Chat-A-Thon Thread

[walkonby]

g'morning all! These temps!! Loving it!!

[SillyLoocie]

Is it me or just nostalgia speaking when I ask of you,
Are Christmas memories more precious as the years of living accrue?
Back when you were little & magic seemed so real,
Life to you was in a world that was really quite ideal,
Leafing through the catalogue & doing a little dreaming,
Hoping Santa knew you had behaved in ways that were redeeming,
Long before the high tech days & before unplugged was cool,
When the countdown was on for holidays & finally no more school,
My mom would disappear into her room with rolls of wrapping paper,
Sneaking a peak was tempting, but I could never pull off that caper,
The house always looked so nice decked in euphoric merriment,
Through my eyes now looking back it was really quite an event,
I realize now how my parents defined what it is to give your all,
& when I get the Christmas blues that’s the memory that I recall,
Sometimes at Christmas we grumble about how busy it tends to be,
Obligations & visiting those whom you don’t really care to see,
You are after all accumulating remembrances you can just chalk up to life,
Be as kind as your can to others, it will help you deal with strife,
Times may be hard for some of us, & we all have our concerns,
So my Christmas wish for all of you is that you have many happy returns.

Mom died on December 13, 2002.

[22hicks]

Good morning all. Wow, it really looks nice here.
I hope you have a fantastic day.

[Lynn49]

Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!!!

[Lynn49]

On a more serious note...I posted this in another section, but thought I'd add it here since I think it's pretty darn important...hope you don't mind...




I wasn't sure where to post this, if there's a better place, Mods, please flip it over there.

I don't know if everyone is aware of the Me to We site, a charity site that supports the "Free The Children" charity, started by two brothers in Ontario...anyway, they have donation sites, and a store that sells items made by "mamas" that help support them, but there's one thing I think we can all do:

We can donate 25L of clean water to a family simply by signing up for their newsletter!

This is their site:
http://www.weday.com

The sign-up is at the bottom of that page! It's FREE, and a very nice thing to do this time of year, I think...

Supporting: http://www.freethechildren.com

Thank you!!

[Lynn49]

Good morning all. Wow, it really looks nice here.
I hope you have a fantastic day.

Thank you, yes...we all pitched in and did what we could with the place...Welcome!
Would you care for a cocktail?

[SillyLoocie]

[22hicks]

Thank you, yes...we all pitched in and did what we could with the place...Welcome!
Would you care for a cocktail?

Beautiful. Yes please.

[walkonby]

Thank you, yes...we all pitched in and did what we could with the place...Welcome!
Would you care for a cocktail?

awwwww! I love that, Wouldn't you just enjoy sipping a drink or four there?

[Lynn49]

Hicks, Walks: here you go..cranberry cosmopolitans! Hope you like it! I've made them before and I guarantee you WILL like them!
I've made a whole pitcher-full...that should tide you two over for an hour or so!

[dededi]

Thank you, yes...we all pitched in and did what we could with the place...Welcome!
Would you care for a cocktail?

Really Really beautiful Lynn and could I have 2 please.

[22hicks]

Hicks, Walks: here you go..cranberry cosmopolitans! Hope you like it! I've made them before and I guarantee you WILL like them!
I've made a whole pitcher-full...that should tide you two over for an hour or so!

Thanks Lynn, they WERE good. Would it be rude to ask you to make another pitcher ?
I could use one.

[Lynn49]

Ladies, I'll make another batch after dinner!! And they ARE nice, aren't they? I made them when we had our DD and her Hubby for cocktails and appetizers before they took me out for my birthday dinner in September. Might be nice to make up a pitcher-full for Christmas day!!

Hicks, you poor kid....I wouldn't blame you for having more than a few of these today....
Walks? Honey? Have you had a bad day, too??
Dededi...coming right up!!

Heck....I had time...here you go, Ladies!!

[Lynn49]

Sigh...wouldn't it be just too wonderful to actually be together in real life and a pitcher or several of these cosmos?!!

[SillyLoocie]