Christmas Countdown - 2016

[snowflake22]

Thank you so much Snowflake ♥
xo

You're welcome, HmG
Xo

 

[graywolf70]

Sunday morning, nice and quiet here, relaxing and enjoying a cup of tea.
Penny ate a good breakfast, and she must be feeling better because she fought like crazy when I gave her meds to her. LOL
Hope you all have a fantastic day !

Sounds like a great start to the day CS. So glad she's feeling better!

Good Sunday Morning MMC! My eyes were closing last night as I almost stayed up till midnight (late for me kind of). I guess having to get up for work Saturday morning made me more tired. Well now today is Sunday and I'm thinking to make my normal good Sunday breakfast of waffles and bacon. Then I'm thinking enjoy some NFL football this afternoon and some relaxation in between some errands I do have to do. Pretty simple Sunday. To all of you who have Monday off I envy you . I'll be working 5 days this coming week but I will definitely appreciate next weekend even more after having to work this Saturday as I did. Oh and I'm hearing some very early rumblings about a "possible" storm next weekend. We will see.
Have a great SUNDAY!

Good start to a Sunday morning and hope your enjoy the games!

Thank you, Har is dong much better.
I am slowly improving (knock on wood).
Prayers for Florida, sad to hear about the tornadoes there overnight.

Graywolf, are you and your family okay? Please let us know that you're safe. Thinking of you.

Thank you! Yeah... we're basically okay. I'll make a separate post for that. So glad to read both you and Harlowe are doing better!

Good morning everyone!
Happy Sunday!
Not too much going on here this morning. My husband is sleeping in, I hope he feels better when he wakes up. We'll be going to the Islander game later this afternoon. It's the first time we'll be seeing them since they moved to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. I think we're going to take the train in. Not excited about the trip to and from but hopefully it will go smoothly and we have a good time.
I hope everyone has a wonderful and relaxing Sunday!

Sorry about the train trip, but hope the game is wonderful and your husband feels so much better by game time he can really enjoy it.

Good Morning, Everyone.

Tomorrow. --- I'll repeat that. -- TOMORROW!
<< What's so important about tomorrow, Crown? >>
Why, it's the 300-Day Window to Christmas Season 2016, of course.
<< Wow! >>
Wow, indeed.

Days to the Season: 301
Days to Christmas Day: 343

(And the numbers do, in fact, confirm it!)


Pretty nice day yesterday.
Today? Well, we have a chilly rain falling as I type this.
And how appropriate, after the Packers heartbreaking loss yesterday evening.
(Oh well, we still have the Panthers!)
Our thermometer reads 40 here at this hour.


Have a Super Sunday, Folks.
And GO CATS!

Thank you so much for the countdown Crown! Very excited to see that "2" LOL

Merry Sunday Snowflake! Happy to hear you and Har feeling better! We have my daughter's soccer game today and my youngest is going to a sleepover tonight. We are also going to my SIL's for dinner tonight. I love 3 day weekends!

Hope your daughter's game goes well!

 

[snowflake22]

Sounds like a great start to the day CS. So glad she's feeling better!


Good start to a Sunday morning and hope your enjoy the games!



Thank you! Yeah... we're basically okay. I'll make a separate post for that. So glad to read both you and Harlowe are doing better!



Sorry about the train trip, but hope the game is wonderful and your husband feels so much better by game time he can really enjoy it.



Thank you so much for the countdown Crown! Very excited to see that "2" LOL



Hope your daughter's game goes well!

Thank you, glad to see that you guys are okay!

 

[graywolf70]

Florida Storms last night:

Bud came in from work last night and said, "I heard we're supposed to get some rain and a cool front is behind it!" I said, "Great!!" That was around 8:45pm. It was still hot and humid, somewhere around 74 degrees and very muggy.

I took the dogs out for their final time out before I went to bed around midnight. Opened the door and it was pouring rain and quite cool, tremendously windy. My smallest, Cheenie, who thinks everything below 85 is positively frigid, ran out so happy to be going out, out from under the porch cover, hit the grass, made a quick 180° right back to the porch, up the steps to the door. Turned and looked at me like, "WHAT is wrong with you!! Winter has come! QUICKLY! TAKE SHELTER!" LOL

I heard Noah come in around 1am when Moose started doing his goofy bark that's just for Noah. That's my alarm for "Noah's home safe." Then I fell into a deep sleep till I heard my phone on the nightstand make some strange tone that I wasn't familiar. I opened my eyes enough to see the clock said 3:12am. I didn't even look at it. I thought it was an odd tone for an app or software update. Right back to sleep. Didn't move again till the alarm went off at 6.

