Christmas Countdown - 2015

[e_xander]

Figured that. My friend told me once that she noticed that I like "angry music." Well I need something to balance out my love for the softer Christmas season side.

I use Christmas music to calm me down during the summer (and also to cool off) when life starts getting to hectic for me. Otherwise I listen sporadically until about late July/early August. I'm at about 50/50 right now between Christmas music and pop/rock/country music right now

 

[HomemakinGirl]

Good Morning, HmG~
Merry Tuesday!
Have fun shopping with the girls today! Hope you guys find lots of great deals.
Dinner sounds great, what time should we arrive? lHa!
Have a wonderful day!
xx

good morning HMG !
have fun with the shopping. That reminds me, I have a gift card to use too for the shopping channel.
Sounds like a good dinner, what time ? I can bring the wine.

Thank you both!
And come on over, dinner is almost finished. The more the merrier!
xx

 

[HomemakinGirl]

Well, I guess I'll tell you all about my big Christmas adventure. On December 23, I went next door to check on my Mom. It was raining and her steps were slippery. To make a long story short, I took a fall down her steps and thought I just really sprained my ankle. It was so much worse on the 24th that I spent most of the day in the ER. Turns out I broke the bottom part of my left fibula. That's the smaller bone in your lower leg. I received a lovely stylish boot and instructions to go home and keep ice on it. It's not one of the more serious breaks… didn't even displace. But it put a stop to all Christmas plans for the year. At this point I' stuck upstairs at home because there's no bathroom downstairs and the steps are a major deal to navigate. I have an orthopedist appointment on Thursdsy and then hopefully will be able to get back to work. I enjoyed the enforced rest at first but now I'm very bored. What a horrible time of year for this to happen!

Sending up prayers MerryBells, wishing you a speedy recovery!

 

[snowflake22]

Thank you both!
And come on over, dinner is almost finished. The more the merrier!
xx

Sounds perfect! I'm on my way!

CS, want to somehow meet up & road trip?
xx

 

[DoYouHearWhatIHear]

I have to work every day this week too, but only 4 hour days so not to bad. I am just happy to be back working !
Enjoy your day .

I'm happy you're able to be back too!

 

[DoYouHearWhatIHear]

Have a great day!!

Thanks snowflake! I hope you have had an absolutely wonderful day!

 

[DoYouHearWhatIHear]

Good Tuesday Morning MMC! It was a slippery and slushy commute to work this morning. We had some sleet and freezing rain over night. Fortunately the temperature is rising through the 30s so the roads are getting more slushy than icy. I took the parkway cause I knew it would be less icy than the back roads that I normally take. My last day working for 2015 has arrived. I wound up staying home and going to bed last night. Kind of glad I did even though my bro, his friend, his g/f etc. all wanted to go out. They wound up not going out till 9:30 and getting home after 1AM. I have to be up 5:30AM. They can sleep till whenever they want today. Sorry I'm too old to function on 4 hours of sleep and then work all day!
I hope you have a great Tuesday. It's New Years Eve Eve Eve!

I'm too old for that too Edge! You're done for the year now! Enjoy your time off!!

 

[DoYouHearWhatIHear]

Good morning everyone

Very quiet and still outside this morning, the calm before the storm. Waiting on storm Francis to arrive this afternoon.

Hope you all have a great day

Take care irishsnow! I hope you had a good day and that the storm passes quickly and uneventfully.

 

[DoYouHearWhatIHear]

Good morning MMC! Happy Tuesday! I woke up at 3 o'clock again (in the middle of the night) and watched a Christmas movie – farewell Mr. Kringle – so glad I don't have to work today! I'll be heading to my friends house around lunch time to hang out for the day – we will exchange presents and I'm bringing lunch! I might need a nap before then! My high school friends all came over last night for supper with their hubbys – everyone was gone by 10:15… We must be getting old! LOL
Hope you all have a wonderful day! It's still the most wonderful time of the year!

Hope you got to rest up Holiday! Sorry you haven't been resting well. So glad you've had time with friends though! We're the same--can't keep up anymore!

 

[snowflake22]

Thanks snowflake! I hope you have had an absolutely wonderful day!

Thanks, DYHWIH!
It's been pretty nice.
Hope you've had an awesome day!

 

[DoYouHearWhatIHear]

Good Morning, Folks.
Still enjoying Christmas Season 2015? I am.
(I've even still been listening to a few Christmas songs in the car!)

Weather terrible. Rain that just won't quit. Same prediction all the way to Friday, at which point we loose the warm temps and approach the freezing mark.
In the late fall/winter around here that's the way it often goes -- you either get warm weather or dry conditions but not both at the same time.

Have a Terrific Tuesday, Everyone!

Have a great evening Crown!

