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[ohanafamily]

Hey all,


CG, I saw your commercial last night... COOOOOL

 

[Lewski709]

THAT is SO not fair! Rubbing it in our faces and we don't even have one! Waaaahhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, I'm pretty sure if you still wanna have another baby...you can. I feel I know you well enough to say it's still possible. That's what you are talking about right?

If you are talking about Schwans, well...I don't know your Zip Code but Tampa does have delivery available. I looked up 33609, it's there. Check out www.schwans.com.

 

[Lewski709]

BUT I have a surprise for all of you - especially since there have been some long lost friend sightings lately and maybe they will see this too as they are the ones always clamoring for this.

Here is my Christmas Card for all of you - I just finished making it. Its a rare glimpse at the castlegazer family.

Is that snow? You are outside in the SNOW???? Aren't those kids cold??? Your family is very smashing!

Sorry bout you and the lil guy being under the weather. Maybe you should put some coats on silly nilly. Seriously, hope you feel better. Take it easy. I KNOW how being home things just call out to you to be done. It's our nature, we feel guilty just laying around. Really though, you gotta rest.

 

[kadaten]

BUT I have a surprise for all of you - especially since there have been some long lost friend sightings lately and maybe they will see this too as they are the ones always clamoring for this.

Here is my Christmas Card for all of you - I just finished making it. Its a rare glimpse at the castlegazer family.

cg What a BEAUTIFUL family! And a BEAUTIFUL card! You've been digital scrapping again! Snow? OMG. I am SO glad I live in FL. I wore flip flops today. Of course, it was 58 degrees when I left the house but around here that's considered downright chilly! It did finally make it up to 68, I think. Luckily I'm putting up the Christmas trees this week--I put so many lights on those things they act as space heaters! That'll take the chill off the room real quick!

 

[NC Belle]

Kadaten--- its about 32 degrees with wind gusts at my folks in PA.

 

[cadburysmom]

Hi its the slut checking in..

I am thinking that Sunday I will do Beaches and Cream No Way Jose for lunch, then MK and MVMCP, then Monday is Epcot early morning. Monday nite and Tuesday night, I will do MGM highlights - RNR,TOT,Beauty and the Beast , the new light motor action show plus whatever I can fit in one nght and Epcot MS, TT and Soarin' plus Canada for dinner and Illuminations.. La la la la.

What do you think?

I think you're definitely trying to torture me

 

[cadburysmom]

BUT I have a surprise for all of you - especially since there have been some long lost friend sightings lately and maybe they will see this too as they are the ones always clamoring for this.

Here is my Christmas Card for all of you - I just finished making it. Its a rare glimpse at the castlegazer family.

OMG...I love it! You are gorgeous, hubby is handsome and the children are beautiful...why haven't you posted more of these earlier You gotta promise to share more often

Btw, hope you and the little one feel better soon

 

[cadburysmom]

cg What a BEAUTIFUL family! And a BEAUTIFUL card! You've been digital scrapping again! Snow? OMG. I am SO glad I live in FL. I wore flip flops today. Of course, it was 58 degrees when I left the house but around here that's considered downright chilly! It did finally make it up to 68, I think. Luckily I'm putting up the Christmas trees this week--I put so many lights on those things they act as space heaters! That'll take the chill off the room real quick!

Christmas trees? How many you got? ....and does living in a different climate change the way you decorate? Btw, very cute siggie pic

 

[cheeringmom]

Morning. Sorry CG about the sickos in your house. But you got your closets cleaned out!! And the Christmas picture is adorable. What a great looking family.

Geffric is not a sl** she is a Bimbo for going two times in one month! ugh. You lucky girl! Are you bringing the boys???

LEW glad to hear you are feeling ok.
I bet it will be a long winter with the cold for you. I hated any kind of weather when I was preggars.

KADATEN there you are. Good to see you. funny about your Christmas lights being used as a space heater. I may steal that joke!!!

