Countdown to Christmas 2007!!!

[Cedarfarm]

Good Chirping weather for sure!

What's better than a great cup of Joe and listening to Elvis sing "Suspicious Minds" in the morning? Nothing. Jump starts my morning, yeah! Hey guys, my cricket got the message and moved on...Silence is golden...except when Elvis is on.

Jiminy Jay! Heehee.

(Hey Renn, where ya been?) Hi Iron Eagle! I put the broom away...

..and; Where on Earth is Norfolk?

[Cedarfarm]

Oh thanks Jana... Appreciate the help but Wilomena can stay home now!

[RadioJonD]

Reminds me of Casanova Cricket. My favorite version of this Hoagy Carmichael tune is by Hot Lips Page - http://tinyurl.com/27hfjq

[Iron Eagle]

Good Morning Everyone !


Andrex - Snow is always a good thing. The more the better! Up to the point that no one gets hurt shoveling, of course.

Cedar - No chirping ? No cricket ? I had one in the basement last year. It lasted a week or so. The dog found it under a cabinet, that I thought I'd checked. It was pronptly returned to it's friends outside to continue its singing out there.

With all the rain we've gotten lately, the garden is going faster than Mrs. Eagle can harvest it. It's our first garden in many, many years (about 20yrs).

OK, to business - I saw a guy in the area (who is known for a great Christmas display), out measuring and staking off his front lawn. So, as I was driving by, I pulled over and asked him what's up? He is begining to plan out his display for this year !!! Great !!! I'll be watching to see who turns on their lights (display) first this year. The Season is coming faster than I thought.

I love being on a new site, my old jokes are new again, sooooo . . . . .

This guy goes into a restaurant for a Christmas breakfast while in his home town for the holidays. After looking over the menu he says, "I'll just have the eggs Benedict." His order comes a while later and it's served on a big, shiny hubcap.
He asks the waiter, "What's with the hubcap?"
The waiter sings, "O, there's no plate like chrome for the hollandaise!"

On that high note, my song for today (of course) would have to by:
The Carpenters - Christmas Portrait - Home for the Holidays



Stay safe - stay cool.

[JayIsh]

I think I hear Henny Youngman clawing his way out of the box to go after Iron Eagle...That's almost as bad as "Ya can tune a piano but ya can't tune a fish..." Of course...I will use that one though!!!

jay

[Crown 84]

The Carpenters - Christmas Portrait - Home for the Holidays

I have that one. One of my favorites.
You just can't beat Karen Carpenter's voice - so clear and distinct. (Not like the wailers and screamers who "sing" today.)

[little miss icequeen]

Hello hello everyone.

I´ve been playing Elvis Presley christmas music all day since today is the 30th anniversary of his death.
Been decorating and getting everything ready for the weekend, huge cultur festival in town and of course a christmas market in front of the shop until late in the evening.

And one thing I have to tell you:
Today a woman came in to the shop and her name is Holliday !
Fantastic! Never heard that name before.
(she was from USA)

Have a great day!

[sgrover]

Today is Thursday, August 16, 2007. We have 131 days until Christmas!
We have 3131 hours until Christmas!
We have 187853 minutes until Christmas!
We have 11271180 seconds until Christmas!

[Cedarfarm]

Hi Sandy!

Some famous 'Holiday' names....Doc Holliday...Billie Holiday...Judy Holiday...Roman Holiday - no wait, that's a movie.

[Binger]

I never loved any one the way I loved Elvis.....

well.. ok- a mocha deep rich cup of coffee.. but nothing else......

[Binger]

Jay=- great idea..... double our consumption.. ok- call Cedar and let's meet at the Israel Lites Deli andthen prank call down south to tea drinker(s) - though one in particular....

cricket- did someone say cricket?

[little miss icequeen]

Oh, but her first name is Holliday.
That´s not usual, is it?

[Cedarfarm]

Ice Queen, that IS unusual. Very pretty actually...nickname would be...Holli? You talk of a shop, what kind of shop is it? Is it a Christmas store by any remote chance? Iceland...wow! Tell us more...

Bing, meet me at the deli, order me a corned beef on rye with Grey Poupon, hold the rye. Also, a cup of joe, I'll be there as soon as I find my dusty wig.

[Crown 84]

Hey, Cedar! You here?
I like the sound of that corned beef on rye.
But I'll take mine with iced tea, of course - nicely sweetened.
Yum!

[Rennabelle]

Well yesterday here was 100+, today was 80+, tomorrow is suppose to be rain +, so guess the next day should be snow +, Right. What does that make the day after, the holidays +. lol I wish, but they are coming on pretty fast now. Can hardly wait. I have a large 5 gallon glass bottle and I have been putting money in it all year long, was suppose to be a kitty for my vacation that I didn't get again this year, so guess what? I'm turning it into a Christmas kitty jar, more lights, movies and music for Christmas. Yippeeeeeee

[Andrex]

Good Morning Everyone !

Andrex - Snow is always a good thing. The more the better! Up to the point that no one gets hurt shoveling, of course.

Stay safe - stay cool.

Yeah that's really the only downside. Lucky I know someone with a plow and I don't mind shoveling too much, snow is calming and I love silence and time to think. :snowball:

[Crown 84]

88 days to the Season.
130 days to Christmas Day.

Good Morning, friends!

Wow! Another hot one yesterday. We topped out at 101 degrees. Are we ready for fall yet?

Well, on the upside, it's FRIDAY!
I hope everyone has a Fabulous one.
And a Wonderful Weekend to boot!

Binger, the old Ford is under repair as we speak.
Will finally get that critical, all-important dashboard light replaced which the state has declared a major safety hazard.
Gee, this hassle is going to drive me to drink (coffee).....NAH!

[Binger]

oh dancing boy... I see you here.....

[Binger]

Hey Crown.. now you're talking... hey Cedar- don the wig and belt outthe look of love for our new java drinker.. theya re a mover and a shaker- a part of the NEW coffee generation!

[JayIsh]

Dancing Boy at your service!!!

Another Friday!!! Man these weeks go fast!!!

I had dinner on Wednesday night with four people whom I haven't seen in twenty-five years...We all agreed how quickly those years went...It was a really weird feeling at first but within twenty minutes it was like we just picked up where we left off...Twenty Five Christmases ago...SCARY!!!

HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOO BINGER!!!!!!

[Crown 84]

a part of the NEW coffee generation!

When they make tea-flavored coffee, I'll be first in line!
(Hmmm..... I wonder if I can get Carl to work on that when he gets back home?)

[Iron Eagle]

Good Morning and Happy Friday to Everyone!

The weather here in Chicago is : Currently 75F and Sunny. High 81F. Winds NW at 10 to 15 mph.
Tonight: Mainly clear skies. Low 59F. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph.
Just in case anyone was headed this way.

Jay - Careful, your giving our ages away (and I'm older than you).

Andrex - We used to own a Snow removal service. I just loved getting out in the snow at about 0200hrs. In the morning it's usually very quiet (once I turn the truck off). I miss the business, but I can still enjoy the snow. Anyway I kept a really big snowblower, so the snow is not a problem.

Crown - Carpenters go good anytime of the year, but especially with Christmas. When the boys were young (and so were we), I was away at work on a lot of their Christmas's. Mrs.Eagle's (and mine) favorite song was I'll be home for Christmas. Any version was good, but the Carpenters was the best. Today we play the song and remember when . . . . but now we are home and remembering together !


Song for today (with a little zip, just to keep you going to quitting time): Mannheim Steamroller - Christmas - 01 - Deck the Halls.


Stay safe - stay cool

[Cedarfarm]

Hey Kids!

Late day greetings! Remember "The Unknown Comic"? That guy that wore a paper bag over his head and was a regular on "Sonny & Cher"? I recall my Dad whincing whenever Cher broke into song...sometimes he would actually get up and walk out of the room, shaking his head.

Sorry I missed you Crown...what's this I hear? You might be considering a coffee-flavored tea? That's kinda like a vegetarian eating soy pelts that resemble bacon! Heehahooo!!!

Have a GREAT & WONDERFUL Friday!!!!!

[Binger]

oh that was brillant...... a veg eating soy bacon....... OMG....

[Binger]

OK Carl is enroute back to ya Crown- ALL THREE HUMPS ARE RE-FILLED... sit down and enjoy your new life with COFFEE..... yeahhh baybyyeee...... ( jay-a paus du lux in honor of the new mover and shaker...- Cedar- belt out a Dusty song....)

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

:)) Hello dears, I'm backkkk!

Look at that, this countdown thread started on July 23rd and including this post we're already at 275.

That was a quick trip for Carl, betcha he comes back with a little surprise for Crown in one of those humps - if I know Binger.

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

Good Morning Everyone !

I love being on a new site, my old jokes are new again, sooooo . . . . .

This guy goes into a restaurant for a Christmas breakfast while in his home town for the holidays. After looking over the menu he says, "I'll just have the eggs Benedict." His order comes a while later and it's served on a big, shiny hubcap.
He asks the waiter, "What's with the hubcap?"
The waiter sings, "O, there's no plate like chrome for the hollandaise!"

On that high note, my song for today (of course) would have to by:
The Carpenters - Christmas Portrait - Home for the Holidays

Stay safe - stay cool.

:whisper: Don't tell, but I actually laughed at that.

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

:rudolph: Guess you took care of your Cricket problem, Cedar.

It reminds me of the time I was walking back from the movies late at night with my friend. It was dark and we missed the bus. I heard a Cricket chirping and thought how nice it sounded and then suddenly it stopped. I figured we were close to it and it was a shy cricket and didn't want us to hear it.

The next day, venturing back downtown I passed by the same house just before the downtown core and there was the cricket - squished on the ground. I didn't mean to step on it. Honest.

