Ludwig Fell Down
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Me and you both, Wally. When we bought our first house in 1997, the Missus convinced me to put up wallpaper. First and last time I ever did that.Im exact opposite.
OT: The 2023 Holiday Thread
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No thanks to wallpaper. I don't enjoy painting, but I'm pretty decent at it and I do enjoy the pride of stepping back at the end to admire my work. Painted every well, baseboard, and ceiling on the 2nd floor of my house, replaced every light, outlet and switch, and replaced every door with solid wood that I stained.
What a difference. It almost looks like a livable space now
What a difference. It almost looks like a livable space now
Olden McGroin
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Bruinaura
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This lip sync to it is also hilarious. The facial expressions
This is why YouTube was invented....
And this....Google Rob Halford Christmas songs...his version is awesome....
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I watched it the other night after not watching it for several years. A great movie. Julie Andrews had a lovely voice, a shame she lost it because of a botched vocal cord surgery.
We're going to celebrate Christmas as we have the past few years: go out to dinner Christmas Eve, then home to open Christmas gifts. Christmas Day we'll get together to open our stockings. We're going to do a buffet this year, I'm going to do a small turkey w/stuffing and my sister is going to do a spiral ham & beans. Niece & I are going to make toll house cookies Friday or Saturday night.
I really, really miss Christmas at my parents'. After coming home from dinner & opening some gifts we'd have open house for friends & neighbors. It was always a lot of fun. Sadly just about everyone is gone now.
I really, really miss Christmas at my parents'. After coming home from dinner & opening some gifts we'd have open house for friends & neighbors. It was always a lot of fun. Sadly just about everyone is gone now.
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Somebody got a hold of pictures from my grandmother's house in the 1970's 
Seriously...I don't know how my grandfather afforded all the stuff she bought everyone for Christmas lol
Seriously...I don't know how my grandfather afforded all the stuff she bought everyone for Christmas lol
quietbruinfan
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I will celebrate Lord Jesus and what He has done for us. Other than that, my Christmas comes when I see my sister and hear from the other relatives I have left. They all seem well, and I am glad about that. (My maternal uncle was even more generous with gifts than usual this year.) I see my sister and brother-in-law in mid-January. (They visit and entertain lots of people during the holidays.)
As for paint versus wall paper, I have some physical limitations that make papering impossible. Painting is limited as well, but I can do some interior work, so, definitely painting. My father worked in construction and carpentry most of his life after hockey, and I saw him do it all. Wallpapering sucks lol
As for paint versus wall paper, I have some physical limitations that make papering impossible. Painting is limited as well, but I can do some interior work, so, definitely painting. My father worked in construction and carpentry most of his life after hockey, and I saw him do it all. Wallpapering sucks lol
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Started doing some holiday baking. I made alfajores for the work potluck because I gave some as gifts last year and everyone demanded more. I basically use work as a guinea pig for the first practice batch of stuff then perfect the recipes for what I give to family on Christmas itself.
I'm also attempting to copy the panera christmas crinkle cookies that they used to make years ago around chirstmastime and I haven't been able to find since, so I found a recipe for crinkle cookies and mixed some peppermint extract into the batter. The batter is chilling overnight, tomorrow night I'll roll them in powdered sugar and bake. I'm going to give some as gifts but I'm mostly making them for me to enjoy.
I'm also attempting to copy the panera christmas crinkle cookies that they used to make years ago around chirstmastime and I haven't been able to find since, so I found a recipe for crinkle cookies and mixed some peppermint extract into the batter. The batter is chilling overnight, tomorrow night I'll roll them in powdered sugar and bake. I'm going to give some as gifts but I'm mostly making them for me to enjoy.
I had to look those up, I had never heard of them. They look delicious. I had a co-worker many years ago whose parents came from Italy and his Mom made delicious fig cookies for us all one year. They were so good and I managed to get his Mom to make them every year he worked there and bring some to me. They looked something like this, but I wouldn't even attempt to make them with my impatience. I bake dozens of other cookies and share with family and friends.
My 44-year-old daughter has her traditions. Every Christmas Eve we watch Christmas Eve on Sesame,
Emmet Otter's Jug band Christmas and White Christmas.
"If you're worried and you can't sleep
Just count your blessings instead of sheep
And you'll fall asleep counting your blessings"
"The best things happen while you're dancing...."
Emmet Otter's Jug band Christmas and White Christmas.
"If you're worried and you can't sleep
Just count your blessings instead of sheep
And you'll fall asleep counting your blessings"
"The best things happen while you're dancing...."
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Fell asleep last night to an audio version of a Christmas Carol....three hours of a lovely British male voice....pure aural heaven....
We just finished A Christmas Story, I love that movie! My SIL confessed that she stuck her tongue on the side of their trailer as a kid...lol
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Holiday survival guide from a man who certainly does not have things all figured out.
1. For all of your anxieties, things will never be as miserable or scary as you’ve made them out to be in your head.
2. You can’t change other people, their behaviors, and their issues.
3. You can choose to love others for who they are, or you can be angry and distance yourself from them. But in cutting them out of your life, you’re not proving anything to them.
4. You don’t owe it to anyone else to subject yourself to an abusive situation. You can love someone and choose not to spend time with that person because of the way they behave and make you feel. Guilt tripping and manipulation seem to run high this time of the year.
5. Drugs and alcohol might “take the edge off”, but your anxiety and hurt feelings will still be there.
1. For all of your anxieties, things will never be as miserable or scary as you’ve made them out to be in your head.
2. You can’t change other people, their behaviors, and their issues.
3. You can choose to love others for who they are, or you can be angry and distance yourself from them. But in cutting them out of your life, you’re not proving anything to them.
4. You don’t owe it to anyone else to subject yourself to an abusive situation. You can love someone and choose not to spend time with that person because of the way they behave and make you feel. Guilt tripping and manipulation seem to run high this time of the year.
5. Drugs and alcohol might “take the edge off”, but your anxiety and hurt feelings will still be there.
Found out sister tested positive for rona last Saturday (she just told us today), so obviously none of our family members feel comfortable getting together. She literally only had a stuffy nose. Crazy. Her doctor said as long as she has no more symptoms and tests negative she should be good to go next week. None of her kids are sick or her husband. So...fingers crossed everything works out for next week.
I had a feels this was going to happen. All month long I said to my mother that "something is going to happen, someone is going to get sick". And I was right. I'm sad. I'm depressed. I just knew it.
My late grandmother's birthday is this Sunday. We lost her in 2013. And this time of the year always gets to me. Thinking about not spending Christmas with my extended family on Christmas...really is a blow. But I guess it could be worse.
Fingers crossed everything works out for next week to celebrate Christmas.
This is what it's all about anyways.
One of my blowup outside.
I had a feels this was going to happen. All month long I said to my mother that "something is going to happen, someone is going to get sick". And I was right. I'm sad. I'm depressed. I just knew it.
My late grandmother's birthday is this Sunday. We lost her in 2013. And this time of the year always gets to me. Thinking about not spending Christmas with my extended family on Christmas...really is a blow. But I guess it could be worse.
Fingers crossed everything works out for next week to celebrate Christmas.
This is what it's all about anyways.
One of my blowup outside.
We got a covering of snow last night but it will be gone soon. This is one of my favourite Christmas decorations and I always take a pic to show the snow each year.
