Christmas Countdown - 2016

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Good Morning, Fellow Fanatics!
(Christmas Fanatics, that is -- the best kind.)

Straight to today's numbers:
Days to the Season: 271
Days to Christmas Day: 313

And marching right along to our next Milestone, we find ourselves now INSIDE two weeks until our arrival at the 300 day Christmas Day marker and the start of a double 200's count.
(These Milestones certainly keep things moving at a nice pace, don't they!)


It did not warm up as much yesterday as predicted and we stayed below 33 degrees the entire day. That coupled with off and on again sleet made for a dreary day. Not only that, but North Carolina experienced about 1,100 auto accidents owing to the slick condtions.
Now today is supposed to see the start of a real nice warming trend with highs in the 50's and we could get possibly as high as 70 by Saturday. What a nice change that will be!
We are at 52 degrees right now after a heavy overnight storm with wind.
(I will be on branch and pine cone pick-up duty today.)


Have a Terrific Tuesday, Everyone!
 
Crown 84 said:
Good Morning, Fellow Fanatics!
(Christmas Fanatics, that is -- the best kind.)

Straight to today's numbers:
Days to the Season: 271
Days to Christmas Day: 313

And marching right along to our next Milestone, we find ourselves now INSIDE two weeks until our arrival at the 300 day Christmas Day marker and the start of a double 200's count.
(These Milestones certainly keep things moving at a nice pace, don't they!)


It did not warm up as much yesterday as predicted and we stayed below 33 degrees the entire day. That coupled with off and on again sleet made for a dreary day. Not only that, but North Carolina experienced about 1,100 auto accidents owing to the slick condtions.
Now today is supposed to see the start of a real nice warming trend with highs in the 50's and we could get possibly as high as 70 by Saturday. What a nice change that will be!
We are at 52 degrees right now after a heavy overnight storm with wind.
(I will be on branch and pine cone pick-up duty today.)


Have a Terrific Tuesday, Everyone!
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Thanks Crown! Wow that's a lot of accidents I hope not too many were serious!
 
Good Tuesday Morning MMC! What was a difficult drive home yesterday turned into a (not as difficult) yet slick and slow drive in to work. I figured since it was above 40 degrees everything would be wet but I guess because the ground was frozen from the weekend there's still icy roads out there (the side ones especially). I just took my time going slow and got here ok. Of course someone flashed me with their flashes from behind because I was going 30-35MPH instead of I guess what he wanted to go which was 50 (mind you the speed limit is 40 even on a NICE day let alone on an icy one). Well I'm gonna treat myself to a big slice of buffalo chicken pizza for lunch today!
I hope you all have a decent if not better than that Tuesday! :)
 
Crown 84 said:
Good Morning, Fellow Fanatics!
(Christmas Fanatics, that is -- the best kind.)

Straight to today's numbers:
Days to the Season: 271
Days to Christmas Day: 313

And marching right along to our next Milestone, we find ourselves now INSIDE two weeks until our arrival at the 300 day Christmas Day marker and the start of a double 200's count.
(These Milestones certainly keep things moving at a nice pace, don't they!)


It did not warm up as much yesterday as predicted and we stayed below 33 degrees the entire day. That coupled with off and on again sleet made for a dreary day. Not only that, but North Carolina experienced about 1,100 auto accidents owing to the slick condtions.
Now today is supposed to see the start of a real nice warming trend with highs in the 50's and we could get possibly as high as 70 by Saturday. What a nice change that will be!
We are at 52 degrees right now after a heavy overnight storm with wind.
(I will be on branch and pine cone pick-up duty today.)


Have a Terrific Tuesday, Everyone!
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Thank you Crown!
Hope you have a terrific Tuesday as well!
 
Edge612 said:
Good Tuesday Morning MMC! What was a difficult drive home yesterday turned into a (not as difficult) yet slick and slow drive in to work. I figured since it was above 40 degrees everything would be wet but I guess because the ground was frozen from the weekend there's still icy roads out there (the side ones especially). I just took my time going slow and got here ok. Of course someone flashed me with their flashes from behind because I was going 30-35MPH instead of I guess what he wanted to go which was 50 (mind you the speed limit is 40 even on a NICE day let alone on an icy one). Well I'm gonna treat myself to a big slice of buffalo chicken pizza for lunch today!
I hope you all have a decent if not better than that Tuesday! :)
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Glad you made it in safely! Lunch sounds delicious, enjoy. Have a great day Edge!
 
Good morning everyone, Happy Tuesday!
We're expecting heavy rain and gusty winds today. I'm going to head out soon, I need to pick up a few things at the supermarket. I also need to stop at the post office. Hopefully I'll be back home before the rain starts. Not too much else gong on, I'll just be working on my daily chores. My husband and I were supposed see Def Leppard tonight but the show was cancelled "due to illness". Bummer. Hopefully they'll reschedule soon. That's about it for me. I hope everyone is well and has a wonderful day!!!
 
Everyone dealing with icy, snowy roads today, be safe!

I had to go out at 3:30am to let out a night crew working at our store and snow had just started to fall and roads were already slippery. I have to go out again today to run errands, not looking forward to it, especially if/when this snow turns into freezing rain.
 
Edge612 said:
Wow I almost didn't make it home. Only a couple of inches of snow but everything is covered and the plows I guess cause it's a holiday are not cleaning like usual. I skidded off the road a few times...saw a few accidents. I crawled up this big hill hoping I wouldn't get stuck about 15MPH...barely made it as my car kept trying to gain any traction.
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That's scary business! Glad you made it safely!
 
HomemakinGirl said:
Good morning everyone, Happy Tuesday!
We're expecting heavy rain and gusty winds today. I'm going to head out soon, I need to pick up a few things at the supermarket. I also need to stop at the post office. Hopefully I'll be back home before the rain starts. Not too much else gong on, I'll just be working on my daily chores. My husband and I were supposed see Def Leppard tonight but the show was cancelled "due to illness". Bummer. Hopefully they'll reschedule soon. That's about it for me. I hope everyone is well and has a wonderful day!!!
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Def Leppard would be an awesome show to see! Too bad it was cancelled. :(
 
Martine said:
Everyone dealing with icy, snowy roads today, be safe!

I had to go out at 3:30am to let out a night crew working at our store and snow had just started to fall and roads were already slippery. I have to go out again today to run errands, not looking forward to it, especially if/when this snow turns into freezing rain.
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Be safe!
 
Festive Spirit said:
Merry Tuesday all,
My youngest slept through the night with no breathing and coughing issues. I think we are finally moving forward. However , I was up with my eldest because he suddenly came down with a high temperature, headache etc last night. He will be fine, it's just another bug. Thankfully they are on school break this week.

So it goes at our house. For the last couple of months, someone is always ill!
Anyway, it will pass. Storm clouds don't hang around forever ;)

It really helped having you guys here this past week especially. Thanks again for being there and for keeping me in prayers and thoughts Snowflake22, Holiday,Prancer, HomeakinGirl, Meceka, Bradmac, e_xander, SnowflakeMom, Ryan. You guys are a reminder of what the Christmas spirit is about.

Have a great Tuesday.

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There's always someone sick in my house, too LOL. I hope your home gets better soon!
 
Meceka said:
Good morning, MMC!

Busy day ahead of me again. My projects went very well yesterday. So well in fact, that I can start another one. Should be a good day!

Be safe and merry!!
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As my daddy used to say, "I like it when a plan comes together." I hope you have a good day!
 
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