We had one in our house when I was little. I was afraid of so many things that the only way to rid myself of the fear was to give names to the things that scared me.

:cry: It was quite a ritual for about a year when I said "goodnight" to Payloff the furnace, BlaBla the tie rack, Jiminey Cricket, etc.

[Crown 84]

Good Morning!

Well, Carl is back safe and sound, with all 3 humps filled.
But, you were right, Auntie, there was a surprise.
I was suspicious that Binger would allow Carl to leave with full humps of coffee. That just isn't like them.
Anyway, the surprise was: One hump was filled with tea, one with hot chocolate and one with the sweetest eggong you ever tasted! THANKS, BING!
(Carl says he had a good time, by the way - and that Bing liked the coffee-persimmon blend he worked up for them. I keep telling him they like ANY coffee but he keeps trying to please.)

87 days to the Season.
129 days to Christmas Day.

Another hot one yesterday with highs in the upper 90's.
Now we have a major Carribean hurricane out there. Fortunately, it looks like it will stay south of the USA.
(I wouldn't plan any trips to Jamaica for the time being!)


Iron, the Percy Faith orchestra did an excellent version of "I'll Be Home For Christmas". Simply breathtakingly beautiful.
I would think the Carpenters song that would get to you the most would be "Merry Christmas, Darling". That one is so sad, I usually can't listen to it.

Cdear wrote: "...what's this I hear? You might be considering a coffee-flavored tea? That's kinda like a vegetarian eating soy pelts that resemble bacon!"

Hey, I would drink it!
<< Carl! Can you work up something like that for me? >>
(He said he would think about it.)

Have a Stupendous Saturday, everyone!

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

:cry: I knew Binger would send you a surprise, I'm just surprised it didn't turn out to be coffee-flavoured eggnog.

:)) I think I'll pick up a gift or two tomorrow whilst I'm shopping. I don't have anything in mind. If something seems to wave to me from a shelf, I grab it up.

[Iron Eagle]

Good night (or morning) Everyone.

It's 0040hrs here in Chicago, and it's cooled off in the 50s.

Auntie - Sometimes, the stupider the jokes the better I like them. I'll try to come up with something better later on. Maybe some more words of wisedom, or just something from my "random thoughts" collection.

Crown - "One hump was filled with tea, one with hot chocolate and one with the sweetest eggong you ever tasted!" Aaahhhhh, EGGNOOOOOG (Said in my better Homer Simpson voice, saying "beeeerrrrrrr"). One of the best parts of Christmas. I can hardly wait untill I can get my eggnog creamer. Yes I even use it in my tea.
How did the dash light on your car work out ? My old blazer needed two regular dash lights. The mechanic charged $150, but he did change ALL the light bulbs. He assumed that I didn't want to do this job again anytime soon. I was glad he did.

Percy Faith orchestra, "I'll Be Home For Christmas? I'll have to look that one up. I like their music, though I don't have a lot of it. And "Merry Christmas, Darling", I agree 100%. Luckily I will be home for Christmas this year (God willing).


Song for today ??? May I suggest, The Christmas Song. By The Carpenters, or Nate King Cole. Now that's a tune that will stick with you all day.


The bird's in flight. Good morning all.


Stay safe - stay cool.

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

:hello: Happy Sunday to you, happy not working today to me and hopefully ye.

:snowball: Back to work tomorrow, wonder what has accumulated there for me to handle upon my return. Egad, I hope I can get my "to do's" done without too many interruptions.

Iron Eagle, I agree about the humour.

I haven't heard the Carpenter's in a while, I have them on Cassette and ye olde 33 vinyl.

I guess I'll have to listen to Nat's version.

Have a super-dee-duper day!

[Crown 84]

Iron, the dash light bulbs have been replaced (I had them do the left turn signal indicator while they were in there since it was burned out also). Only charged $75 for everything including tax. A bargain!
Best of all, I'm back on the road (legally) with my beloved "Vickie".

We have silmilar tastes in Christmas music. Those 2 "The Christmas Song" versions are my 2 favorite ones, also!
LOVE that contemplative, moody musical interlude in the middle of the Nat King Cole version. In fact, I would like an entire collection of Christmas songs played in that same style - kind of a restful, lounge style for lack of a better description.
(Makes me nostalgic just thinking about it)


86 days to the Season.
128 days to Christmas Day.

Have a Super Sunday, my friends.
Rest up to be ready to move another week closer to Christmas.

[little miss icequeen]

Ice Queen, that IS unusual. Very pretty actually...nickname would be...Holli? You talk of a shop, what kind of shop is it? Is it a Christmas store by any remote chance? Iceland...wow! Tell us more...


Yes, it is a christmas store, open all year round. Quite small store, on two floors. I work there along with the owner and together we decide on the decorations. We import ornaments from around the world, f.ex. Norway, Sweden, Danmark, Belgium, Germany, Austria, USA, Canada, Russia, Greece and then we also have a selection of icelandic items made by local artists. I´ve even started selling beautiful items made by my mother (crochet snowflakes and bells).
Yesterday was "cultur night" in Reykjavik, a day/night with a lot of concerts around town, markets and lots and lots of people. Last night it all ended with a great firework display. The store was open from 11 am to 10 pm and we had a christmas market in front of the store, in a big tent decorated with christmas lights. Christmas music, ginger cookies and a lot of fun.
And today I´m just laying on my sofa, reading this forum to see what I´ve been missing. cheesy

[Iron Eagle]

Merry Christmas (soon!).


Little Miss Icequeen - Owning your own Christmas Store . . . . . . . I'm only a little jealous. Maybe something I should think about for retirement. Nah, Mrs. Eagle would never let me get away with that(!).

Crown - Street legal, a good thing. Yes I prefer that kind of Christmas music, but I do like most any Christmas songs. I have both Nat and the Carpenters on 33LP also. I've managed to aquire some of their music on mp3s, which is easier to play on demand.


Regular work day for me so I gotta fly . . . .

[Iron Eagle]

Stay safe - stay cool

[Iron Eagle]

PS - See I'm taking lessons from Binger. Coffee anyone???

[Minta]

Coffee??? Someone say coffee! Pass some my way please!

[haagarr]

I have a bush that has cluster of white flowers that looks like a snowball only to find out it is called a snowball bush I can not wait until Christmas.

[cherie]

A quick check in here to say hi. I just joined up and have yet to read the entire countdown thread (my homework!) It's been a long while since I've posted in any of the Christmas forums and I'm happy to have found my way here. I'm very happy to see the usual suspects creating operas, reciting Christmas verse, discussing music, elaborate decorations, and of course counting down the season with such care. Also happy that there is a whole bunch of new faces too to share the fesitivities with. What a great forum!!

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

:hello: And we're sooooooooo pleased you found your way here Cherie. It's our pleasure to countdown with you and share all the wonderful things that make us smile when we think of Christmas.

:snowball: Haagarr your Snowball bush sounds cute.

[Binger]

coffeee.. did someone say coffee? ok- I'm a quart low.. let's do it...

[Binger]

that's if I can get any with Crown around..... they are such a coffee achiever....

[slgslg02]

merry christmas all. im so glad i found this form after xmasplace went down

[Jeff Westover]

Hi slgslg02. Welcome! Your name is missing a few vowels and I can't pretend to pronounce it (at least not without spitting). But I welcome you any way and hope you'll find your way to our introduction threads to allow us to get to know you better.

Jeff

[Rennabelle]

Hello, slgslg, glad you found your way here. Most of the family are here, and haven't hardly missed a beat. lol This feels like home already.

[Crown 84]

I remember you, Cherie. Welcome back.

85 days to the Season.
127 days to Christmas Day.

A very warm and humid weekend. This week promises more of the same with the temp in the mid 90's or above every day.
Oh, well. We are moving into late Aug, so it can't last too much longer.......can it?

Have a Marvelous Monday, my friends.
Try to keep cool!

[slgslg02]

thanks jeff and renna. it does feel like home

[Binger]

I think a Paus Du Lux is in order for our new coffee achiever.....
(cut to man in tights..... warming up..)

[Binger]

...Jayish bends down.. the crowd gasps at the form.... incredibly beautiful says an 88 yar old woman with glasses thicker than the fog on Afton Mountain.......

[JayIsh]

You forgot a detail...JayIsh bends down, the crowd hears a tremendous rip...

Apparently JayIsh has been enjoying some danish with his coffee...

South Beach diet...Here I come...

[Iron Eagle]

Good Morning Everyone !!!

I can't stay long today, we have an emergency! Grandma Eagle's (Mrs.Eagle's Mom) computer just crashed. She thinks it's the hard drive. Oh well, it is an old computer, now I know what to buy her for Christmas. Grandma Eagle like Mrs.Eagle are both GREAT people . . . . . just not too much on Christmas. Whenever I use Grandma Eagle's computer, I leave a Christmas wallpaper on it. She doesn't know how to change the wallpaper, so it will be there until someone else comes over and changes it for her.


Stay safe - stay cool.

[Crown 84]

"Grandma Eagle". I love it!

[Cedarfarm]

..See, that's the beauty of leotards Jay. They don't 'RIP', they run!...Oh, Great visual Bing, OMG....

[Cedarfarm]

Hi Crown! How did you get up to 44 already. Geesh.

[Cedarfarm]

Sorry I missed all of you this week-end. I was at the U.S. Air Guitar Championship in NYC...whew, SO MANY talented contenders, difficult to choose just one....but, the guy that was break-dancing on the nape of his neck in fringed cut-offs...well, it was a sight to behold.

Actually, I only dreamed of going, I stayed home and watched it rain for 3 days without stop...at least the 'dead zone' (my front yard) is starting to turn lime green now.

Welcome back Cherie! SLGSLG!!

