Countdown to Christmas 2007!!! [Archive] - Page 4 - Merry Forums of My Merry Christmas

Rennabelle

10-11-2007, 03:28 PM

Thanks for the java and the wb's. Yes the autumn colors are great, didn't realize how my vision was dimming. I also didn't know how much smaller I was seeing things all my life with those glasses. Now things are bigger and beautifuller. We most things, time to diet. lol

I didn't realize I was using the biggest cup of coffee around either. My coffee mug is huge wonder if I should trade it in for a smaller one. Oh my, what am I saying, shut my mouth. I like the mug I have, mmmmmmmmmmm just right. hee hee.

Cedarfarm

10-11-2007, 03:40 PM

Crown, I wondered why you didn't say anything about the screen-saver sized picture of you (chuckle) on Santa's lap! You mean, you didn't see that? Oh my! I thought it was hilarous....

Ohhhhh Renn! Keep those eyes wide open now!

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

Cedarfarm

10-11-2007, 03:44 PM

~AUNTIE!!
Did you enjoy your nog? I liked that dragon tree picture and the lake pics always make me yearn to stand next to one. I wrote a poem on behalf of Autumn Auntie's slide show.

Fall Again

A lake shimmering and shining
tall pines shispering, circling smoke
leaves falling bright red, orange & gold
Cedar's sick from a hay mold.

JayIsh

10-11-2007, 03:48 PM

Hello Friends!!!

Auntie!!! I LOVE the pictures!!! You have real talent!

Cedar...Is hay mold anything like Jello mold?

Always thought that the words "Jello Mold" were somewhat disgusting!!!

I went to church last night...And by that I mean the church of Bruce Springsteen...There is nothin' like seeing Bruce Springsteen sing Born to Run in New Jersey...At 58, he ain't slowed a bit...No four hour shows like the days of old but a real solid quality 2-1/2 hours!!! He's headin' all over the country, and the world...See him if you can!!!

jay

Crown 84

10-11-2007, 04:03 PM

No, Cedar, I have never seen any photos here (not counting avatars or emoticons).
How do you post them and what do you have to do to see them?

Cedarfarm

10-11-2007, 04:06 PM

HAY!!! It's JAY!!! Wow! You saw BRUCCCEEEE? Wait until the Bingster hears that.

Crown, I got alot of technical help from Dominick, he was very helpful.

Basically, you go to the thumbnail page (PhotoBucket), and copy the address and tags of the IMG Code- in the box to the right of your photo, paste it in your message. The photo will come up. But, now that I think about it, nobody said anything about the Santa photo, so maybe I did something wrong..!

Cedarfarm

10-11-2007, 04:10 PM

..Really Crown? You can't see the picture? Should be one page back. Does my message just show text? How weird, back to the drawing board again...just when I thought I cracked the mystery too..

Binger

10-11-2007, 04:51 PM

OMG Yes jay.. Bruce is pure religion....

Binger

10-11-2007, 04:52 PM

Let's see some pictures... of Starbucks... of mattress king... of Mrs. Folgers.... of mattress queen.....

and BIX!

etc.. yabba yabba....

Cedarfarm

10-11-2007, 08:32 PM

~Ohhh Hi Sweet Bing....gosh, people are already sick of seeing my name on here...been on too much today...but, I love you crazy nuts.

took some great Christmas books out of the library (East Lansing Library ROCKS!) Older red books with that wonderful library book smell, those old paper smells with great graphics.

If anyone saw me in the library sniffing those old books...oh my...but, I can say without a doubt that I have friends who understand..yes. And, ohhhhhhhhh, I am in THE Christmas mood right now, this is MY time...if you know what I mean. And I know you do...

Hey Rennster! How's it going?

Goodnight my dear friends, sleep tight.

Crown 84

10-12-2007, 07:01 AM

Wake up!
It's a Fabulous Fair Friday, Folks!

Crisp! The temp was only 51 when I got up this morning.
The high should be about 70. Beautiful!

My father is out of town for a couple of days, so I drove over to his place to walk Fox. He was invigorated by the chilly air!
(Feels good to him with all that fur to carry around.)

We will be going to the Fair tomorrow morning. I can't wait!

No, Cedar. I see no photos at all in your post. Not even a link.
I tried the procedure you detailed but also got no photo image.

Have a Fabulous Friday, guys!

Binger

10-12-2007, 07:38 AM

HEYYYY.. early morning post by the Binger... hey Cedar-- yabba yabba.. you can not post enough here- just like one can never get enough java.. right Jay.. or enough sleep- right ummm - hmmm who would this apply to?

In the pines.. in the pines.. in the shispering pines....

Binger

10-12-2007, 07:39 AM

Off to the Mountains for some good Bluegrass music... see ya'll on Sunday evening when the Bingster returns and refreshes.. and provides residuals..... all in the name of... the shispering pines...

yabba yabbba......

Cedarfarm

10-12-2007, 08:15 AM

WOW!! Not only Fabulous Fired Fair Friday...but The Bingster wrote us this morning! What say Crown?? Too cool!

Yes, 'too cool' is right. Woke up to a 36 chilly degrees! So you had to take the super FOX for a brisk walk? Aww. You know what Crown...when we figure out this photo mystery, you HAVE to show some pictures of FOX. He is a beautiful sheltie...BIX would love him.

Have a groovy Friday, a groovy Saturday and...well, a groovy Sunday too! (Can you really have a groovy Sunday?) Can't wait to hear all about the fired twinkies, the fair... and those bluegrass shispering pines.

YABBA, YABBA BaddabaddaBING!

:treeguy:

Crown 84

10-12-2007, 02:59 PM

Have a great, safe trip, Bing.
Hope you find some good "mountain blend" coffee!
Take at least one nap under the shispering pines for me.

AuntieMistletoeDear

10-12-2007, 11:29 PM

Hey, Renna - don't strain yourself too much. It's supposed to get easier each day.

~AUNTIE!!
Did you enjoy your nog? I liked that dragon tree picture and the lake pics always make me yearn to stand next to one. I wrote a poem on behalf of Autumn Auntie's slide show.

Fall Again

A lake shimmering and shining
tall pines shispering, circling smoke
leaves falling bright red, orange & gold
Cedar's sick from a hay mold.

:hello: Awwwh - that's so sweet - guess you're having some allergy issues, huh? What's that there? I said, "Huh" instead of "eh" - what's the world coming to?

Hello Friends!!!

Auntie!!! I LOVE the pictures!!! You have real talent!

Cedar...Is hay mold anything like Jello mold?

Always thought that the words "Jello Mold" were somewhat disgusting!!! jay

~ Yeah Jay - and I've seen Jello Molds and if you ask me they look like Flubber. It's a little creepy.

OMG Yes jay.. Bruce is pure religion....

~ Binger & JayIsh - my husband almost got to go to the concert in Ottawa this Sunday, but we're picking up my parents at the airport in Toronto. He's a little "bumbed out" because he wanted me to go, he's seen Bruce before, but he still listens. He got the new CD and a DVD from Live in Barcelona, but that's not the same as going to the concert.

The eggnog was delicious!

Got find some eggnog, gotta gets'more, gotta find myself an eggnog store.

AuntieMistletoeDear

10-12-2007, 11:37 PM

Wouldn't we be a sight to see if we were out browsing and shopping together. You'd be sniffing old books (always reminded me of plastersine) and I'd be sniffing Scotch Tape. Not too mention waking up and smelling the coffee. Oh yeah, we'd turn a few heads.

By the way, I saw the photo you inserted, but I only commented on it in my sleep I guess. Very cute.

Took some great Christmas books out of the library (East Lansing Library ROCKS!) Older red books with that wonderful library book smell, those old paper smells with great graphics.

If anyone saw me in the library sniffing those old books...oh my...but, I can say without a doubt that I have friends who understand..yes. And, ohhhhhhhhh, I am in THE Christmas mood right now, this is MY time...if you know what I mean. And I know you do...

Crown 84

10-13-2007, 07:42 AM

31 days to the Season.
73 days to Christmas Day.
(The Season arrives one month from today!)

A chilly Good Morning to one and all.
The thermometer stands at 48 here in Raleigh at this hour. Brrrrr!

Well, we are off to the State Fair momentarily so I'll make this a short post.

Have a Stupendous Saturday and a Wonderous Weekend, friends!

TwinkleLights25

10-13-2007, 10:55 AM

Have a great weekend everyone!!

Cedarfarm

10-13-2007, 02:18 PM

Auntie!! You saw the Santa Photo? Well I'll be...then it DID show up!...Crown, did you hear that? Thanks for mentioning it Auntie.

Oh yeah, I'm a Scotch Tape sniffer from way back. And Crayola Crayons..but books..ahhhh, old books, I just can't stop myself from sniffing them, even in public. There, I admitted it. ~Auntie, I have an old book called, "Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens" by J.M.Barrie, it is red cloth with gold print, the pages are so old and looks like homemade paper, uneven and ragged edges. Very thin sheets of tissue paper between the illustrations, the spine looks like it was hand sewn! It is among my most treasured things...but the best part of it is the smell! I put the book out with my other old Christmas decorations because it is that old red color and looks so pretty with a sprig of holly laying on it.

Hmmmm, eggnog sounds just right!

Cedarfarm

10-13-2007, 02:23 PM

I miss Norfolk..hope the sun is shining and the pines are shispering...

Hey Crown!
Did you eat a fired twinkie at the Fair today? Tell us all about it!

It is a chilly 50 degrees, but the sun is out and the gold leaves are steadily falling off the maples landing in the spruce and fir trees making them look like decorated Christmas trees!

:treeguy:

Crown 84

10-14-2007, 08:45 AM

Nope. No fired twinkie this year.
But shared a tasty funnel cake with the other assorted Crowns.
By the way, Carl will be at the Fair all week. After he helped set up, he got a job giving camel rides to the kids. Naturally with his unique appearance and talents, he is one of the hits of the Fair. (In fact , I am a bit worried he might like it so much, he will stay with the side shows when they move on to the next city after their run here concludes at the end of next week. I would miss Carl but it would be a nice opportunity for him.)

30 days to the Season.
72 days to Christmas Day.

Another crisp one this morning, with the old mercury standing at 50 here in Raleigh at this hour. Seventy-Seven is the predicted high for today.