When I got around to looking at my phone a bit later I saw this which was the message delivered at 3:11am from Sprint towers:

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Uhm.... thank you? I guess? I mean I'm glad they send them, but it really didn't do much good since the tone was so, common. I thought, Oh WOW! Oh my gosh we are so lucky!! I went to open the back door to see if there was any damage. The temps were back up, warmer than at midnight, humidity in full effect, and still raining - this was what we woke up to outside:

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And much like your snows and cold - yes everyone still left and went to work. LOL Took a few hours, but most of the waters have receded from around the house. The planting fields are still underwater, nearest the canal, which means I will NOT be walking the dogs over there. The alligators that use the canal as a migration route between lakes will be up at the edge with a possibility of being in the field. They're not huge, but big enough to harm or kill one of the dogs. Normal size for the canal is between 3 and 5 feet.

We were in the path of the storm cells causing tornadoes. The family which lost both grandparents was in Duette (the one making national news), which is about 30 minutes south of us. Our county, Polk, had a few funnels and some touch downs, but no major reported damage, just water levels. Still raining and yea-to-me, temps will continue to drop throughout the day.

Please continue prayers and positive thought for those south and west of us who did lose their homes, were injured and lost loved ones.

 

[Edge612]

Florida Storms last night:

Bud came in from work last night and said, "I heard we're supposed to get some rain and a cool front is behind it!" I said, "Great!!" That was around 8:45pm. It was still hot and humid, somewhere around 74 degrees and very muggy.

I took the dogs out for their final time out before I went to bed around midnight. Opened the door and it was pouring rain and quite cool, tremendously windy. My smallest, Cheenie, who thinks everything below 85 is positively frigid, ran out so happy to be going out, out from under the porch cover, hit the grass, made a quick 180° right back to the porch, up the steps to the door. Turned and looked at me like, "WHAT is wrong with you!! Winter has come! QUICKLY! TAKE SHELTER!" LOL

I heard Noah come in around 1am when Moose started doing his goofy bark that's just for Noah. That's my alarm for "Noah's home safe." Then I fell into a deep sleep till I heard my phone on the nightstand make some strange tone that I wasn't familiar. I opened my eyes enough to see the clock said 3:12am. I didn't even look at it. I thought it was an odd tone for an app or software update. Right back to sleep. Didn't move again till the alarm went off at 6.

When I got around to looking at my phone a bit later I saw this which was the message delivered at 3:11am from Sprint towers:

View attachment 18794
​

Uhm.... thank you? I guess? I mean I'm glad they send them, but it really didn't do much good since the tone was so, common. I thought, Oh WOW! Oh my gosh we are so lucky!! I went to open the back door to see if there was any damage. The temps were back up, warmer than at midnight, humidity in full effect, and still raining - this was what we woke up to outside:

View attachment 18795
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And much like your snows and cold - yes everyone still left and went to work. LOL Took a few hours, but most of the waters have receded from around the house. The planting fields are still underwater, nearest the canal, which means I will NOT be walking the dogs over there. The alligators that use the canal as a migration route between lakes will be up at the edge with a possibility of being in the field. They're not huge, but big enough to harm or kill one of the dogs. Normal size for the canal is between 3 and 5 feet.

We were in the path of the storm cells causing tornadoes. The family which lost both grandparents was in Duette (the one making national news), which is about 30 minutes south of us. Our county, Polk, had a few funnels and some touch downs, but no major reported damage, just water levels. Still raining and yea-to-me, temps will continue to drop throughout the day.

Please continue prayers and positive thought for those south and west of us who did lose their homes, were injured and lost loved ones.

Stay safe!

 

[snowflake22]

Florida Storms last night:

Bud came in from work last night and said, "I heard we're supposed to get some rain and a cool front is behind it!" I said, "Great!!" That was around 8:45pm. It was still hot and humid, somewhere around 74 degrees and very muggy.

I took the dogs out for their final time out before I went to bed around midnight. Opened the door and it was pouring rain and quite cool, tremendously windy. My smallest, Cheenie, who thinks everything below 85 is positively frigid, ran out so happy to be going out, out from under the porch cover, hit the grass, made a quick 180° right back to the porch, up the steps to the door. Turned and looked at me like, "WHAT is wrong with you!! Winter has come! QUICKLY! TAKE SHELTER!" LOL

I heard Noah come in around 1am when Moose started doing his goofy bark that's just for Noah. That's my alarm for "Noah's home safe." Then I fell into a deep sleep till I heard my phone on the nightstand make some strange tone that I wasn't familiar. I opened my eyes enough to see the clock said 3:12am. I didn't even look at it. I thought it was an odd tone for an app or software update. Right back to sleep. Didn't move again till the alarm went off at 6.

