Christmas Countdown - 2016

[snowflake22]

Good Morning, Comrades in Christmas Chasing!

Indeed, now that we have chased down all of the Milestones that separated us from Christmas Season 2016, we can set our sights on the main targets.

And now that they are in the crosshairs, we need to get our range:
Days to the Season: 35 (FIVE WEEKS FROM TODAY!)
Days to Christmas Day: 77 (Eleven weeks from today!)

Ah. The Home Stretch.
How exhilarating!
This is the really fun part of the count. The build up to the evening of November 12, when many of us meet here in real time to count down the final hours and minutes to the beginning of the Season.

But before that, we have our SPECIAL POST SERIES which begins 5 days before the season (November 8). During that period, various of our members post special daily messages during the lead-up to November 13.
Christmasstar has already requested a day (no exact one specified) and Binger traditionally takes day 4 before the Season.
That leaves three more spots for any interested party! Just let me know at your leisure. Plenty of time to decide.


Well, Hurricane Matthew moved on up to the Carolinas yesterday and played a nasty cat-and-mouse game with lots of wind and copious amounts of rain which caused extensive flooding in eastern NC. Fortunately, the system finally moved away from the coast overnight.
It is blessedly calm here this morning under clear skies, but with lots of yard debris to clean up (something I hope to complete before the afternoon NFL games!).
Currently, we show a suddenly-chilly 55 degrees on our back door thermometer.


Have a Super Sunday, Everyone!

Thanks & Happy Sunday, Crown~
Glad you were able to stay safe. Prayers for all affected by the flooding.
Have a blessed day!

 

[snowflake22]

Good morning all my Christmas loving friends !

busy this morning putting all the pictures from my old computer into dropbox...says it will take an hour to do. Either I have a lot of pictures (only 3,493) or the old computer is just really slow.

Church this morning then off to my brothers place this afternoon for supper.

Hope you all have a great weekend.

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Good Morning, CS~
Happy Thanksgiving to you & all of our Canadian friends!
Enjoy your celebrations!

 

[snowflake22]

Good morning ~
Merry Sunday!
I'm just having my coffee, relaxing on the couch with Maggie snuggled up next to me. Everyone is still sleeping so I have a few minutes to myself. I'm enjoying the peace and listening to the rain. We're expecting showers for most of the day with temperatures in the 50's. We will be heading to my in laws later today for dinner. We are celebrating my FIL's birthday which was this past Tuesday.
I hope everyone is well and has a beautiful day!
Thoughts and prayers <3

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Merry Sunday, HmG!
What a lovely way to spend your morning. Please give Maggie a hug for us.
Happy belated Birthday to your FIL! Have a nice time celebrating with him this evening. Have a wonderful day!
xo

 

[snowflake22]

Good morning all! Just stopping by for what has become more of a weekly check-in.
We are finally having nice weather. I think the 80 degree days are FINALLY done.
I hope everyone is having a great weekend. It is crazy we are a week into October already. Halloween is so close.
I hope to be able to stop in a little more often. I just have to make more of an effort. Enjoy the rest of your day!

Good Morning, ITP! Hope all is going well!
Happy Sunday!
Enjoy your Fall weather~
Have a great day!!

 

[snowflake22]

Good Sunday Morning MMC! It's rainy cool morning here. Looks like the week ahead we will not see temps above the 60s all week long. Well that's normal for October. Maybe slightly below normal with some of the temps forecast in the lower end of the 60s but I guess that summer heat really is a distant memory now. Rollins slept a good amount last night so he's up and wanting to play. Took him out in the rain and he stopped, looked up at me as if to say "I don't want to." lol. I picked him up and he was actually shivering. If he thinks low 50s and light rain is bad what's he going to think this winter? He's never had a winter since he was born in late March of this year.
Have a great Sunday everyone!!!

Good morning, Edge~
Have a great October Sunday!

 

[snowflake22]

Happy Sunday! It is raining here so I am just enjoying a cup of coffee and a pumpkin donut. We are going to a friend'a house for dinner tonight. Hope you all have a great day!
Happy Thanksgiving to all our Canadian friends!

Happy Sunday, SnowflakeMom!
Enjoy the dinner at your friend's tonight!
Have a wonderful day!

 

[snowflake22]

THANK YOU .. I have all those ingredients on hand so I think I will give this a try today

You're very welcome~hope you enjoy it!

 

[snowflake22]

Good Morning .. sitting enjoying my coffee with peppermint mocha creamer .. so good! well the weather was suppose to be sunny and in the mid 60s today but woke to rain and temps in the low 50's I will be surprised if we even see 60 today. Oh well it's a perfect day to BAKE!

Yesterday I made the sugar cookie dough but we never got time to bake the cookies so we will do that today plus I am going to try snowflakes apple cider bread recipe along with making corn bread and deer stew for dinner.

Kids got their Christmas wish list almost finalized, they didn't go over board at Toysrus, guess thats because they are getting older and are getting more into electronic stuff. Now just got to wait for the sales to begin so we can start shopping

Merry Sunday, Minta~
It does sound like a perfect day to bake!
Your house will smell amazing =)
How exciting that the kids have their Christmas lists ready, makes it seem even closer. Have a merry day!

 

[snowflake22]

Oh I forgot ...Guess what I saw on TV the other night ... The first Christmas Commercial of the season. It was for Rent A Center and it has Christmas music playing in the back ground

How awesome!! Love those signs!!!

 

[snowflake22]

Popping in to say hello to all. Hope everyone is well and blessed! I'm so excited it's finally October! So good to see my favorite fall decorations in place. Think about you guys every day. Always makes me happy to know I'm not the only Christmas-ite in the world. LOL

Merry Sunday, graywolf! Nice to see you!
Happy October!! Hope you & yours are doing well.
Have a wonderful day!

 

[snowflake22]

Merry Sunday, Christmas friends~
It's a gorgeous morning here in Wisconsin!
It was foggy & 32 degrees when I woke up, calm and crisp. We will get a little warmer today, with a high of 58 degrees. Love this Fall weather.
Harlowe and I are relaxing this morning, and will stay close to home today.
Adi returns this afternoon, we have missed him.
Wishing you all a blessed & cozy October day, spent with those who mean the most to you!

 

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[Edge612]

Have a great Sunday, Edge!
Rollins needs a sweater! Leo sometimes wears one in the winter.

I have a feeling if I get one for him he's going to try to tear it apart...and even if I get it on him he's probably going to try to pull it off. He's so stubborn (takes after his owner).

 

['Tis the season]

Evening everyone. Hope the weekend has been good to you all. Hopefully get some down time for a full catch-up later on.

 

[ballcoach]

East Coast friends, I'm grateful for your safety. Continued prayers during the cleanup.

 

[ballcoach]

Happy Sunday!!!!!!

Hope everyone is well. Just got in from church, about out to put supper in the crockpot, and off to play outside with the kiddos. Y'all have a great day!

 

[snowflake22]

Evening everyone. Hope the weekend has been good to you all. Hopefully get some down time for a full catch-up later on.

Happy Sunday, 'Tis~
Hope you guys are doing well!
Have a blessed rest of your day!

 

[snowflake22]

...Just want to slow down these moments! Such a magical time

 

[ballcoach]

The Charlie Brown special comes on next Wednesday.