Christmas Countdown - 2016

[MerryCarey]

Happy Friday Eve!

I had a funny experience this morning. I had to stop at the Walgreens on the way to work for a kitchen sink strainer (our disposal is on the blink) and a greeting card. On the way to the counter I saw an item that Mr. had been looking for as a joke gift for a friend of his. So I was standing in line at the counter with three items: a sink strainer, an anniversary card, and a ... whoopee cushion. I'm sure other folks in line were trying to figure out what the story was behind that!

 

[Holiday]

Good evening,

A long day at work, but I finally made it to my day off. I have a long list of things to do tomorrow.

I hope you all had a great day.

Goodnight, everyone

Enjoy your day off!!!

 

[Holiday]

Merry morning!

I am so happy the Cubs won ~ my favorite NL team!!

Have a most merry day, my Christmas pals!!

Morning M!
I have to disagree with you this time on the outcome of the game! I'm a Reds fan, but had to root for that other Ohio team! Ah well! What a great World Series!! Congrats to your Cubs!
Hope you have a merry day too Meceka!

 

[Holiday]

Good Thursday morning! 2 days to go before my two-week staycation. I'll try and get as much done as possible today so that I can finish at a decent hour tomorrow. I feel a cold coming on though (sore throat, congestion, sneezing) hopefully it's nothing. Wishing everyone at great day ahead!

How exciting to know after today you have TWO weeks off!!! You HAVE to feel better quick. Can't be sick for staycation!! Take care - lots of vitamin C - Thieves, Lavender, Peppermint...!

 

[Holiday]

Merry Morning all,

Hope everyone is doing well. Another hectic day ahead. The coming weeks will only get busier too! I really hope you guys are all doing well.

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Hope you are having a wonderful though hectic day Festive!!

 

[Holiday]

Good morning ~
Happy Thursday!
It's going to be partly cloudy with temperatures in the lower 70's. My house was a bit too warm yesterday, I had to run the air conditioner. I'm sure I'll have to do the same today, hopefully it will cool off soon. Anyway, we have a couple of appointments today. My oldest is scheduled for a routine dentist appointment, I'll probably take a ride with her and keep her company. I scheduled cleanings & X-rays for the whole family this month. Might as well get them out of the way before Christmas. Maggie also has to go back to the veterinarian later to have blood drawn again, the poor thing. Other than that I will be working on my daily chores. I put all of my Halloween decorations away and switched to all Thanksgiving. I'm really excited about hosting the holiday, can't wait. My daughter decorated a pumpkin for me last night, she drew freehand. It came out cute. I put it next my little Autumn tree, I thought I would share a picture ~
Have a great day everyone <3

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I hope ALL the appointments go well! (((HUGS))) & prayers to sweet Maggie.
Love, Love, Love the tree & the pumpkin. So festive!
Our family hasn't talked about who is hosting Thanksgiving yet. Seeing as it's 3 weeks from today, I guess we should get the text rolling!
Have a great day HMG!

 

[Holiday]

Good Morning, Near-Single Digit Friends and Special Season Post Supporters!
And in fact, we are closing in rapidly on both.

Today's figures:
Days to the Season: 10 (SINGLE DIGITS TOMORROW!!)
Days to Thanksgiving Day: 21 (Three weeks from TODAY!)
Days to Christmas Day: 52 (Now UNDER 7 1/2 weeks remain!)

And the Special Post Series?
Well, it starts in just FIVE days!

Once again, the schdule recap:
November 08 (Day 5 before the Season) = Christmasstar
November 09 (Day 4 before the Season) = Binger
November 10 (Day 3 before the Season) = McGunny
November 11 (Day 2 before the Season) = DYHWI Hear
November 12 (Day 1 before the Season) = Brent


Well it was indeed nicely warm yesterday, as forecasted.
Today? Even warmer, with our high predicted to be above 80. (The weather service saying we could possibly set a record high for the date.)
Currently, our thermometer reading is 60 degrees here in the capital city.


Have a Thrilling Thursday, Folks.
And once again, right on schedule, Weekend Eve arrives tomorrow!

Love seeing the Thanksgiving & special count post added. So exciting!!
Have a great day crown!

 

[K.G.]

Hello everyone,

How are you all doing?

