Christmas Countdown - 2016

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I am home again and enjoying relaxing before heading back to work tomorrow.
It was a nice vacation and I will also enjoy having my brother here for another week and a half.
Hope you are all well, will do some catching up later.
((((HUGS))))

Welcome back CS! Enjoy the time with your brother!

 

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The weeks before the beginning of school use to be one of the best times of the year. The prep of the new school year as a Physed teacher was the best. New hoodies and shorts, organizing the gym and mezz, getting my equipment ready for my basketball and baseball teams and preparing for my Student Leadership Camp.

4.5 years ago that was stolen from me. The accident and recovery have stolen my ability to stand, sit, walk for any long durations of time and they (I stumble and fall a lot) all result in extreme pain and fatigue. Don't feel sorry for me, I'm doing well. I'm happily married and I have a beautiful baby girl. Not working is hard though. I never wanted to not work. I was born to be a coach and a teacher. I've instructed Martial Arts and ran baseball clinics associated with the Toronto Blue Jays when I was younger, and everything I did was work towards my goal of being an educator. I miss my students and my colleagues.

This time of year, has always been the beginning of a New Year for me and the start of my march towards Christmas. The pain sucks, but I guess it could be worse. I could still be paralyzed and needing my wheelchair. Instead my days are filled with raising my daughter and golfing Monday to Friday's at my Country Club (golf is my summer Physio) and my winters are spent at the gym and clinic doing Physio. Another good way of looking at it is, I get to spend a lot of time with my daughter. I hope she likes golf?

I just miss my job and this time of year really drives it home. I'm to young to be retired.

Thanks for reading and allowing me to get it off my chest.

I'll be keeping you in my thoughts & prayers! Your daughter is one lucky girl! (and I hope she enjoys golf as much as you do too )

 

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Morning all. Another week begins and the countdown continues.

Good morning Tis!

 

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Good morning Monday...

Merry Monday Solice!

 

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Good morning, friends~
Merry Monday!
Woke up to a crisp 52 degrees, felt amazing~
Wishing you a blessed day, and a wonderful start to your week!

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Brrrr!! Enjoy your cooler weather & have a great day! I hope you, Adi & Har had a good weekend! xx

 

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Good morning ~
Happy Monday!
Typical day of errands and chores. My middle one has off today, her car has to go in for service. I'm going to follow her to the dealer to drop it off. We'll probably do some shopping and go out for lunch as well.
I hope everyone has a nice day and a great week ahead!

Have fun with your daughter today!

 

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Good Monday morning, Christmas friends!

All you guys are bragging about your cool temperatures and low humidity and such! Pffft! We are looking at mid-90's and high humidity for the foreseeable future. That just means I get to float in my pool longer.

I'm leaving work at noon to go with Nancy for her checkup. I'm not looking forward to Savannah traffic, but maybe I can get some Panda Express for dinner!

I hope y'all have a great day!

Good Monday Morning, Brad!
Enjoy your pool time!
Hope Nancy's checkup goes well today~
Drive safe!
And I hope you enjoy that Panda Express!
Have a wonderful day

 

[snowflake22]

Brrrr!! Enjoy your cooler weather & have a great day! I hope you, Adi & Har had a good weekend! xx

That's not brrr to me just yet
But that is coming in the not too distant future!!
Thank you, Holiday!! Hope you have a great day, too!
The weekend was nice Had lots of fun with my sister and niece, and spent quality time with Adi & Har too.
xx

 

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Morning my friends! Back from my vacation and ready to dive into some work! I hope you have all been well. I've missed all of you so much!

Welcome back FKB!! Have a good day!

 

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Good Morning, Almost-to-the-Final-Third Christmas Supporters!

And make no mistake, that point is approaching at rapid speed.
In fact, collision is imminent!

Take a look (if you dare):
Days to the Season: 83
Days to Christmas Day: 125

And the two-thirds point?
Well, it's THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, believe it or not.


We spent a final day in the heat and humidity yesterday with a brief early evening shower that did little to improve the conditions.
Today is the day the weather service promised relief, and I'm going to hold them to it or I'll have to speak to Santa about coal delivery.
This new week morning has commenced optimistically at 71 refreshing degrees here in central North Carolina, after a long string of 79-80 degree starts.


As such, I am all set to have a Marvelous Monday, Friends.
Hope you are too!