When I got around to looking at my phone a bit later I saw this which was the message delivered at 3:11am from Sprint towers:

View attachment 18794
​

Uhm.... thank you? I guess? I mean I'm glad they send them, but it really didn't do much good since the tone was so, common. I thought, Oh WOW! Oh my gosh we are so lucky!! I went to open the back door to see if there was any damage. The temps were back up, warmer than at midnight, humidity in full effect, and still raining - this was what we woke up to outside:

View attachment 18795
​

And much like your snows and cold - yes everyone still left and went to work. LOL Took a few hours, but most of the waters have receded from around the house. The planting fields are still underwater, nearest the canal, which means I will NOT be walking the dogs over there. The alligators that use the canal as a migration route between lakes will be up at the edge with a possibility of being in the field. They're not huge, but big enough to harm or kill one of the dogs. Normal size for the canal is between 3 and 5 feet.

We were in the path of the storm cells causing tornadoes. The family which lost both grandparents was in Duette (the one making national news), which is about 30 minutes south of us. Our county, Polk, had a few funnels and some touch downs, but no major reported damage, just water levels. Still raining and yea-to-me, temps will continue to drop throughout the day.

Please continue prayers and positive thought for those south and west of us who did lose their homes, were injured and lost loved ones.

How scary!
So glad you are safe.
Continued prayers for all affected.
God bless you & yours.

 

[MerryCarey]

Hope you're all having the kind of Sunday you looked forward to last Friday!

snowflake22, I hope you and Har keep progressing and feeling better and better today.
graywolf70, so scary about the storms and tornadoes---happy to hear you're safe.
e_xander, how's that calf? I hope that keeping everything crossed didn't bring that on.

Thanks to several of you for the heads-up about a possible storm in the Northeast next weekend. Will have to keep an eye on that one, as cold air is supposed to move in and stay for a while.

Getting a few useful things done today---laundry, updating addresses from Christmas cards---while fighting the impulse to just hit the sofa with some tea, watch TV, and crochet. Also want to continue digitizing some LPs while I have the time.

 

[snowflake22]

Hope you're all having the kind of Sunday you looked forward to last Friday!

snowflake22, I hope you and Har keep progressing and feeling better and better today.
graywolf70, so scary about the storms and tornadoes---happy to hear you're safe.
e_xander, how's that calf? I hope that keeping everything crossed didn't bring that on.

Thanks to several of you for the heads-up about a possible storm in the Northeast next weekend. Will have to keep an eye on that one, as cold air is supposed to move in and stay for a while.

Getting a few useful things done today---laundry, updating addresses from Christmas cards---while fighting the impulse to just hit the sofa with some tea, watch TV, and crochet. Also want to continue digitizing some LPs while I have the time.

Happy Sunday, Merry!
Thank you, we seem to be on the road to recovery =]
Your Sunday plans sound wonderful and productive. Hope you also have time for tea, tv, and crocheting.
Have a lovely day!

 

[HomemakinGirl]

Sorry about the train trip, but hope the game is wonderful and your husband feels so much better by game time he can really enjoy it.

Thank you so much. I'm sure the trip will be fine. It's just me, I tend to get nervous very easily!
So scary about the tornadoes. I'm glad to hear that you guys are safe & sound.

 

[DoYouHearWhatIHear]

Good Morning again MMC! I am happy to report there is snow on the ground! It's not on the roads so that's good, but it's on the grass! It's beautiful. What a wonderful way to spend my Sunday! <3 Have a good day everyone!

 

[DoYouHearWhatIHear]

Florida Storms last night:

Bud came in from work last night and said, "I heard we're supposed to get some rain and a cool front is behind it!" I said, "Great!!" That was around 8:45pm. It was still hot and humid, somewhere around 74 degrees and very muggy.

I took the dogs out for their final time out before I went to bed around midnight. Opened the door and it was pouring rain and quite cool, tremendously windy. My smallest, Cheenie, who thinks everything below 85 is positively frigid, ran out so happy to be going out, out from under the porch cover, hit the grass, made a quick 180° right back to the porch, up the steps to the door. Turned and looked at me like, "WHAT is wrong with you!! Winter has come! QUICKLY! TAKE SHELTER!" LOL

I heard Noah come in around 1am when Moose started doing his goofy bark that's just for Noah. That's my alarm for "Noah's home safe." Then I fell into a deep sleep till I heard my phone on the nightstand make some strange tone that I wasn't familiar. I opened my eyes enough to see the clock said 3:12am. I didn't even look at it. I thought it was an odd tone for an app or software update. Right back to sleep. Didn't move again till the alarm went off at 6.

