Christmas Countdown - 2015

[snowflake22]

Happy Epiphany, MMC!!!!!!! We had 3 inches of snow when I measured at 6am and we probably got another inch after that. So around 4 inches total. Luckily the heavy band set up just north of us so we avoided the 6 and 7 inch totals. It was a light and fluffy snow too so it wasn't to hard to shovel. Just time consuming because it goes every where when you try to push it. I've got everyone's cars cleaned off though and everything shoveled. So now it's time to relax. I hope everyone is having a GREAT DAY!!!!!!!!

Happy Epiphany!

Bless your heart for all of the shoveling and cleaning off of cars that you do [emoji173]️

Stay warm & have an awesome afternoon, buddy!

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[snowflake22]

You are welcome and thanks, buddy!!!!



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Good Morning Again, Buddy!!!!! Hope today is going as good as possible. Thinking of you!!!



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Hope you are having a good day too, Tis the season!!!!







Stay safe and warm today, Xmastidings!!!!!!!







Stay safe and have a good day at work, Star!!!!!







Hope everyone stays safe and that you have a good day at work, HMG!!!!!







Your place sounds awesome!!!!!







Hope you have a great Tuesday too, Crown!!!!!!







Thanks!!! There is a sheet of ice under the snow here so it's pretty slick out!!!! I almost went down 4 or 5 times while shoveling.







Stay warm and have fun on your trip to disney!!!! One of these years i will get there!!!!



Have a great day, Whitney!!!!!







LOL!!!!!!!!!







Happy Epihany, Murphman!!!!!!







Taco soup, YUM!!!!



Hope you sleep better tonight!!! Stay safe and warm today, Holiday!!!!!







Hope the roads aren't to bad and that you sleep good!!! Stay warm, Sugar!!!!

You're welcome, and thank you too, buddy!

[emoji169]

I'm hanging in =]

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[snowflake22]

Thanks festive! We will still have the soup, since we eat late, I might just have to turn it on high for awhile!



Here's the recipe - I actually like it better than chili - but it's similar.



Taco Soup



2 lbs. Hamburger (I used 1 to 1 1/2 lb)



1 onion, chopped



1 can pinto beans, 16 oz, drained



1 can red kidney beans, 16 oz, drained



1 can whole kernel corn, 16 oz, drained



2 cans stewed tomatoes



1 can Rotel tomatoes



3 cup water



1 pkg. taco seasoning mix



1 pkg. dry Ranch dressing mix







Brown Hamburger, add onion together & drain. Mix all ingredients & heat. Serve with shredded cheese, sour cream, Frito's &/or lettuce.



This soup freezes well.



Can be made in crock pot. Brown hamburger, then mix everything together in crock pot. Cook all day on low, or as needed.



Hope you enjoy Nine Lives (and the taco soup if you try it) :-D

Thanks for sharing the recipe! Sounds delicious!




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[snowflake22]

LOL!!! Don't remind me!!!!!!! It's going to be so cold out tomorrow though, that I say forget it!!!!



I didn't use to clean off everyone's cars. Then when they did it, they got it all over the sidewalk and the people parked on each side of my truck and mom's car would get it all over our parking spots too when they brushed it off. So now I just brush everyone's car's off so I can shovel the snow out of the way when I clean between the cars.

Such a GOOD guy with a big heart!




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[snowflake22]

Hey All- Hope you are having a great Tuesday!

It is cold here in CT and right now we are getting light snow not too much at all.

I stepped on the scale this morning...ugh!! I am going back to clean eating headed to the gym this afternoon. I need to get moving!

On a positive note Sounds of the Season is still playing holiday music so I am enjoying it while I work.

Holiday- Thanks for that Taco Soup recipe that looks great!!

Good afternoon, SnowflakeMom!
Happy Tuesday to you!
Enjoy sounds of the season!! [emoji445][emoji319]




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[snowflake22]

I'm with you snowflakemom! My hubby hit the treadmill last night & I hit the stairmaster! We are heading to Mexico NEXT MONTH! EEK!!! Good luck!!



Enjoy the music! Hope you like the taco soup recipe if you decide to try it!

How exciting! Have fun in Mexico!!




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[snowflake22]

Lunch time! :???: 1st thing I'm going to do is get out that soup & get it going. LOL!!!

Enjoy your lunch!




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[snowflake22]

I want to see some trail camera pics!

Me, too!!




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[snowflake22]

Come on Sunday!!!!

No kidding!!
Tomorrow our windchill is going to be -40!!




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[snowflake22]

Good afternoon, MMC!!

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[xmastidings]

Come on Sunday!!!!

Ummmm, I would say that it looks like there will be a mighty cold seat in the outhouse tonight.....cheesy

 

[made582]

Happy Epiphany!

Bless your heart for all of the shoveling and cleaning off of cars that you do [emoji173]️

Stay warm & have an awesome afternoon, buddy!

xx

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Thanks, Buddy!!!! ❤

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You're welcome, and thank you too, buddy!

[emoji169]

I'm hanging in =]

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I look forward to the day that you are doing more than hanging in, Buddy. Until then, know that I am thinking of you and sending you lots of love.

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Such a GOOD guy with a big heart!

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Aww. Thanks, Beautiful!!!

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No kidding!!
Tomorrow our windchill is going to be -40!!

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That is just downright scary!!!! I think they would shut the city down here for something like that.

Hope you have a few extra layers that you can throw on tomorrow and maybe a pair of the battery powered electric socks to keep your feet nice and toasty!!!

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Good afternoon, MMC!!

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Good Afternoon, Buddy!!!!! Hope the rest of your work day flies by for you!!!