Crabtree Mall is getting Christmassier and Christmassier!
Belks, Macys and Sears all have their Christmas merchandise out now.
Walmart has their Christmas section all stocked.
The mall itself will probably start decorating by the end of next week.
It's getting to be that time of the year isn't it!!

Have a Super Sunday, everyone!

MerrySouthernChristmas

10-14-2007, 01:43 PM

71 days till christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!! WOOT!!!

Montana's Santa

10-14-2007, 03:13 PM

My Christmas has changed... instead of starting the 16, I start the 23, although I have to be there the 21st. Luckily, the session is shorter, but the hours are longer and the pay is better.

Crown 84

10-15-2007, 07:50 AM

Hmmmm........ Nobody in the thread since yesterday afternoon.
Am I a bad influence? Is everyone sleeping late?
Wake up and smell Binger's coffee.
(Actually, Bing is no doubt sitting on a mountain ridge, throwing coffee beans over the side. No, wait! They would never do that since that would mean they would have to climb down and retrieve them)

29 days to the Season.
71 days to Christmas Day.
(Closing in on the season! We are down into the 20's!)

It was 51 on my thermometer this morning.
We should reach the upper 70's today.
Since the humidity will be low, it promises to be a nice one.

Have a Marvelous Monday, guys!

Cedarfarm

10-15-2007, 09:46 AM

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b300/chicks_/fallcolor1.jpg

Cedarfarm

10-15-2007, 09:55 AM

Good Morning Friends!!

The above picture (if it shows up..) I took of some of my pumpkins, I love the varied color hues of fall....finding that little blue pumpkin was a complete surprise!

Looks like our temperatures are the same, Crown. It looks like a beautiful day ahead. I smelled Bing's coffee all the way up here, must have been those new mountain grown beans they collected.

Enjoy!

caseydbell

10-15-2007, 10:52 AM

It's getting so close I'm ready to burst! - I'm kinda upset, I just missed sleigh ride on MMC Radio - - - .....it's ok now there telling me too "HaveYourself a Merry Little Christmas" i will, and I'll start now. Have a great day everybody

sila

10-15-2007, 11:16 AM

ooooh im starting to feel all christmassy now
i love autumn as its the start of the build up to the big day

Crown 84

10-15-2007, 12:54 PM

Good Morning Friends!!

The above picture (if it shows up..) I took of some of my pumpkins, I love the varied color hues of fall....Enjoy!

That's so strange, Cedar.
My computer not only shows no photos it does not even have a link or any indication that a photo might be there, such as "cannot display picture" or words like that.

Billy Battles

10-15-2007, 01:06 PM

That's so strange, Cedar.
My computer not only shows no photos it does not even have a link or any indication that a photo might be there, such as "cannot display picture" or words like that.

Nothing on mine either

Binger

10-15-2007, 07:26 PM

hey hey hey... that java roast in the Mountains was hjust awesome... I just love mrs. Folgers.. mountain grown... Ahhhhhhhhh- dif the pumkin colors there Cedar.. yabba! Hey- no fired twinkie- Crown- thee must be slipping..... where's Jay... dance my man dance.....

I'm bacckkkkkkkkkk

Binger

10-15-2007, 07:27 PM

hmmm DIG those pumpkin colors there Cedar.. makes ya wanna beg for money!! Yabba yabba yabba...... wake up Crown- evening nap is over..............

Yabba yabba yabba.......... I so dig the mountains....

snowangel_x3

10-15-2007, 09:49 PM

No picture for me either. =/

Iron Eagle

10-16-2007, 12:36 AM

Good Evening, or Good Morning (depending on whether you are turning in or getting up).

I'm just getting in, so it's Good Evening. I just thought I'd stop in for a few minutes.

I agree with everyone else, I don't see any pictures, and yes the season is getting sssoooooo close. I'm just about done planning the outside decorations, simple white lights this year.

72 degrees and light rain here. (Yuk)

For those of us turning in for the night, my suggested listening:
Danny Wright - Remembering - I Wonder As I Wander

For those of you just getting up, how about: Beach Boys - The man with all the toys

Later, my friends!

Iron Eagle

10-16-2007, 12:54 AM

PS - I know the season's close at hand, I saw Egg Nog in the stores today . . . . . . but still no egg nog creamer for my coffee. Bummer !

Crown 84

10-16-2007, 07:01 AM

Good Morning! Good Morning! Good Morning!
I hope this will be a Terrific Tuesday for one and all!

Fifty-five in Raleigh at this hour. All is calm, which is actually a bad thing since our severe drought continues. Some radio commentator this morning said he hoped we don't have a fire because there is no water to put it out! (I can only hope he was exaggerating!)

28 days to the Season. (Barely 4 weeks!)
70 days to Christmas Day.

Welcome back, Binger. Glad you had a good trip (and got some good coffee.) It's just not the same here without my foil.
Hmmm...... got some of my best sleep time in while you were gone. Hmmm........

Cedarfarm

10-16-2007, 08:50 AM

This is what I got when I tried posting another photo this morning....

[<...Hmpff...Insert>photo<here...Schwing On!>\\\~NOTworking///.jpg>/.@#x@!!/=whatdid.U.do.wrongthistime?.com//>.ZZZGive upCedar;url//.justgiveup.@<=/jpg.]

caseydbell

10-16-2007, 09:35 AM

Good Morning, and Merry Christmas

sgrover

10-16-2007, 04:45 PM

Today is Tuesday, October 16, 2007. We have 70 days until Christmas!
We have 1665 hours until Christmas!
We have 99856 minutes until Christmas! (now less than 100,000)
We have 5991349 seconds until Christmas!

Binger

10-16-2007, 08:18 PM

hmmm that is Code Cedar for Crown sleeps too much- look- it says so right there in the javascript ( hmm javascript.. I like the sound of that..sorta like a fired twinkie..)

Binger

10-16-2007, 08:18 PM

hey don't forget my merry Crownster- I get Day 4.. per the tradition....

yabba yabba.. have a shispering pine kinda day/night folks...

sila

10-17-2007, 01:52 AM

groan!!!!!!!!!
morning all xxxxxxxxx

Crown 84

10-17-2007, 07:05 AM

Hmmm....
"Java Script". Would that be part of the dialogue in your next opera, Bing?

27 days to the Season. (Under 4 weeks!)
69 days to Christmas Day.
Closer and closer!

OK, Bing. You have the Day 4 special post (Nov 9).
I will be happy to take Day 3 (Nov 10)
We have Days 2 and 1 (Nov 11 and 12) open for volunteers.
The Season begins Nov 13.

It was a crisp 56 when I left for work this morning.
Low 80's predicted for this afternoon but not high humidity.
Should be nice.
Rain is finally predicted for Friday - and we could really use it as our severe drought continues in central NC.

Have a Wonderful Wednesday / Happy Hump Day, fellow travelers!

JayIsh

10-17-2007, 08:00 AM

I'd be happy to post on one of those days! Let ne know which one works best! I'd also be happy to sit a year out an let somebody else have a ccrack at it! Let me know! Crown, you are the honorary chairperson of the countdown! How shall I proceed?

Jay

JollySteve

10-17-2007, 08:52 AM

I'm fighting the urge to start pulling out christmas decorations. Why does that 27 days to the season feel like it's years away?

caseydbell

10-17-2007, 08:53 AM

Morning All, closer by the day.

Crown 84

10-17-2007, 10:17 AM

Cedarfarm

10-17-2007, 10:33 AM

Good Day to you!

Oh that's great Jay! Save a day for Auntie too, I think she is working/thinking about her message...won't be long!

Gotta leave for K-A-L-A-M-A-Z-O-O-OOOooooo now, catch up with you later.

'my Merry Crownster'....that's cute, I like that!

Crown 84

10-17-2007, 01:24 PM

Auntie? Would you like Day 1 before the Season?
You always have such nice posts. We would be honored.

Binger

10-17-2007, 07:14 PM

Hmm Javascript must go into the next opera.. along with the "Paus Du Lux Ode to The Shispering Pines..."- ohhh my the creative juices flow... awayyyyyy to the keyboard.....

Binger

10-17-2007, 07:17 PM

Dry here also Crown- so dry you can almost hear the shispering pines begging for java...- which as I write about it right now- means I am typing out javascript..."- lol... yabba yabba yabba... off to NASCAR... ( not really).. yabba yabba...

Crown 84

10-18-2007, 07:33 AM

26 days to the Season.
68 days to Christmas Day.

Wow. Slow computer this morning. Have to wait several minutes each time I hit a button before the site responds.

Temps in the mid-60's this morning with some fog.
Rain possible this evening and most of the day tomorrow.
We can really use that.

Have a Thrilling Thursday, guys.
Keep that Christmas song in your heart and the spirit of the Christmas Season with you, always.

Oh! Lest I forget! Crabtree Valley Mall has started putting up it's main hall decorations! Will try to get some photos and post them here (if I can figure out how!!)

caseydbell

10-18-2007, 09:23 AM

Good morning all. Closer by the day. have a great Thursday.

sila

10-18-2007, 09:41 AM

afternoon all ive been xmas shopping again!!!!

miller4plusmore

10-19-2007, 01:33 AM

I've been doing a lot of things already to get in the spirit. I bought some Christmas books online and I requested some CDs from my library to check out. I've listened to Christmas Broadband a couple of times. And the piece de resistance--I bought "The House without a Christmas Tree" online the other day! One of my most favorite Christmas movies and books are these about Addie Mills. I can't wait until it comes!

I've had my Christmas planner ready for a few weeks now. I printed the pages off Organized Christmas.com and put them in a clear/frosted 3 ring binder with dividers. I used different color Sharpie markers to stencil Christmas designs on each divider and I colored the title page in as well. It shows through the cover of the binder. It is so cute! I know, I know--I'm a Christmas geek! What can I say?:dance:

Another thing I like to do when I start feeling the spirit is to watch the movie "Little Women", both the Elizabeth Taylor version from the forties and the Winona Ryder version from 1990s. It has just enough Christmas in it for a fix. I just have always associated the story with Christmas.

Well, it's great to be here among fellow Christmas fanatics!
Take care.:hello:

sila

10-19-2007, 02:15 AM

awwwwwww that sounds so christmassy well done !!!!!!!!!!
you deserve a fab xmas xxxxxx

ive been trying to buy a few wee things for xmas on ebay its the first time ive used it

Cedarfarm

10-19-2007, 06:27 AM

Can you see this picture?