[Crown 84]

Cedar wrote: Hi Crown! How did you get up to 44 already. Geesh.

Posting between naps.

Heard any good B-B music lately?
Was just listening to some nice Count Basie material over the weekend.
Now that cat could swing.

[Binger]

Obviously they post when they should be napping....

[Binger]

But the form of dance.. my God- beautiful..... breath taking....... heart wrenching...... almost what I say each AM when I gaze into my java.... ( cut to tear running down Binger's face as they gaze into the steam...)

[Rennabelle]

Hey Bing, I feel the same way about my coffee, esp when I first get out of bed in the morning and if anyone comes between me and my java they had better learn a new dance of their own. One with large strides in it as my legs are short but they are fast and my cast iron skillet is always near. lol

[reformedscrooge]

Hello everyone!!!! I am sorry I haven't been here for a while (internet problems here). I will start my non-traditional Pharm.D. program this coming Monday and I now have a laptop so I can try to squeeze a few posts in every now and then from home! Well, I've need to fill a couple of emergency rx's....Have a great evening and Merry Christmas everyone!

[Crown 84]

Binger wrote: Obviously they post when they should be napping....
Hey! No fair. They can post when they are drinking coffee! It's a bit hard to post while you are napping.
(Then again, if you get into some bad coffee you let sleepy Crown beat you to the thread in the morning!)

84 days to the Season.
126 days to Christmas Day.

We hit a high of 103 yesterday (another record) and should come close to 100 again today. Hmmmm....... Might as well move down to the tropics.
(Actually, I think the tropics have moved up here.)

Have a Terrific Tuesday, Christmas Comrades......and TRY to keep cool!

[Binger]

I agree Renna- get betwwen the java and me and prepare for a fight.. sorta like Crown and their bed/pillow every couple of hours........

[Binger]

I Binger.. being of sound mind and incredible body.. do hereby bequeath the following while I take R and R in Tokyo for a few days.... while I am away...

Jay.. in charge of the paus du lux.. which stimulates the mind and ensures that Crown's eyeballs are open
Scrooge in charge of Viviran for Crown
Cedar.. in charge of the Dusty imitation which keeps Crown awake
Crown in charge of napping
Radio in charge of announcing my return.. loud enough to wake Crown
Renna.. in charge of waking up Crown to post

Badda Bing.. Badda Binger..........

[JayIsh]

Binger!!! Tokyo??? Really??? Way to go!!!

Have a good and safe trip, we shall miss you at our new Christmas home!

As always, we will be looking forward to your return!!!

Jay

[Crown 84]

Jay.. in charge of the paus du lux.. which stimulates the mind and ensures that Crown's eyeballs are open
Scrooge in charge of Viviran for Crown
Cedar.. in charge of the Dusty imitation which keeps Crown awake
Crown in charge of napping
Radio in charge of announcing my return.. loud enough to wake Crown
Renna.. in charge of waking up Crown to post

Hmmm........Do I detect a theme here?

Have a great trip, Bing!
(Carl's a little upset, though. Thinks you sent him back home sooner than usual just so you didn't have to take him to Japan with you. I tried to explain that would be too expensive.
Don't worry, he will come aound.)

I would say take photos but I guess you can't post them on this particular site, can you?

[Iron Eagle]

Good Afternoon Everyone


It's T.G.I.F. for me today. Wooohoooo !!!

The weather's nice, the sky is blue (for a change), and I'll be mowing grass for most of tomorrow (bummer). But at least I'll be off. For now I have to work, so I gotta fly.


Stay safe - stay cool.

[reformedscrooge]

IT's a warm one here!! I hope everyone is doing OK. Binger, have a great trip to Tokyo! Merry Christmas everyone!!!!!

[Cedarfarm]

OK Bing, OK...gotta take that wig to the beautician for a fresh styling, the left side has flattened... Need some AquaNet hairspray to cement the flip in place. You can count on us to take care of the napster Crown while you ride around in ricshaws.

Wonder how the coffee is in Tokyo???

[Crown 84]

Don't worry. Bing will let us know.
I want a report on what the mattresses are like.

[Crown 84]

Wow, look at this. Over 12 hours without a post.
Where is everybody?

83 days to the Season.
125 days to Christmas Day.

Some light rain last night lowered the temperature from the 105 degree all-time record we set yesterday afternoon.
A "cool" 97 is predicted for today with possible showers.
We still need lots of rain to cut this drought.

Have a Wonderful Wednesday and Happy Hump Day, all.

Bing is no doubt enjoying some Japanese coffee about now.....
and wondering whether or not I'm awake.

[Cedarfarm]

Good Morning...where is my java? Whew, there it is...must inhale. (right Renn?)

Crown, it has rained all week here!! Also, the three H's...making it a VERY hairy jungle. I see bamboo where there once was a dead lawn...more rain predicted.

[Iron Eagle]

Goodmorning Everyone.

I'm RDO today. (Regular day off) I'm so far behind on my work list, I'm not sure where to begin. So, I'll begin by pouring a big cup of coffee and see where we go from here. I thought I was going to be cutting the grass today, but it rained again last night. We also are predicting rain everyday up to Saturday. The lawn is getting mighty tall back there. I'm thinking that at the rate things are growing, I may have to run the snowblower to cut the grass. Rivers and streams in the out lying areas are getting really high. If it getts much higher some of our northern suburbs my be in trouble.

Snow might be better. At least it doesn't melt all at once and flood everything. And it looks nice too.

Coffee's ready. Refills anyone???


Later !

[Crown 84]

It's been dry as dust around Raleigh for the last week other than for the brief rain we had early yesterday evening.
The grass looks about ready to spontaneously combust!

[Billy Battles]

It has been very wet and cool around here. In MI

[RadioJonD]

http://www.thehighwaystar.com/rosas/jouni/discos/0lyrics/wmntokyo.html

[sarahelizabeth]

The year is just going by so fast. I can't believe in only 5 days it will be back to school for me.

Of course, I haven't got any presents or ANYTHING for this year yet. One ornament for my cousin. That's the extent, and I got it in the very beginning of the year at the After-Christmas sales.

Well, to be honest, I do this pretty much every year. I love Christmas, but procrastinate anyway. I like shopping in-season!

[Crown 84]

Good luck on your first day, Sarah.
I well remember those days!

82 days to the Season.
124 days to Christmas Day.

Heavy rain about 6:00 this morning but it was gone by the time I started out for work.
It's "only" suppose to get to 90 degrees today.
That actually DOES sound cool after our 100+ figures.

Have a Thrilling Thursday, folks!

And enjoy your Japanese Java, Binger, wherever you are!

[Cedarfarm]

GOOOOOOD MORNING Nutters.....

Rain, rain...go away. please. Hairy jungle out there. Grass has come back with vengeance.

Hi Sarah. I'm with you, I like shopping in the season too. It's all part of the excitement!

Radio, dig those lyrics.

Wake up, Crown and smell the....coffee flavored tea..! Have a groovy day everyone.

[Iron Eagle]

Good Moring Everyone !

More rain last night. More rain (maybe) for tonight. Does anyone remember the story about the Rain Maker? Or at least the song by the 5th dimension (I have it playing in the bacground as we speak. It's all about the sound track, right Jon?). Maybe we should pay the rainmaker and then the rain here will stop here. Maybe the rainmaker will head east. Enough of that. Now I'll switch to a nice Christmas song . . . . . . . Ahhhh, much better.

I put on the coffee just before I turned on the computer. Dark columbian roast. The aroma is so strong that I'll bet Binger can smell it on his trip (I have a big fan blowing it his direction). The coffee maker should be beeping any time now. All the fixin's are ready, the kettle is on the stove.

Thursday ??? Monday for me. Back to work. My next day off is next Thursday. The good part is that I'll have most of December off (Ooooooowhooooooo !!!) I can hardly wait

Sarah - Enjoy your "school time". It will be gone soon enough. I still remember going to high school in the late sixties. Wow, what a blast ! (At my age, it's one of the few things I remember . . . . I think I remember.)


Coffee's up !

Song for Today: Philharmonic - Handbells - 12 - Here We Come a Wassailing

[reformedscrooge]

Good Morning Everyone!!! I've got my coffee in hand and ready to tackle a new day!!!!. I will start my non-traditional doctor of pharmacy program in 4 days! Well, I 'd better fill some prescriptions. Have a great day everyone! Merry Chirstmas!

[Cedarfarm]

Oh Iron Eagle, I remember those handbells. We had a Christmas pageant when I was in 4th grade (I think) and we each had our own different colored bell to ring at a certain time. Funny what you remember the most...I recall being disappointed that I got stuck with a yellow bell...I really wanted a red one! The ol' chronic dissatisfaction, even at that young age...

[Crown 84]

Iron wrote: "The aroma is so strong that I'll bet Binger can smell it on his trip (I have a big fan blowing it his direction)"

Forget the fan. They could smell it in outer space.

[Rennabelle]

I think Bing forgot that I'm not the morning poster so I'm sorry Crown that I haven't been waking you up the past couple days but I've been at work. lol Guess I could wake you up now but you might not be to happy about that. Coffee anyone, one last cup before it gets to late. mmmmmmmm
Don't need the fan here to blow the smell to Bing, our wind has picked up and is doing the job nicely.
Our rain only lasted one day but it was nice while it lasted. We have had a few cloudy days that has kept it cooler, I really like that. Hot weather is for the birds or should I say the bees.

[Crown 84]

That's all right, Renn. Somehow I made it up on my own.
I dreamed of Bing on a pool float in a lake of Asian coffee in total bliss. (Wait, that's probably not a dream!)

81 days to the Season.
123 days to Christmas Day.

