Christmas Countdown - 2019

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Bradmac said:
I just saw that I had posted "TFIF" instead of "TGIF" earlier this morning.

What is that, "Thank Frosty it's Friday"?
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And Yuletide never picked up on it - that's a Christmas miracle.

 
I made it home an hour earlier than I thought which is great. Already had dinner and I have two hours before I leave for the party.

If you guessed I'm going to try and catch a few winks; you're right.

Enjoy the rest of your night.

 
Good evening all!
Well, Friday... it was a decent day. A little frantic at times but overall not too bad. We will not be getting our bathroom redone this weekend. The guy that is doing it had another job run over so he has to delay our project. Not a big deal for us, we are not in a hurry really.

My wife and son are out Christmas shopping right now. I am just relaxing and listening to Christmas music, sipping on some coffee.

This should be a decent weekend. The weather might be a little yucky tomorrow, but nothing too bad. I am planning on making a big pot of chili on Sunday! Then, it looks like some winter weather might move in Sunday night and leave a couple inches of snow for Monday morning. I cannot say I would be upset with a school closing on Monday.

Well, I hope everyone has a good evening and start to your weekend.
 
AuntieMistletoeDear said:
It's good that they are asking question to make sure they take care of you properly. Kim, do you have to go through it alone? That must be difficult. I'm pretty good with positive self-talk, but still even for gall bladder surgery, I was nervous about it. I didn't tell my parents I was nervous until after it was over because I didn't want them to feel obligated to stay in the hospital.
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I have a friend who will drive me. I plan on stocking up on food tomorrow and I also get meals delivered from a company called Healthy Chef. They come on Fridays and are always delicious. Fortunately, I live in a condo and the people here are kind and willing to help, should the need arise. I have to admit I'm a bit nervous because it's my eyes we're talking about.

I took my mind off it by addressing some cards today. I thought about all the people who might need some cheering up so I sent them some leftover cards from the card exchange. I have enough leftover stamps to last another year and then some!

Ace is holding his head funny. I think he might have an ear infection. I have some antibiotics if the ear wash doesn't work.
 
Today turned into one of those magical days where everything on the list was completed! Plus, a bonus when the watch repair estimate was reasonable enough to leave it and have the work done plus a cleaning. Supposed to be done next week. All-in-all a very good Friday.
 
KimB said:
I have a friend who will drive me. I plan on stocking up on food tomorrow and I also get meals delivered from a company called Healthy Chef. They come on Fridays and are always delicious. Fortunately, I live in a condo and the people here are kind and willing to help, should the need arise. I have to admit I'm a bit nervous because it's my eyes we're talking about.

I took my mind off it by addressing some cards today. I thought about all the people who might need some cheering up so I sent them some leftover cards from the card exchange. I have enough leftover stamps to last another year and then some!

Ace is holding his head funny. I think he might have an ear infection. I have some antibiotics if the ear wash doesn't work.
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I'm glad you won't be totally alone; hope Ace feels better.

 
:owlHappy Sense of Festive Achievements Saturday ::wave

Presents are wrapped and ready. Cards for Operation Christmas Cheer are underway. I need to add my cards to the cookies/chocolates/fudge for the local EMS teams; dropping off a few toys, games and books to the LIPI (Low Income People Involvement) Christmas Drive taking place at my bank.

Had fun at the holiday social. I wore a shiny black velour top with a festive broad felt tie with tiny pom-pom ornaments and bells on it and a green skirt with multi-coloured Christmas lights wrapped all around it in two rows and tiny red pom-poms as a hem. I had red fluffy leggings that met with the bottom of the skirt. I also wore a red, black, green and gold fedora.

While I was getting ready, O'Malley was meowing up a storm from the his resting spot at the entranceway, I told him to come down to see what I was doing, but he didn't. When I was passing by in the hallway, O'Malley softly reached out and touched my shaggy red legs and patted me with his paw. Wonder what was running through his mind.

I managed to dance and sing for a few hours with only a few coughing spells between songs. There were under 50 of us which is the smallest gathering we've ever had. We made it fun though.

One of the local radio stations crashed our party (four people invited them) and at first I didn't recognize who they were and wondered which department these five new employees came from because two of them looked familiar, but I couldn't place them in the workplace. HaHa.

I won a gift card to one of our oldest Italian Restaurants for my outfit and dance moves.

HoHoHo! -santa dance-

 
While I was at the party, a few of people had side-bar chats with me acknowledging that this will be a difficult Christmas without my husband. They also appreciated how I share what I'm experiencing and my jovial attitude to continue living life fully. None of them upset me; I understand my reality. Acceptance is refreshing; my love is stronger than his death and my desire to continue to be the ME that Gary loved comes naturally.