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b300/chicks_/fall4.jpg

JayIsh

10-19-2007, 06:30 AM

I can see it Cedar!!! And if that's your backyard...I'm comin' to live with you!!!

jay

Cedarfarm

10-19-2007, 06:50 AM

Start packing Jayster, it's my side yard.

(how the heck are you?)

Cedarfarm

10-19-2007, 06:55 AM

FRIDAY!!!! YEAHYABBAYABBAYEAH!!!

Good Wonderful Friday Morning my Friends!

I'm SOOOO happy a photo finally worked!! Can you see it Crown?

Had MAJOR thunderstorms/tornados last night...I haven't been outside yet to review the damage, but hope all the trees are OK.
What's everyone doing this week-end? Get out and see those fall colors and early Christmas decorations, take pictures!!!

Have a FAB Friday my Friends!

Crown 84

10-19-2007, 06:57 AM

Hey, Cedar! I can see it too! Great! I guess we really can post photos!
I'll head out to Crabtree Valley this afternoon and snap a few of the blossoming Christmas buds that have started to appear.
Will try to set up a separate thread for Christmas photos.

25 days to the Season.
67 days to Christmas Day.

Good Morning!
We had a nice soaking rain yesterday with more predicted for today. (I can almost hear the plants giving thanks!)

Have a Fabulous Friday and a Wonderous Weekend, everyone!

Cedarfarm

10-19-2007, 07:03 AM

YIPPEE!!! ALRIGHTY THEN!!! BOY HOWDY!!!

Go snap some shots Crownster!!!

sila

10-19-2007, 11:04 AM

wow its beautiful

Crown 84

10-19-2007, 11:09 AM

YIPPEE!!! ALRIGHTY THEN!!! BOY HOWDY!!!

Go snap some shots Crownster!!!

Shhh, Cedar. Can't you shisper?

(Guess what? - I saw Donald Trump eating twinkies at the Fair and I distinctly hear him say "You're Fired!")
Badda-boom!

caseydbell

10-19-2007, 11:13 AM

good late friday morning all. Have a great day, dont get to into the Christmas spirit ...... people will think you nuts...........................

sila

10-19-2007, 12:54 PM

ho ho ho
people already think im nuts!!!

Binger

10-19-2007, 04:42 PM

That is the second most beautoful thing in Michigan.. OMG... WOW.. yabba!!

Binger

10-19-2007, 04:44 PM

Its like eating a fired twinkie at the Fair near the shipsering pines..... its so beautoful./....
badda bing...badda binger... GREAT picture Cedar... makes ya wanna nap doesn't it Crown! HEY Jay- yabba to you.......

~SnowFlake~

10-19-2007, 08:26 PM

I am getting so excited. I can hardly wait for it to snow. It has been so hot lately.

christmas87

10-19-2007, 09:56 PM

For some ppl the holiday starts november 1st.well for me it does because thats when they actually start playing christmas music on those music channels on the sounds of the season.As soon as halloween music is over.But idk if anybody remembers but they use to have a channel of all christmas music when they first came out with them.I think they should do that again.

RavenHardt

10-19-2007, 10:53 PM

for me it starts as soon as the eggnog shows up in the stores....which it has.

miller4plusmore

10-20-2007, 01:15 AM

That is the second most beautoful thing in Michigan.. OMG... WOW.. yabba!!

I am originally from Michigan--Midland! And although I really love living in Nashville, oh how I miss a white Christmas! I've lived here for 16 years and I think we've had snow on Christmas, maybe, three times. Possibly a few more, my memory sucks! It has been so warm here this fall too. I love fall weather, but it has not been cooperating lately. I want cold weather and just a little snow--please!:snowball:

Well, just wanted to say hi to a fellow Michigander and Christmas fanatic!

sila

10-20-2007, 02:36 AM

morning everyone xxxxxxxx

sila

10-20-2007, 02:36 AM

morning everyone xxxxxxxx

AuntieMistletoeDear

10-20-2007, 06:59 AM

Auntie? Would you like Day 1 before the Season?
You always have such nice posts. We would be honored.

:hello: Consider it done! Well, almost done. I'll take day 1.

AuntieMistletoeDear

10-20-2007, 07:04 AM

:cry: I've been able to view all of your images, including the huuuge pumpkin pile.

If some of you are having trouble vieiwing it, check your User CP,

Under Visual Option:
You have the option to show or hide various elements of messages, which may be of use to users on slow internet connections, or who want to remove extraneous clutter from posts.
Show Signatures
Show Avatars
Show Images (including attached images and images in [IMG] code)

If you have it set to view all attached images, you should be able to see them.

That last one is amazing. Looks like something out of an old children's storybook, Cedar.

:)) I'm packing too!

Crown 84

10-20-2007, 07:40 AM

Great, Auntie! We're all set:
Day 4 (Nov 9) = Binger.
Day 3 (Nov 10) = Crown.
Day 2 (Nov 11) = Jay.
Day 1 (Nov 12) = Auntie.
Nov 13 = The season arrives! (Wouldn't it be great if EVERYONE posted that day in a big Season-arrival fanfare?
How about it guys?)

24 days to the Season.
66 days to Christmas Day.

It's a wonderful, walkable 65 degrees outside.
We've just come off 2 days of rain to ease the drought a bit and now a great, low humidity, mid-to-upper 70's weekend is predicted. (I think we will go the the Fair again!)

Have a Stupendous Saturday in whatever you do today, friends!

(Was too busy yesterday to get out to Crabtree to snap some early Christmas decoration photos but will try to get out th ere some time this weekend)

Binger

10-20-2007, 09:48 AM

Cooler here also Crownster- better sleeping weather ya know what I mean.. ( of course your do...)

Binger

10-20-2007, 09:49 AM

A beautoful morning-- great for java a fired twinkie- and listen to the shispering pines...

off to work on my day 4 post............ yabba yabba.....

Cedarfarm

10-20-2007, 10:30 AM

Beautoful morning here also my Bingster!

Good Beautoful Morning to my Holiday Hombres! Oh, Saturday My Saturday. Doesn't get any better than right now.
Great idea Crown, lets all make merry and post all together! Conut me in!

Hi Auntster! So good to see you. Oh man, oh man, I love tradition (sometimes) we have such a GREAT thing going with the special 4 Day Countdown eulogy/tribute. I can't wait.

Crownm. get snapping. Bing, get perking...Renn, where are you?

Greetings to another Michigander!! Hi Sila! It's getting so close now, I just might put out something Christmassey today.

~Have a wonderful Saturday my dear ones.!

AuntieMistletoeDear

10-20-2007, 11:01 AM

Right back at you, Christmas soul-sister! :dance:

Just got back from the Mall and boy are my eyes sore. Yup - not an abundance, but Christmas items are popping up here and there enough to turn my head once or twice.

Not permitted to shop with my husband anymore. He can't handle how everything I see could be "the perfect gift" for someone on our list.

Tis the season to eat apples - yummy yum yum! Ontario apples are soooo good this time of year. I start eating them in September and they're good until mid-November and then it doesn't really matter where they come from.

I was twelve when I whipped up my first batch of homemade applesauce. I also remember the first carmel apples I made a few months later. They taste great just by themselves. My dad used to eat them with a salt shaker in hand and a steak knife to peel them and a slice of cheese on the side.

Do children still give apples to their teachers? I usually ate the apple before it made it to the desk.

snowangel_x3

10-20-2007, 11:04 AM

Wow, the Season is right around the corner!

TwinkleLights25

10-20-2007, 11:51 AM

My dad used to eat them with a salt shaker in hand and a steak knife to peel them and a slice of cheese on the side.

Do children still give apples to their teachers? I usually ate the apple before it made it to the desk.

Salt on an apple??? I don't know how good that would taste! Thats interesting!

Well, I'm a pre-k teacher and I never get an apple, but maybe thats because it's just a pre-k class. Hehe! :snowball:

CharlieBrown

10-20-2007, 10:53 PM

CharlieBrown here....Baby it's cold outside..

sila

10-21-2007, 03:58 AM

morning all xxxxxxx
its very autumnal here just the way i like it
im off shopping with the daughter later should be fun xxxxx
ooh i watched elf last night its a great film always makes me laugh out loud !

sila

10-21-2007, 04:00 AM

Binger

10-21-2007, 08:44 AM

I hear apples are very good for inducing sleep... therefore... I suspect Crown lives in an orchard...

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

Binger

10-21-2007, 08:46 AM

Hey Michigan yabba.... beautoful day here... temps in low 70s.. plenty to do- wine efstival- art show... hmmmmmm... sit and merely drink java while everyone else sips merlot and buys pictures.... yabbba baby!!!

AuntieMistletoeDear

10-21-2007, 10:16 AM

:-? I could never sleep after eating an apple - sugar rush. However, Crown is a different sort - likely would dream about sleeping in an orchard while visions of mattresses dance in their heads.

Nice and sunny here today - the rain has stopped. It's around 70F out there.

Silla gets wine instead of apples? Must be more grape orchards than apple orchards where you dwell. Haha.

sila

10-21-2007, 10:22 AM

afternoon just back from town with daughter its lovely to see all the xmas displays in the shops

sila

10-21-2007, 10:35 AM

son thinks im mad going on about xmas in october!!!! im so glad i can come here and indulge in peace

Crown 84

10-21-2007, 11:45 AM

Crown is a different sort - likely would dream about sleeping in an orchard while visions of mattresses dance in their heads.

Hmmm.... I picture a hammock slung between 2 apple trees. I am relaxing in it while I watch Binger furiously grinding coffee beans with an old fashioned coffee grinder. The wind gently blows through the shispering orchard. I drift off to sleep. In my dreams, Binger comes to me with a platter of fired twinkies. Ah!.............

23 days to the Season.
65 days to Christmas Day.

Another beautiful day!
The temp is at 63. A bit cool, but seasonal for October.
It's just starting to really get me into the Holiday mood.
Had a nice return visit to the State Fair with my father yesterday. Nice day for it. Lots of sun with the temp in the mid 70's.

Have a Super Sunday, friends, and a wonderous rest of the weekend.