I tell you, this heat is getting old fast. The prediction is upper 90's for the weekend, possibly to triple-digit range again.
My, fall will seem nice!

Well, it's FRIDAY again! Have a Fabulous one.
......and a Wonderful Weekend, too!
Keep the spirit of Christmas with you whereever you go.

[MarthaK]

89 days until the lights come on!

[reformedscrooge]

It's a nice cool day here. Have a great weekend and Merry Christmas
everyone!

[Iron Eagle]

Good Morning all !

Trees are down, power outages, water out in some areas. Wow did we get some weather here. Amazing what a little (50mph) wind will do. Grandma Eagle (my Mom) is staying with us, due to no power or water at her house.

Gotta fly, talk to you all later.

[Sparkling Star]

Hope things get better for you very soon Iron. Those winds can really do damage.

:)) "Owl" bet Binge is dreaming up some new Christmas "blends" to try. Wasn't Carl with Der Binger in the lab not long ago trying to invent some new coffees???????

Think Christmas thoughts and enjoy your weekend everyone.

[Crown 84]

Actually, Sparkling, he was in his lab here and worked out a coffee-persimmon blend which was shipped to Binger.
Never got a follow-up comment from them but I can only assumed they liked it since they like all coffees of any kind.

80 days to the Season.
122 days to Christmas Day. (4 months from today!)
Look at that. 2/3 of the way to Christmas Day! WOW!

Iron, I well remember Hurricane Fran that struck Raleigh back in September of 1996. Trees down everywhere. Many roads impassable. Folks without power for over a week in some cases. And it was barely a CAT 1 when it came through.

Well, the heat seems content to set up semi-permanent resident status here. It was 99 yesterday and is supposed to reach an even 100 today. Humid too, of course.

Have a Stupendous Saturday, guys.
Whatever the weather, you'll weather it better, if you keep that Christmas song in your heart!

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

:hello: Merry Greetings, y'all! I survived my week back to work after my vacation - actually got plenty of my own work done.

Feel like napping today, perhaps it's the warm air that induces sleep - what do you think, Crown?

Took about four pages to catch up on things here in the Countdown. The comments here are more fun than the funny pages in the newspaper.

My husband just got home with groceries and I was helping him unpack them. I got a bit excited as you can imagine when I spotted an eggnog carton.

. . . Only to discover it was Buttermilk, they changed their design. Boohoohoo. Oh well, ten weeks until eggnog hits the stores!

[Sparkling Star]

Ohmagosh Crown......persimmon-coffee? Now that would make Binge pucker for sure! You poor souls enduring that heat, don't worry though, cooler weather is just around the corner along with the excitement of Christmas drawing nearer.

[Binger]

oh Crown... I see you here.... I'm baccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[Binger]

I had the best Cuban coffee..... OMG... and had coffee on a terrace overlooking some lush gardens..... and had a nightcap of coffeee///// OMG... there's so much great coffee in the world....

[Binger]

Hey Iron.. I got a wihiff of that java you brewed.. I am enroute to Chi-Town...... perk it up...

[Crown 84]

I like the way you think, Sparkling. You too, Auntie!

Yes, warm air induces sleep. Cool air too. Or any air in between. The sound of rain falling; crickets chirping outside (or inside); the lapping of waves on the shore, distant traffic, ...........the sound of Binger percolating coffee at 3:00 AM or any other hour - or half hour - or 15 minutes.

Whew! Ninety-nine degrees 2 days in a row. Mid 90's again predicted for today. Then a few days of relief at last with temps dropping into the 80's. I can't wait!

79 days to the Season.
121 days to Christmas Day. (Less than 4 months!)

Have a Super Sunday, my holiday friends!

[Binger]

Song for Jay: Bell and James... Living it up ( on Friday night..)- Ohhhh yeahhhh... Hey Cedar.. what's perking? Java I hope....

Living it up oh yeah... Living it up ohhh yeahhh

badda Bing.. badda Binger.. is back.... ake up North Carolina.. can't sleep forever.....

ohh yeahhhh

[Binger]

make that wake up.. North Carolina.. ohh yeahhhhh

[Binger]

every 15 minutes? OMG why so much time between pots? ( hmmm I'm a quart low.. gotta refill)....

ohh yeahh....

[Crown 84]

Welcome back, Bing! You were posting while I was typing!
Glad the trip went well.
<< OK, Carl. Gee! >>
He wants me to ask if you brought something back for him.
That camel!

[Binger]

Yes.. a new drain spigot for the third hump.. gotta love that camel brew

[Binger]

I brought you a nice embrodied pillow...

[Crown 84]

Carl thanks you from the bottom of his humps.
I thank you from the side of my head.

[haagarr]

My birthday is November 12th so that is the official date I start my Christmas season. I can't wait. It's just around the corner.

[Cedarfarm]

BADDA Bing!!!! Oh yeah Babe! Yeah, Yeah, YEAH!!! YEAHHHH!!

So very glad you are back....Renna and I TRIED to wake up the comatose Crown but when they go out like lights, they go out! Just like a log, I tell ya...I even had my Dusty re-styled into a Barbie Bubble cut...but they just wouldn't wake up....

BAda baDA BING!!! XOXOX

[Iron Eagle]

Good Afternoon Everyone !!!

It's been an interesting few days here, but everything is getting back to "normal". Still a lot of cleaning up going on. Grandma Eagle is back home and all is right with the world.

Hey Binger, Your headed this way ??? Coming into O'hare airport??? Or just flying over?? I've got the coffee pot on just in case your cup runs low.

[Binger]

Hey still living it up.. living it up ohh yeahh.. Hey Cedar..... see if our dancing boy can do a Paus Du Lux in honor of the " the return of the Coffee achiever.."

[Binger]

Cedar- even great beauty in the form of a Dusty Shag cut cannot wake up Crown.. nothing- not even great coffee...

[JayIsh]

Welcome back friend! Glad Tokyo was oh so special!

I'm watching a Dean Martin special on PBS...When I grow up...I want to be Dean Martin!!! So maybe during my next dance I could do a little soft shoe in a well tailored, very expensive suit...Oh...and I'll have a glass of something and smoke going...

We missed you kiddo!!! It ain't the same without ya!

Pass the pot! I meant the coffee pot you hippie castaways...

My neighbor gave me a cup of coffee that she brought back from Paris...Not sure what it was but I felt a little jolt after the fact...good stuff...Of course she put sugar in it...Not my way of imbibing...But I drank it, none-the-less...

I know it has nothing to do with Christmas but I'm a lttle sad tonight...My beloved Rolling Stones may have done their final concert tonight in London...Who knows if they'll be back or not but just the chance that their done brings a tear to my eye and a lump in my throat...Not too Christmassy those Stones but I sure loved 'em.

jay

[Iron Eagle]

Good Evening Everyone !

I just happened to get my lunch indoors and near an internet hook up. Cool !!! I couldn't think of a better group of people to spend my lunch with. Let's see what Mrs. Eagle packed me for lunch . . . . . a large salad (very tossed, in the car for the last 5hrs), Newman's Italian dressing, an apple and a small ziplock bag of homemade chex mix (I prefer the homemade stuff over the store-bought).

I rigged a spotlight with a picture of a cup of coffee ( like the Bat signal ), so if Binger's plane ran out of coffee they would know where to land to "refuel".

Song for to night: David Arkenstone - Magical Christmas - 01 - We three kings
One of my favorites.

Later !

[Iron Eagle]

Haagarr - Nice way to begin The Season. Mine is 10 Dec, The Season is well under way be then. I've always enjoyed having a birthday with all those special decorations around, even now that I'm much older.

[Iron Eagle]

PS - My 30th post. It's sad in a way. Starting over . . . . . and over, but hopefully not again.

Good night, my friends.

[Crown 84]

78 days to the Season.
120 days to Christmas Day.

A good start-of-the-week morning to one and all!

My nieces start back to school today. The older one is in 11th grade, the younger in 9th.

Hopefully, predictions will come true and today will be cooler.
They predict upper 80's which will be a welcome change!

Have a Marvelous Monday, folks!

[primchristmas]

Good Monday morning! Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! We finally got some much needed rain here and the tempertures have dropped to a more resonable 90! I started with my fall decorations here inside dh thinks Im a little touched ......but I do so enjoy it! Have a great week!

[TwinkleLights25]

Good afternoon! I brought home some (or is it all? lol) of my fall decorations from my parent's house last night. Not sure when I should start putting them out. Maybe in moderation, little by little until September? Already have some fall stuff around though :)

[Binger]

Jay I saw the stones back in 82.. awesome show.. under my thumb... ,,,,...

[Binger]

ohhh Crown.. wake up and sing some stones for us.. you know- Fred and Barney..

[Crown 84]

Hmm.... Stone beds. Not the most comfortable, but I could manage.
On the other hand - no coffee in those days. You wouldn't make it.

[Cedarfarm]

HaHA!!! Crownster is AWAKE! I caught the Crownster! Hahahee!

[Cedarfarm]

One More Once!! Right Crownster? Guess who said that.

[Crown 84]

I believe that would be Count Basie, my friend.

77 days to the Season.
119 days to Christmas Day.
Getting closer and closer.

It was a bit cooler here yesterday but still warmish.

An early head's up.
The Crowns are off to the coast for the 3-day Labor Day weekend and a countdown volunteer is needed.
Your chance for fame and fortune.
Well, maybe just fame.
Er..... or maybe just something to do.

Have a Terrific Tuesday, my fellow Christmas travelers!
Don't forget to slow down and smell the coffee - just don't drink any of the stuff.
Sleep. You can drink coffee in your dreams.

[Cedarfarm]

You got it! The Count! "One More Once"....Great music. I recently enjoyed hearing the beautiful "Fantasy Impromptu" by Chopin...makes you stop what you are doing and listen.

