oh man! Hope you are feeling better quick!!! Stay safe from the storms!! Good sleeping day! :smile:

Wow!!!! You guys are making all kinds of progress!!!!

Hope Gracie gets use to the noise!!!!

Have a great time at the race tonight!!!!!!!!

Yep...moving right along. Our electrician friend is quite happy with his progress - he's not going to come back tonight since we aren't going to be home - said he feels he is far enough ahead of the game. Cool!!

Thanks! Looking forward to the races!!!

 

[Holiday]

Glad things are moving right along!

Happy Pines Day!!

Hugs to Gracie




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Thanks...sending hugs back to that little Har too!! :grin:

 

[Holiday]

I just went out to get the mail - there is a little chill in the air!!!! Or maybe it's b/c I'm already freezing in the AC! Lol! I might have to dress warmer tonight?!

:cold:

 

[Lorn--xx]

its so hot here in Cornwall, England at the moment... I can't wait for it to start being cold again! hopefully by the beginning of September i can get my jumpers out

 

[snowflake22]

its so hot here in Cornwall, England at the moment... I can't wait for it to start being cold again! hopefully by the beginning of September i can get my jumpers out

Nice to see you, Lorn--xx!!
Stay cool!
I can't wait for Autumn!!




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