Meet me on Monday...

This week Java over at Never Growing Old is running an extended version of the Meet Me On Monday since there will be no posts on Christmas or New Years.  I wanted to that this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a safe and beautiful New Year!


1.Wrapping paper or gift bags?
2.Real or artificial tree?
3.When do you put your tree up?
4.When do you take your tree down?
5.Do you like eggnog?
6.Do you have a nativity scene?
7.Favorite Christmas Movie?
8.Favorite Christmas cookie?
9.Where will you eat Christmas dinner?
10.Angel, bow or star on top of your tree?
11.Most annoying thing about this time of the year?
12.Do you like Fruitcake?
13.What are you most excited about the holidays?
14.Do you open presents Christmas Eve or Christmas Morning?
15.Will you still be wrapping presents on Christmas Eve?
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1.Wrapping paper or gift bags?

This year it was all wrapping paper, which is odd since I love easy!!

2.Real or artificial tree?

We have an artificial, both a large and a small one. Only the small one is up this year since we will be out of town.

3.When do you put your tree up?

We put our little tree up a couple of days ago, if we were staying home I like to put it up the first weekend in December.

4.When do you take your tree down?

ALL decorations get taken down and put away on New Years Day.

5. Do you like eggnog?

I like the stuff from the store, I don't like it with Rum or Brandy in it.

6. Do you have a nativity scene?

I have a small Crèche from when I was little, we put it out most Christmas'

7. Favorite Christmas Movie?

That's an easy one, I just watched it today; Eloise at Christmastime

8. Favorite Christmas cookie?

Norwegian rosette cookies

9. Where will you eat Christmas dinner?

Josiah Chowning's Tavern in Colonial Williamsburg

10. Angel, bow or star on top of your tree?

When its up we have an Angel for the top

11. Most annoying thing about this time of the year?

Rude people

12. Do you like Fruitcake?

I adore a good Fruitcake!!  (I know I am in the minority on this one)

13. What are you most excited about the holidays?

Going on vacation with my hubby to someplace we have never been

14. Do you open presents Christmas Eve or Christmas Morning?

Our gift is our vacation but most years its Christmas eve. (Ya, that's me in like 7th grade with braces and a fire hazard flocked tree from the 70s.)

15. Will you still be wrapping presents on Christmas Eve?

Nope, I got all my shopping done a while ago and my wrapping was all done as of today.

Have a great Christmas everyone!

C.Q.

Meet me on Monday...

Well its Monday again and that can only mean its time to get to know your blogger neighbors with the Meet Me On Monday hop hosted by Java over at Never Growing Old. It is a lot of fun so be sure to hop over and follow along.


Here are today's questions:

1. Tomorrow I'm going to _________?
2. Pudding or Jello?
3. What book are you currently reading?
4. What is the first concert you went to see?
5. What is your current weather?
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1. Tomorrow I'm going to _________?

Run to town to pick up our prescriptions, get a gift card for my Sister-in-law and mail my last Christmas package.

2. Pudding or Jello?

That's tough but I have a real soft spot for lime Jello, it was a comfort food growing up and so I still love it today. (The picture is from The Jello Mold Mistress of Brooklyn, there is a TON of cool stuff there to check out!)

3. What book are you currently reading?

I am reading Murder by Mocha, its the latest in the Coffee House Mystery series by Cleo Coyle.  I love a good mystery.

4. What is the first concert you went to see?

Wow, that's a long time ago, I think it was Head East & John Cougar concert together back in the late 70s; before he changed his name.

5. What is your current weather?

36* with freezing rain, ish!

Hope everyone is having a great start to their week!

C.Q.

Meet me on Monday...

Well its Monday again and that can only mean its time to get to know your blogger neighbors with the Meet Me On Monday hop hosted by Java over at Never Growing Old. It is a lot of fun so be sure to hop over and follow along.


1. Monday's are _________?
2. What is your favorite kind of milkshake?
3. What monthly bill do you most dislike paying?
4. How many email addresses do you use on a regular basis?
5. What color lights are on your Christmas Tree?
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1. Monday's are _________?

A great day to do any shopping I need to do, a lot of folks are at work or school and busy so they tend to not take time off until later in the week.

2. What is your favorite kind of milkshake?

It is actually a malt and I haven't had it in years but when I had a friend who worked at a malt shop we experimented with different mixtures and came up with a peanut butter and licorice malt that was wonderful.  I know it sounds like a weird mix but with ice cream it works perfectly.  Its now the Tonka Grill and Bar-be-que.

3. What monthly bill do you most dislike paying?

Target because they have changed their reward program and when I called to ask why I couldn't get a discount certificate I earned to work on line I was connected to "Peggy", this month is my last payment to them, I cut up the card since the program is worthless to me.