I woke up this morning to catch the Lunar eclipse, but I got up too early (5:00) because the moon looked like an OLIVE. It was magical...so very quiet and the clouds were moving real slow past the moon. I decided to go back to bed though.

[Iron Eagle]

Goodmorning Everyone !!

Just thought I'd stop in early to say hello. Lot's of chores today. I'll try to stop in later.

The song I have playing in the background: Vince Guaraldi Trio - Charlie Brown - 01 - O Tannenbaum
The Peanuts characters and music sure do bring back memories. I remember before video recorders, (I think I do.) and having to try to plan when the Christmas show would be on so I could be home to see it with my three sons. Boy, those were the days.

Later . . . .

[Cedarfarm]

Hey Crown, I will be slaving away at home this week-end and would be more than happy to do the Countdown when you are gone!

Are you taking the honorable "Fox"?

[Crown 84]

Thanx, my friend.
(And yes, Fox is coming along.
I think Carl is too busy working on his latest coffee-cranberry blend)

[Binger]

Wake up and Smell the coffee? That's only if you're not drinking it while in bed ( I do.. why bother getting up?)

badda bing.. badda binger.....

[Binger]

hmmm I see a 60s girl group singing " Please don't go.. don't goooooooo" to the Crownster...
( you might need to cancel that trip...)

[JayIsh]

I can see that same group singing, "walk like a man, talk like a man...." Oh wait...that was Frankie Valli...Nevermind...

[JayIsh]

I've really gotta learn to show some elf control...


By the way...BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND ARE GOING ON TOUR AGAIN!!!!

sorry...

[Crown 84]

.. why bother getting up?)

.....getting up(??)

[Sparkling Star]

Ah yes.....visions of coffee pots filled their heads!
And Mama in her kercief, and I in my cap,
Had just settlled our brains for a long winter's nap....
(Hey who would have guessed Crown and Binger were the inspirations for "Twas the Night Before Christmas") LOL

:tree:

[Crown 84]

Ah! The mystery twins have a Christmas connection!
I like that.

76 days to the Season.
118 days to Christmas Day.

We had temps in the lower 90's for a change yesterday.
Felt a bit more comfortable.
I saw Bing roasting coffee beans outside for a change.
(Better hammock weather, too.)

Have a Wonderful Wednesday / Happy Hump Day, everyone!
Keep up that Christmas spirit. The Season will be here before you know it!

[Cedarfarm]

The Shirelles...my fav girl group of all time.

[Iron Eagle]

Good Morning Everyone !!!

"76 days to the Season. 118 days to Christmas Day. "
Wow,it's getting closer. My local Walgreens has their Halloween stuff out now, and some Christmas deco out but up on top of the top shelves of the back row.

Coffee just beeped, I'll be right back.

[Iron Eagle]

I'm back, coffee in hand.

Cedar - The Shirelles? One fine day? My boyfriend's back? Mama said? Please Mr. postman? Will you still love me tomorrow? That brings back some old memories. Your not old enough to remember them, I'm sure you just heard of them somewhere.

Sparkle - That's the way I remember it too. Maybe Binger can do an opera to that theme. The night coffee before Christmas?

Keeping in the flavor of old groups. They still sound good today.
Suggested song of the day: Ronettes - Sleigh Ride

[Crown 84]

Hmm......
How about "Coffee perking on an open fire"?

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

Elf Control - ha Jay!

:cry: How I survived Hump Day in four steps
Woke up
Stayed awake
Breathed in
Breathed out.

This week is flying by - guess that means Christmas is on the way.
So many people getting their kids ready for "back to school" and a few counting down the days until school starts and then I hit them with the countdown to Christmas, plus a wake up.

A few groans as usual and new staff actually wanted to meet the Christmas Wacko who posted the countdown on the bulletin board for everyone to see.

Charmed I'm sure.

:hello: So, there I was minding my own business . . . a friend dropped off a few videos for me. Among them, The Flinstones version of A Christmas Carol and Jim Carrey's "Grinch".

I snuck them in for future viewing, my hubbins doesn't even know they're here. HaHa. What a festive long Labor Day weekend I have planned. HaHaHoHoHeHe.

[Cedarfarm]

Iron, The Shirelles were before my time but my older sister had their album(s) and I watched her dance to them in front of the mirror! They had so many hits...Soldier Boy, Mama Said, Foolish Little Girl, Dedicated to the One I Love, Will you Love Me Tomorrow and my personal favorite, "Baby, It's You"...hmmmm, great song. A Bacharach tune...if I like the song, it is usually written by Burt Bacharach. I think The Shirelles had a sound none of the other girl groups had. I wonder if they did any Christmas songs?

Auntie, I'm still laughing at the comment made by your husband a couple weeks ago...."Crispness"...in the air" and you thought he said something about... Christmas. hahahee

Where on earth....is....Norfolk?

[Iron Eagle]

Good Morning Everyone !!!

Cedar - I remember hearing The Shirelles on the car radio when I was a kid, and it was my Mom that was dancing around the house to them. I still like to hear them on the oldies radio station.

Today is my day off sooooooo, I think I may watch a Christmas video while everyone is at work.

A song for today: Phillips, Craig & Dean - O Come O Come Emanuel


Later, my friends.

[MissKringle]

Getting alot closer! I can't wait!!:razz:

[Cedarfarm]

Hello Friends...

Very scary morning. Woke up to the smell (actually, stench is the word...electrical ) of smoke in the house, seems the sump pump switch never turned off even though the water had drained, the switch was in the process of burning itself out. The smoke alarm didn't go off either! All this on a morning when I have to leave early and stay late!! Oh heck, could be worst...

[Crown 84]

True. It could have been burned coffee, in which case Binger would have been MOST upset.
Seriously, I'm glad there was no fire!

75 days to the Season.
117 days to Christmas Day. (Not so far from the 100-day mark!)

Good Morning, Christmas friends.

It's a bit cloudy out. Maybe a touch of rain.
They still predict a nice weekend with highs in the mid 80's.

We are looking forward to the trip tomorrow afternoon.
When I return Tuesday, the count will have declined by 4 more days! WOW!

Have a Thrilling Thursday, all you wonderful folks!

[MarthaK]

44 days (or pots of coffee) until I graduate from grad school.
83 days until my lights come on.
116 days and a wake-up until the big day.

Now, if you REALLY want to feel like time is sneaking up on you how about this:

Only 8 more paydays until Christmas!

[Iron Eagle]

Goodmorning Everyone (again !)

Cedar - Oh what a scarey thing to wake up to. Thank God it was only a switch. You might check the pump out as well. If it ran all night without water, the pump bearings and seal maybe burned out. I don't even want to think about it being anything worse than that.

Martha K - Congratulations (44 days early, incase I forget) it's a wonderful accomplishment.
After putting my wife and oldest son through school, I look forward to retirement, then maybe I can finish my degree. Education is never wasted, even on an old guy like me.

Eight (pay) days until Christmas ??? Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh! (Iron runs around the room, looking for his hat and coat). I better start Christmas shopping NOW.

I'm going shopping - Buy , buy!

[Binger]

Burning coffee? OMG Nooooo- only thing worse is a bed without a pillow- right Crown?

Glad you're ok Cedar....
XOXO

[Binger]

Jay- BRUCCCCEEEEEEE.. OMG Springsteen is God!

[Iron Eagle]

Well, I'm back from shopping. It's a little too early to get started. It just doesn't work without the deco.


Merry Christmas to all, and to all a Good Night.

[Crown 84]

Burning coffee? OMG Nooooo- only thing worse is a bed without a pillow- right Crown?

Right, Binger.
WAIT! Are you saying there IS one kind of coffee you don't like??

74 days to the Season.
116 days to Christmas Day.

Well, the Crowns are off to the coast!
I hope everyone has a Fabulous Friday and a Wonderful Weekend!
Sounds like it will be a good one weather-wise, at least around here.

See you either Monday night or Tuesday morning!

[Cedarfarm]

A Jolly Good Friday to You!!

Have a wonderful time Crown. I'll do my best to provide an accurate countdown....I won't talk about Easter or say the word, "Groovy" too many times..

No stench or crickets this morning, the weather couldn't be better, in fact, our weatherman brought out his Weather Guarantee..bring him your best weather deal and try to match it with ours!

Have a SUPER lovely groovy day my friends...

[Iron Eagle]

Good Morning Everyone!

I hate Mondays, even when they're Fridays.

Last night after we got home from an early "Christmas" shopping trip, I had to go into the storage area to put something away. Sooooooo while we were there I couldn't resist taking out and plugging in a few of the Christmas decorations, since I had to move them out of the way anyway. My son and I enjoyed them, if only for a few moments. Mrs.Eagle just looked at us like "we'd lost it."


Suggested listening for today: Glenn Miller - There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays

[Crown 84]

That's a good one, Iron.

I have both "In The Christmas Mood" albums the Glenn Miller orchestra did. Great music!

[JayIsh]

Yes Binger...Bruce is back, bigger than ever...His new album, Magic, will be released on October 2! Tour begins the same day in Hartford, CT. I hope to see him on the 9th or 10th of October in New Jersey, or the 17th or 18th in New York...Or maybe both...who knows...

New Bruce Springsteen album...New Eagles album...Van Halen tour with David Lee Roth...It's like it's 1978 all over again!!! And I hope to take part in as much of this 1978 celebration as my wallet will allow...Maybe I'll have to check with my wife too...

I could not get onto the site today for a few hours! Anyone else have the same problem or was it just me...Perhaps somebody trying to tell me something???

[Cedarfarm]

Hey Jay!! I couldn't get on either...I thought it was my ancient computer acting up again.

[JayIsh]

They're trying to get rid of us Cedar!!! It's a conspiracy I tell ya!!!