 

[DoYouHearWhatIHear]

Good Morning, MMC!!! It's going to be a cold day here with a high in the middle 30's. Luckily all of the rain has finally moved out but unfortunately the gusty winds remain. Not to much going on here today. Just going to do some stuff around the house. I hope everyone stays safe in the nasty weather and has a GREAT DAY!!!!

Hope you had a good day around the house made!!!

 

[DoYouHearWhatIHear]

Slippery and slushy out today ... snow, sleet, rain---a little bit of everything. I drove in to work, but if it had been a normal workday with normal traffic volume, I might have worked from home. It's not a good day to stop short for people trying to beat traffic lights and dashing out into intersections just as you get to them.

Hope your travel was safe and that everyone else's was as well! Have a wonderful evening MerryCarey.

 

[DoYouHearWhatIHear]

I used a gift card yesterday to get a USB microphone that was discounted on Amazon. This Kringle Radio stuff is going to my head!

GO MERRYCAREY! YAY!!!

 

[DoYouHearWhatIHear]

Afternoon all
We just got back from seeing the new Star Wars. No spoilers.

Found myself quite emotional in some bits but that's probably because I am such a huge a fan lol. Outstanding film.

Have a great day

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Lovely! So glad you got to enjoy that! Have a wonderful night!

 

[DoYouHearWhatIHear]

Good Morning MMC...hope you are having a good week so far! We got a little bit of snow and sleet overnight so it is a little dreary out there now. Not too much planned for today...yesterday my hubby and I took the girls shopping to use a few of their gift cards. My dishwasher broke so we got a new one and they are delivering it between 3 &5 today so I think we are going to hang out at home. I am going to make corned beef and cabbage for dinner.
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Hope your dishwasher has been delivered and that you've had a great day SnowflakeMom!

 

[DoYouHearWhatIHear]

Good morning,

Just starting to get up for the day, been laying in bed relaxing reading the news and stuff online.
It is a winter wonderland this morning, I just love the winter, whenever it snows it brings me back to Christmas. The PCB's feel like they are starting to creep in, I feel that hallow sense in my heart that the season is slipping away, I will continue to enjoy it as thoroughly as possible, but it is inevitable every year.
I head to work for 4, I will be rushing this inventory.
I will be back throughout the day.

Talk to you all soon.

Have a wonderful evening xmas! Keep that Christmas feeling all year round! We're here to help.

 

[DoYouHearWhatIHear]

Good Morning!!! A very Rainy day here today ... going to start clearing out some of the gifts under the tree today. Got to do laundry so might as well include all the new clothes everyone got for Christmas. Plan on spending the afternoon working on my holiday binder and watch a couple Christmas movies. Stay safe, warm and dry and have a great day.

Have a good evening Minta! Sounds like you had plans for a productive day!

 

[DoYouHearWhatIHear]

It is 78 degrees here.. another record broken.. I am going to take down the outside lights today. Just too warm to not take advantage of it. but, already I am looking at a plan on how to do them next year... Yabba!

Hope you got the lights down quickly Binger! I know they'll look fabulous next year!

 

[DoYouHearWhatIHear]

Wishing you all a Merry Tuesday and hoping those of you who have to contend with weather and driving conditions are safe and warm.

My commute this morning was harrowing - I tripped over a pitbull who was chewing on a labrador Christmas ornament that a certain cat had batted out of the tree while I was enroute to my laptop at the dining room table.

This caused me to have to detour to the kitchen to wash off the pitbull slobber from said ornament and while there, thought it was a good time to mix up a breakfast smoothie. I set the blender cup open on the counter, and went for a black Sharpie marker to touch up the Labrador ornament.

When I returned, a thief had chosen to partake of my breakfast drink. Since there were no other humans on the premises, it had to have been one of the seven furry quadrapeds. The smallest dog is immediately eliminated from the interrogation line up since she can't reach the counter. The labrador is excused because she's regal and would never lower herself to snitch from the counter. Her son might, but he gave me his floppy eared sad face which conveyed, "I woulda, but Mommy said, 'NO!'"

The pitbull looked at me like I was insane, as if to say, "You know perfectly well Chia seeds give me indigestion." Sorry, right. What was I thinking?

The Catahoula just stared a hole through me, indignant that I would suggest he would ever partake of something lacking chicken or beef if he was going to go to the trouble of stealing it.

That just left the cats, one of whom wouldn't touch human food with a ten foot pole and the other... well... the other has white facial markings and as he looked up at me as if to deny these outrageous accusations, his white facial markings were now purplish from the blueberry stains. Interestingly enough it's the same cat who originally batted down the labrador ornament.

I think it was a diabolial themed plot targeting the Labrador. So sad. In retrospect - I think I may also spend too much time alone working from home that I have this level of exchange with my furry companions. I'm becoming the crazy Christmas cat lady. ;-)

Have a great day all! :-D

You write so well!!! I loved this! Hope you had an absolutely wonderful day!!!