LOL - that would take a lot of coal for all the weathermen out there who are so often wrong!
Have a great day crown!

 

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Good Monday Morning MMC! It's the last week before the Bers arrive! I can't believe that but it's true. I was able to take care of Rollins this morning and get all my routines in and got to work on time. Hopefully we're settled in more now. He loves to go outside. I hope the autumn will give us some great weather so he can spend lots of time outside. Other than that it's my slow week of the month but I have enough things to do to keep moderately busy.
Have a great Monday everyone!!!

Have a good day Edge!

 

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Good Monday Morning everyone! Even though the weekend is done I'm glad to get back into my weekly routine, which means spending time with you all and catching up. I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! I had a busy but lovely one. I feel the fall creep setting in with slightly cooler mornings, kids on the neighborhood bus stops and folks standing in line for pumpkin lattes!

Lizzybeth started 6th grade today and I didn't expect to be so emotional about it but emotions are like a box of chocolates where ya never know what cha gonna get. It's been 5yrs since the passing of my parents (90 days between the two of them) and I just really miss my mum this morning. Lizzybeth was her last grandchild she watched as my now exhusband and I went off to work. My mum watched her from 7 months til she was 5 yrs old. She watched her full time up until a few months of her passing. She would have loved to see how big she's gotten, both my girls really. So today is a hard day. However, I'm so very proud of them both and feel like my mum is watching over us all and so proud of all of her grand babies as she called each one.

Here's a few snaps of Lizzybeth from this weekend. 1) First one is from the bridal shower of our church member and friend Erin wearing the veil we made for her as one of the games we played at the shower. 2) Second one is from this morning as she was about to make her walk to the bus stop for school. I hope you all have a marvelous Monday!!!
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(((HUGS))) Thanks for sharing pictures. I hope Lizzybeth has a great year at school!

 

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Good morning all. This is my other day off, so I have a few errands to run and need to swap over a computer. My favorite is just getting too old. Going to start getting a few things ready for the season, but mostly arranging them so I can get to them easy enough when I begin. Beautiful weather here in the great mid-west today. Have a fun week and a blessed day...

Enjoy your day off!

 

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65 and no humidity. It's just about perfect out there right now. Unfortunately, it looks like summer is back on Wednesday. I'm going to enjoy today and tomorrow though.

I hope everyone is having a GREAT DAY!!!

Enjoy the weather!! Have a great day made!

 

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Happy Monday, Holiday!
Hope you had a nice weekend
The cooler weather has been AWESOME!! Loved to be able to turn off the AC!
Have a great day!

Thank you! Weekend was very nice! We had some yummy food & drink at the lake over the weekend. Very relaxing! Our A/C is still on - probably will be for quite awhile yet! But I agree it feels so nice outside right now!
Have a great day snowflake!

 

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Much cooler start of the day today with a breeze. Hoping it isnt just a teaser and the temps go back to scorching hot again.

Good luck! We have a high of 76º today & tomorrow starts back into the 80's! Have a great day!

 

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Happy New Week, everyone!

We're supposed to have temps around 82F and "a pleasant breeze" this afternoon. Sounds "ahhhhh" after the sweltering humidity we've been having. Hope there will be time for a short walk after lunch today, but that may be asking too much on a Monday!

Spent a few hours this weekend working on this year's YuleTube. Fingers crossed, it's shaping up pretty well this year.

I hope you can get a walk in today! Enjoy the nicer weather!! Have a good day!

 

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They are heavenly!! You'll have to come visit, we can tour Leinie's together, and eat cheese curds

Sounds like a perfect vacation!!

 

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Good Monday morning, Christmas friends!

All you guys are bragging about your cool temperatures and low humidity and such! Pffft! We are looking at mid-90's and high humidity for the foreseeable future. That just means I get to float in my pool longer.

I'm leaving work at noon to go with Nancy for her checkup. I'm not looking forward to Savannah traffic, but maybe I can get some Panda Express for dinner!

I hope y'all have a great day!

LOL - sorry Brad!! But enjoy that pool! Have a safe trip today! Hope all goes well! xx

 

[Edge612]

I made the mistake of looking at the weather 10 minutes ago. I figured it was to good to be true..lol!

I always look ahead at the weather. The trends are usually somewhat accurate.