Here goes...
I have been in a typical pattern for February....unmotivated and blah. I HATE this and it happens every year! It will pass, it always does...but, in the meantime I will now go take a shower!!!!
This thread was one of the best things Toots has ever created (besides Spidey/Batman). I felt a need to resurrect it, by starting a new one.
Here goes...
I have been in a typical pattern for February....unmotivated and blah. I HATE this and it happens every year! It will pass, it always does...but, in the meantime I will now go take a shower!!!!
Here goes...
I have been in a typical pattern for February....unmotivated and blah. I HATE this and it happens every year! It will pass, it always does...but, in the meantime I will now go take a shower!!!!
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114picky
Oops! I still have my tree up (no ornaments), and some giant colored lights on a magnolia hanging over the driveway. Just too festive to take down and they make me happy.
Jdarg, I'm even worse than you! The Christmas wreath is still on the porch because it's way too cold for me to go out there and fiddle with it and take it down. And inside, I have my 3' tall tabletop tree. Right now the tree's plugged in, the lights are on and every time I look at all my special ornaments (much love to everyone who sent me them; you know who you are
) I smile. I'm not taking down anything!!!SoWal Insider
Oops! I still have my tree up (no ornaments), and some giant colored lights on a magnolia hanging over the driveway. Just too festive to take down and they make me happy.If I had a magnolia, dripping with Spanish moss, I'd have it lighted too. It sounds beautiful!
SoWal Expert
I so wish people in this area would TAKE THEIR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS DOWN!!! Or at least NOT TURN ON THEIR OUTSIDE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS!! It is just so weird to me. And it's not just 1 or 2 houses, I see a couple of houses in every neighborhood! Lindabobhat - do you too??
I understand (sort of) that it's to friggin' cold to remove some of it but come on.
oops!
outside lights on trees still up. every weekend's been too yucky--at least that's my excuse.
SoWal Expert
If I had a magnolia, dripping with Spanish moss, I'd have it lighted too. It sounds beautiful!
Actually, the effect is more "Joe's Crab Shack".
But I love those big fat lightbulbs for some reason.
bean
Oops! I still have my tree up (no ornaments), and some giant colored lights on a magnolia hanging over the driveway. Just too festive to take down and they make me happy.
Add some hearts to your tree!
beats on hood
Oops! I still have my tree up (no ornaments), and some giant colored lights on a magnolia hanging over the driveway. Just too festive to take down and they make me happy.OMG! I thought Beach Jacket was the only one who still has her tree up! I've been bugging her that I was gonna drive to Atlanta and take it down myself. But she says the lights make her happy.
My mom always said it was bad luck to keep Christmas decorations up after 12/31. As a result, we take all of ours down except the outside lights (with anything red or Christmas-ey removed) because we think the lights look festive for New Years.
We have neighbors that have at least a half dozen Christmas trees, and they keep them up until Easter. I forgot what the reason is -- they were featured in a newspaper article.
fartblossom
back to the toilet paper issue - i know you won't believe this, but i sometimes take the paper off the roll and set it on the vanity just to irritate mr audie.
picky
OMG!
We have neighbors that have at least a half dozen Christmas trees, and they keep them up until Easter. I forgot what the reason is -- they were featured in a newspaper article.
I don't know about your neighbors, but my general rule of thumb is that Christmas absolutely must be dismantled before Good Friday. Think of it: it would be heartless to have items that celebrate Jesus' birth still hanging around on the day He is crucified. It makes sense to me and I bet it does to them.
SoWal Expert
SoWal Stickers, Part Deux...
They are now procreating in my washing machine. I just found 3 more, 2 loads after the first 8 were found. They must really be enjoying the spin cycle!
They are now procreating in my washing machine. I just found 3 more, 2 loads after the first 8 were found. They must really be enjoying the spin cycle!
Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname
SoWal Stickers, Part Deux...
They are now procreating in my washing machine. I just found 3 more, 2 loads after the first 8 were found. They must really be enjoying the spin cycle!
