Christmas Countdown - 2015

[snowflake22]

Have a great day Snowflake...so exciting about building a new home!



Great job Prancer...cannot wait to see pics!


Hope you have fun shopping and hope Maggie does well on her antibiotics.


Happy Tuesday Festive!



Have a great day Made...so nice of you to take care of your niece..hope she feels better!


Hang in there Merry...HUGS!

Thanks, SnowflakeMom!
Hope you're having a wonderful day!

 

[snowflake22]

Merry Tuesday...not up too much today. Work just got a pretty busy and this is supposed to be our slow time of year but I guess not! So I am enjoying some Christmas music to get me through it. Not up too much tonight. I ma hoping to get a work out in...it is my goal to get back into regular workouts!
Have a good day!

Glad that the Christmas music is helping get you through the busy day!
Have a great evening =)

 

[snowflake22]

VERY exciting!!! xx


Awesome!


I hope so! The afghan may have to be one I give her & take back to finish. We'll see!


My friend bought one of those last year - a "Ryan Home" - it's very nice!! There is one going up down the road from us too! Good luck with all your decisions!!! xx

Thank you so much!
xx

 

[Holiday]

FB has the coolest pictures today...

 

[snowflake22]

Good evening MMC!
Hope everyone is doing well!
I am sorry I haven't been around much lately but have been busy, mostly just taking care of the baby and not having much chance to do anything else.
The weather here has been pretty warm and sunny so it's hard to believe Christmas is around the corner.
Have a lovely evening everyone!

Good Evening, K.G.!!
Hope your little one is doing well!
Sending hugs your way =]
Have a great night!

 

[snowflake22]

Thanks! I try not to spend too much, but within minutes of walking in the door last year I found a ceramic Santa with a sack that you could put candy canes or other treats in, and I caved.

The garden center is big---one room leads to another room and to another, a few stairs up, a few stairs down ... it's fun wandering through and trying to see everything without missing anything!


Another side of it, though: A well-chosen gift card CAN be thoughtful. We have friends and relatives who like certain stores or restaurants, and love to get a gift card so they can splurge a bit and get something that might otherwise be out of reach. On the receiving end, well, Mr. and I are difficult to shop for. But give us an Amazon gift card, and we love spending it on something we've been thinking of buying, but didn't want to spend so much for.

The most thoughtful gift we got last year, I nearly wept. Mr. was laid off in October and getting very few temp assignments. Two friends at the office clubbed together to get us a generous gift card to one of our favorite local restaurants so we could enjoy going out to lunch or dinner without feeling guilty about bruising the budget. I feel a bit choked up remembering it!

I remember you posting a photo of that Santa, he is beautiful!

The gift card was a lovely gesture from your friends. Bless them.

 

[snowflake22]

My dad had a home like that in the '90s. He had a handicapped ramp added in the front for my mom, and had the laundry on the ground floor instead of in the basement. It was a very nice home.

A custom-built (or customized) home would be so great---to make the home match what you want, instead of accommodating yourself to a previously built home.

That's great to hear, Merry. I'm glad they enjoyed it.

We're definitely excited to make it our own.

 

[snowflake22]

So sweet!

 

[Edge612]

Good Tuesday morning, my Christmas friends!

We've been getting ready for the kids' state competition with the One-Act Play. We have to leave town this afternoon for an early morning start. There ain't no good way to get to Albany, GA from Bellville, either.

I hope y'all have a great day!

Good luck to your kids!

 

[snowflake22]

Good Evening!
Trying to get on New York time, so we plan to stay up to 2 AM tonight!?!
(when it's 2 AM here, it's 8 PM in NY...)
But Im not sure it's a good idea cos Im pretty tired today after staying up till 1 PM last night..
(and yes I got some extra sleep this morning)
Not sure Im gonna make it... 6 hours left!

I have Pre-Travel Jitters, my belly is full of butterflies..
Feel a bit sick actually... *lol*

So how are you guys?