This morning I got the news that my son's (who's almost 1 & a half) will have his surgery done just a couple of days before Christmas (on the 23), which means we will be spending Christmas and the holidays in hospital. The surgery was supposed to have been done before so I had been hoping it would all be over by Christmas and I had made all sorts of plans...now everything's changed and I have to change everything. I had even been planning to host a party for my husband's family on the 23rd. Anyway, I just hope the surgery will go well and be successful and there will be no complications and that he won't be in too much pain.

On a more positive note, since we won't be home for Christmas, we'll decorate the house earlier and in hospital hopefully the atmosphere will be merrier than usual. They even give out Christmas gifts to the kids so hopefully the experience won't be as bad for my son.

 

[Holiday]

Good Morning/Afternoon christmas friends....Hope everyone is all well today....Its another horrid day here today...Its been raining all morning and still is this afternoon....Ive got a few things done in the kitchen this morning...Also put new lights under the kitchen cabinets so pretty productive day here lol...I think its a bit of meee time now..Enjoy your day ahead christmas friends

Good morning friend! You have had a busy day! I bet the lighting looks nice! Enjoy your meee time! Have a great afternoon/evening!

 

[Holiday]

Good Thursday Morning MMC! Happy Friday Eve! Congrats to the Cubs. No way could I stay up that late but I saw part of the game and then the results this morning. A cloudy morning but very mild. Rain expected today and then a lot of sun but more normal temps with highs in the 50s expected through the weekend ahead and into early next week. I may go to Subway for lunch because they have a deal today buy a sub, get 1 free. I rarely go there anymore because I feel you get a much better deal/sandwich from the local deli than Subway.
Have a great day!

Hope your subway sub is good today! Stay dry!

 

[Holiday]

Good Thursday morning, Christmas friends!

Mama made it home safely last night from her 2-1/2 weeklong trip to the mountains. I know she loves it as much as I do, but there's always something to be said for coming home, too. We're going back in a couple weeks for Elizabeth's birthday present, but I doubt mama will be ready to leave home so soon.

Jacob has joined the chorus at the university, and his first performance with them is tomorrow evening. We're looking forward to that!

I hope y'all have a great day!

Glad to hear your mama made it home sweet home safely! Nice that you are going back again.
Good luck to Jacob tonight!
Have a great day Brad!

 

[Holiday]

Maybe Subway there is better but here it's mostly lettuce and tomato on their sandwiches.

LOL - and I think they have too much bread!

 

[Holiday]

I admit, the weather has been pretty nice around here, too. Still, we need cold weather to push those skeeters back to the H-E-Double Hockey Sticks that they came from!

Great pictures!

Skeeters! UGH!

 

[Holiday]

Its officially been raining 13 hours straight here. Very dreary day.

Yikes! Stay dry Gunny!

 

[Holiday]

Happy Friday Eve!

I had a funny experience this morning. I had to stop at the Walgreens on the way to work for a kitchen sink strainer (our disposal is on the blink) and a greeting card. On the way to the counter I saw an item that Mr. had been looking for as a joke gift for a friend of his. So I was standing in line at the counter with three items: a sink strainer, an anniversary card, and a ... whoopee cushion. I'm sure other folks in line were trying to figure out what the story was behind that!

That is funny! Quite the combination!
Have a great day Merry!

 

[Holiday]

Hello everyone,

How are you all doing?

This morning I got the news that my son's (who's almost 1 & a half) will have his surgery done just a couple of days before Christmas (on the 23), which means we will be spending Christmas and the holidays in hospital. The surgery was supposed to have been done before so I had been hoping it would all be over by Christmas and I had made all sorts of plans...now everything's changed and I have to change everything. I had even been planning to host a party for my husband's family on the 23rd. Anyway, I just hope the surgery will go well and be successful and there will be no complications and that he won't be in too much pain.

On a more positive note, since we won't be home for Christmas, we'll decorate the house earlier and in hospital hopefully the atmosphere will be merrier than usual. They even give out Christmas gifts to the kids so hopefully the experience won't be as bad for my son.

Awe! (((HUGS))) I'm sorry to hear that. It really is too bad that it has to be right over the holidays, but the main thing is a successful surgery, quick healing, & little to no pain. That will be the best Christmas present of all! What a great way to look at it that maybe the hospital will be merrier than normal! I hope you all get to enjoy the holidays!! Prayers!

 

[K.G.]