CADSMOM whats shakin baby???

OF, no, you cannot be considered a **** just a male gigalo-did I spell that right??

BELLE, how do your parents like the cold? It seems older folks want to wander down here to FL in the winters. We already have snowbirds all over town.

Off to get the day started. TTFN

 

[geffric]

Morning...


castlegazer wonderful picture. The kids have grown so much... what are you all holding in your hands, looks like a puppet or snowman mittens?


KADATEN great pictures of the kids in your sigy.. 68 degrees?? WOW how do you stand it... lol... why that is only 45+ degrees warmer than here..
cadburysmomchocolatesista, CMOM, Belle and LEW...

CMOM the boys are in school for the last week before break, if the conference was the next week, I would have taken them but they have school and tests and stuff like that, so it is just me and the rest of my colleagues and the conference goers...

The one thing that makes THIS trip special is that I am not paying for it... tee hee.. 'cept the MVMCP tickets..

And BTW , I had called the Dolphin and got the conference rate of $215 per night . That seemed way too high to me, so I asked them if there was an AP or DVC rate. Yep there was! So i got my room for $ 169. I am excited to go to the Dolphin , as I have never been there....




I talked to ibounce last night.. tee hee.. to do the neener neerer neerer thing ...

 

[ibouncetoo]

I talked to ibounce last night.. tee hee.. to do the neener neerer neerer thing ...

Yeah, keep it up chocolatediva. If I had an AP (or didn't have another cruise in the works), I'd be crashing in your room.

This weekend I get to re-organize and unbox all my books. Got two new bookcases, so I finally have a place to put them. Then sister and I will finish hanging all my art/pictures. After that....there's no more excuses not to get started on the office/craftroom.....shudder! I just have to break it up into lots of small jobs. First purge/shred old files....that doesn't sound too awful does it?

Yikes, time to hit the shower.....have a good Friday, y'all!

 

[castlegazer]

castlegazer wonderful picture. The kids have grown so much... what are you all holding in your hands, looks like a puppet or snowman mittens?.

Thanks everyone! We are trying to hold Snowman figures - we do this for our cards every year, but I meant for us to hold only one, but my son wanted to hold one, then my husband didn't realize that is the way I wanted it, and well, we were having my Mom (75 yo) do the pic in the snow - and well, we took what we could get for a pic with all of us. My son now doesn't want it to go out because he looks evil - he normally smiles in every picture but for some reason he is being all, well, evil, in this one. My DH looks constipated. I said, Oh well, guys, its the best we've got and its going out. Period.

Goodmorning - I am still suffering but am at work because I have to buy a gas station parcel of land and sign some leases - the world came to a grinding halt yesterday without me and they are all screaming idiots today waiting for me to get back. So, off to work!

 

[ohanafamily]

Good Morning al... We do have such beautiful children here...


Oh, BTW, C-Mom, I guess I am a "Giggle-O"

Late for work, gotta scoot...

TTFN

 

[NC Belle]

BELLE, how do your parents like the cold? It seems older folks want to wander down here to FL in the winters. We already have snowbirds all over town.

Off to get the day started. TTFN

My folks did look at other states, but they liked the idea of going to the Horseshoe Curve and watching the trains and they have snow shoes. My mom grew up in NY and Dad is from AL/TX. They wanted out of MD becauses of the increasing real estate taxes and stuff.

I saw some flurries awhile ago.

I better get ready to go eat and shop---or I might get grounded or be sent to my room.

 

[Lewski709]

My son now doesn't want it to go out because he looks evil - he normally smiles in every picture but for some reason he is being all, well, evil, in this one. My DH looks constipated. I said, Oh well, guys, its the best we've got and its going out. Period.

I don't think he looks evil at all. He looks innocent. Your DH is fine too.

