Christmas Countdown - 2018

[HomemakinGirl]

Good morning MMC! Merry Pines Day!!

It's a beautiful day today! Hubby has all the farming done & he's off the rest of the week. It was so tempting to take the day off just to go loafing!! But here I am!! Ho hum! LOL! So just work for me today ~ Lu has a grooming appointment. Hopefully hubby can take her! xx

I just have to share this picture - my hubby took last night of our 2nd youngest niece & Lucy. She wants a dog so bad, but her mom & dad are not fans of dogs...AT ALL!!! She needs a dog! ♥
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Have a great day everyone!!!!

Sooo cute <3

 

[HomemakinGirl]

Merry Pines Day!
It’s going to be cloudy today with highs near 65 degrees. I’m heading to the outlets later this morning with my daughter to do some shopping. We’re going to grab pizza for lunch before we head back home. Other than that I’ll be working on the laundry. Dinner will be spaghetti & meatballs. That’s about it for me. Have a great day everyone, see you tonight!

 

[Holiday]

Merry Tuesday!

Merry Pines Day!!

 

[SnowflakeMom]

Good morning MMC! Merry Pines Day!!

It's a beautiful day today! Hubby has all the farming done & he's off the rest of the week. It was so tempting to take the day off just to go loafing!! But here I am!! Ho hum! LOL! So just work for me today ~ Lu has a grooming appointment. Hopefully hubby can take her! xx

I just have to share this picture - my hubby took last night of our 2nd youngest niece & Lucy. She wants a dog so bad, but her mom & dad are not fans of dogs...AT ALL!!! She needs a dog! ♥
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Have a great day everyone!!!!

So adorable!! Yes she looks like she would love a dog!

 

[Holiday]

See I open my mouth and what happens? They are over in the field next to my apartment building right now.

LOL!!! As I mentioned hubby's family has theirs all in. Farmers were everywhere yesterday. Looked like most fields are done!

 

[Holiday]

There is a farm here that I love and it does a mobile farmers market twice a week. They just posted that it will start on June 25th. I just keep thinking that’s way to long to wait.

Hopefully the grocery store maters will start tasting better soon!!! xx Agree, that does seem like a long time to wait!

 

[Holiday]

We get ants every year in the spring for a few months. It doesn’t matter how much I spray or how much ant bait I put out, they always come back.

Weird how they pick their spot & stay & come back every year. Mom always has carpenter ants - every single year!

 

[Holiday]

Morning MMC! Well we had to pick our days off through July and starting this weekend I have 7 out of the next 11 weekends that will be "3 day weekends". Pretty crazy I know (and that doesn't even count the 4th of July being off or a 4 day mini vacation I'm taking in August). I save up my vacation for this and then still have plenty left over. It's amazing to realize we are heading towards Mother's Day Weekend and getting closer to Memorial Day. Hope you all have a great Pines Day!

Nice to have so many 3 day weekends to look forward too! I'm off 4th of July week. And I have a 3 day weekend planned in August. Other than that, I'm not sure when I'll take off. Never know when I'll have to take off for mom coverage. I should get some long weekends planned!!
Have a good day Edge!

 

[Holiday]

Good Morning, Center-of-the-Week Citizens.

Mid-week 'Pines Day. It has cycled around once again.
And Carl is ready as usual.
But we will discuss our inn of choice after we take care of important business regarding the daily count and our next major Milestone marker.

First, the count:
Days to the Season: 188
Days to Christmas Day: 230

Then, our next Milestone.
Well, by now most everyone must be aware that it is the HALF WAY point to Christmas Season 2018. And, if you are a regular reader, you also know that it will be arriving here now in LESS THAN A WEEK!
That's right. A scant 6 days from now.
(Holy Holly and Mistletoe!)

Beautiful.
That superlative continues to describe our weather here in the state capital.
No rain, moderate temps, still low humidity, plenty of sun and no wind to speak of. Even the pine pollen has abated.
It could be very easy to get quite used to this. Very easy, indeed.
But that would be a mistake, and Mother Nature will surely supply a rude awakening, soon, so we will enjoy it while we can.
We begin this hump day at 58 degrees.

OK, then. The 'Pines and Carl.
Dependable as always, with that complimentary first fired twinkie and tall glass of sweet southern iced tea.
I heard through the grapevine that the inn's chefs have become overstocked on twinkies, so there should be some good deals on take-outs. Get there while the supply lasts, Folks.

In the meantime, you have a Wonderful Wednesday, Everyone!