Good Evening, Solice!!
Good luck with adjusting yourselves to New York time =]
How exciting!!!!
Can you take some non-drowsy Dramamine for the flight? Thinking of you. Hope your stomach settles down to just butterflies of anticipation <3
Have a safe trip and a phenomenal time!!
xo

 

[Edge612]

9 days to Thanksgiving is unbelievable...and almost 90% back to Christmas...WOW!

It is unreal...can't wait but really hope it goes slow.

 

[Edge612]

Good morning, everyone!

It's a beautiful day in Ottawa. Temperatures are around the mid single digits/low 40s without much wind. The sun is shining. It truly is a mid-November Day... Mid-November? I mean, an early Christmas Season day.

I've been busy the past few days. Yesterday, I thought I would have a break and be able to post while teaching. Instead, I had a couple extra periods for teaching and did not get my break at all. I hope everyone had a great start to their first full week of the Christmas Season.

Today has been a decent day thus far. I was finally able to put my Christmas music on my iPod last night. This allowed me to finally start my day off right. The 30 minutes of Christmas music while driving is the perfect way to start a day. I had missed it since last year. Of course, I listened to plenty of my favourite Christmas songs on the weekend, but this was the first in my car.

Well, it's another busy night tonight. I have competitive dodgeball, which is super fun at 7:30, then I have a very late game of hockey at 11:15pm. I like hockey, but that is way too late for anything that does not involve my head on my pillow.

I have no work yet for tomorrow. We'll see how it goes. I really want to get at least four days in this week. As of right now, I only have three.

Have a great Tuesday, everyone! Merry Christmas!

Have fun Brent. Glad to see you around and pumped for this Christmas season.

 

[snowflake22]

FB has the coolest pictures today...

Winter Wonderland!!!

 

[Edge612]

That's a great pic.

 

[Holiday]

I can't believe it but I completely forgot about Stocking Stuffer night tonight at the brew barn! My friend texted asking what time we are leaving ~ oops! I Guess I'm going to go out to do some Christmassing tonight!!!

Have a Merry Christmassy Evening MMC!!

 

[Christmasstar]

Good Afternoon MMC !!

Busy day here, finally got a chance to check in here.

Nice sunny day here, but please pray for the folks in BC, my brother called and they are having a wicked storm there. Freeway closed because a large truck got blown over, trees down, 400,000 without power, roofs coming off lots of flooding, a big mess.

Going to put up our outdoor lights yet this afternoon (I hope) going to get cold and wet by end of week so this is a good day to get that done.

Hope you are all well, will try to read through the posts later.

 

[MerryCarey]

I remember you posting a photo of that Santa, he is beautiful!

The gift card was a lovely gesture from your friends. Bless them.

Bless them, indeed!
I'm looking forward to getting that Santa out again and putting him on the piano. I had bought him to put on my office desk with candy canes, but I realized that I couldn't stand it if he got smashed or chipped, so I kept him at home and put some candy canes in a Christmas mug on my desk instead.

 

[snowflake22]

I can't believe it but I completely forgot about Stocking Stuffer night tonight at the brew barn! My friend texted asking what time we are leaving ~ oops! I Guess I'm going to go out to do some Christmassing tonight!!!

Have a Merry Christmassy Evening MMC!!

Sounds like a lot of fun! Have a MERRY time!
Enjoy your night!

 

[snowflake22]

Good Afternoon MMC !!

Busy day here, finally got a chance to check in here.

Nice sunny day here, but please pray for the folks in BC, my brother called and they are having a wicked storm there. Freeway closed because a large truck got blown over, trees down, 400,000 without power, roofs coming off lots of flooding, a big mess.

Going to put up our outdoor lights yet this afternoon (I hope) going to get cold and wet by end of week so this is a good day to get that done.

Hope you are all well, will try to read through the posts later.

Praying for your brother & all in BC! How scary.

Have fun decorating outside!

 

[snowflake22]

Bless them, indeed!
I'm looking forward to getting that Santa out again and putting him on the piano. I had bought him to put on my office desk with candy canes, but I realized that I couldn't stand it if he got smashed or chipped, so I kept him at home and put some candy canes in a Christmas mug on my desk instead.

It really seems like the perfect spot <3