When I got around to looking at my phone a bit later I saw this which was the message delivered at 3:11am from Sprint towers:

View attachment 18794
​

Uhm.... thank you? I guess? I mean I'm glad they send them, but it really didn't do much good since the tone was so, common. I thought, Oh WOW! Oh my gosh we are so lucky!! I went to open the back door to see if there was any damage. The temps were back up, warmer than at midnight, humidity in full effect, and still raining - this was what we woke up to outside:

View attachment 18795
​

And much like your snows and cold - yes everyone still left and went to work. LOL Took a few hours, but most of the waters have receded from around the house. The planting fields are still underwater, nearest the canal, which means I will NOT be walking the dogs over there. The alligators that use the canal as a migration route between lakes will be up at the edge with a possibility of being in the field. They're not huge, but big enough to harm or kill one of the dogs. Normal size for the canal is between 3 and 5 feet.

We were in the path of the storm cells causing tornadoes. The family which lost both grandparents was in Duette (the one making national news), which is about 30 minutes south of us. Our county, Polk, had a few funnels and some touch downs, but no major reported damage, just water levels. Still raining and yea-to-me, temps will continue to drop throughout the day.

Please continue prayers and positive thought for those south and west of us who did lose their homes, were injured and lost loved ones.

Prayers for them! So glad you're okay. Hope the water level continues to go down.

 

[Bradmac]

Good Sunday afternoon, my Christmas friends!

It's super windy today, though not as bad as my neighbors in FL. I hope all is ok there. Yesterday was beautiful, sunny & 65 degrees. Lulu and I stayed outside all day!

We just got home from church. One of the older ladies fainted and fell on the floor. It was so scary, but she's ok. They took her to the hospital to get checked out. Bless her heart.

I hope y'all have a great day!

 

[Edge612]

Good Sunday afternoon, my Christmas friends!

It's super windy today, though not as bad as my neighbors in FL. I hope all is ok there. Yesterday was beautiful, sunny & 65 degrees. Lulu and I stayed outside all day!

We just got home from church. One of the older ladies fainted and fell on the floor. It was so scary, but she's ok. They took her to the hospital to get checked out. Bless her heart.

I hope y'all have a great day!

Enjoy your Sunday Brad. I hope that lady is ok. Take care!

 

[snowflake22]

Good Morning again MMC! I am happy to report there is snow on the ground! It's not on the roads so that's good, but it's on the grass! It's beautiful. What a wonderful way to spend my Sunday! <3 Have a good day everyone!

Yay for snow! Enjoy!!

 

[snowflake22]

Good Sunday afternoon, my Christmas friends!

It's super windy today, though not as bad as my neighbors in FL. I hope all is ok there. Yesterday was beautiful, sunny & 65 degrees. Lulu and I stayed outside all day!

We just got home from church. One of the older ladies fainted and fell on the floor. It was so scary, but she's ok. They took her to the hospital to get checked out. Bless her heart.

I hope y'all have a great day!

Merry Sunday, Brad!
Don't blow away, stay safe.
Keeping the lady from your church in my prayers, friend.
Hope you have another gorgeous day!

 

[snowflake22]

Good afternoon, friends~
It is a bitter cold day here. Currently, it's -7° with a wind chill of -26.
Hope you're all staying safe & cozy!
* hugs & prayers *

 

[Edge612]

Good afternoon, friends~
It is a bitter cold day here. Currently, it's -7° with a wind chill of -26.
Hope you're all staying safe & cozy!
* hugs & prayers *

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That's just too cold.

 

[prancer]

Good afternoon, friends~
It is a bitter cold day here. Currently, it's -7° with a wind chill of -26.
Hope you're all staying safe & cozy!
* hugs & prayers *

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Wow -7 feels like -26 now thats the weather i like snowflake22...I am moving to your area lol

 

[snowflake22]

Wow -7 feels like -26 now thats the weather i like snowflake22...I am moving to your area lol

lol, it sounds great for people that "like the cold", until they actually realize you can't be outside in it for long, before hypothermia sets in! There's warnings out there for a reason.

I love winter, but I also prefer to actually be able to partake in it Which is why I'm glad it doesn't last all season long. We love our long winter walks, and we want to go snowshoeing again.

 

[prancer]

lol, it sounds great for people that "like the cold", until they actually realize you can't be outside in it for long, before hypothermia sets in! There's warnings out there for a reason.

I love winter, but I also prefer to actually be able to partake in it

I totally agree snowflake22....Many moons ago we got weather like that but not any more...Its not fun when you get burst pipes...Yes your right these warnings are out there for a reason