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Ummmm, I would say that it looks like there will be a mighty cold seat in the outhouse tonight.....cheesy

LOL!!!! Well i can tell you that the heat in my bathroom got cranked higher since it's the coldest room in my apartment!!! :lol:

 

[snowflake22]

Thanks, Buddy!!!!

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I look forward to the day that you are doing more than hanging in, Buddy. Until then, know that I am thinking of you and sending you lots of love. *›

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Aww. Thanks, Beautiful!!!

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That is just downright scary!!!! I think they would shut the city down here for something like that.

Hope you have a few extra layers that you can throw on tomorrow and maybe a pair of the battery powered electric socks to keep your feet nice and toasty!!!

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Good Afternoon, Buddy!!!!! Hope the rest of your work day flies by for you!!!

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LOL!!!! Well i can tell you that the heat in my bathroom got cranked higher since it's the coldest room in my apartment!!! :lol:

Thanks for the sweet sentiments, friend!

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Definitely dressing extra warm tomorrow!
I want some of those socks!!

[emoji169]




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[made582]

Thanks for the sweet sentiments, friend!

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Definitely dressing extra warm tomorrow!
I want some of those socks!!

[emoji169]

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Hmm, you do have a birthday coming up soon!!!

 

[xmastidings]

LOL!!!! Well i can tell you that the heat in my bathroom got cranked higher since it's the coldest room in my apartment!!! :lol:

Mannn, can you imagine dropping down on that with a temperature like that outside???? here's some better advice, if your in the woods and nature calls, keep the barn door closed......:lol::lol:

 

[made582]

Mannn, can you imagine dropping down on that with a temperature like that outside???? here's some better advice, if your in the woods and nature calls, keep the barn door closed......:lol::lol:

LOL!!!! Yeah, I have been out camping in below zero weather but only at boy scout camps with heated bathrooms. I don't even want to think about using one of the outhouses in those kind of temps. You might not be able to get back up!!!!!

If you watch all of the Alaska shows on tv they all show piece's of rigid foam board in the outhouses. So that must be the trick but it would still be darn cold!!!!

 

[Holiday]

Come on Sunday!!!!

Sad when 25º is exciting!! :lol:

:cold:

 

[made582]

Sad when 25º is exciting!! :lol:

:cold:

Yes it is!!! LOL!!!


I'm hoping that chance on next Monday doesn't happen. I have to babysit that afternoon and don't want to be dealing with slick roads.

 

[HomemakinGirl]

That's great HMG... I hope you like the snow as much as I do. If it was not for my wife, I would be living in some location just like Jeff Westover; in Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming... I love the sight of mountains, snow, evergreens - listen to me.... I'm rambling on like Bilbo Baggins;

“I want to see mountains again, Gandalf, mountains, and then find somewhere where I can rest. In peace and quiet, without a lot of relatives prying around, and a string of confounded visitors hanging on the bell. I might find somewhere where I can finish my book. I have thought of a nice ending for it: and he lived happily ever after to the end of his days.”

LOL....

Thank you! I'm hoping that the roads will be in good shape by the time I leave here this afternoon, but now looking at the weather forecast, it is supposed to be snowing here, all the way up to rush hour. Ugggh, on a normal day, that Baltimore Beltway (I-695) is a nightmare...And, I have to get on that before I can start to head in a Northwest direction.....

I love the snow, just don't like driving in it. And I especially worry about my girls.
Sounds like you may have a long ride home, be safe!

Good Morning, Friends of the Count.

And a friendly greeting awaits us this morning in the form of our new numbers and the close drawing of our first Milestone of 2015.

Days to the Season: 311
Days to Christmas Day: 353

And the friendliest feature of all is the fact that as of the day after tomorrow, we will be down to SINGLE DIGITS to the 300-day Season window.
(My! Isn't it nice to have the Season count!)


Chilly yesterday but really not too bad for winter and it came with no further rain.
Got a little outdoor work done, which sadly involved mainly undecorating.

Yes, the house is bare of Christmas once again until next December.
With one exception.
We always keep our poinsettia out as long as it has blossoms.

Our thermometer stands just above 29 degrees here at this hour.


Have a Terrific Tuesday, Folks!

Thank you so much Crown, hope you're having a great day!

I love that they were still playing Christmas music! :smile: I hope sophie is feeling better today. Super sweet pic! Have a good day at work!

Sophia seems to be feeling much better today, thank you!
I hope you're having a great day!

In the 20's here this morning, first day back to school for DD. We're supposed to have lows in the single digits & highs below freezing for the next couple of days. Thankfully, there is no chance of precip, so school should not be affected. If it's going to snow, I want it to start on Friday night & finish by Sunday morning so school can go on! I know the teachers pray for snow, but I'd rather get school finished now & not have them going in June. They already start school the first week of August!

I got Christmas cards at CVS yesterday. 75% off, plus Extracare Bucks---less than $2.00 per box!

Now that Christmas is over, I'm now focusing on our Walt Disney World vacation in June. We're paying that off ASAP. There's not much planning left to do, just waiting to make our FastPass reservations in April. We're just saving up as much as we can so we don't have to put anything on the credit card when we get there!

Trying to start the new year drinking more water, keeping the house straightened better, reading my Bible & praying more, exercising more. You know, the usual! I don't put pressure on myself, just do what I can. I'm also going to try not to stress so much about DD's school things. She so scattered & I'm a list-maker. It makes things "interesting" for us!

So nice to see you Whitney!
Great deal on the Christmas cards!
I bet you're super excited about the Disney trip, that is awesome!
Hope you're having a nice day!

 

[Holiday]

Yes it is!!! LOL!!!


I'm hoping that chance on next Monday doesn't happen. I have to babysit that afternoon and don't want to be dealing with slick roads.

Hopefully the forecast will be better by then! xx