Christmas Countdown - 2015

[Bradmac]

Good morning ~
Everyone is sleeping in here. I typically enjoy the peace and quiet but I don't know. Can't stop thinking about Molly. I'm really weepy this morning. It took all I had to hold myself together yesterday for my husbands birthday, I didn't want to be a blubbering mess on his special day. This is so hard. I really need to pull myself together. I have some shopping to do today for my youngest, her birthday is tomorrow. That's all I plan on doing today.
I hope everyone is well and has a nice day.

I'm sorry, I know it's hard to accept. Praying for you and your family.

 

[Bradmac]

good Sunday morning, my Christmas friends!

Boy, it's hot down south! 95° yesterday, it's supposed to be 97° today, and 100° tomorrow...and it's just June!

Jacob's gig Friday night went well. He left there with his best friend who came to support him. His buddy plays, too, but not in the same group. They get together and write songs, though, and have a blast just jamming.

I cut the grass yesterday (finally!), rode over to my brother's shop for a little while, then got in the pool...to vacuum it. Yeah, that's why! :lol: Man, it was nice in the water. The kids and I went to the family reunion for supper and an auction. We got home about 9:30 last night, and they got in the pool. I went to bed!

I just got back from the reunion. I had to cook breakfast for all those folks. I LOVE cooking big breakfasts. I lost count of how many eggs, and how many pounds of bacon I cooked. I was a short-order blur! LOL

We're having lunch at mom's. Everyone stay cool!

I hope y'all have a great day! cheesy

 

[snowflake22]

good Sunday morning, my Christmas friends!

Boy, it's hot down south! 95° yesterday, it's supposed to be 97° today, and 100° tomorrow...and it's just June!

Jacob's gig Friday night went well. He left there with his best friend who came to support him. His buddy plays, too, but not in the same group. They get together and write songs, though, and have a blast just jamming.

I cut the grass yesterday (finally!), rode over to my brother's shop for a little while, then got in the pool...to vacuum it. Yeah, that's why! :lol: Man, it was nice in the water. The kids and I went to the family reunion for supper and an auction. We got home about 9:30 last night, and they got in the pool. I went to bed!

I just got back from the reunion. I had to cook breakfast for all those folks. I LOVE cooking big breakfasts. I lost count of how many eggs, and how many pounds of bacon I cooked. I was a short-order blur! LOL

We're having lunch at mom's. Everyone stay cool!

I hope y'all have a great day! cheesy

Sounds like a wonderful weekend, Brad!

Stay cool!!!

Enjoy your lunch at mom's! [emoji4]


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[MerryCarey]

Lazy Sundays are the best! Too bad that they're always followed by a busy Monday

Ain't that the truth!

 

[MerryCarey]

Happy Flag Day!! [emoji631]

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Gorgeous card!
Hurray for the Red, White, and Blue! I'll be listening to a lot of Yankee-Doodle-Dandy-type music through the Fourth of July!

 

[MerryCarey]

Good morning ~
Everyone is sleeping in here. I typically enjoy the peace and quiet but I don't know. Can't stop thinking about Molly. I'm really weepy this morning. It took all I had to hold myself together yesterday for my husbands birthday, I didn't want to be a blubbering mess on his special day. This is so hard. I really need to pull myself together. I have some shopping to do today for my youngest, her birthday is tomorrow. That's all I plan on doing today.
I hope everyone is well and has a nice day.

Let the grief take its time … there's nothing wrong about feeling weepy at a time like this. Save some time in the day for yourself to feel how you feel. (((HUG)))

 

[snowflake22]

Gorgeous card!

Hurray for the Red, White, and Blue! I'll be listening to a lot of Yankee-Doodle-Dandy-type music through the Fourth of July!

Thank you!!

Enjoy the patriotic music!! [emoji445]


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[ballcoach]

good Sunday morning, my Christmas friends!


I just got back from the reunion. I had to cook breakfast for all those folks. I LOVE cooking big breakfasts. I lost count of how many eggs, and how many pounds of bacon I cooked. I was a short-order blur! LOL

You can always come to my house and find a way share that love! Breakfast is my favorite!

 

[ballcoach]

Morning, friends! Hope all is well. Going to be a hot one today. Like Crown, more of the same. We didn't get as hot as Brad, but it got kinda warm...90sh.

Yard work and house work today. Cooked two crockpot meals yesterday and I'm going to cook two more today. I'm falling in love with my crockpot...lol.

Y'all have a good day.

 

[MerryCarey]

As others have already said … Happy Flag Day!

I have a couple of coffee-table books about flag history and vintage flags---it's time to enjoy browsing through those again.

I'm lucky enough to have seen the original Star-Spangled Banner several times. On school field trips to the Smithsonian, and on a visit to D.C. several years ago when they were doing conservation work on it. They did the work in a special conservation lab with a glass wall in the Smithsonian Museum of American History, so visitors could see the work in progress. It was a thrill being so close to such a venerable piece of history! It's amazing that the same flag that Francis Scott Key saw still exists, however fragile.

Someone posted this on the forum a couple years ago, and I saved a copy. Today is a good day to post it again!

 

[snowflake22]

Morning, friends! Hope all is well. Going to be a hot one today. Like Crown, more of the same. We didn't get as hot as Brad, but it got kinda warm...90sh.



Yard work and house work today. Cooked two crockpot meals yesterday and I'm going to cook two more today. I'm falling in love with my crockpot...lol.



Y'all have a good day.

Good morning, Coach! Stay cool today! Good luck with the yard work and housework, have fun cooking! Hope you have a great Sunday!


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[snowflake22]

As others have already said … Happy Flag Day!



I have a couple of coffee-table books about flag history and vintage flags---it's time to enjoy browsing through those again.