(Will try to get out to Crabtree this afternoon, snap some Christmas photos and post them early next week.)

miller4plusmore

10-21-2007, 02:33 PM

son thinks im mad going on about xmas in october!!!! im so glad i can come here and indulge in peace

I know what you mean. I received one of Amy Grant's Christmas cds in the mail yesterday and I was playing it last night when I picked my mom up for a movie. She thought I was off my rocker!:wiggy:

Cedarfarm

10-21-2007, 03:00 PM

I don't know about apples inducing sleep...I think it was the Guinness Stout I had WITH the apples for lunch that put me out like a light. Think I'll go open another one and see.

It is SOOOO windy here, I swear...(and I rubbed my eyes twice not believing.)..I swear I saw Dorothy's Kansas farm house go flying through the air...or was that one of the striped sox of the wicked witch of the west???

Sila, you will feel right at home here with all of us, we are just plain nuts and freely admit it. Ever heard shispering pines? Ever ate a fried twinkie?

TwinkleLights25

10-21-2007, 04:29 PM

I've had some (not all) of a fried twinkie, I do believe. It was at the Kiss Coffeehouse at Broadway at the Beach in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Shispering pines, on the other hand, lol

Went shopping with mom today. Got some more Christmas presents. I'm a shopping!! Got several wrapped and gotta wrap the ones I got today and a couple in the spare room hubby bought for his mom.

JayIsh

10-21-2007, 08:16 PM

Hello my fine friends! Been a shile since I posted so I thought I'd catch up...BRUCE baby...Saw the man on Thursday night, even better than last week. That's Bruce Springsteen to those that don't know him just by his New Jersey name...BRUCE...Yesterday we went to a craft fair in the hopes of seeing some Christmas items...Not a one...And the stuff was hugely expensive...My wife looked at a jacket that she quickly returned to the rack when she saw the $288 price tag...Today went to the Giants game and came home to some horrible news...My wife has officially returned us to the South Beach diet...Please...somebody, somewhere shed a tear for me...Nothing but salads for the next twenty years...Ok...It'll only feel like twenty years...UGH...Hopefully this will pass in time for Christmas cookies...Last time I lost 35 pounds...Of course I found them again...That's enough for now...I missed you guys!
Jay

CharlieBrown

10-21-2007, 11:26 PM

Already been looking at the xmas cd's at Border's....I remember last year that i wanted to get a couple of Robert Shaw's cd's...Festival of Carol's to be sure...and probably xmas hymns and carols and angels on high...love the old stuff.

miller4plusmore

10-22-2007, 12:50 AM

sila

10-22-2007, 01:53 AM

morning back at work today
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
i tried atkins too
it works but i got very dehydrated on it
and to be honest i love my carbs!!!!
think ill try to cut out the rubbish till xmas id like to lose a stone

Crown 84

10-22-2007, 07:08 AM

22 days to the Season.
64 days to Christmas Day.

Good Morning, guys!
I hope everyone had a great weekend and is ready to move yet another week close to that certain Season that has us all here.

It was 58 degrees for the morning commute.
Highs predicted in the low 80's with low humidity.
About as good as you can expect around here for this time of the year.

I got out to Crabtree and took some Christmas photos yesterday! Will try to post them as soon as I get the opportunity.
The main mall decorations are already being put up (same ones as last year but they are good ones) but are not yet lit. More and more of the stores are getting out Christmas merchandise and decorations.
Yes, sir it is definitely getting to THAT time of the year again!

Have a Marvelous Monday, everyone!

JayIsh

10-22-2007, 07:12 AM

Miller,

I lost the weight over the course of about three months. The reason the diet is hard is that there is ALOT of preparation involved, plus I LOVE sweets...And there are none of them allowed at all during the first two weeks, limited during the second two weeks and then small amounts during the third two weeks...I lose weight fairly easily...It took about three years for me to gain it back...But with Christmas so close now, it'll be tough to stick to it with everyone bringing Christmas cookies, etc. to the office...

Happy Monday my friends...It's getting to the time when I'lll leave home in the morning in the dark, and get back home at night in the dark...I'll only see my yard in the daylight on weekends...

caseydbell

10-22-2007, 08:53 AM

Good morning. A wonderful & yucky high of 55 & lw 53, yucky because it is supposed to rain till Wednesday.

Cedarfarm

10-22-2007, 10:31 AM

Hay Jay! Good for you, power on!! Most people wait until after the holidays to start self-improvement, I say whenever you feel yourself slipping off, jump right back on the horse and ride...ride baby, RIDE! You'll feel so much better about yourself Jayster. Or you could do the Crown diet, sleep most of the time...or the Bing diet, "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" drink coffee non-stop. Or, try them both together...sleep/cofffee/sleep/coffee...the Ying and Yang of it all...ohhhhhh yabba.

Wow, BRUCE twice in one month? Wowser!

Got some good pics there Crown? Can't wait to view them....

Have a Monday everyone, and btw, does anyone know where I can purchase extra large coffee beans?
BADDABINGBADDAYADDAYABBABINGBADDABADBINGYABBABING

Crown 84

10-22-2007, 11:33 AM

Or you could do the Crown diet, sleep most of the time...
Yeah! It's kind of hard to eat (or drink coffee) when you are asleep. I wouldn't reccommend it anyway!

act_as_if

10-22-2007, 12:20 PM

haha, unless you sleepwalk!

Crown 84

10-22-2007, 03:26 PM

Even then.

Binger

10-22-2007, 04:39 PM

Ohh one can drink coffee whenever and whatever you are doing- yabba- hmmm extra large coffee beans? I think I have an idea Cedar- let me look... I keeps ome over on the counter by the Calendar....hmmm gotta get a new one.... 2008 edition... yabba!

Binger

10-22-2007, 04:41 PM

Crown- i think the decorations in our malls are all put out overnight- not a good job for you- loss of sleep ya know- I could do it though- power me up with some dark roast- hmmm think I'll have some right now- brewed with extra large java beans! yabba... Fifth cup today- I'm not even tired- not sure why.. but I'm not...... HAyyyyyyy Jayish... ohhh Wendy let me in I wanna be your friend.....

May the shispering pines be yours!

AuntieMistletoeDear

10-22-2007, 06:49 PM

:hello: Hello Christmas lovers!

Got a short story to share (no really, this one is short).

My husband and my father share the same birthday and we were unable to celebrate them together until lastnight.
I thought I wrapped my dad's gift when I secretly wrapped up my husbands gifts (he received his gifts from me on his birthday). So we're just about heading out the door (I had to go to work for a few hours - on a Sunday) when I went into the walk-in closet to retrieve my father's gift only discover it wasn't wrapped.
Uhoh . . . so I searched around. I didn't have time to wrap it with paper. Had to find a gift bag. Well, the birthday ones I have on hand (storage container full) were too small to hold such a large book (The Book of Life 70th Anniversary Edition - kind of fitting since my father turned 70 - shhh don't tell him - he doesn't care for the sound of it). Then I found the perfect bag, although it was in my Christmas gift bag container. Tissue paper - no problem, Scotch tape - plenty. Uh-oh cards were never signed. Whipped them out to the "waiting" husband to quickly sign his and I signed mine.
Then we were off. Honestly, my husband didn't notice the prints on the gift bag or he just didn't say.
I know this seems long, but trust me - it's short.
So we get to my parents place and visit (nice visit) have a delicious pork roast ($25.00 for 2.5lbs - it better have been good) and diced vegetables and Yorkshire pudding. There was Oreo cookie log cake from a local grocer - dad did yard work instead of making a cheesecake - I just had some strawberries . . .
So it's time for presents.
My parents ran out of gift bags too. My husband's gift was in a Christmas bag with an Angel and see-through paper with a slight gold-rust tinge to it.
My father's gift was in a large Christmas bag with a nut-brown background with gingerbread men, snowmen and candy canes on it.
So there you have it. The story of how two wonderful men received birthday presents in October that were hidden inside Christmas Gift Bags.

And that's the short version of my story.

Crown 84

10-22-2007, 08:30 PM

Crown- i think the decorations in our malls are all put out overnight- not a good job for you- loss of sleep ya know- I could do it though- power me up with some dark roast-

Oh, I might be able to stay awake for that!

Speaking of decorations, here is the first one I snapped so far this season.
This will kick off my Christmas Photos 2007 thread I will set up shortly.

This was taken in the newly set up Christmas section in our Belks store
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7470/belks1jc1.jpg

Cedarfarm

10-22-2007, 09:32 PM

AUNTIE!!!!

If that's the "Short Version"...I request the long version!!! You are such an entertainer, such a writer. Yeah Auntie! YEAH!! You go soul woman.

Crown, AMAZING Pic!!!....AMAZING!!!!!!!!!! Cooler than cool my friend..more! MORE!!! Oh God, it's Christmas, it's Christmas!!!! Keep keeping on, my Crownster! Yipee, it's Christmas time. OMG. I cannot shisper when I feel the spirit.

My Bing, My Bing...(not to be confused with Willa Cather's story) Don't cha jus love literature? The written word, as magical as artwork, as shispering pines, as grand as....large coffee beans.

sila

10-23-2007, 01:57 AM

morning
wowwww amazing piccies xxx

Crown 84

10-23-2007, 07:01 AM

Top 'O the morning to ye!
(I'm feeling a little Irish today)

21 days to the Season. (Wow! Only 3 weeks to go!)
63 days to Christmas Day.

Again, a nice commute with the temp at 64.
Promises to be a warm (for this time of year) mid 80's this afternoon, but we will only reach the 60's by Thursday. That will feel more seasonal.

Have a Terrific Tuesday, my fellow Christmas comrades!

---Crunch!, Crunch!, Crunch!---
<< What, Carl?
Oh, that's just Binger grinding coffee beans.
Go back to sleep. >>

caseydbell

10-23-2007, 10:39 AM

Glorious late morning to all! Woke up to another cold morning. 49 degrees when I left this morning. A high of 66 today.

Cedarfarm

10-23-2007, 01:04 PM

Carl???

I thought he went with the Travelling Wilburys...or the Circus Ole' or some vagabond company that travels in tents...What happened Crown?

Binger

10-23-2007, 03:21 PM

I thought he went over to the shispering pines rest home to learn how to paus du lux....

ohhh myyyy opera.. opera.... tingle tingle...yabba!