Holy Holly & Mistletoe is right!!!

See you tonight!!

 

[Holiday]

Good Wednesday morning, Christmas friends!

Getting ready for our daily staff meeting, so I'll be brief.

Nancy and I started our car-shopping journey of endurance yesterday. We have four drivers in the house that go in different directions, but only three vehicles...and I'm the only one who wants to drive my truck. I'm not looking forward to this long, arduous march to financial servitude.

I hope y'all have a great day!

Good luck with your car shopping!! Any idea what you are wanting?
Hope your staff meeting is brief!!
Have a good day Brad!

 

[Holiday]

Happy Hump Day! Looks like we will have another beautiful day. Typical day of work for me and tonight I need to catch up on laundry. Hope you all have a great day!

Last night one of my friends on FB posted "33 weeks until Christmas".You can imagine the comments..lol

Also, last night on Hallmark I watched The Middle and they had the Thanksgiving episode and then a Christmas one.

Too funny about the comments on FB! Love that your friend posted that!!! It's just a fact!!
I was watching those "The Middle" episodes with you! Loved it!!
Have a super day SFM!!!

 

[Holiday]

Sooo cute <3

So adorable!! Yes she looks like she would love a dog!

Thanks!
All 4 of their kids would be good with a dog, but I don't see their parents cracking! LOL!

 

[Holiday]

Merry Pines Day!
It’s going to be cloudy today with highs near 65 degrees. I’m heading to the outlets later this morning with my daughter to do some shopping. We’re going to grab pizza for lunch before we head back home. Other than that I’ll be working on the laundry. Dinner will be spaghetti & meatballs. That’s about it for me. Have a great day everyone, see you tonight!

Have fun shopping! Sounds like a fun day!!

 

[MerryCarey]

OK, then. The 'Pines and Carl.
Dependable as always, with that complimentary first fired twinkie and tall glass of sweet southern iced tea.
I heard through the grapevine that the inn's chefs have become overstocked on twinkies, so there should be some good deals on take-outs. Get there while the supply lasts, Folks.

In the meantime, you have a Wonderful Wednesday, Everyone!

So the rumor about a life-sized Twinkie sculpture of Carl is just a rumor after all? Scuttlebutt has it that Carl overstocked Twinkies deliberately for that purpose.

 

[Martine]

Morning MMC! Reading Coach post just made me realize how close it's getting to the end of the school year yet it seems like the school year just started! We have a beautiful day here about 72 and sunshine. You can't get much better than that. I found a tick on Rollins last night but now I don't see it. I guess it might have fallen off him. I have to keep an eye on him. He did get one last year and was ok afterwards. I give him his tick medicine monthly but I guess like anything else nothing is 100%. Have a great Tuesday!

I don't have any advice but they freak me out!!! I hope you are not bothered by them!!!

Came across this: https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/prev/on_people.html (Advice from the CDC)
They also advise that ticks are about the size of a poppy seed (like those on a bagel) and look about the same.

That is scary Edge, I hope Rollins will be ok. For the first time this year we have added tick medicine to Loki's prescriptions because the season has barely started and already there have been reports of tick problems in Québec. My boss' dog caught Lyme disease and it was touch and go for a while, but he's ok now. Very nasty bug.

 

[Martine]

Look at my little stinker this morning.... She's ready for Patty's Day!!! Even her face is green!! What the heck!!!

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And she looks so proud of herself too, how cute!

 

[Martine]

Good Wednesday morning! This is turning out to be the nicest day this week, a real Summer-like day. I've been running around all morning, first to my last physiotherapy session (arm doing much better), then grocery shopping and now I'm home doing laundry to hang outside and cooking eggs and chicken to make about 100 sandwiches tomorrow for an event at work on Friday. Hope everyone is well and having a good week thus far.

 

[Bradmac]

Good luck with your car shopping!! Any idea what you are wanting?
Hope your staff meeting is brief!!
Have a good day Brad!

She wants a smaller SUV, similar to Chevy Equinox, Buick Envision, etc. We'll see what happens.

 

[Bradmac]

Also, Jim's wife came home last night! She's had enough physical therapy to learn how to move from the bed to the chair, to the car, etc. She won't be able to stand for several months, but at least she's out of the hospital now!

 

[Crown 84]

So the rumor about a life-sized Twinkie sculpture of Carl is just a rumor after all? Scuttlebutt has it that Carl overstocked Twinkies deliberately for that purpose.

You might be on to something, Merry!