[Cedarfarm]

Hey You!!!

Going away this week-end?? If so, have a GREAT time!!!

[Binger]

No- staying home.. not going away.. wish I was.. I hear there's great fishing up North.. great sleeping weather also.. Bet I know someone who would love to hit a soft pillow right now....

[Binger]

OMG BRUCCCEEEE... I stayed up all night in the dead of January back in 84 to get tix to the " Born in the USA Tour.."_ good show but now as good as the 1980 "The River" tour
( five hours in the cold for that one...) Think I'll go have a cup of java and sing some Bruce...

" Wendy let me in.. I wanna be your friend.. guard your dreams and vision.. just wrap your legs round these velvet rims and strap your hands cross my engine..."

" Rosalita come out tonight... ohhh Roasalitaaaaaaa STOP...."

BRucceeeeeeeeee

[Cedarfarm]

A Jolly Good Morning to You, Christmas Friends!!!

The sun is coming up now, I just made my first pot of java, smells so good...hmmmm, tastes even better!

*73 Days to the Season
*115 Days to CHRISTMAS!

and only 8 paydays to go! (Thanks MarthaK!)

Enjoy your day! Drive safely, listen to good music loud!

:tree:

[Cedarfarm]

Hey friends, just have to share this with you...

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/08/0824_uglycars/index_01.htm?campaign_id=yhoo

..I drove a Corvair in High School!

[Christmas_Tex]

Can't wait!!

[Chillywilly]

We only have 73 days before the Christmas Holiday Season Wow! :tree:

[Binger]

I love tose corvairs.. I alwasyw anted one but dad said theyw ere too dangerous and he was afraid that Ralph Nader would camp out on our doorstep!

[Binger]

ok ok corrections.. THOSE.... always wanted one..they were too

OMG listening to BRUCE live..... Javavved up and raring to goooooo.... hmmm wonder if the Crownster slept in this AM... no wait.. what am I saying?

[Cedarfarm]

I bombed around in that copper colored Corvair~first it was my older sister's.. then me, and when I moved west, the 'Vair' got passed to the last girl in the family, my younger sis. Yeah Bingster, I remember hydro-planing one time when I went to pass a semi truck in the rain. I think I actually quit breathing when that happened. LOL! That Vair had more had seen some crazy places....grassers, drive-ins, Lake Michigan sojourns, graduations, parties, outdoor rock concerts..oh man!

[Cedarfarm]

Hi Chillywilly!! Hi Tex!! Good to see you here. Yep, bet that Crownster is still sawin' off those Z's!! Crank up Bruce and enjoy your day...

[Rennabelle]

Well, Im on a lot later than Crown usually comes on, wonder whats up. Bet Crown is saying "I'm not that late, It's 5 o"clock somewhere" Meaning in the am. Maybe coffee pot is broke? lol Oh oops that Bing. ss

[Cedarfarm]

RENN!! So glad to see you! New pot of coffee is brewing, just for you my friend! Quick break from garden work, got to get back, left Bix outside unattended...which means naughtiness (ie:Chasing the chickens, going to the front yard, digging a hole to China...)

[Binger]

Get that dog some coffee Cedar.. they'll behave ( I swear that's what Crown needs to get themselves in gear.. JAVA.. )-

[Binger]

MSU is rocking the house I see.... yabba yabba!!!!

[Cedarfarm]

HeeHee Bingster!!

YABBA YABBA DOOOO!!!! MSU did alright! Not bad for the first game of the season, not bad at all!

Goodnite~

[Cedarfarm]

GOOD MORNING!~Gotta get that coffee brewing..MUST..have.. coffee..where is my mug...

Another glorious sun-filled day my friends.

*72 Days to the Season
*114 Days to Christmas Day

Must get that coffee now, check in later...have a groovy one you tannebaum lovers!

:rudolph:

[Binger]

For sure.. had a good cup this AM.. now time for another shot of java..one can never have enough...

MSU!!

[Binger]

Hey jay- wake up and crank up some Springsteen. Hmmm gotta dig out the Dusty and Bruce collections.... nothing better than good music.. cept java of course...

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

:cry: I thought of several of all y'all coffee drinkers this morning.
There I was enjoying a cup of coffee - waking up and smelling the coffee - when my husband said, "oh is that a spider dangling there?" So without hesitation, I immediately covered the top of my mug just in case he was about to fall in.

"O'Malley come and get your breakfast!"

cheesy I continued to enjoy my java without worry.

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

I was thinking about some old Christmas vinyls today.

:hello: One of my Aunt’s had a special collection that wasn't the same as the ones my parents had. I remember a few that I enjoyed like the Trapp Family Singers ‘The Sound of Christmas’ & Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanianians’ ‘Now Is the Caroling‘ and ‘Caroling, Caroling’. And of course the Andrew’s Sisters ‘Merry Christmas with Bing Crosby’ album.

:snowball: Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend and picking on Crown is always a good way to make use of one's time.

It's getting cool here, but I don't think we're done with the heat yet.

Hey, Renna - big hugggggggggg!

Cedar - I'm still laughing about the whole "cripsness" thing too. After I told him what I thought he said, he's been using it against me to get my attention.

I plan on watching Miracle on 34th Street tomorrow if O'Malley will let me use the guest bed that is - that way I can watch it on my computer as it seems Tennis and Baseball have taken over the big screen TV. Oh well, 14" is bigger than my first black and white TV was.

[Cedarfarm]

Hi Bingster!! Hi Auntie!!

Taking a break from garden work, getting too hot now. Ohhhh the pleasures of coffee...think I'll have an iced coffee. Yeah!

Auntie, you and your husband are a comedy team! "Crispness", what can I say...I'm still chuckling! And now a dangling spider! (eeeek!) So glad you stopped by this week-end...yes, we have to make more fun of our Crownster, haven't done enough of it...Come on Bing, lets get with it! Heehe.

Later friends, ENJOY!

[Binger]

hmmm ok--

Hey Crown.. WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE.. THAT SEA AIR IS BAD FOR YA.........

[Binger]

hmmm.. what's the difference between Crown and a Sea Gull?

Sea Gulls only sleep on wires.....

baddad bing.. badda binger......

[Cedarfarm]

Hey!!!! I see you Bingster!!

[Rennabelle]

Not a boring second in this place. Boy does a good cup of coffee sound wonderful right now but as late as it is, I think I would like to sleep tonight. Better not.

[Rennabelle]

Cedar, I am going to start winterizing my garden tomorrow finally. I need to gather all my seeds first so that I can have fresh annuals next year. I also need some of my perennials resown next year also so have a few of those to collect also. Going to propagate a few of my shrubs for a few friends that have been whining for starts, I think I can get rooted starts for most.

[Cedarfarm]

It's our Rennster!

Good to see you again, Renn my friend. Coffee? Too late..no wait, you are 4 hours later...OK...you are still in garden aren't you? I'm inside for good now, listening to an awesome radio show...the best...the announcer has the smoothest voice, I feel like going to sleep....yawn...oh, alright.

My tomatoes were a total fiasco this year. Didn't help at all that the girls (4 chickens) camp out and sample the young fruit.

Hi Badda Bing...birds on a wire

[Cedarfarm]

Good Morning Friends!

Wonder if our tired friend comes back today? I slept in this morning...nice sleeping weather ya know. Oh my...I hear the Jerry Lewis telethon on TV..accordians and banjos, audience clapping - sounds like a beerfest!

71 Days to the Season
113 Days to Christmas Day!

The days are getting shorter, one section of a sugar maple has turned orange..fall is here.

Have a wonderful labor day my Christmas pals!

:tree:

[Binger]

Feels like Fall here also.. GREAT sleepign weather. HI YA CEDAR... sorry I missed ya.. 9 minutes apart... what's shaking?

[Binger]

Make that SLEEPING weather ( gotta get edit function here..)- Wonder if Crown is awake..no wait- what am I saying.. hmm coffee- need more coffee.. my motto:

Coffee: You can sleep when you're dead!

Listening to Bryan Ferry right now.... "Avalon"- great end of summer song....
"So the party's over..."

[Iron Eagle]

Good morning Everyone !!!

Got in really late last night, or should I say early this morning. I'm going back to bed. Goodnight.

Later !

[Cedarfarm]

Hi Bingster!!! Hi Iron! glad you stopped by for a quick hello Iron! Sweet dreams! Come back when you have more time.

[Rennabelle]

Hi Cedar, darn I didn't get to work in yard this day. Had to go to Roseburg about 25 miles from here and spent most of the day. Just got home and put away the groceries. Now its in the 90's and way to hot to work outside so am here in front of the fan. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
My maters always used to get ate by my lab dogs so had to put up a fence keeping them out. As a mater of fact they ate the strawberries, apples, green beans, and grapes. Annnnnnnnnd dug up the potatoes, they thought they were balls to play with. So we had to do something. Now there are big holes dug under the fence where they try to get through, had to pound stakes way in the ground and nail 2x6's to them to make it harder. Funny thing now they are trying to dig way out of their area by digging a hole next to the garage, all I can say is good luck. hee hee.
I wont get to work in the garden tomorrow either, well not in the am anyway. I have to go to eye specialists to see when and if I am to get these stupid cataracs removed. Soon I hope, need to see to start decorating for Christmas.

[Crown 84]

Hi, everyone! We are back from the coast. All is ship-shape there and our cottage survived the rental season undamaged.

Wow, the count has moved 3 days! (Surprise, Surprise)
Thanks, friend Cedar for your assistance!

And speaking of the count (and considering I will likely be very busy at the office tomorrow after the 3-day weekend) I had better post the Tuesday count now:
70 days to the Season
112 days to Christmas Day.