Binger

10-23-2007, 03:22 PM

One must always crushthe coffee beans just so in orderto get aperfect blend- but carefully as the noise often awakens someone intheir 19th hour of napping.. extra large coffee beans are often needed becuase- well.. you know...... more power forthe punch!!

yabba yabba!

Rennabelle

10-23-2007, 10:01 PM

My sons new in-laws supper in Sitka Ak and winter in Hawaii. In Hawaii they have their own coffee bean trees. Quite a few of them. The weekend of my sons and his daughters wedding a few the 23rd of Sept his caretaker in Hawaii called him and told him that they were harvesting the coffee beans and what to do with them when they were all done. He has a special blend that they do. He said to ship them to Sitka for his new restaurant that he is building at the new golf course that he was building. That should be enough to supply the place with gormet coffee for the year. Sniff sniff, I think he should have sent me a taste dont you. OH WELL prob would have been to rich for me anyway. lol But it would be nice to have your own supply of coffee beans now wouldnt it. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

sila

10-24-2007, 01:53 AM

morning everyone
brrrrrrrrrrrrrr cold today x

scoobie

10-24-2007, 05:41 AM

Morning all... not been a regular poster around here as work keeps taking up too much of my time, along with trying to move house and planning a holiday which starts in 13 days (not that I'm counting!)

Anyhoo, I cant believe how quickly this year has gone and its only 61 days until Christmas! YAY!!!

:tree:

Crown 84

10-24-2007, 07:02 AM

Carl???

I thought he went with the Travelling Wilburys...or the Circus Ole' or some vagabond company that travels in tents...What happened Crown?

Oh, that camel! He got miffed because they would not give him his own stateroom on the train or his own trailer at the show sites so he decided not to go. As you know, he can be rather impulsive. Just as well, I guess.
(Not that he isn't willing to travel. He would love it if someone wants to host him for a time during the holiday season.)

20 days to the Season. (Under 3 weeks, now!)
62 days to Christmas Day.

Seventy-Four on the old thermometer when I left for the office this morning. That's just too warm for late October.
Not to worry, though. The high tomorrow is only supposed to be in the upper 60's. That will get me in the Halloween mood - OOOOOO!

Well, everyone have a Wonderful Wednesday / Happy Hump Day.

Don't forget to visit my Christmas Photos 2007 thread (and hopefully contribute your own Christmas-related pictures).

snowangel77

10-24-2007, 09:43 AM

Halloween is just around the corner ... and the season is fast approaching!
Have a great day everyone.

slgslg02

10-24-2007, 12:15 PM

Guys i just bought the hear something country christmas cd. it rocks. MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL

caseydbell

10-24-2007, 12:51 PM

2 Months to date until Christmas Eve! We are so close!

Binger

10-24-2007, 04:19 PM

Corwn- I thought you wore that costume year long.. you mean it's not a costume?

oh my....

Binger

10-24-2007, 04:21 PM

I remeber last year you went as a sofa cushion- this year try being that Sealy Posturepedic Mattress!! Itw ill look great at the shispering pines halloween party... Hey everyone..party at the pines.. I'm going as a cup of starbucs.. or maybe as Mrs. Folgers..... or as.. ( you guess'd it..... Macwell House...")-- Hey Jay- paus du lux on over... Cedar - get the Dusty Wig on.. partyyyyyyy

AuntieMistletoeDear

10-24-2007, 07:38 PM

AUNTIE!!!!

If that's the "Short Version"...I request the long version!!! You are such an entertainer, such a writer. Yeah Auntie! YEAH!! You go soul woman.

cheesy Be careful what you wish for . . .
The extended version cometh . . .

Let me start by admitting I made a mistake in my short version when I said our gift to my dad was The Book of Life - Nah - it was Life's 70th Anniversary Edition. Not only was it appropriate because he turned 70 (remember not to tell him I told you if you ever bump into him), over the years we acquired several special editions. Life Goes to the Movies, and a few anniversary editions. For Mother's Day one year, my mom receive Life with Mother and naturally my father receive Life with Father. It so happens that their 60th Anniversary edition got damaged and moldy from a sewage back-up in their basement. (What it was doing down there I cannot say - it belonged on one of their three book shelves. Think his old Pogo books had to bit the world buh-bye too. Sure hope they moved all the old vinyls up to the guest room closet. My mom doesn't usually thank me for my father's birthday gifts (she made a point of saying so), but she thanked me for the book because she'll enjoy it too - especially since the other one was damaged.

Oh, and my husband received a $50.00 gift card for Sears Portrait Studios so we can get our portrait taken - never done that.
Okay - you know why right? My other seldom used username is CameraShyLass and my husband is HidingInAnotherRoomWhenPicturesAreBeingTakenLad.

... There you go, dear!

~ Not surprised Carl was insulted, Crown - everywhere he goes he's treated like a Royal Camel.

~ Binger - I can almost write that next Opera for you - but alas, I'll leave it up to you.

I was thinking of going out for Halloween as a Jello-Mold, but JayIsh wants to wear that costume so I think I'll be a Jack-in-the-box instead. Those things used to scare me when I was little. Hmmm. Reminder to self - have a dentist appointment in the morning. Oh well - they'll have to send me to the "big chair, I guess". HaHa.

cheesy Hey, it's Hump Day! Tomorrow the weekend will seem like it's only a day away.

sila

10-25-2007, 02:06 AM

morning
eeeeeeeeeeeek
im late again x

Crown 84

10-25-2007, 07:04 AM

Hmm.... I don't know, Bing. I'm leaning toward going as a recliner. (Badda-boom!)
Or maybe I'll go as a camel since Carl is going as a human.
That would be quite a sight!
(If you go as a coffee pot, Carl could fill you as you go by.)

19 days to the Season. (Wow. We are really closing in.)
61 days to Christmas Day.

Rain! Glorious rain!
Most of the day yesterday and predicted all day today and tomorrow! What a nice break - we really needed it!

Head's up guys! The Crowns and Carl are off to the coast this weekend!
A countdown volunteer is needed for Saturday and Sunday.
Any takers?

Have a Thrilling Thursday, my friends!

Cedarfarm

10-25-2007, 09:09 AM

~Good Thursday Morning!!~

Thanks for the laugh this morning Auntie! Always a treat...and what WAS that book doing in the basement anyway? I remember finding a dress shirt I gave Dad one Christmas, still wrapped up in pins and tissue paper. Mom told me that "he loved it so much he wanted to save something good to wear in case something happened". What a diplomat, my Mom.

Got a frightening wake-up early this morning by a pack of feral dogs running and howling underneath the window. Talk about scary. It was a full moon too....AhhOOOOOOOOO....Werewolves in Kalamazoo.....AHhhaaOoOOOOOO..I thought about sending BIX out to run with them, you know...add a little culture to the mix..lol.

Crownster, my reclining friend, I will do the countdown for you this week-end! Are you closing up the cottage? Take your fur-lined hammock, might get chilly!

BaddabaddabingsterbaddayaddaYABBA!

caseydbell

10-25-2007, 10:15 AM

We are getting close arent we. I 2 will be out of town.

Crown 84

10-25-2007, 11:36 AM

~Good Thursday Morning!!~

Got a frightening wake-up early this morning by a pack of feral dogs running and howling underneath the window. Talk about scary. It was a full moon too....AhhOOOOOOOOO....Werewolves in Kalamazoo.....AHhhaaOoOOOOOO..I thought about sending BIX out to run with them, you know...add a little culture to the mix..lol.

Crownster, my reclining friend, I will do the countdown for you this week-end! Are you closing up the cottage? Take your fur-lined hammock, might get chilly!

Fox would love to round them up in a herd!

Thanks for volunteering.
I know I can always "count" on you.

No, we will probably go over there one more time (in November) before shutting it down for the winter.

sila

10-25-2007, 12:11 PM

evening christmas folk xxxxxxxxxx

sila

10-26-2007, 01:32 AM

morning all xxxxxxxxxxxx

Crown 84

10-26-2007, 07:02 AM

Rise and shine fellow Christmasaholics!
It's a beautiful rainy day outside. The lakes are re-filling, the birds are drinking, the trees are drinking.......Binger is drinking (well, maybe not water).

18 days to the Season.
60 days to Christmas Day. (Under 2 months, now! Better get going on your shopping!)

A change of plans. The weather at the coast is predicted to be so bad tomorrow, we decided to shelve plans to go over there this weekend. As such, yours truly will be here to do the count after all. (I know everyone is excited, but please try to contain yourselves.)

Have a Fabulous Friday and a Wonderous Weekend, guys!

Cedarfarm

10-26-2007, 08:43 AM

Slowwwwww computer this morning...need more javascript....

At least it's Friday. Hey! Glad you will be here this week-end Crownster...we are expecting alot of rain as well. The ENTIRE WORLD needs rain. Mostly, S. California right now, WOW...[ just think of the $ insurance claims of those McMansions!]

Keep smiling, even if you run out of extra large beans, run out of mattress covers, run out of...patience with me! Heehee.

Later, Christmas Nutter Butters......

sila

10-26-2007, 05:47 PM

evening xxxxxx

Binger

10-26-2007, 06:44 PM

Binger checking in... Crownoff for the weekend... hmmm off to Halloween in Downtown Norfolk.....

Binger

10-26-2007, 06:45 PM

Rain here- the shispering pines need it though....

sila

10-27-2007, 03:04 AM

morning all xxxx
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr both kids went out last night
son lost keys and daughter lost phone and all her money!!!!

clarebear

10-27-2007, 05:09 AM

Hello all, i'll be watching Most haunted this weekend, also i will be going there on halloween night (the audience).
I hope everyone is having a great weekend so far! x

Crown 84

10-27-2007, 09:11 AM

Binger checking in... Crownoff for the weekend...
Not quite, Bingster!
In your haste to make coffee, you did not read my last post.
We cancelled coast plans.

17 days to the Season.
59 days to Christmas Day.

Good Saturday morning to one and all!
I hope it is a Stupendous one!

More glorious rain predicted for Raleigh today, something we still need losts of. The thermometer stands at 63 at this hour.

I have my trusty Kodak primed to go hunting for Christmas photos around here this weekend. Will post what I get in my Christmas Photos 2007 thread.

