Coffee Chat

Time for the Coffee Chat! If you'd like to join, head over to Leslie's at Time out for Mom.

The topic is: Is it too soon?
Yes, Christmas comes too soon to many places. I personally do not do any decorating until after Thanksgiving. I like to celebrate the holidays individually. BUT - for me the Christmas season officially begins on the day after Thanksgiving. I look forward to it every year. I don't do Black Friday shopping - want nothing to do with that - but I do all my decorating that day, with Christmas shows on in the background. I have a house down the street that looks very similar to one of Leslie's pictures and I totally agree that it is TOO MUCH. I especially dislike the big blow up figures.

Monday Quiz About Me

Based on the original Meet Me on Monday hosted by Java at Never Growing Old, Heather over at Acting Balanced  posts 5 questions on Sunday evening along with a linky for you to link up your post answers! Since Java is back , Heather has changed the name of her hop to "Monday Quiz About Me."

This weeks Questions:
 1. Do you decorate outdoors for the holidays? Yes I have my outdoor nativity and two candles, one on each side of the entry. I also have my Christmas Village set up on the enclosed porch.

 

2. What is the best thing about office Christmas parties? I don't know - maybe the fact that everybody is usually happy, the festivity of it all.

3. Gloves or Mittens? Gloves.

4. What do you think of Secret Santas?  They can be fun but they can also be frustrating if you don't know much about the person you are buying for.

My 5th Question: What is your main Christmas tradition - the one that makes it Christmas for you?

 Mine is putting the tree up the day after Thanksgiving.

Pondering With a Purpose

Thursday is past but I'm linking up with Brenda's at Ponderings of an Author.

Her rules are really easy:

1. Grab the Pondering with a Purpose Badge (in her sidebar)

2. Look at the week's prompt

3. Post something on your blog that relates to the prompt - it can be a story, a poem, a picture -- anything you want it to be.

4. Go back here and add the URL from your post to the linky list on Brenda's.

5. Go check out the other bloggers who have added their links to the list.

6. AND most of all.... Have fun!

This Week's prompt:               A Disaster or Not

I wasn't going to do a post this week as you can tell since it's Sunday night and I'm just now doing it. The thing is that my entire holiday season has turned into a disaster. There are certain traditions that make the holiday for me - the main one being the Christmas tree. It goes up the day after Thanksgiving - or it's supposed to. It didn't. Biz was supposed to get it Friday after work. He didn't and my holiday is ruined. I put all the decorations back in the attic and don't plan on getting them back out. I do have my outside nativity and the Christmas village set up on the porch but that is all. There will be no tree. Am I being petty? I don't think so. If there's no tradition - there is no point. I will go to daughter's house enjoy her tree - which went up on Friday when it was supposed to!

Follow Friday Four fill-In Fun

Welcome to the weekly Follow Friday Four Fill-in Fun Blog Hop!

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Each week, Hilary over at Feeling Beachie lists four statements with a blank for you to fill in on your own blogs.  This week’s co-host is Pam from Trooppetrie – she came up with the last two statements!

 Hilary really needs co-hosts, so please email me some statements! She would LOVE it if you could please help her spread the word about this hop…. So, please tweet, FaceBook share, and add the linky to your post…

This week’s statements:
1. I put lots of mustard on a hot dog
2. when it gets cold outside I want to hibernate.
3. If my house was paid off then I would be able to remodel a little faster.
4. If I was getting married tomorrow I would do a lot of things differently so we could  live differently now.

Another Grandson!

Daughter just got another sonogram and IT'S A BOY! I'm going to have another grandson!