Awe! (((HUGS))) I'm sorry to hear that. It really is too bad that it has to be right over the holidays, but the main thing is a successful surgery, quick healing, & little to no pain. That will be the best Christmas present of all! What a great way to look at it that maybe the hospital will be merrier than normal! I hope you all get to enjoy the holidays!! Prayers!

Awe! (((HUGS))) I'm sorry to hear that. It really is too bad that it has to be right over the holidays, but the main thing is a successful surgery, quick healing, & little to no pain. That will be the best Christmas present of all! What a great way to look at it that maybe the hospital will be merrier than normal! I hope you all get to enjoy the holidays!! Prayers!

Thank you holiday! Just trying to keep positive and look at the positive things,...this is one of the hardest things I've had to face in my life even though I've been through a lot myself,but to have my son have surgery when he's still so young, I would trade places with him if I could but I can't.

 

[Festive Spirit]

I hope ALL the appointments go well! (((HUGS))) & prayers to sweet Maggie.
Love, Love, Love the tree & the pumpkin. So festive!
Our family hasn't talked about who is hosting Thanksgiving yet. Seeing as it's 3 weeks from today, I guess we should get the text rolling!
Have a great day HMG!

What! No plans on who's hosting yet!! How will I know whose house to show up at! Get planning!

Hope you are having a great day and Miss Gracie is doing well.

 

[SnowflakeMom]

Good evening,

A long day at work, but I finally made it to my day off. I have a long list of things to do tomorrow.

I hope you all had a great day.

Goodnight, everyone

Have a great day off, xmas!!

Good Thursday morning! 2 days to go before my two-week staycation. I'll try and get as much done as possible today so that I can finish at a decent hour tomorrow. I feel a cold coming on though (sore throat, congestion, sneezing) hopefully it's nothing. Wishing everyone at great day ahead!

Have a great staycation...2 weeks is a perfect amount of time.

Good morning ~
Happy Thursday!
It's going to be partly cloudy with temperatures in the lower 70's. My house was a bit too warm yesterday, I had to run the air conditioner. I'm sure I'll have to do the same today, hopefully it will cool off soon. Anyway, we have a couple of appointments today. My oldest is scheduled for a routine dentist appointment, I'll probably take a ride with her and keep her company. I scheduled cleanings & X-rays for the whole family this month. Might as well get them out of the way before Christmas. Maggie also has to go back to the veterinarian later to have blood drawn again, the poor thing. Other than that I will be working on my daily chores. I put all of my Halloween decorations away and switched to all Thanksgiving. I'm really excited about hosting the holiday, can't wait. My daughter decorated a pumpkin for me last night, she drew freehand. It came out cute. I put it next my little Autumn tree, I thought I would share a picture ~
Have a great day everyone <3

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Happy Thursday HMG....your tree is beautiful and wow that is an awesome pumpkin!
We host Thanksgiving too...I am getting excited for it!

Good Thursday Morning MMC! Happy Friday Eve! Congrats to the Cubs. No way could I stay up that late but I saw part of the game and then the results this morning. A cloudy morning but very mild. Rain expected today and then a lot of sun but more normal temps with highs in the 50s expected through the weekend ahead and into early next week. I may go to Subway for lunch because they have a deal today buy a sub, get 1 free. I rarely go there anymore because I feel you get a much better deal/sandwich from the local deli than Subway.
Have a great day!

Happy Friday Eve, Edge! That is a good deal for Subway...enjoy lunch!

Hello everyone,

How are you all doing?

This morning I got the news that my son's (who's almost 1 & a half) will have his surgery done just a couple of days before Christmas (on the 23), which means we will be spending Christmas and the holidays in hospital. The surgery was supposed to have been done before so I had been hoping it would all be over by Christmas and I had made all sorts of plans...now everything's changed and I have to change everything. I had even been planning to host a party for my husband's family on the 23rd. Anyway, I just hope the surgery will go well and be successful and there will be no complications and that he won't be in too much pain.

On a more positive note, since we won't be home for Christmas, we'll decorate the house earlier and in hospital hopefully the atmosphere will be merrier than usual. They even give out Christmas gifts to the kids so hopefully the experience won't be as bad for my son.

I hope he has a speedy recovery! Sounds like you are making the best out of the situation!

 

[CGYager]

Its officially been raining 13 hours straight here. Very dreary day.

Morning Gunny. Hang in there and remember, you could be in a tent someone... lol