The Christmas Countdown

[JenW]

Too cute on the singed whiskers!!!! Those silly kittes are too curious fo their own good!

Mikie, your Abbie looks like he is contemplating the best way to take tose ornaments off the tree.............. He needs a lesson form Cookie!

[ladycattat]

Our girls(furbabies) are far *too cool* to be tempted by the Christmas tree...it's my 6 year old son I need to keep away from it. I think he thinks he's Tarzan. Anyway, I don't usually get it together enough to get the tree up till about a week before the big day.(anyways, I can get a better deal on the tree then!)
I am proud of myself that I have about 2/3 of my shopping dione. Typically I am still shopping 3 days before the 25th. It's the wrapping that I hate! Thank goodness for gift bags!
(except last year, I boo-boo-ed and *forgot* to remove the tag from the gift bag it originally came from. Caused a couple of mix-ups! LOL)

laurie

[marina16]

17 Days til christmas!!!

I got most of my shopping done, finished decorating the inside of the house, (still working on the outside though ), and in the process of signing and mailing greeting cards. I bought these photo cards from Wal Mart that you can slide a picture in front, so I printed out a recent family photo and put those in there. But I ran out of photos so I gotta print out more. As for food, I still haven't given a thought of what we're going to have for our Christmas dinner. It'll probably be just our little family so I don't have to plan anything too big and fancy. My hubby and I weren't going to exchange presents but just get the kids' presents, but I'm still debating on whether I want to get him a little something. Nothing expensive, maybe like a cologne or something. As for my present I was going to make an order with SN.

[JenW]

Ack, we missed a day!

15 more days!

My kids only have 7 more days of school this year.........
And then the go back on January 6!!!!

[pinkpomelo]

I'm going mad with work... have to wrap as much as I can and get ahead as much as I can so that I can safely get over the Xmas-New Year weeks.

Then there's the Christmas drama for church I'm overseeing.

And then there's my own person murder mystery party that i'm hosting for Xmas.

Going into a tizzy tizzzy tiiiizzzzzyyy!

[tizzylou]

14 more days and counting!!!!\\\\

[ladycattat]

I made a wreath!
Rather remarkable as I am pretty uncreative.
Go check it out on my blog.....
Enjoy!
Laurie

[~*mikie*~]

I like it, Laurie! Good job!

mikie

[ladycattat]

Thanks Mikie!
it was a fun experiment!
laurie

[~*mikie*~]

It's those "labors of love" that strike me the most, Laurie! When the bug hits to do something creative & unusual, it *needs* to be expressed & indulged. That's a pearl of wisdom from an older gal, hehe...*me*! I've been known to get a spark of inspiration & to take 1/2 day of vacation time & head right off to indulge just such a whim. One thing leads to another & it's relaxing & great fun. Change of pace, change of scenery=recharged batteries!

Still *no* tree brought downstairs from the attic, & I may just leave it in the attic this year,lol. Silky is *definitely* inclined to TRY to climb & truly thinks he can fly. The extra toes do tend to make him a tad clumsy, poor baby, & he does *slide down* things unexpectedly. The tree doesn't matter; the spirit's alive in this house year-round. I do have a tree in my department at work, & it has mostly handmade ornaments on it. *We* like it & enjoy it, & one of my employees has made a number of decorations that we sprinkle throughout our whole area.

Decided not to send cards this year, & we have no kids so do not do the gift thing. I sound Scroogey,LOL, but there's a serious reason behind it. Many, many years ago, I came to the decision to deliberately *avoid* gift-giving on what society (read:*commercials*) dictates as appropriate. I tend to surprise people with "just because" gifts when they least expect it & because I was thinking of them. Zero pressure! More fun for me & more fun for a recipient when a dull day suddenly brightens. OK, enough of my rambling,LOLOL!

mikie