Those nasty little boogers!!!!
fartblossom
i'm surprised the stickers weren't stuck all over the washer basket, guess the water keeps them from adhering.
fartblossom
after vacation one time i washed the swimsuits/coverups together in a load, and was drying mr audie's trunks any my coverups. everything smelled like orangey coconut, couldn't figure out why until the dryer cooled and had hardened lip balm all over it. it was funn scraping that out. note to self - no lip balm in cover up pockets.....
picky
after vacation one time i washed the swimsuits/coverups together in a load, and was drying mr audie's trunks any my coverups. everything smelled like orangey coconut, couldn't figure out why until the dryer cooled and had hardened lip balm all over it. it was funn scraping that out. note to self - no lip balm in cover up pockets.....
I think every mother on earth has had that happen to her, except it's crayons instead of lip balm.
quirty
I so wish people in this area would TAKE THEIR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS DOWN!!! Or at least NOT TURN ON THEIR OUTSIDE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS!! It is just so weird to me. And it's not just 1 or 2 houses, I see a couple of houses in every neighborhood! Lindabobhat - do you too??
I understand (sort of) that it's to friggin' cold to remove some of it but come on.
LOL - It took me awhile to get all the indoor decorations down, but I quit turning them on about a week after Xmas. One of my friends couldn't believe it took me til almost the end of January to ultimately get them put away (but then again, I have had a lot on my plate lately!)
We had enough nice weather in early January for the outdoor decorations to come down - but I agree - if you haven't taken them down, just quit turning them on. A lot of towns even have ordinances for this now!
FunnChef - AlisonCooks.com
oops!
Add some hearts to your tree!
back to the toilet paper issue - i know you won't believe this, but i sometimes take the paper off the roll and set it on the vanity just to irritate mr audie.you are so evil
I think every mother on earth has had that happen to her, except it's crayons instead of lip balm.for me it was chewing gum.....
beats on hood
I don't know about your neighbors, but my general rule of thumb is that Christmas absolutely must be dismantled before Good Friday. Think of it: it would be heartless to have items that celebrate Jesus' birth still hanging around on the day He is crucified. It makes sense to me and I bet it does to them.I agree.
SoWal Insider
Christmas decoration update -
I had to run a few errands tonight (before the big snow storm!) and I counted FOUR houses lit to the hilt with Christmas lights & major decorations. Outside, not inside. (I don't think anyone cares about inside someone's house anyway.) One house still has the manger, with a blue spot light shining down from the "star" from the peak of their roof!
I had to run a few errands tonight (before the big snow storm!) and I counted FOUR houses lit to the hilt with Christmas lights & major decorations. Outside, not inside. (I don't think anyone cares about inside someone's house anyway.) One house still has the manger, with a blue spot light shining down from the "star" from the peak of their roof!
SoWal Insider
*%$* i forgot the pics....
OMG Audie these are grayt! I really need the one on the left with the starfish!
Want to make another?!!! (say yes!) :clap_1: :clap_1:Edited
SoWal Insider
How could someone just quit a job without notice?!!! 
how do you live with yourself?! just call in with a migraine and never come back in! I have decided to just work all by myself! 
how do you live with yourself?! just call in with a migraine and never come back in! I have decided to just work all by myself! Edited
SoWal Expert
LOL - It took me awhile to get all the indoor decorations down, but I quit turning them on about a week after Xmas. One of my friends couldn't believe it took me til almost the end of January to ultimately get them put away (but then again, I have had a lot on my plate lately!)
We had enough nice weather in early January for the outdoor decorations to come down - but I agree - if you haven't taken them down, just quit turning them on. A lot of towns even have ordinances for this now
SoWal Insider
I've decided to be the poster child for holiday light excess. If it makes me happy, well then , the lights will stay on. I can lie in bed and look out the window at my multi-colored bulbs- it is reassuring.
You go gull.
quirty
I've decided to be the poster child for holiday light excess. If it makes me happy, well then , the lights will stay on. I can lie in bed and look out the window at my multi-colored bulbs- it is reassuring.
You go girl. If I could, I'd leave them up all year long. Hey wait a second. I can if I want to - there's no one in this house that can tell me what to do anymore. But I'm too tired to put them back up - maybe next year. In the meantime, there's still the neoneseque palm tree in the sunroom!
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