Have a Wonderous Weekend!

sila

10-27-2007, 11:02 AM

evening xxxxx:rudolph:

slgslg02

10-27-2007, 11:20 AM

Merry Christmas all... Anyone got any good sites for online christrmas games??????????????

TwinkleLights25

10-27-2007, 04:26 PM

morning all xxxx
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr both kids went out last night
son lost keys and daughter lost phone and all her money!!!!

Yikes! :cry:

AuntieMistletoeDear

10-28-2007, 01:00 AM

Must have been eerie, Cedar! I ran into a pack of wild street dogs going to work one morning. Thankfully they were more interested in heading to the park than they were in chasing me.

Too bad about your children losing things - were they lost or stolen, Sila? They need deeper pockets to carry things in so they don't slip out.

Crown tell Carl that O'Malley the cat was asking about him the other day. He said, Merawwwwwwh Caaaaaarl. I'm sure of it.

:hello: I found a penny and picked it up. Almost got hit by a car. How lucky is that? Think I'll nonchanlantly drop the penny so someone else can pick it up - not my kind of good luck penny.

Went shopping with my husband after I worked out at the gym.
Ughhhh! We can't shop together. He can't relax and just browse. He's on a mission and that's it. When I used to go shopping for those last few Christmas items, he waits in the restaurant or coffee shop while I eye-shop and then I fetch him to agree to what I'm getting before I buy it. The last couple of years, I just did it on my own because I take too long to decide.
He discovered my trick. When I go with a list and I find something I want that's not on the list, I borrow a pen at the checkout and add the item. Different colours of ink have foiled an otherwise well planned shopping adventure.

Enjoy your Sunday!

sila

10-28-2007, 03:39 AM

good morning everyone hope you are all in a fun festive mood today xxxxx

Crown 84

10-28-2007, 09:21 AM

I found a penny and picked it up. Almost got hit by a car. How lucky is that? Think I'll nonchanlantly drop the penny so someone else can pick it up - not my kind of good luck penny.
You mean so that they can get hit by the car?
(Badda-boom!)
No, I'm sure that's not what you meant!
Tell O'Malley that Carl appreciates the greeting and reciprocates.

16 days to the Season.
58 days to Christmas Day.

Good Morning!
Rise and shine, be your coffee or mattress addicts.

A very nippy 53 outside this morning. And they say we could be down into the mid 30's by Tuesday morning. Brrrr! (yet more seasonal)

Took some more Christmas photos at the mall yesterday and will be posting them into my Christmas Photos 2007 thread, shortly.

Have a Super Sunday! Enjoy the remainder of your weekend, and rest up for Monday.
(Did I say "rest"? Oh, oh!)

Binger

10-28-2007, 10:11 AM

hmmm 12 days till the day four post and 16 days till once again we can all meet in " real time.."- ( Why is Binger so sleepy the first day of the season?... lack of java.. NO... lack of sleep ( oohhh the horrors- right Crown?)....

hey hey hey! yabba!

Binger

10-28-2007, 10:13 AM

hey- more seasonal tmeps here- finally- it was beginning to feel like the tropics! - Good palce to lay on the beach- drink java.. and sleep..... thus, the best of both Crown and Binger's worlds...... ( hmm- is it difficult to "paus du lux in the sand? Is it difficult to yodel Dusty Springfield?)/....

yabba!

AuntieMistletoeDear

10-28-2007, 11:57 AM

You mean so that they can get hit by the car?
(Badda-boom!)
No, I'm sure that's not what you meant!
Tell O'Malley that Carl appreciates the greeting and reciprocates.

Well actually - :? I was a little grumpy after waking up from a baaaaaaad dream so awful I had my teeth clenched and my jaw was aching - I can't be held responsible for post-penny-pickup-nightmares ... can I?

I still have the penny. So rest easy folks, I'm still the same charming Auntie y'all know.

It was about 37 F here this morning, warmed up somewhat sitting at about 46 now. A little nippy. Sun is shining though so all is good.

Speaking of photos, I have another slideshow for those interested. Pics were resized before loading so dial-up users should be able to enjoy them in a timely fashion.

I like this one better than the last one. These pics were taken about an hour and a half drive from where I live. You'll be wishing you were there or feeling like you are.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y273/AuntieMistletoe/Autumn%20Pics/th_02.jpg (http://s7.photobucket.com/albums/y273/AuntieMistletoe/Autumn%20Pics/?action=view&current=21cb84d5.pbw)

Just click on the log cabin and enjoy the North Autumn shots up HWY 11 North.

I'm going to have a wee nap, I think, I'm still tired from the spooky wake-up I had in the middle of the night.
Seems to me Crown's passion for sleeping is catching on - yikes!

JayIsh

10-28-2007, 05:46 PM

Hello my good friends! Just a quick check in...The first chilly day of the year! Spent most of the day preparing for the week ahead...Cooking, cleaning, laundry...All the fun stuff...Did get out to my local Best Buy...I Figured out what I want for Christmas...One of everythng...

So I am about to finish my first week on the South Beach Diet and I'm proud to announce that I'm six pounds lighter, and fifty pounds angrier due to all of the foods I can't eat...I'm looking at the bright side though...By Thanksgiving, I ought to be down about 15 pounds total...Pass the celery...

Have a great Sunday evening! See ya tomorrow!

jay

sila

10-29-2007, 02:37 AM

morning festive folk xxxxxx

Crown 84

10-29-2007, 07:05 AM

Now, Binger! Don't you dare use "sleep" and "lack" in the same sentence. (Kind of like me using "coffee" and "spill" together!)

15 days to the Season. (Two weeks from tomorrow. WOW!)
57 days to Christmas Day.

Chillier and chillier (and thus more and more seasonal!) around here. Was 44 when I left for the office this morning and is supposed to get down into the 30's tonight.

Have a Marvelous Moday, friends!
(Don't forget the watch "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" tomorrow night. A good show to get you into the seasonal mood.)

ElfSpirit

10-29-2007, 07:52 AM

Good Day and Happy Monday!
Wow, it's been a long while since I've posted here, but was just thinking about you folks and wanted to say Hello.
The Christmas season will be here before we know it...I am getting so excited!
Next week I travel to the states to visit my family for a spell, and it will be extra special as my sister is going to have her second baby very soon! (I hope she can wait until I get there!)
Well, I wish you all a good start to your week...keep a Christmas tune in your heart!
Hope to stop by again soon!

caseydbell

10-29-2007, 09:30 AM

Good morning all. I'm back from my out of town weekend. Yes crown, I too am getting more and more. Have a great day all.

sila

10-29-2007, 02:32 PM

evening xxxxxxxxxxxx

Binger

10-29-2007, 03:02 PM

We all know the great pumpkin arises and causes Crown to lose an hour's sleep.....

Binger

10-29-2007, 03:02 PM

Hey- where's that Michigan gal?

ohhhhh Cedar......... yabba!

slgslg02

10-29-2007, 10:49 PM

Merry Christmas all

sila

10-30-2007, 02:48 AM

awwwwwwwww thanks xxxxx
morning all xxx

Crown 84

10-30-2007, 07:02 AM

14 days to the Season. (Two weeks from today!)
56 days to Christmas Day.
We are really getting close, aren't we?

A REALLY frosty commute today. There was ice on my windshield for the first time this season.
Too bad today isn't Halloween, since it's so seasonal.
Tomorrow they say we will be back in the 70's.

Have a Terrific Tuesday, Christmas Comrades.

Keep that coffee hot, Bing! (Are you busy with the next opera installment? Do fired twinkies and shispering pines factor in? Does Carl appear early? -- Sorry, he requested I ask --)

Crown 84

10-30-2007, 07:04 AM

Don't forget "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" tonight at 8:00 Eastern Time.

caseydbell

10-30-2007, 08:32 AM

Morning all, have a wonderful day as we get closer to the season.

Iron Eagle

10-30-2007, 08:40 AM

Good Morning Everyone !

It's another beautiful day here . . . . . at about 45 degrees. I got an interesting phone call yesterday. My mother, Grandma Eagle, called and asked when I'm going to put up her Christmas tree ??? I answered, whenever you like. She said, come over Wednesday morning. On Halloween ?? She said, why wait, at 87 yrs old I can be a little eccentric (?). So I guess she'll have the first tree up in the family. Maybe first in her town. Anyone else have their tree up yet ??? All this from someone that used to kid me about putting my decorations up early. She beat me this year.

Recommended listening: Mason Williams - Winter Lullaby

Have a great day

Iron Eagle

10-30-2007, 08:42 AM

PS - Two weeks from today ????? Wow, where did the year go ?

caseydbell

10-30-2007, 09:14 AM

Wow, putting up the Christmas tree the morning of halloween. I think we know what her favorite holiday is.

clarebear

10-30-2007, 01:47 PM

Evening all, i hope all is well! :)

Binger

10-30-2007, 02:32 PM

yes- THE OPERA PART XXVI is almost ready...... a few parts left to cast..... anyone know how to "Paus Du Lux..?"

Binger

10-30-2007, 02:33 PM

ok ok Michigan.... where are you......

Get thy Dusty Wig curled...

Crown 84

10-30-2007, 03:14 PM

My mother, Grandma Eagle, called

"Grandma Eagle". Oh, the imagery. I love it!

Crown 84

10-30-2007, 03:16 PM

yes- THE OPERA PART XXVI is almost ready......

Carl, the narcissistic, is salivating.
(Not a pretty sight, let me tell you!
Almost enough to drive me to coffee.
ALMOST.)

Crown 84

10-30-2007, 03:23 PM

Hey! No word from the Cedstar in the past 4 days.
Where is she?
(Chasing after Bix, I'll bet.)

JayIsh

10-30-2007, 03:52 PM

I'm a pretty good Pas du Luxer...I also know the Virginia Reel!!!

I sent Princess Cedarstaff an email...It's not like her to be gone for this long...

I'll report back if I hear from her!!!

Best to all, and to all a good night!

Jay

AuntieMistletoeDear

10-30-2007, 08:02 PM

:treeguy: ToWitToWitToWhooooo! How do ya' do Christmas Lovers?

This weekend there are a few Christmas Craft and Artisan Shows in my "neck of the woods". Looking forward to a Merry little browse. Might pick up a gift or two.

I love looking at all the stuff, listening to Christmas tunes and chatting with some of the artisans.

