Christmas Countdown - 2014

[Christmas-A-Holic]

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Here is my brand new Nutcracker along with the pumpkin I bought a couple weeks ago. I plan on painting the pumpkin although I quite like it in it's natural state.

I love it!!! Looks great along with the pumpkin!

 

[Festive Spirit]

First of all: Our family computers are down so I am am stuck using my crappy phone so if you thought I had errors before just you wait!! I am tyring I promise!

I got home yesterday and I want to thank everyone for the thoughts and prayers while I was gone, to be honest It was hard while I was gone and I hardly had time to do anything but work...the military is not the same as it was 20 years ago when I joined, but I guess you could say that about any corp these days. Anywho... I am waiting for fall to arrive...it's still mild and everythin is till green. Usually the changes occur in eearly to mid October! I missed yall so much but I am back and I have 2 weeks until I go back to service. Brandi has gone back to teaching in early august and loves it, I will change the hours I work to I can stay home with my boys and work in the afternoon and night!!! can't wait to meet the new members here and talk to my old pals..it's been 4 years this month since I joined! TTYL!

Gabulldawg!!! I am so happy you are back home with your loved ones. You all have been in my prayers and thoughts. Glad to hear all is well and now you can focus on our favourite time of year!

 

[snowflake22]

We bought 2 candles from Bath and Body Works - Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin. They smell heavenly! I had bought it last year and enjoyed it. Strange thing is that I bought that same scented candle a few weeks ago and when I burned it there was barely any fragrance at all - I even burned it for over an hour, still nothing! I took it back and got a refund. Saturday I opened the candle to sniff and it had a very strong fragrance so I took the chance to buy it again. I told them what happened with the candle last time and they think it might have been a bad batch and reassured me, like they always do, to return it if it is not satisfactory. I have it burning now and it smells wonderful!!!

I never knew you could return a candle after burning it but I found out one time when I bought a candle from Bath and Body Works that smelled good at the store but when I burned it I was nauseated by the scent, way too sweet. I went back shopping to get a different one and told them about the one I bought that I didn't like. They insisted I bring it in for a refund. I told them I had already burned it (a short time but still lit it). They said it doesn't matter, if I don't like the smell to bring it back. The employees told me they return stuff too. Maybe that policy is in place at most stores but I just learned about it last year and it's good to know!

That is a very nice policy.
I'm glad you are loving your candles! I bet your house smells heavenly! [emoji262]




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[sugar142286]

Good morning!
Just popping in quick to say hello. I have lots to do before work, I hope to be back later this afternoon.
I hope everyone has a Happy Monday!

Good morning, HMG! Hope you're having a great day!

 

[Festive Spirit]

I love it!!! Looks great along with the pumpkin!

:lol:

 

[Christmas-A-Holic]

Holiday, I am going to join you for one of those bonfires!!! Lol!

Brent, I agree, Christmas Blossoms is a great time of year!
Hope the teaching goes well today!

Made, I hope your mom is well!

 

[Neotericisis]

We bought 2 candles from Bath and Body Works - Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin. They smell heavenly!...

Yes, that is one thing that I enjoy about cold weather seasons- candles! I need to re-up on mine as well. Pumpkin pie, apple cinnamon, all the lovely smells of fall!

 

[made582]

Good morning everyone!

Yesterday wasn't fun. I don't take Packers losses very well, but they were absolutely awful. Oh well.

I am teaching today. To make everything even better, I actually have two periods off in a row. Plenty of time to do whatever I would like! If I had classes to teach, I would use this time to do a bunch of things, but it is pretty much just time for me to catch up on a few things.

Unfortunately, my teaching call came at 6AM this morning. It scared me! I could not get back to sleep afterwards, either. Simon was awoke and, thus, ready for breakfast, so I had to tend to him and a few other things. Oh well, I'd rather be here than working at Passport...

Today is officially the final day of summer in Ottawa. Late tonight, we will officially enter into the fall season. Obviously, it has felt like fall for a couple weeks now, but I am sure we will get hit with a few more days of "summer" weather, too, so it all should work out.

Speaking of fall, I had an incredibly beautiful drive to Russell today. About 15 minutes of the drive was filled with passing between surroundings of orange and red trees. I am really glad I got to witness that. I'd imagine it will be the same throughout the rest of this week. It's a shame that they'll like start to fall as we turn to October next Wednesday.

Speaking of "turning..." How about beginning yet another chapter of the Christmas Blossoms thread? Yep. I'd love to call this Blossoms week, but I don't want to be getting ahead of myself! All I can do is sit and wait until Crown posts trustily posts the Most Wonderful Thread of the Year!

Until then, have a great Monday, everyone! It's the final full week of September. (Almost) the beginning of a new season. So much excitement!

Glad you got a call to teach today!!!!

