Christmas Countdown - 2016

[Crown 84]

Good Morning.

Straight to the count with no preliminaries:
Days to the Season: 263
Days to Christmas Day: 305

And now we are but FIVE days away from the third Milestone of the 2016 Countdown, the 300-day Christmas Day marker.
Then, a double-200's count and a gradually acellerating movement towards Christmas Season 2016.
(You are well aware of just how fast it can creep up on us!)


Chilly and quite damp here yesterday.
The dampness continues today with warmer temps, which are the harbinger of possible severe weather from that system coming our way from the southwest. (We could be in for an interesting day!)
Right now we are at 55 calm degrees here, but there is an unsettled foreboding in the air.
The weather service advises we cannot fully relax until early evening.


But, regardless of the weather, Carl is ready and willing to see to it everyone who visits the Shispering Pines Inn tonight will have a great time, whether or not you try one of his beverage blends.
(My personal recommendation is that you stick with the iced tea. You can't go wrong there!)

Have a Wonderful Wednesday, Folks.

 

[Holiday]

Good morning MMC! Happy Hump/Pines Day! The weather men were right on about the rain! Geez - what an icky day, it's raining cats & dogs & blowing like crazy! Gracie was a disaster when she came in this morning! Crazy girl! Now I hope the weathermen are right about the 1-3" of snow tonight & 1-3" of snow tomorrow!!! xx My sister is staying with mom tomorrow - she is hoping to watch it snow & bake cookies. How fun! I knew I should have taken Thursday with mom!
Have a wonderful day MMC!!!

 

[Edge612]

I honestly can't believe we are almost in March already! It really has flown and at this rate we will be welcoming the BER months in no time and starting our favourite time of the year all over again.

I know. March 1 part of why I consider it such a big day is that we're halfway back to being in the BERS again 6 months till September. I just really hope the time slows a bit as I want to enjoy spring and summer. It always goes way faster than winter!

 

[Holiday]

The metal is corroded and the heavy glass face has big cracks in it, but it has a lot of character. Occasionally somebody pushes the hands around ... it used to say 5:00, but now it says 2:00, for some reason!

I think you should change it back to 5:00!

 

[Edge612]

Good Morning.

Straight to the count with no preliminaries:
Days to the Season: 263
Days to Christmas Day: 305

And now we are but FIVE days away from the third Milestone of the 2016 Countdown, the 300-day Christmas Day marker.
Then, a double-200's count and a gradually acellerating movement towards Christmas Season 2016.
(You are well aware of just how fast it can creep up on us!)


Chilly and quite damp here yesterday.
The dampness continues today with warmer temps, which are the harbinger of possible severe weather from that system coming our way from the southwest. (We could be in for an interesting day!)
Right now we are at 55 calm degrees here, but there is an unsettled foreboding in the air.
The weather service advises we cannot fully relax until early evening.


But, regardless of the weather, Carl is ready and willing to see to it everyone who visits the Shispering Pines Inn tonight will have a great time, whether or not you try one of his beverage blends.
(My personal recommendation is that you stick with the iced tea. You can't go wrong there!)

Have a Wonderful Wednesday, Folks.

Thanks Crown! You can never go wrong with Carl!

 

[Edge612]

Good morning MMC! Happy Hump/Pines Day! The weather men were right on about the rain! Geez - what an icky day, it's raining cats & dogs & blowing like crazy! Gracie was a disaster when she came in this morning! Crazy girl! Now I hope the weathermen are right about the 1-3" of snow tonight & 1-3" of snow tomorrow!!! xx My sister is staying with mom tomorrow - she is hoping to watch it snow & bake cookies. How fun! I knew I should have taken Thursday with mom!
Have a wonderful day MMC!!!

Enjoy your snow...personally I don't want to see anymore till December . The cookies sound good!

 

[Holiday]

Hello all! The whole family is healthy again! Thanks for all of the positive thoughts over the last week.

They are once again calling for a little snow in the near future. We are expecting a lot of rain starting late tonight through tomorrow. Then, the rain is suppose to turn to snow Wednesday night. Depending on what station or website you follow, we are expecting either a dusting to an inch, 1-3 inches or 2-4 inches. We will see what happens. Everyone send snowy thoughts if you would.
I want to play in the snow and have not really been able to this year. So little snow.

Glad to hear your family is healthy again!!
We are getting the rain, now bring on the snow!!!! xx (can you imagine if all this rain were snow??? ) Have a wonderful day ITP - stay dry!

 

[Holiday]

Hope everyone is having a nice night! Still snowing here we have a couple of inches. Sleep well friends!View attachment 20175

Enjoy the snow!!!!

 

[Bradmac]

We rarely see red squirrels around here, every once in a while we see one. In Westfield, Mass. they have black squirrels. They were introduced there in the 1940's, that is the only place we see those cuties.

Around here, the gray squirrel is king, but there are a few fox squirrels around. They vary in color, which is why it's so neat to see them. We have one near the house who looks kind of like this:

 

[Bradmac]

Good Morning, friends~
Merry Pines Day!!