Two weeks from now is our town's Santa Claus Parade and the following weekend is the Santa Claus Express where the children board a train here and head off to the North Pole (two hour train ride - didn't realize it was so close) and return after picking up Santa.

I always do some Christmas shopping that day so I can see all the "awe-struck" faces coming off the train looking for their parents. (No adults allowed on board.)

:cry: Am I really the first one in the coutndown today? Where'd everybody go?

Is there eggnog on sale somewhere? Am I missing some specials on TV?

Greetings y'all ~ have a great evening and try to keep a Christmas thought close to your heart!

Cedar - where are you Christmas Soul Sister?

Rennabelle

10-30-2007, 09:16 PM

Cedar my dear friend to the north. Where have you gone. I pray that all is well. Hope your puter came down sick and is in horsepital. Christmas is coming on us fast and it just isn't right to not be reading your cheery posts. Hurry home. You are dearly missed.

sila

10-31-2007, 03:11 AM

morning and happy halloween xxxx
i bought advent calenders yesterday!

Crown 84

10-31-2007, 07:09 AM

Where, oh where, has our Cedar Tree gone?
Oh where, oh where can she be?
(The "forest" is just not the same without our
shispering Cedar Tree)

13 days to the Season. (Under two weeks, now!)
55 days to Christmas Day.

Another cool one here with the temp at 41 when I left for the office. Seventy by this afternoon - not quite as seasonal but maybe a bit more comfortable for the trick-or-treaters!

Have a Wonderful Wednesday / Happy Hump Day / Horrific Halloween (wished in the friendly sense, of course!)

caseydbell

10-31-2007, 09:11 AM

Good morning all. Hope all goes well with yall today. Tommorow lots kicks off for Christmas.

Cedarfarm

10-31-2007, 09:20 AM

BOOOO!!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

Cedarfarm

10-31-2007, 09:35 AM

Hello and Happy Halloween my Dear Friends!

Been busier than a beaver in a coffee lake! I leave the house early, get home late, have one beer and recline...get up and do it all over again! I've missed you and know that you are always on my mind, wherever I go. Crownster, I just loved your poem this morning, my clever friend...almost brought a tear to my eye. To think you woke up and wrote that after only 19 hours of sleep....baddabing! Ohhhh the wonderful scary classical music they are playing on my local NPR station...just heard the theme from "Alfred Hitchcock"! It looks like rain this afternoon, into the evening...poor kids have to cover up their costumes with raincoats!
Auntie, great slides...and yes, I want to be there! Rennster, so good to see you again. I will post more later, have to run now. Blew the dust off the Dusty, getting re-styled at "Betty's Beauty Barn".

Listen to the "MONSTER MASH"! Remember? It's a graveyard smash!!!

Crown 84

10-31-2007, 02:12 PM

Ah, Cedar. Glad to know you are still among the living.
Bwwahahaha! (Think Vincent Price voice).

Welcome back. How's Bix. Fox is grrrrrrreat!

ChristmasFan08

10-31-2007, 02:15 PM

Its getting closer

Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Binger

10-31-2007, 05:55 PM

There is a God.... she has returned.... dust off that Dusty Wiga nd belt out "son of A Preacher Man..."
YABBA!!!!!

Binger

10-31-2007, 05:57 PM

Hey Crown just Trick or Treated at My Door- They came as a Futon! That was so cute!!

slgslg02

10-31-2007, 10:15 PM

happy Halloween and merry Christmas

sila

11-01-2007, 02:33 AM

morning all xxxxxxxxx
cant believe its november!!!!

Crown 84

11-01-2007, 07:20 AM

Hey Crown just Trick or Treated at My Door- They came as a Futon! That was so cute!!
Binger came as something with a handle and a spout. Not sure exactly what it was.....Hmmm.....

12 days to the Season. (Just look how close to single digits!)
54 days to Christmas Day.

A nice, crisp, not too cold 53 degrees this morning. Good driving-to-work weather.
Seventies today, then 60's tomorrow.

Enjoyed seeing all the kids dressed in their Halloween costumes at the mall last night. A bit strange, though, to see them trick-or-treating among Christmas decorations!

Have a Thrilling Thursday, my friends!
Not long now before the rest of the world will be catching up to us in the Christmas mood!

caseydbell

11-01-2007, 08:48 AM

Glourious Morning to all! lets go for a sleigh ride. I'm listening to Christmas music on my TV, DMX music channel of Holidays & Happenings, which plays Christmas music Nov.1-Dec.30. If you have cable or satelite check your listings for music channels and find your holiday station and start enjoying the music. A mere 16 days till it starts being played on the radio. We've got a cold front coming through on Sunday, halloween decorations are coming down, only a few days till I start seeing Christmas in the neighborhood. Have a wonderful day.

Cedarfarm

11-01-2007, 09:03 AM

WOW! A Glorious morning to you too Casey! Yes my friends, it's all down hill from here! Bring it on!!! Yeah!!

Crownster~ BIX 'my little teddy', is doing fine..I almost panicked yesterday though... I accidently spilled spot remover on him and he disappeared!...*cough* BADDABING! BADDABAM! Glad to hear our super FOX is his wonderful sheltie self.

A BRRRRRrrrrrrrr kinda day, but lots of sunshine. It's an "off day" for me, and I mean that in the best sense! Yeah!

Remember: Drink your coffee: there are people in India (...er, North Carolina..) sleeping. BADDABAM...BADDABING...BADDABADDABINGBAM!!!!

caseydbell

11-01-2007, 09:08 AM

Thank you my friend, & your right, it is all down hill from here, what a wonderful thing. as I hit period the tv began playing "Its the most wonderful time of year" how appropriate huh?

Cedarfarm

11-01-2007, 10:09 AM

Your enthusiasum is catching on Casey! I just played one of my fav Christmas albums...Percy Faith...an oldie but oh so goodie. Ah, this is it!

sila

11-01-2007, 01:21 PM

evening xxxxx

Maureen

11-01-2007, 02:38 PM

Evening!!

Well, I played my first Christmas CD at work today (out in the open, that is!) and nobody blinked!! Usually there is some comment but I guess after 10 years, I'm becoming predictable!!!!!!cheesy

Crown 84

11-01-2007, 02:44 PM

I just played one of my fav Christmas albums...Percy Faith...an oldie but oh so goodie.
Ah, Percy Faith! My ALL TIME favorite instrumental Christmas music!
I purchased all of his old Christmas LP albums and transferred them - first to tape and later to CD.
This breathtakingly beautiful Christmas music should be in everyone's collection if you like orchestral music with dominants strings.
Cedar, my friend, you have superb taste!

JayIsh

11-01-2007, 02:49 PM

I bought the Percy Faith records on Crown's recomendation and I love them!!! I have one of them on my computer here at work and turn it loose periodically...I just love it! So I recomend it as well!!!

Rennabelle

11-01-2007, 07:18 PM

I'll second or third or whatever for Percy, the younger generation don't know what they were missing.
How has everyone been, things are starting to slow down here finally, but my eyes still havent healed enought to be fitted for new glasses yet so still have the store bought ones. A little blurry but they are passable. I have soloed a few times driving and passed with flying colors. Nope not hydroplaining just good old driving. lol
I have most of my fall decorating done now and sitting back with my good ole cup of coffee admiring all my hard work. Well maybe just my work, nothing is hard when you enjoy doing it.
Went for my walk this morning and had to wear a sweatshirt, coat, neck scarf and gloves. brrrrrrrr it was brisk, but had shed a little of it by the time I got home. Sure is beautiful with all our fall colors right now.
Well time for another cup of joe and back to cleaning. Have to do some dusting and changing in the guest room, will have guests come Turkey time.

Binger

11-01-2007, 07:50 PM

Of course she has superb taste.. she drinks coffee and hangs out with us....

badda bing baddda binger....

Binger

11-01-2007, 07:52 PM

Crown- thats costume last night was just perfect- those carved handles... that big cushion.. hmmm to work that in to Act 4 of PART XXVI.. hmmmm. how does one Paus Du Lux with a piece of furniture on? Hmm let me ask the expert- Hey JAY??

YABBA!

sila

11-02-2007, 02:29 AM

morning all xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

JayIsh

11-02-2007, 06:57 AM

I can vaguely remember dancing around with lampshade on my head but never a piece of furniture...But I'm willing to try!!!

November 2...Where the heck did the year go? This has got to be the fastest year on record!!! I'll be reliving my college days tomorrow night as I go and see Van Halen with David Lee Roth as lead singer...This is a tour that is purely for the money...but to get a glimpse of the old days, I'm willing to shell out my share...I don't think they sing any Christmas songs but if they do I'll report it here first thing Sunday morning!

Panama....Panamaha....Have you seen juniors grades?...I'm your ice cream man...Might as well JUMP...Ah the eighties...I had a real blast back then...So they tell me...

Crown 84

11-02-2007, 07:08 AM

Speaking of the year going fast, just take a look at our count:
11 days to the Season. (Close, so close, to single digits!)
53 days to Christmas Day.

A Fabulous Friday to one and all!
A beautiful weekend to follow!
A chance to rove with my camera for signs of Christmas.
Maybe get a shot of Binger passed out behind Starbucks after a coffee binge (or would that be coffee "bing"?)

Another crisp one this morning with the temp at 54 when I left for the office.
Sixties for the high today on through the weekend.
Good raking weather!

Cedarfarm

11-02-2007, 07:58 AM

Well, JUMPIN' JAYSTER Batman!!...It's FRIDAY!!! Holy Baddabingster!

Good Morning Dear Ones....still listening to those Christmas tunes there Casey? ~ Caroline Kennedy was in Lansing yesterday, signing her new book, "A Family Christmas", I wanted to go and just see her...afterall, I grew up with her. I just borrowed the book from the library and it is a Christmas lover's dream book! Lots of stories, poems, lyrics, prose.

Hey Renn, my friend! Turkey day will be here before we know it! Glad to hear you are getting better. Enjoy another cup!

Crown, get roving! This is it, this is the 'Slide into the Season'!! Oh yabba, yabba. Another OPERA...we are so lucky.

sila

11-02-2007, 01:01 PM

evening xxxxxxx
i made them start to put the xmas decorations up at work today heh heh

Maureen

11-02-2007, 01:04 PM

You work in a school!!! How did you get that past Glasgow City Council???!!!!