Ah! The most amazing sight on the trip back home this afternoon.
I was driving along highway 70 and came up on a slower moving car pulling a small trailer containing not one but TWO mattresses piled on top of each other. What a restful sight! Felt like leaping out the window as we passed and taking a snooze in the breeze while hitching a ride the rest of the way into Raleigh.
Of course leaving my vehicle driverless wouldn't have done my passengers any good!
Alas! Another sleep opportunity missed!

Have a Marvelous Monday, my fellow Christmas comrades!

[Cedarfarm]

CROWNSTER! Glad you are back!!!

[Cedarfarm]

~Wow! 2 mattresses at once Crown? What self-control you had not to go out like a light right then and drive across all four lanes of traffic! Maybe they were trying to escape hurricane "Felix". Glad you made it home safe. Did Fox romp and play?

Renn, I've been to Roseburg! Sure hope you get those cataracs taken care of, definitely before Christmas! What with we do without dogs?? When their whole mission in life is to please us..look, I just rolled in dirt because I felt like it, aren't you happy?

Have a good one my friends!!!!

[Crown 84]

Yes, Cedar. Fox loves the beach. If we go out early with no one else there, we can take him off his leash and let him fly!

Thanks again for handling countdown duties while I was away!

[Binger]

TWO Mattresses.. you must have made a right turn into Crown heaven......

[Binger]

AWESOME countdown duties handled by Cedar while Crown was asleep on the coast!! I do believe an Opera might in store...

It was a dark and stormy night and as Crown lay asleep ( a common theme in all Operas..)....

[reformedscrooge]

Hello everyone!! It has been a busy first week in my Pharm.D program! Have a great day and Merry Christmas everyone!

[Cedarfarm]

Hi Scrooge! Yep, glad you are back Crownster. Who else could we kid as much? O Boy! A NEW OPERA! Yes!! We are so lucky...a genuis in residence.

[Rennabelle]

Oh what a site that would have been, seeing Crown going down the road on those two mattresses and having his auto tied to the tailgate of the ole trailer, his passengers would be hanging out the windows trying to wake Crown up. I bet they when they got to their destination they would have found good use for those big pieces of driftwood that they had stowed away in the trunk of the car. They would have poured the old coffee down Crowns throat to make sure he was awake enough to remember every hit. lol
I had a wonderful sugar free blended coffee today and they even made it with half the caffine for me. mmmmmmmmmmmmm. Could have had it with no caffine but then it wouldnt have been coffee.

[Rennabelle]

Cedar, if you ever get down this way again, yell and maybe we can get together and meet. Would be cool.

[Cedarfarm]

You got it Renn! Yes, cool it would be.

Good Morning Christmas Pals O' Mine!!

Wake-up Crown, it's Hump day!

[Crown 84]

69 days to the Season
111 days to Christmas Day.
Closer. Ever closer!

Good Morning to all friends of Christmas (and to all wide-eyed coffee addicts).
It's bright, sunny and 69 here in Raleigh. Great walking weather if it weren't for the desire to sleep!
But our hot weather continues into another month. Looks like mid 90's for most of this week. We are also parched.
(I'm afraid to step on the grass - the blades might snap off!)
It's times like this when Christmas seems so far away. I need a little cool spell to get me in the mood.

Have a Wonderful Wednesday / Happy Hump Day, everyone!
........And don't forget to keep that Christmas song in your heart.

[Crown 84]

Hey, Cedar! Posts within 1 minute.
We are in the groove again this morning!

[Cedarfarm]

Cooler nights, low hanging fog in the morning, Sandhill Cranes talking to one another, last cutting of hay (3rd), trees turning, crickets, cobwebs, pumpkins, behind a school bus....FALL!

[Crown 84]

And where's Binger? Sleeping off a coffee hangover?
Naw! Bing never sleeps - you can't drink coffee when you sleep. (Or CAN they??)

[Cedarfarm]

My friend, we groove to our own beat!

[Cedarfarm]

Yea, where IS our Bing? Probably pouring coffee all over themselves, getting ready for work....

[Crown 84]

Yeah.
It takes time to lick that stuff off of clothing.

[Iron Eagle]

Goodmorning everyone (it's 0007hrs here) !!!

Cedar - must be nice. We just had a 90F day, with the promise of rain later today. The bugs are getting really nasty. I'm getting so that I drive around with a can of bug repellant in the car. I am definitely looking forward to fall this year.

No coffee for me, it's time to turn in.

A song to turn in with: Danny Wright - Just Wright - Silver Bells



See you all later.

[Cedarfarm]

Hello my friends!

Sad start to the day, Pavarotti has died. Go to You Tube and listen to him sing "Nessun Dorma"...but hang on to your heart.
Then scroll down and watch James Brown & Pavarotti sing "This is a Man's World", fully orchestrated...incredible...just incredible.

[Crown 84]

I never cared much for opera (Binger's excepted!) but liked Pavarotti. Incredible voice. Sad to see him gone.

68 days to the Season
110 days to Christmas Day.

I'm a bit late today. No, I did not oversleep (although I would have liked to!). For some reason, the site froze up and would not let me in for a while(??)

Another couple of hot days (mid 90's) then down into the 80's for the weekend. That should be a nice change.
Let's hope that new system out in the Atlantic doesn't get too strong.

Have a Thrilling Thursday, my Christmas friends!

(Where is Der-BEANger?)

[Binger]

PLEASE do not blame this site freezing up on your climbing outof bed at 11:00AM.. PLEASEEEE... I mean.. how embarassing....

[Binger]

Was sad to hear that Pavoratti had passed away..... I always wanted him to sing one of my arias..... which reminds me- A WORLD DEBUT coming up in the next few days..... a worthy event inspires me.....

[Binger]

Ohhhh Jay.. where ya be dude? Please getthe tights on and warm up.. Paus Du Lux time.......

[Binger]

Places everyone.. places.......... Cedar- get the wig out.. Crown- wake up... Iron- put the house lights up.. sandy- count down.. Renn.. wake up Crown... everyone...

[JayIsh]

Back in action guys!!! What a trip...Laguardia in NYC to Chicago to Minneapolis to Chicago to Cleveland to Laguardia in two and a half days...But I had luch at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame today...Mecca for music junkies like me...What a place...I was in Cleveland working but took my lunch...and...maybe a little extra...a little...and walked the joint...All I can say is, what a place...what a place...

Let me add my name to the list of those saddend at the death of Pavarotti...I saw him back in the mid eighties(on the same weekend that I saw Judas Priest...) and he was AMAZING. The greatest voice of all time in my humble opinion...I was hoping to get the chance to see him again, but alas, too late...God bless you Lucianno...You truly blessed us...If you've not heard his Christmas album it is well worth the price...A sad day in the music world...a really sad day...

I'm thrilled to be back...each time I passed one of those airport kiosk computer thingys I thought of you guys...I missed you all!

[Rennabelle]

Welcome back Jay, the place was quiet without you.
Boy am I glad to be home tonight and out of Penneys, it was so busy today and I didn't have a helper until I left. They sent me one as I was leaving the registers. I told her that she had to help my relief as I was out of there. Sure feel sorry for them as I was only able to put about a dozen garments away that were left in the dressing rooms and returns. Was hardly able to get away from registers and had to call stockers and managers to help at registers but when they were done they left. Suppose I will have a lot of clothes to put away tomorrow. Oh well. All in a days work.

Was a beautiful day today, nice and cool this morning and only got in the 80's. I can handle that for awhile, but closer it gets to Christmas the more I want snow, in the mountains.

[Crown 84]

67 days to the Season
109 days to Christmas Day.

Good Morning!

Well - time to go back to bed to rest up for Binger's next opera installment.
Will there be hammock space set up in the audience?
Will the aroma of mountain-blend coffee be piped into the building?
Only our opera guru knows for sure.

Have a Fabulous Friday, guys!

[Cedarfarm]

Crown! Shake your Groove Thang, look who's back!! The Bingster and Jay! Opera time...work it baby, work it, own it, work it, own it...YEAH!

Wake up now Crown. It's FRIDAY! FRIDAYYYYY!!!

[Cedarfarm]

We missed you too, Jay! Glad you are home safe...get those leotards sewn up..

Renn! Save your strength young lady! Opera time...don't forget the YURT. Oh, I remember those beautiful mountains with snow on them, you live in a lovely place. Of course, any mountain, anywhere...is beautiful.

Bingbaddabingbingblingblingbaddabingster! Bling-a-bling bing.

(Too much coffee this morning, sorry.)

[Binger]

ohhh Happy Birthday to you
ohhh Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday Dear CEDAR
Thank God you don't sleep as much as Crown.....

[Binger]

Hey CEDAr.. can you ever really have TOO much coffee? of course not? I mean- can Crown ever really have too much sleep( well yes.. but not in their eyes..)-

OPERA... OPERA>... Coming soon.. GREAT OPERA..... the passion.. the DRAMA... the PAUS DU LUX...... The ARIAS..... the PASSION....,.

[sgrover]

Today is Friday, September 07, 2007. We have 109 days until Christmas!
We have 2602 hours until Christmas!
We have 156115 minutes until Christmas!
We have 9366876 seconds until Christmas!

We are almost in the double digits! Can you believe it? Where has the year gone?

I really need to get posting. I don't even have 20 on this new forum yet. I had over 1000 at Christas.com, and I think about 700 at The Christmas Place. Well, I'll catch up.

Keep counting everyone! And Binger, I am anxiously awaiting the next Opera!