I'm lucky enough to have seen the original Star-Spangled Banner several times. On school field trips to the Smithsonian, and on a visit to D.C. several years ago when they were doing conservation work on it. They did the work in a special conservation lab with a glass wall in the Smithsonian Museum of American History, so visitors could see the work in progress. It was a thrill being so close to such a venerable piece of history! It's amazing that the same flag that Francis Scott Key saw still exists, however fragile.



Someone posted this on the forum a couple years ago, and I saved a copy. Today is a good day to post it again!

Love this photo!! Thank you for sharing!


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[Christmasstar]

Good morning ~
Everyone is sleeping in here. I typically enjoy the peace and quiet but I don't know. Can't stop thinking about Molly. I'm really weepy this morning. It took all I had to hold myself together yesterday for my husbands birthday, I didn't want to be a blubbering mess on his special day. This is so hard. I really need to pull myself together. I have some shopping to do today for my youngest, her birthday is tomorrow. That's all I plan on doing today.
I hope everyone is well and has a nice day.

((((HUGS))))
grief takes time to work through, while thoughts of her will always make your heart ache over time you will learn to live with it.
For now just allow yourself some time.
((((HUGS))))

 

[MerryCarey]

Almost forgot … someone wanted to see my latest addition to my July Fourth postcard collection. Note the little firecrackers in the lower left corner!

(The photo doesn't do the colors justice … )

 

[snowflake22]

Almost forgot … someone wanted to see my latest addition to my July Fourth postcard collection. Note the little firecrackers in the lower left corner!

(The photo doesn't do the colors justice … )

I am unable to view it on my phone, but will definitely take a peek at it when I'm back home on my laptop! I'm sure it's lovely!!


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[HomemakinGirl]

Good Morning everyone on this beautiful Sunday morning here in Maryland. Happy Flag Day....

Quiet morning here, everyone is still asleep, coffee is done and I am already making my plans (in my head) for my day's activities in and around the house.

Last night, the wife and I went down to visit her grandfather (he's 92) for a little bit and the assisted living place where he has been living for the last 5 years. It's a really nice place and he likes it there. It was sort of a sad experience for me in a way because he is in the stages of dementia. He's happy, believes everything that his brain is telling him that he's see's, but wow, was it a difficult experience to witness him going thru what he is going thru.

I mean like one second he's talking about things that are true, family and such and then the next very second, he looks down at the carpet on the floor and says, to me, "do you see all the fish down there, I think they are going to catch them and we will have fish for dinner tomorrow night"!.... He's not bad off, he's happy, very inquisitive to everything he believes he is seeing, but for me and my wife, it's just hard to see someone go thru this....

Makes a person soul search and wonder to themselves, "Will I get old, will I go thru this, will someone be there to take care of me, etc...."! It really makes you think when you take the time, to sit in the assisted living facility and look around at all the people in there....and I wonder, are they really happy?

Any way's, just my pondering thoughts this morning, I do that when I see something that troubles me or makes me wonder about things...

My wife is in the medical profession and she understands a lot of things like this, and she see's him a lot more than me, but it was just hard for me, because I do not see him too often anymore. For me to see such a smart, bright, intelligent man, go down this road, it saddened and troubled me. And yet, it also made me wonder about the human brain, what causes it to mis-fire the way it does, etc.....

I will keep Lisa's grandfather in my prayers. Keeping you in my thoughts as well (((hugs)))


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[HomemakinGirl]

I'm sorry, I know it's hard to accept. Praying for you and your family.

Thank you so much Brad.

good Sunday morning, my Christmas friends!

Boy, it's hot down south! 95° yesterday, it's supposed to be 97° today, and 100° tomorrow...and it's just June!

Jacob's gig Friday night went well. He left there with his best friend who came to support him. His buddy plays, too, but not in the same group. They get together and write songs, though, and have a blast just jamming.

I cut the grass yesterday (finally!), rode over to my brother's shop for a little while, then got in the pool...to vacuum it. Yeah, that's why! :lol: Man, it was nice in the water. The kids and I went to the family reunion for supper and an auction. We got home about 9:30 last night, and they got in the pool. I went to bed!

I just got back from the reunion. I had to cook breakfast for all those folks. I LOVE cooking big breakfasts. I lost count of how many eggs, and how many pounds of bacon I cooked. I was a short-order blur! LOL

We're having lunch at mom's. Everyone stay cool!

I hope y'all have a great day! cheesy

Sounds like a lot fun!
Try and stay cool, enjoy the rest of the day!


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[HomemakinGirl]

Let the grief take its time … there's nothing wrong about feeling weepy at a time like this. Save some time in the day for yourself to feel how you feel. (((HUG)))

Thank you MerryCarey ~
xo


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[HomemakinGirl]

Morning, friends! Hope all is well. Going to be a hot one today. Like Crown, more of the same. We didn't get as hot as Brad, but it got kinda warm...90sh.



Yard work and house work today. Cooked two crockpot meals yesterday and I'm going to cook two more today. I'm falling in love with my crockpot...lol.



Y'all have a good day.

Hope you have a good day too ballcoach!


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[HomemakinGirl]

As others have already said … Happy Flag Day!



I have a couple of coffee-table books about flag history and vintage flags---it's time to enjoy browsing through those again.



I'm lucky enough to have seen the original Star-Spangled Banner several times. On school field trips to the Smithsonian, and on a visit to D.C. several years ago when they were doing conservation work on it. They did the work in a special conservation lab with a glass wall in the Smithsonian Museum of American History, so visitors could see the work in progress. It was a thrill being so close to such a venerable piece of history! It's amazing that the same flag that Francis Scott Key saw still exists, however fragile.



Someone posted this on the forum a couple years ago, and I saved a copy. Today is a good day to post it again!

Love this, thank you for sharing!


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