Edited to say
Could you pop along to Perth and Kinross Council and put a good word in??!!

miller4plusmore

11-02-2007, 01:10 PM

Binger

11-02-2007, 05:22 PM

Binger

11-02-2007, 05:23 PM

Man are the shispering Pines rocking! More so than an 80s band that is intheir 60s... hey Jay... JUMP......

YABBA!

slgslg02

11-02-2007, 09:40 PM

merry christmas all

TooShort4

11-02-2007, 09:45 PM

snow this upcoming week! =D

I cant wait.

sila

11-03-2007, 03:40 AM

brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
morning xxx

TooShort4

11-03-2007, 06:03 AM

Good morning =)

Crown 84

11-03-2007, 08:25 AM

YABBA- weekend and holy weatherman batman.. a strom off the coast this late? We dodged em amm summer and now the Winds began to howl.. makes ya wanna holler' WAKE UP CROWN AND SMELL THAT COFFEE.." ( not sure why- that just sounds good...!!)
YABBA!
Yeah! I was just hit by a flying coffee bean. Wonder where THAT came from??

Good Morning! Good Morning! Good Morning!
Good SATURDAY morning! (Hey, that's even better)

A nice, crispy 48 outside at this hour. Good walking (fast) weather, if you've got a jacket, that is.

We are celebrating my younger niece's 15th birthday today. She wants to eat out at "The Olive Garden" after she gets her gifts, then hit the mall.

Well, have a Stupendous Saturday, everyone!

Don't forget to check out my Christmas Photos 2007 thread.
And please, please post, if you can!

Binger

11-03-2007, 09:28 AM

Got the TV " Sounds of the Season playing while the Binger cleans up.." Hmmmm- time for a coffee break- I'm about a pint low......

Binger

11-03-2007, 09:29 AM

BTW_ What's the count NC? Geezzz.. stop napping and post those numbers.. YABBA! What's happening ( now?) Hey jersey boy- get up- stop hanging with those 80s big hair bands... YABBA!

Andrex

11-03-2007, 10:50 AM

snow this upcoming week! =D

I cant wait.

Yeah, same where I live. You can imagine how hard it is for me to wait, you know, avatar and all.

sila

11-03-2007, 11:21 AM

afternoon xxx

Cedarfarm

11-03-2007, 02:42 PM

Hey you rockers, big game today...OMG, Michigan State VS Michigan.... I pace.... I start cleaning... OK, someone just made a touch down...no, first down...Oh, who cares?

Beautiful day here, hand me a beer! YABBA!!

Have a GGGRRRREAT Saturday, my pals. Hey Norfolk, so glad that storm NOEL went north. Whew.

Binger

11-03-2007, 04:53 PM

OMG almost Forgot- TONIGHT is CROWN"s FAVORITE NIGHT OF THE YEAR ( Noooo it is not Christmas Eve....) It is the END OF DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME and CROWN GETS AN EXTRA HOUR OF SLEEP!!

No doubt they are out celebrating... maybe even at the Shispering Pines....

badda bing... badda binger!!

Yabba!!

Binger

11-03-2007, 04:55 PM

The " we are going to the Olive Garden" is only a sham... they are out celebrating their fave night... no doubt they are firing up some twinkies and dancing around the shispering pines... Hey Michigan........ sing some Dusty for us.... sing sing.....

Yabba!

Crown 84

11-04-2007, 09:54 AM

Good Morning.

Well, I apologize. Must have been hit by those flying coffee beans too hard yesterday or maybe I just haven't been getting enough sleep (<< "Yeah, right", says Carl >>). Anyway, I neglected to post the count!
Of course, that means we get to see it drop by TWO steps today:
9 days to the Season. (SINGLE DIGITS ARE HERE!!)
51 days to Christmas Day.

A nippy/crispy/shispering/fired morning in Raleigh with the temp at 48. We should reach the mid to upper 60's today and 70 is promised for tomorrow.

Oh, Oh!
A problem has arisen for me.
As you might recall, we had been planning to go Emerald Isle to winterize our place last weekend but the weather kept us away. Looks like we will have a good opportunity to go over this weekend which means I will be away from the computer on Nov 10, the day I am scheduled to post the pre-season Day 3 message.
Possible solutions:
1) I could trade with either the Day 4 or the Day 1 posters as I would be here Friday and Monday mornings.
2) I could post on Day 5 (Nov eighth, thereby extending the messages to five and allowing a 5th person to post for Day 3.
3) I could PM my Day 3 message to a board memeber and request they post it on Nov 10 on my behalf.
4) I could skip this year and turn Day 3 over to someone else. (I do have my Day 3 post already typed, but could just save it for next year.)

Am open to any option (or other proposals).
What do you think?

Have a Super Sunday, friends!

sila

11-04-2007, 10:34 AM

hi all missed ya earlier xxxxxxxx

JayIsh

11-04-2007, 11:32 AM

Hello my good friends! My ears are ringing and there is huge smile on my face...The Van Halen boys are back and better than EVER...The best two hours of rock I've seen in years...If you get the chance...Go!!! You won't be disappointed...Diamond Dave has still got it and Eddie is sober and rocking with a capitol ROCKING...My wife saw Bon Jovi last week...She's a huge Jovi fan...But she said that VH was much better, a win for me!!! Now if I can just get her to change her mind about Bruce Springsteen...

Crown!!! I, for one, was really looking forward to your post so I say do whatever is needed to get it posted!!! PM me, post it early, email it to me, whatever!!! I don't want to miss out! I'll switch if it helps but my day is Sunday the 11th so I think you'd still be away...Let me know how I can help!!!

Happy Sunday good buddies...Pour another cup of java, hear the shispering of the pines, fire up a twinkie...and maybe a little Christmas music...The season is almost upon us...Whahoo doray...Dahoo...Whatever...You get the point!!!

jay

Cedarfarm

11-04-2007, 01:14 PM

Ohhhh Crown. NO WAY! You must post your time honored tribute....YOU MUST! ~Where is the Bingster, need the Bingster to help...

Glad/happy/relieved to see the forum back up...Holy Jumpin' Jayster...sounds like you had a great rockin' time!

So Cold, can't seem to warm up today! I'm thinking...flannel sheets tonight. Right now...coffee.

Where is the Great North Auntie?

AuntieMistletoeDear

11-04-2007, 03:03 PM

:cry: Here I am, Cedar! Glad to see you return, we were about to send out a search party.

Crown - I'll switch my Day 1 for your Day 3 if you want - not a problem, mine is "good to go" anytime.

Lots of Rockin' fun in the world of our JayIsh of late - neato.

It's still cold at night and warm in the day here, no signs of snow, rain expected for tomorrow.

Hardly a hint of fireplaces in the air.

Went to the Mall yesterday and I'm happy to report the Christmas items are popping up everywhere.

Only recall one store playing Christmas music, I guess the rest are waiting a bit longer.

Last night I had a dream I was watching the Flintstones Christmas Carol - weird eh? Oh, I have it on video, but I haven't watched it in a longgggg time. Now I don't have to, the dream took care of that. HaHa.

Binger - I thought for sure, I'd take advantage of the extra hour of sleep, but it appears my body didn't feel like Falling Back just yet.

Cedarfarm

11-04-2007, 03:18 PM

Hey AUNTIE!!!! I knew you'd visit if I wished hard enough!cheesy

~The only mall I went to today was an antique mall and they were having their annual November into Christmas Sunday. Popcorn, cider, (no beer though...) coffee, rice krispie treats, brownies, sugar cookies....all the sweet stuff. Didn't buy anything, but loved the festive mood there, people with Santa hats on and smiling like they were on the cover of the Rolling Stone.

Hey! Good idea Auntster, trade with Crownster...problem solved! YABBA!

Got my first Christmas card today, it warmed my heart!

Binger

11-04-2007, 03:36 PM

hmmm or we could conduct the following scenario...

we take each of the four days of special posts and divide by 2 which gives us two- and then multiply it by two which gives us four and then Crown subtracts their hours of sleep and we are then in the negatives and already counting down to Christmas 2008 season and thus... Jay is able to post day 6 unless... no wait a minute I'm lost in the new math....

Binger

11-04-2007, 03:38 PM

ok ok- Crown- I say you email the post to one of us " reg's and we can post it for you- I am ready to go with day 4....

man single digits... and a warm heart to boot- this place rocks............YABBA!

Cedarfarm

11-04-2007, 04:11 PM

OMG. Bing.....you had me at the math! So funny, this Bingster...still chuckling. Not..up chucking...but chuckling.

BaddaBing!

I'm in such a Christmas mood tonight.

YABBADABBADO!!!

sila

11-05-2007, 01:41 AM

morning all xxxxxxx
bonfire night here

Crown 84

11-05-2007, 08:02 AM

8 days to the Season.
50 days to Christmas Day.

Good Morning.
I hope it is a Marvelous Monday Morning (If such a thing is possible - I'm having computer problems at the office. Lucky I can get here at all! Don't know how long my connection will last so I'll type quickly.)

A chilly 39 this morning but at least my car windshield was frost-free.
Supposed to be 72 by this afternoon. I'll believe that when I see it!

Well, I guess it would work best for me if I switched with Jay.
We will be back from the coast late Sunday but that will not prevent me from posting before the end of the day so it will get the correct Nov 11 "Day 2" date.
Thanks, Jay! You will now be posting on Saturday, Nov 10, as "Day 3". Problem solved.

Another issue - do we want to post our special messages here, have a separate thread for all the pre-season posts together, or should each person post a separate thread?
Your thoughts?

Cedarfarm

11-05-2007, 09:57 AM

Oh Crown, too much to comprehend on a Monday! So glad it will work out for you, 'problem solved'...that sounds good doesn't it?
I'm having trouble logging on here, couldn't get on all morning!

JayIsh

11-05-2007, 10:04 AM

I'm on board for the 10th!!! "That will be the three days to go post"...Right? That whole Binger-math has me a little confused...Not that confusing me is any great feat...But you get the idea...Hard to believe that we are as close as we are!!! Seems like alot less than a year ago that we were entering the season...Good Morning Cedar!!! Always a thrill to see you aboard!!! And a happy Monday to all!!! Spent yesterday listening to Christmas music as I did my chores...Made the whole thing alot more enjoyable!!!

Jay