Christmas Countdown - 2018

[Bradmac]

Our only child graduated from college in May and married in June. A bitter/sweet time us. We are blessed they will be living only 30 minutes away (Bryson City).

Congratulations to him (and y'all)! You ARE blessed that they're only 30 minutes away. And Bryson City is a beautiful little town, too.

 

[Bradmac]

I've now been retired a month and highly recommend it. We had some excitement last night. A bear was in our yard again. We have seen him a couple times so he must be settled in near us.
Have a blessed everyone.

Retired?! I'll never see that day LOL!

Mom was in the north GA mountains last weekend, and they had a bear on the front porch!

 

[snowflake22]

I've now been retired a month and highly recommend it. We had some excitement last night. A bear was in our yard again. We have seen him a couple times so he must be settled in near us.
Have a blessed everyone.

So glad that you are enjoying your retirement!! That is wonderful.
How neat to see a bear that close! But please keep safe.
Wishing you a blessed day and weekend, mgramsey!

 

[snowflake22]

Thank you for your kind words (as always!)

Absolutely! One of the first things I thought was ‘can I see myself here at Christmas’ and the answer was of course yes I could imagine a festive candle burning with some quiet Christmas music on and it felt blissful

Have a wonderful Friday too! I hope that you are well

That sounds so magical!
Hope all goes well on the journey to your new home, keep us posted!

Thank you!!

 

[Bradmac]

Good Morning, friends~

Merry Friday!! TGIF!!

Adrian had a nice birthday, thanks so much for the wishes for him~
Harlowe had a good night too, thankfully.

It may be a busy day at work, as we have a few people out of the office.
Other than that, it should be a pretty normal day.
We are looking forward to relaxing and also having some fun this weekend! It's been one of those weeks

Hope you all have some nice plans for the weekend~
Wishing you all a wonderful day ahead!!

I hope you enjoy your weekend!!

 

[WishingForSnow]

Exciting! Fingers crossed!

And WELCOME TO THE COUNTDOWN THREAD!!

Cheers Bradmac!

 

[MerryCarey]

I always wanted to know this, so I'm going to ask. When the Mr gets an old 8 or 16mm film, and its in need of some serious restoration, how does he do it? I mean, does he like have to go frame, by frame, frame to clean it and like how can it be restored?

What if, it is like the only copy and or the last in the world, does he clean and restore them and donate them to somewhere for to be preserved for forever? I just find that whole process so interesting and I am a big supporter of what ya all do.

That will require a long answer, so rather than hijack the Countdown, I'll send you a PM!

 

[xmastidings]

Good Morning, friends~

Merry Friday!! TGIF!!

Adrian had a nice birthday, thanks so much for the wishes for him~
Harlowe had a good night too, thankfully.

It may be a busy day at work, as we have a few people out of the office.
Other than that, it should be a pretty normal day.
We are looking forward to relaxing and also having some fun this weekend! It's been one of those weeks

Hope you all have some nice plans for the weekend~
Wishing you all a wonderful day ahead!!

Hope you have a wonderful, nice relaxing weekend.
That's wonderful to hear about HJ, continued prayers for her.

 

[snowflake22]

I hope you enjoy your weekend!!

Thanks, Brad!!

 

[snowflake22]

Hope you have a wonderful, nice relaxing weekend.
That's wonderful to hear about HJ, continued prayers for her.

Thanks so much!! Appreciate the prayers, friend.

 

[Crown 84]

If you're taking nominations, I nominate Edge!

Edge has always been a dependable stalwart at stepping in. But I don't want to pressure anyone. A week is along time to take.
(Of course, duties could always be shared!)

 

[Minta]

** TRAVEL ALERT! **

Well, this is it. Our annual trip to Florida and South Carolina to visit relatives!
We will be leaving early Monday morning and returning late Sunday afternoon.
As such, a volunteer (or volunteers) will be needed for this coming Monday through Sunday mornings.
A full week of owning and controlling the count any way you like it!
Any takers?
(No offers refused, reasonable or otherwise!)

I can cover it for you or split it with anyone else who wants to help.

 

[Minta]

TGIF!!!! I know it's August but is it bad that I am already getting excited and chomping at the bit for fall??? It hasn't been really hot here but the mugginess and the humidity have been nasty. I am so over it already and just want nice cool crisp weather with shots of snow on the horizon LOL. I have family and friends going on vacation and here I sit dreaming of a white Christmas LOL

 

[SnowflakeMom]

Good afternoon everyone! Stumbled across this thread and thought i would post.

If you can, keep your fingers crossed for me please, I am buying my first home and I’m on the final stages before a mortgage offer is issued and I just cannot wait! Solicitors are all waiting and ready to go, so just need the offer in front of me then I can get excited.

What makes it even better, it’s a November completion date which means I should be in for Christmas.

Hope everyone is having a great day

Best of luck to you...hope it all goes smoothly. So exciting!

 

[Yuletide Junkie]

I've cooled off fairly well, Holiday. I managed to go out to Costco to make some purchases. I didn't spot any Christmas decorations out yet, though...

Give it about three weeks & your wish will most likely be fulfilled...

 

[Yuletide Junkie]

This is a bad year for mosquitoes, biting gnats, horse flies and ticks!

Bring on Fall

I didn't know that a good year exists for feasting insects. Seems to be an oxymoron cousin...

 

[snowflake22]

I didn't know that a good year exists for feasting insects. Seems to be an oxymoron cousin...

Ha!! Well this is true!!

I was comparing it to last couple of years here for us. Then gnat bites are just as bad as the mosquito bites, and the mosquito bites have gotten much worse. Typically we have many more ticks than my parents do further south, and less mosquitoes/gnats- and my dog Harlowe had 15 ticks alone in the month of April. And that was just in our neighborhood, on sidewalks/walking trails.

 

[WishingForSnow]

Best of luck to you...hope it all goes smoothly. So exciting!

Thank you very much SnowflakeMom, I hope that you are enjoying your Friday!

 

[Crown 84]

I can cover it for you or split it with anyone else who wants to help.

Fantastic, Minta!
Anyone out there who would like to share duties with Minta?

 

[prancer]

Good Afternoon/Evening MMC friends...hope everyone is having a merry day so far...Its been pouring it down here all day....Def. a sign of Fall...Nights are starting to draw in too...Soo glad my working week is over....Gonna have a few glasses of wine tonite and watch The Christmas Card...Enjoy the rest of your day/weekend ahead MMC friends