Adrian & I talked last night about Harlowe, and we both feel better about having her tested, to see if the infection is gone. We'd hate to move forward with the heart medicine this weekend, and have to stop it again and take a step backward to go on antibiotics again.
I was up with her a lot last night, stomach upset, trips outside, etc. Poor girl. She is scooting, too. That could be a sign right there. Please keep her in your prayers.

Wishing you all a cozy & blessed day~
See you tonight!

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Still praying for her, and for you & Adrian, too.

 

[Bradmac]

Good Morning all my favourite Christmas companions !

Spent a scary part of the night online with my brother who is working in Dolton Al. this week.
here is some of what he was telling us...

Got an emergency message on my phone and then this on the tv...I'm going to hide now!
Powers out and sirens are sounding...I'll admit it...I'm shaking
Just a few blocks from where I'm staying. I heard it go by the hotel. I got to hear what the tornado sirens sound like tonight. Second picture I took from my room. it is Walmart. The news is reporting that it is damaged by the tornado.

after the last post it was over 10 min before we heard from him again, he was hiding in the tub with bathroom door closed ,,,happy to say he is fine but we had some anxious moments and lack of sleep last night.
I am glad it is morning. This same storm system is due to hit here with freezing rain and snow this morning and lasting till sometime tomorrow.

Hope all of you in the path of this keep safe and warm.
I am off to work in a few min. Have a great day !

Wow! Scary stuff! I'm glad he's ok!

 

[Bradmac]

Good Pinesday morning, my Christmas friends!

All this talk of snow is killing me. Yesterday at lunch it was 83°F, and we had thunderstorms last night. Glub, glub, glub.

I'm still swamped here at work, too, so I better get back to it.

I hope y'all have a great day!

 

[HomemakinGirl]

Raining like a champ outside,but it has that funny look to it,kinda like it can turn to sleet or snow at any time. Glad I used Weds and Thurs to burn up a few more sick days.

Enjoy your days off!

 

[Holiday]

Here in Chicago watching Elf getting ready for a decent snow storm! Cheers everyone!!

YAY! Enjoy the snow!!! Have a great day!

 

[Holiday]

I say UGGGGGGH and shut up whenever the alarm goes off, no matter what day it is.

LOL!

 

[Holiday]

Love that your tree is still up!

It's so dark & yucky outside this morning, I flipped the lights on & left them on for Gracie to enjoy while we're at work today!

 

[Holiday]

We rarely see red squirrels around here, every once in a while we see one. In Westfield, Mass. they have black squirrels. They were introduced there in the 1940's, that is the only place we see those cuties.

Every once in a great while we will see a black squirrel here! So pretty!

 

[HomemakinGirl]

Sorry to hear Maggie is also having a rough time. Is it her coughing? I hope you have a successful visit at the Vet tomorrow. Great to hear that your daughter is improving. Continued prayers for her and your family regarding her upcoming appointment. You all must be so worried.
I hope you feel better very soon. Be sure to take it easy. (((Hugs)))

Thank you, you too.

Praying hard for Maggie!
What is going on with your sweetie?
{{{hugs}}} and prayers.
Hope her appointment goes well tomorrow, please keep us posted.

Glad that your daughter is improving.

Take good care of yourself. God bless.

Xo

Thank you both ♥
Maggie is coughing again, she sounds awful. She was on antibiotics for two months and she was doing pretty good but she hasn't been doing well since she finished the medicine. I'm bringing her in tomorrow to be examined, I'm sure they'll be running some tests as well. I will definitely keep you posted.
xo

 

[HomemakinGirl]

Good Morning.

Straight to the count with no preliminaries:
Days to the Season: 263
Days to Christmas Day: 305

And now we are but FIVE days away from the third Milestone of the 2016 Countdown, the 300-day Christmas Day marker.
Then, a double-200's count and a gradually acellerating movement towards Christmas Season 2016.
(You are well aware of just how fast it can creep up on us!)


Chilly and quite damp here yesterday.
The dampness continues today with warmer temps, which are the harbinger of possible severe weather from that system coming our way from the southwest. (We could be in for an interesting day!)
Right now we are at 55 calm degrees here, but there is an unsettled foreboding in the air.
The weather service advises we cannot fully relax until early evening.


But, regardless of the weather, Carl is ready and willing to see to it everyone who visits the Shispering Pines Inn tonight will have a great time, whether or not you try one of his beverage blends.
(My personal recommendation is that you stick with the iced tea. You can't go wrong there!)

Have a Wonderful Wednesday, Folks.

Thank you Crown!
Happy Pines Day!
Hope you have a wonderful Wednesday as well!

 

[HomemakinGirl]

Good morning MMC! Happy Hump/Pines Day! The weather men were right on about the rain! Geez - what an icky day, it's raining cats & dogs & blowing like crazy! Gracie was a disaster when she came in this morning! Crazy girl! Now I hope the weathermen are right about the 1-3" of snow tonight & 1-3" of snow tomorrow!!! xx My sister is staying with mom tomorrow - she is hoping to watch it snow & bake cookies. How fun! I knew I should have taken Thursday with mom!
Have a wonderful day MMC!!!

Good morning Holiday, Happy Pines Day!
Be safe out there today!
Continued prayers for your mom <3
Wishing you a wonderful day as well!