The last three years between November and February, my husband spent more time in bed than he did with me. He didn't participate in the last Christmas with my mom because he couldn't make it down the stairs and the Christmas before that he only came over on Christmas morning. The Christmas season has always meant more to me than it did to him. He was amused by my child-like heart that had to watch animated Christmas specials and my choice of gifts for children and family on my gift list and appreciated that I showed him what I bought after the fact, but didn't attempt to drag him out to go shopping with me.

I think about him daily; something always seems to pop up, but I accept it; welcome it and carry on with life. His departure from my physical world, doesn't put an end to the memories or my jolly ways.

I actually find myself missing my mom this year even more than last year which was our first Christmas season without her. She was the designer of the merry transformation at their place and my dad will set up the tree and a few decorations, but it's never quite the same. Not worse, just different. At least he has agreed to celebrate it with additional guests this year. He knows how important it is to me so he will do whatever it takes to make sure I have a joyful yuletide.

-mistletoe-Keep a merry thought in your head -merry-


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Happy Weekend Before Christmas Weekend MMC! Guess what? I get to fill in for Crown on a December Saturday. What an honor! Let's look at our countdown this morning.

Days to Christmas Day: 11

Double 1s. That's what is left of our countdown. Oh that is just unreal. But it's true. Only 11 days left until Christmas Day 2019. That would also mean based off my incredible math skills that we are only 10 days until Christmas Eve! And we're 1 week until Christmas Weekend. How's that sound? That is why I not only wish you all a Sensational Saturday but also a great Weekend Before Christmas Weekend! Have a great day everyone!
 
Merry Saturday!
We are supposed to go to a Christmas party tonight but my husband woke up with vertigo so I think we may have to cancel. We”ll see...otherwise we will hang out at home and I can start wrapping.
Hope you all have a great day!
 
Happy Saturday and Merry Christmas! Woke up to surprise rain. High today in SoCal is 63 with some rain. A nice cozy Saturday. And, oh darn, I won't be able to work in the yard as planned.

Final sweep of the baking schedule with the ingredients I'll need to get this Friday. Wednesday officially kicks off the baking season for me.

Enjoy!
 
Good afternoon .. a dreary, wet and foggy day today. 5th rainy/overcast day this week. I am missing the sun. Sitting here enjoy my coffee and a donut from the amish market. Going to get wrapping done today and get some cleaning done. My dinning table is a disaster ... wrapping paper, tape and labels all over the place.
 
SnowflakeMom said:
Merry Saturday!
We are supposed to go to a Christmas party tonight but my husband woke up with vertigo so I think we may have to cancel. We”ll see...otherwise we will hang out at home and I can start wrapping.
Hope you all have a great day!
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Does he suffer from it or is it related to an inner ear problem?

Good excuse to wrap presents or watch Christmas flicks.

 
When I was out running errands, I bumped into someone I thought was from my past. She was overjoyed to see me and reached out for a hug. I truly had no idea who she was. I thought she was my former physicians secretary, but why would she be so thrilled to see me. Then I thought it might be an old friend of the cousin who lived with me when she was a teenager. I checked her out on FB and highly doubt it was the same person.

She told me she retired after all the changes to the medical system. I finally realized after I returned home that she could have been one of the nurses who cared for my husband in those last 10 days. I checked back on the Golden Heart Award that I gave (as a donation to the palliative care unit), at our Regional Hospital, to the nurse that was present and announced his passing to us. The lady I saw today was in the group shot; not the same nurse, but the same team who cared for us.

Mystery solved, but I felt bad that I didn't recognize her straight away, but I don't think she realized it.

Enjoy the rest of your night; I'm going to chill with the O'Cat.

My legs are a bit sore from all the dancing last night.

Stay Jolly -surprise-
 
AuntieMistletoeDear said:
While I was at the party, a few of people had side-bar chats with me acknowledging that this will be a difficult Christmas without my husband. They also appreciated how I share what I'm experiencing and my jovial attitude to continue living life fully. None of them upset me; I understand my reality. Acceptance is refreshing; my love is stronger than his death and my desire to continue to be the ME that Gary loved comes naturally.

The last three years between November and February, my husband spent more time in bed than he did with me. He didn't participate in the last Christmas with my mom because he couldn't make it down the stairs and the Christmas before that he only came over on Christmas morning. The Christmas season has always meant more to me than it did to him. He was amused by my child-like heart that had to watch animated Christmas specials and my choice of gifts for children and family on my gift list and appreciated that I showed him what I bought after the fact, but didn't attempt to drag him out to go shopping with me.

I think about him daily; something always seems to pop up, but I accept it; welcome it and carry on with life. His departure from my physical world, doesn't put an end to the memories or my jolly ways.

I actually find myself missing my mom this year even more than last year which was our first Christmas season without her. She was the designer of the merry transformation at their place and my dad will set up the tree and a few decorations, but it's never quite the same. Not worse, just different. At least he has agreed to celebrate it with additional guests this year. He knows how important it is to me so he will do whatever it takes to make sure I have a joyful yuletide.

-mistletoe-Keep a merry thought in your head -merry-


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Beautiful post Auntie.
 
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