I know what you mean about taking what you can get. I had to do the same thing with the boys Christmas Photos. YES, I said CHRISTMAS!!! They are CHRISTMAS photos. (Can you tell I am a bit perturbed? Let's just not go there.) Anyhow, my youngest would not smile. The photographer wanted to do her own thing, so I let her go on thinking she could tickle him to make him smile. I finally say, "boys...say cheese". When I said that, then he began to start smiling. Of course, it was the last "together" shot and my other one was looking really goofy. So, I went with the first. One is smiling and one just has a smirk. Oh well. I took what I got and picked the best of them all.

 

[BlueBayou]

Good Saturday morning everyone. Just stopping by to say Hi! Not much going on in these parts. We do have our company's holiday party tonight so we have an excuse to get all dressed up.

My DH and I were asked to do a little something for the blooper tape they are going to show, so people will either be laughing with us or at us. Let's hope it is the former and not the latter.

Sher

 

[ibouncetoo]

There's going to be a blooper tape? Oh goodie, bloopers, casino night and salsa dancing.....I'd better take a nap this afternoon. And I can party all night....I got a room at the Legacy Resort so I don't have to drive home Hey Sher, are there any 'mature' single guys in the newsroom I need to meet????

 

[kadaten]

Christmas trees? How many you got? ....and does living in a different climate change the way you decorate? Btw, very cute siggie pic

Trees!
One "Pooh" tree in the play room (6 feet, about 600-700 lights).
One family tree in the family room (7.5 feet, 2500+ lights!).
One 4.5 ft tree in Walt's room (250 lights).
One 4 ft tree (no lights) in Abbie's room.
One 2 ft. PINK feather tree in Abbie's room (tree only...no ornaments).
One 4 ft. Charlie Brown tree (DH is a Peanuts fan) in the office (100 lights).
Lots of tiny (anwhere from 6 inches to 2 ft tall) trees sprinkled around everywhere else....even the bathrooms get trees!

When it gets all nice and pretty I'll take some pictures

And yes, the weather DOES change the way we decorate. Well, really, I guess it's the house. We had 8 double-hung windows on the front of our old Colonial style house so we had simple wreaths hung from the top sash of every window. Here we have 4 windows (1 you can't see), they are NOT double hung so we can't hang the wreaths like we used to. There's no way to hang garland on the stucco without messing it up, and the eaves are metal-wrapped so we can't nail there, either. We found some new fangled clips at WalMart today we're hoping will work....

I was just used to a classic elegant look and that's not achievable on this house....just completely different. So, we're doing more lights in the trees and bushes to achieve more decor outside First year here....gotta learn how to decorate it! No Christmas party this year....but will next, so we have to learn how to get it all nice and pretty!

Thanks! Walt's smile is a little crooked, but that's my boy! Abbie was showing off her new cut (which we need again...where does the time go?!?!)

 

[BlueBayou]

Hey Sher, are there any 'mature' single guys in the newsroom I need to meet????

Men and Mature? Don't those words mean the opposite thing?
Seriously, if anybody comes to mind I will be sure to point them out!

kadaten - That is a lot a Christmas! We haven't even taken our tree out of the garage this year. We love putting it out, and we love the decorations we have for it - it is just trying to get the house cleaned and the space ready for it. We do have a very small desk top tree that I told my DD5 that she can put in their room if they clean the room. I am not sure about allowing lights. I don't trust my DD2 not to try and chew the cord.

We are also going to try and put lights on the outside of the house this year, so we have a lot of work ahead.

Sher

 

[slo]

Hi everyone!!!

I haven't been by here for awhile so I thought would stop and say a big hello!!

I hope everyone here is doing well. My family is doing well and we are very excited about the holidays coming.

Tonight my 7yr old DD is away with Grandma and DH and I have the night kinda to ourselves. We still have BabyKate here, but she'll be going to bed at about 8 and then we get to watch Mr. & Mrs. Smith and have a big stuffed pizza while watching the movie - it's the little things in life that make me happy!!!

Have a good night everyone and talk to you soon!!!