[sgrover]

Oooooooooooooooooooooh! I didn't realize it when I posted, but we are now below 10 millions seconds! That's a milestone, isn't it? :)

[Clark Griswold]

Christmas - HERE I COME! WOOHOO! I love it. :tree:

[Rennabelle]

Yep Cedar, we do have those beautiful rolling mountains and when the snow flies they are even better.
I can't wait until it is time to go get our tree. We go high, up,up,up, to the top. The best are up there, we usually either get a noble fir or doug fir. If the snow isn't to deep we go up Diamond lake way. There are lots of great trees up that way, but then we have lots here also. Guess we just like to go and look at the country side in all its glory.
As I sit here, I can just imagine how it will be, we will take a big picnic lunch with lots of hot cocoa and spiced cider. We will have about 5 or more pick em up trucks full of our families and friends. When we get off the beaten path we get out in the back of the pick ups and start caroling as we go. As we go we watch for our special tree areas that we all like to go to and the search is on. We take the better part of the day getting that many trees. We have a bon fire going to get nice and warm by to go back looking again, When all the trees are found out comes the food. We roast hot dogs, heat up chili and what ever else and put on the water for the hot cocoa and hot spiced cider. After our meal is done, we have a big snowball fight and go tubing. Its quite the day. When evening comes we head down the mountain, a caroling as we go and head for home.
The next day we get together at various houses and decorate the trees. We make the best of the whole weekend. Then its time to start putting the presents under the trees. Oh I can hardly wait.
OH Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree. Can hardly wait to decorate thee.

[Crown 84]

Wow, Renn! What a great Christmas tradition!

Good Morning, Christmas friends.
Sleepy Crown is up early this morning since it promises to be a busy day.

66 days to the Season
108 days to Christmas Day.

It's a very pleasant 69 degrees outside at this hour.
Shouldn't be overly hot or humid today.

We are keeping a weather eye on Gabrielle off our coast.
We could really use the rain but hope she does not develop high winds!

I hope everyone's weekend is off to a great start and that you have a Stupendous Saturday.
Keep that Christmas flame lit wherever you go today.

[Cedarfarm]

Oh Renn! That sounds just like a movie, it's so perfect!! Can I come too? So much better than going to Home Depot and picking a tree the day after Thanksgiving! Nothing like breathing that fresh mountain air, seeing those tall stately Douglas Firs, having a roaring fire in the snow...and why is it that food tastes so much better in the wilderness? (not to mention the COFFEE!!)

Hi Sandy! Good to see you...A Bing OPERA is in the making as we speak. I have a feeling about this one...a great work of art.

Have a marvelous Saturday everyone....try to stay awake Crown, it's a beautiful fall day outside.

Thanks Renn~ for giving me my first smile of the day!

[Binger]

The OPERA will debut tomorrow- depending upon the storm that is brewing... just like COFFEE brews.. OMG coffee..what a delight ( my own private nightmare.... losing power like we did with Hurricane Isabelle NO COFFEE for Three days...... None... OMG... sob....)

[Binger]

belated Birthday to Cedar....

Happy Birthday to you.....
Happy Birthday to you....
HappY Birthday Dear Cedar
Crown should not sleep so much...

( sorry.. couldn't resist)

[Cedarfarm]

XOXO....Thanks Bing....XOXO

OMG! I feel your pain, no coffee for 3 days? NO WAY! Did you make up for it later and eat an entire can of grounds? hehehe

[Binger]

I was comatose.. crawling on the pavement-sucking java beans...banging on Starbucks door....

[Binger]

The worst feeling EVER... sorta like Crown would feel if their mattress caught on fire.. or how Jay would feel if his ballet shoes didn't fit right....

[Clark Griswold]

I was comatose.. crawling on the pavement-sucking java beans...banging on Starbucks door....

LOL!

[Rennabelle]

Oh Cedar, Im so sorry I meant to say Happy Birthday on my last post and forgot so here goes, now don't plug your ears or laugh as I know the voice I have but
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY DEAR FRIEND CEDAY
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU

Ok OK you can stop laughing now. And yes you can come and go with us to get you Christmas tree.

Binger, oh no coffee how did you manage. I think I would have dug out my old camp stove and camp coffee pot and brewed it that way. If need be holler I will send it to you. Better brew some now and get out the thermoses, better than none at all.

[Binger]

Hey Renna- that is exactly what we did- we found one person in my condo that had a gas stove and we basically BOILED some coffee- tough- but I could function....

[Binger]

Hey- where's Crown- sleeping in of course.. hey Michigan...... hey Jersey Boy..... wake up everyone... storm's a comin......

[Crown 84]

65 days to the Season
107 days to Christmas Day.

Binger wrote: "... sorta like Crown would feel if their mattress caught on fire.. "

Well, it would be a little warm, but still.......

On the other hand, if there was no gas stove, is Bing saying they would let the lack of power keep them from
their coffee for 3 days??
Surely, they could find some way to warm that brew - burn dry leaves, twigs, old
opera manuscripts, mattresses.......WAIT......what am I saying??

It's a beautiful 75 degrees outside.
The sun is shining.
It's calm.
The humidity is low.
Wonderful September weather.
.....with the possible exception of "Gabrielle". Right, Binger?
Binger? Bing?
Oh, gone on a drinking binge again.
"Gotta have that coffee, gotta have that coffee......!"
Oh, well.

Everyone have a Super Sunday.
Rest up to be ready to move another step closer to.....well, you know.

[Cedarfarm]

"Summer Breeze....makes me feel fine, going through the jasmine in my mind"....

Just heard that song and it sums up this day perfectly. Sounds like you are having the same kind of weather Crown! It is one of those golden September days, the sky is azure blue...no wait, it is periwinkle...no, cobalt...no, huh, ok... It's a blue.

Thanks Renn my friend, thanks!!! You have a sweet voice and I really enjoyed your greetings! I would never laugh at someone singing Happy Birthday to me, I would most likely cry!!

Get that coffee ready Bingster. Prepare to drink. DRINK!!

Have a glorious groovy jasmine type day!

[Binger]

THE OPERA.. PART XXVIII

Act One:

Opening scene.. a village- with a fountain- Carl the Camel walks in and sips long and hard from the fountain.. he belts out the aria " It's not H20.. it is coffee.. glorious coffee/java/ dark roast/light roast/ coffee in the daytime.. coffee in the nighttime.."- coffeee.. who needs water or three coins in a fountain when there is COFFEE.."- Binger is seen standing on top of the fountain looking down on their camel and lip synching between sips...

Cedar enters and is gaily dressed.. she belts out the aria " It's my Birthday and I'll sing Dusty if I want to.."- so she then drops the prtenese at being Leslie Gore and goes right into " Son of A Precaher Man.."- she then sits on the fountain as guests begin to arrive.. it is her BIRTHDAY.... Renna arrives with a bouquet of flowers..... Jay enters and presents a birthday gift along with the Stars of a Paus Du Lux entitled " Ode to Joy" and " then dances a Paus Du Solo of " Ode to Cheer"- which befuddles everyone until Binger arrives and presents a gift of a double stackable LG Stainless Steel Washer/Dryer.. There is great merriment and then with dark lighting and with the orchestra playing a funeral dirge.... Crown enters...

end Act 1

Act 2...
Crown announces that the birthday party celebration is over.. and then using their magical powers.. casts a spell on Cedar that makers her not want to wash any clothes.. Crown is angry and afraid that the Stackable Washer and Dryer will cause a loud spinning sound and thus keep them awake at night.. Crown belts out the aria " The Look of Love.... is wrinkled dirty clothes.. splattered with Binger's Coffee and no one is able to wash them..."- Cedar is seen attempting to wash Jay's tights using a rock- but they cause a hole in the seat and we see Jayish dancing a Paus Du Lux with Auntie Mistletoe attemtping to sew up the seat.

end Act 2

Act 3 ( Finale)

Opens with Sandy announcing that there are only 364 days left until Cedar's next Birthday and we can once again present Birthday gifts..and she sings an aria suggesting that we give a MAPQUEST to the nearest laudramat.."- Clark Griswold enters and sings the aria that he too has magical powers and can reverse the damage that Crown ahs caused.." We see Crown enter and they have had a change of heart and can be seen pouring " BORAX" into the new stackable while singing the Aria " Kansas City Blues... wash with likeable colors.."- Iron Eagle points out that the lights on the Washer/Dryer are now visible as functioning... and, in one of the most memorable moments ever in Operatic History.. we see Crown sitting on top of the Dryer during the spin cycle- taking a nap of course..." The entire company comes together and sings " Clean Underwear: mom was right.. one never knows when you might go to the hospital.."

end...

[Binger]

shuhhh... this was a tough one....

[Cedarfarm]

O-M-G. -stop- O-M-G. -stop- O-M-G. -stop- Message To Binger:

New Opera a rousing success!!!!

Can't....stop....laughing....can't...stop....O-M-G! -STOP!-

[Binger]

Ohh CEDAR- I see you here.........

[Cedarfarm]

Hahaheeehaheeehahehehaaa! "Three Coins in a Fountain"!!!! My mom used to sing that theme song to me when I was a babe! Saw the movie much later about 3 American girls searching for love and....well, love. So fifties.

Wait til Crown reads this one, destined to become a classic Binger...a classic.

Hurray! An inspiration to us all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Binger]

ohhh Cedar- I see you here....

[Cedarfarm]

OH BING! Hey, see you too!!!

[Binger]

Crown won't be reading it until after their nap.......


ohhh three coins in a fountain......

[Binger]

Hey wheres our dancing boy? Jay........ get those tights on....

[Binger]

hey 2 more posts and you join the 100 club!!

[Binger]

A cup of coffee in honor of that achievement......

[Iron Eagle]

Good Evening Everyone !!!

It's 2350hrs here. It's been a long day. See you all tomorrow !

[Crown 84]

Ah, Binger! Another masterpiece!
And Carl is beaming from hump to hump.....to hump at being allowed to be the opening act. As a consequence, he is sending you a b