Christmas Countdown - 2016

[MerryCarey]

good evening my merry Christmas friends !
Work is done, supper consumed now I can relax for awhile.
Penny goes for her surgery tomorrow, please keep her in your prayers.
Hope you all have a great evening !

A prayer for Penny, going up.

 

[DoYouHearWhatIHear]

good evening my merry Christmas friends !
Work is done, supper consumed now I can relax for awhile.
Penny goes for her surgery tomorrow, please keep her in your prayers.
Hope you all have a great evening !

Praying for Penny right now!

 

[DoYouHearWhatIHear]

Hope everyone had a great day! Happy Weekend Eve friends!!! I'm excited about work tomorrow-a meeting about some exciting possibilities for work we may do in the future. I hope everyone is well--prayers for those who need them. Have a wonderful evening friends!

 

[e_xander]

Thanks again for all the positive thoughts and prayers for Mr. The two nibbles he followed up on are looking encouraging ... please keep those good vibes coming!

Everything is still crossed (although I'm getting quite dizzy!! )

 

[e_xander]

good evening my merry Christmas friends !
Work is done, supper consumed now I can relax for awhile.
Penny goes for her surgery tomorrow, please keep her in your prayers.
Hope you all have a great evening !

Prayers going out to Penny!! Hope everything goes as planned or better.

Sean

 

[snowflake22]

Hope everyone had a great day! Happy Weekend Eve friends!!! I'm excited about work tomorrow-a meeting about some exciting possibilities for work we may do in the future. I hope everyone is well--prayers for those who need them. Have a wonderful evening friends!

Hope your meeting goes well tomorrow!
Have a great night!

 

[snowflake22]

I am not feeling so hot, so I'm going to turn in a bit early.
Goodnight, friends~
God bless

 

[Edge612]

I completely agree. LOL It's actually why we (my parents and I) ended up moving to Florida when I was younger, because they were both originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and were so sick of driving and shoveling snow, they bailed for warmer climates.

I totally understand why adults in the north can't stand January and February. Same reason most southerners dread July and August. LOL They're the worst months of the year meteorological-ly speaking.

About the dry season versus rainy season... it's rainy from March through the beginning of mid November. Hurricane season is June 1st through November 30th. Though we've seen bad hurricanes in December too. The one which flooded our home that I lost that Christmas album to hit the day after Christmas. Then it's usually quite dry from the beginning of December, through the end of February. Quite rare to have rain now. They'll start issuing burn bans by the beginning of February.

Sink holes.... yes, they're awful. Actually has most to do with the fact that our population has grown beyond the capacity of the natural aquifer. The geological base of Florida is limestone. It's porous and when it dries it become brittle. Most of south Florida actually no longer has a natural water reservoir of consumable water. So they pipe the water to south Florida in from north Florida. Most residents are completely unaware of this. They just assume, they turn on the faucet and it came from a local water piping facility. As the limestone decays it become brittle and collapses. Thus random sinkholes. Most of the 60s, 70s and beginning 80s, central Florida had numerous phosphate strip mining pits. Once dug out completely and no longer producing, they backfill them, let it set for 20 years, then sell it to developers for homes. That too is porous and lacking any real structure. It leads to more sinkholes and surface/environmental toxins.

Okay... Sorry. ROFL ... I'm having the Cuba Gooding Jr moment from As Good As It Gets. He gets upset with Jack Nicholson's character , claps his hands, regains his composure, adjusts his tie, turns around and essentially skips back to the party saying, "Party!" LOL

Sooooo - "Party!"

My brother moved to San Diego about 3-4 years ago. He loves it there. He got tired of the cold and snow here. I don't blame him. He will text me in January when I'm freezing and it'll be 70 and sunny there. However, when he comes back in December for Christmas he always says he likes that it's cold. It doesn't feel like Christmas if it's warm. Maybe in FL you get used to it? But then again this year it was 65 degrees on Christmas Eve and about 60 on Christmas Day so he almost could have stayed in San Diego! Hoping it was just a one year thing.

 

[Edge612]

Everything is still crossed (although I'm getting quite dizzy!! )

You are gonna have a hard time running if you keep your legs crossed this long lol. Probably gonna be all wobbly. By the way, do you stretch before you run? I never have. My friend who's older than me (10 years older he's 47, I'm 37) says I'm nuts. I read in several places online that stretching is a big myth. But I just never wanted to nor felt the need to. I just run, some days slower and some days faster. It depends how I feel.

 

[Edge612]

I am not feeling so hot, so I'm going to turn in a bit early.
Goodnight, friends~
God bless

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Feel better snowflake. We all have those nights once in a while. I know you've had a long week and with that bitter cold weather I feel for ya. Hope you feel better when you wake up and realize it's FRIDAY! WOOHOO!

 

[Edge612]

I went out this evening and Christmas stuff is 70% off still. Yep it's still Christmas around these parts! I bought one wrapping paper. I bought one last year in January with a similar sale. Partially cause it's cheap but more because I keep it out all year where it's visible in the corner of my bedroom. Just little reminders of Christmas I like to keep. But I do plan on taking my tree down on Sunday!

 

[Edge612]

And there are still several houses lit around my area...although I fear with this semi-holiday weekend for some people that this may be the end of it. I'd like to see a few houses keep it up into next week.

 

[e_xander]

You are gonna have a hard time running if you keep your legs crossed this long lol. Probably gonna be all wobbly. By the way, do you stretch before you run? I never have. My friend who's older than me (10 years older he's 47, I'm 37) says I'm nuts. I read in several places online that stretching is a big myth. But I just never wanted to nor felt the need to. I just run, some days slower and some days faster. It depends how I feel.

I don't do an extensive stretch, just enough to loosen the legs up a bit. 5 min max. Do you run for a certain distance or time (I've got 5 years on you also...right in between you and your friend )

 

[SnowflakeMom]

I am not feeling so hot, so I'm going to turn in a bit early.
Goodnight, friends~
God bless

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Hope you feel better, friend! My daughter came down with a low fever tonight. Seems like they are a lot of viruses going around!

 

[MerryCarey]

Everything is still crossed (although I'm getting quite dizzy!! )

Thank you!
Take a break---you can pick it back up in the morning.

 

[SnowflakeMom]

Hope you are all having a merry evening! I ran a few errands and saw 15 houses still all lit up! Love it!

 

[MerryCarey]

We picked up a couple rolls of Christmas wrapping paper for 75% off. We wanted some paper that said Merry Christmas, and there it was.

 

[HomemakinGirl]

HMG - How's your daughter liking her new job?

She really likes it so far, thank you for asking. I'm so relieved that it's going well. I already mentioned that it's one of the top laser and aesthetics centers on the island so it's a great opportunity for her!

 

[HomemakinGirl]

good evening my merry Christmas friends !
Work is done, supper consumed now I can relax for awhile.
Penny goes for her surgery tomorrow, please keep her in your prayers.
Hope you all have a great evening !

Keeping Penny in my prayers (((hugs)))

 

[HomemakinGirl]

I am not feeling so hot, so I'm going to turn in a bit early.
Goodnight, friends~
God bless

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I hope you feel better Snowflake. Sending hugs and prayers your way!
xo