The drive sounds beautiful!!!!!!!!

We bought 2 candles from Bath and Body Works - Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin. They smell heavenly! I had bought it last year and enjoyed it. Strange thing is that I bought that same scented candle a few weeks ago and when I burned it there was barely any fragrance at all - I even burned it for over an hour, still nothing! I took it back and got a refund. Saturday I opened the candle to sniff and it had a very strong fragrance so I took the chance to buy it again. I told them what happened with the candle last time and they think it might have been a bad batch and reassured me, like they always do, to return it if it is not satisfactory. I have it burning now and it smells wonderful!!!

I never knew you could return a candle after burning it but I found out one time when I bought a candle from Bath and Body Works that smelled good at the store but when I burned it I was nauseated by the scent, way too sweet. I went back shopping to get a different one and told them about the one I bought that I didn't like. They insisted I bring it in for a refund. I told them I had already burned it (a short time but still lit it). They said it doesn't matter, if I don't like the smell to bring it back. The employees told me they return stuff too. Maybe that policy is in place at most stores but I just learned about it last year and it's good to know!

That is cool that they will take it back!!!

Holiday, I am going to join you for one of those bonfires!!! Lol!

Brent, I agree, Christmas Blossoms is a great time of year!
Hope the teaching goes well today!

Made, I hope your mom is well!

Thanks, I gave her my cough but she is starting to get over it!!

 

[sugar142286]

Good Morning MMC !!!

Another chilly morning here.
We are doing our fall cleaning so everything is fresh and good looking for Christmas. The tree spot is picked out!
Going to pick up paint samples for the living room. Planning to do several different shades of green. (we have lots of nooks and crannies)

Hope you all have a fantastic day!!!

Good afternoon, Star! Good luck with your cleaning and hope you have a great day!

 

[sugar142286]

Happy First Day of Fall, y'all!

It was so warm yesterday, Elizabeth and I went swimming. Of course, it took a minute to get used to the water temperature LOL.

Jacob's gig over the weekend went well. He and his band are really starting to sound good together!

I hope y'all have a great day! cheesy

Brad, glad to hear Jacob's gig went well this weekend. Hope you have a great day!

 

[sugar142286]

Good Morning, MMC!!!! It's going to be a beautiful day here with a high around 70 degrees. I have lots of running to do today. Mom has a doctor's appointment and then we have a few other places to stop off. So I will be back later this afternoon to get caught up. I hope everyone is having a GREAT DAY!!!!

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Good afternoon, buddy! Hope mom's appointment went well! Hope you're having a great day so far!

 

[sugar142286]

Hello everyone. I hope you all have a great day and week!

Good to see you, Ryan! Hope you have a great week as well!

 

[sugar142286]

Happy autumnal Monday, y'all!

Still in the low 70s here, but the leaves are turning.

Happy Monday, MerryCarey! Hope you're having a great day!

 

[sugar142286]

Good morning, sugar!
It's going pretty well for a Monday!
Hope yours is, too! [emoji272]




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It is, thanks! Just watching some movies and drinking coffee.

 

[snowflake22]

It is, thanks! Just watching some movies and drinking coffee.

Sounds amazing! That's what I will be doing tonight =] Enjoy!




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[snowflake22]

Good afternoon, MMC!!

Have a beautiful rest of your day!

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[sugar142286]

Good morning MMC! Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a nice weekend. I haven't had a chance to catch up & I'm not sure that I will...looks like it was a busy weekend around here! :-D

Our neighbor boys wedding was very nice over the weekend. The weather was beautiful all weekend - minus a little rain Saturday night & the wind yesterday! We had a bonfire at the lake Friday night, some of us lake neighbor ladies went to the winery for lunch on Saturday - they had their (yearly) debut of "Wintry Nights" wine. Last year it sold out in no time, so we went to make sure we got some. :smile: Now it's back to the grind...

I saw the Hallmark channel has changed over to the number of days until the Christmas movies start, rather than weeks in the corner of the tv screen! laying:

Have a great Monday everyone!

Good afternoon, Holiday! Sounds like you had another fun weekend. Hope you have a great day!

 

[sugar142286]

Thanks, Festive!!!! Mom's appointment did go well. Her blood level was still in range. I still have a few errands to run but have most of it done.

Glad to hear mom's blood work was still in range!

 

[made582]

Good afternoon, MMC!!

Have a beautiful rest of your day!

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Good Afternoon, Buddy!!!!! I hope you enjoy the rest of your day too!!!! Have a great lunch break!!!!!

xx

 

[snowflake22]

Good Afternoon, Buddy!!!!! I hope you enjoy the rest of your day too!!!! Have a great lunch break!!!!!

Thanks, buddy!
Looking forward to a nice walk with Harlowe!
Thinking of you guys!!

xx




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