4. How many email addresses do you use on a regular basis?

I use just one regularly, I have others that I check occasionally.

5. What color lights are on your Christmas Tree?

Since we won't be here for Christmas we did not put up the big tree, but I have a small one I am putting up for my Sister-in-law and her family that has white lights.

Hope you are all having a great start to the new week!

C.Q.

Meet me on Monday...

Well its Monday again and that can only mean its time to get to know your blogger neighbors with the Meet Me On Monday hop hosted by Java over at Never Growing Old. It is a lot of fun so be sure to hop over and follow along.


Here are today's questions:

1. I really need to clean my _________?
2. What food makes you think of Christmas?
3. If you could choose to stay a certain age forever, what age would it be?
4. What was your first paying job?
5. Have you read the Twilight series?
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1. I really need to clean my _________?

Refrigerator, it needs a good going through and a good wash before all the Christmas cooking starts.

2. What food makes you think of Christmas?

Norwegian rosette cookies, we never made them but mom always bought them from a local baker, I can't resist one when I walk by it during the holidays.

3. If you could choose to stay a certain age forever, what age would it be?

Funny, I was actually just thinking about this this morning when my back hurt (it never used to do that)  I would have to say 32, its old enough to be taken seriously, but young enough to be free of most aches and pains and still have a lot of fun when you want.
 
4. What was your first paying job?

I started out by working for my dad, he was the Midwest general manager for Provident Mutual Life Insurance and I started out filing, a job no one wanted to do so I had more than enough to work on over summer break.

5. Have you read the Twilight series?

I read the first book, I love to read but couldn't get into the series for some reason.  I do really like the movies though.

I hope everyone is having a great start to their week, if you are looking for a great cyber Monday deal check out Bernie's sale on cards over at Budugelee!

C.Q.

Meet me on Monday...

Well its Monday again and that can only mean its time to get to know your blogger neighbors with the Meet Me On Monday hop hosted by Java over at Never Growing Old. It is a lot of fun so be sure to hop over and follow along.




Here are today's questions:

1. I wish I had more time to _________?
2. What is your favorite kind of soup?
3. Where will you eat Thanksgiving dinner?
4. What is your favorite time of day?
5. Did you start Christmas shopping yet?
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1. I wish I had more time to _________?

Scrapbook, even though I have all day to get things done it seems like I only get to scrapbook about once a month.  I have no idea where the time goes!

2. What is your favorite kind of soup?

Vichyssoise is my all time favorite, I tried it when I was really young, out to dinner with my folks and grandmother and it was a fun night so I associate it with a great memory as well as just being yummy!

3. Where will you eat Thanksgiving dinner?

We are having it here at our house with my Niece and her boyfriend.   I am looking forward to having them here for dinner.

4. What is your favorite time of day?

I like the night time, when I snuggle into bed with my iPad and check my FlipBoard app for all the stuff I missed and either read a little or play a game of Bejeweled or Chuzzle.

5. Did you start Christmas shopping yet?

I am almost done shopping and will finish up online.  I am going to have to go to Target at some point for our prescriptions in December and am dreading it, I think  I will have hubby take me so he can park at the curb and I can do a dash and grab.  I can't stand shopping this time of year!!!  Baaa, humbug.  I love Christmas, just not the trappings.

Have a great week everyone!

C.Q.

Meet me on Monday...

Well its Monday again and that can only mean its time to get to know your blogger neighbors with the Meet Me On Monday hop hosted by Java over at Never Growing Old. It is a lot of fun so be sure to hop over and follow along.

 

Here are today's questions:

 

1. Does your family/friends know about your blog?
2. What is your favorite card game?
3. What do you wear to bed?
4. What is your favorite kind of French Fry?
5. What is your usual bed time?

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1. Does your family/friends know about your blog?

 

Yup, they know about it and I like to think they read it on occasion. :)

2. What is your favorite card game?

 

I love Canasta and can play it for hours.  I play it on Pogo and my friends Jen and Bernie like it too but we haven't played in a long time.

 

3. What do you wear to bed?

 

Usually a night shirt.

 

4. What is your favorite kind of French Fry?

 

I really like Sweet Potato fries with maple dipping sauce.

 

5. What is your usual bed time?

 

I tend to go to bed around midnight.

I hope you are all having a great start to your week!

C.Q.

Meet me on Monday...

Well its Monday again and that can only mean its time to get to know your blogger neighbors with the Meet Me On Monday hop hosted by Java over at Never Growing Old. It is a lot of fun so be sure to hop over and follow along.


 

Here are today's questions:

1.  Are you excited for the holidays or are you dreading them?
2. Do you hit the snooze button or get right up?
3. Do you still have your tonsils?
4. What was the last piece of candy that you ate?
5. Do you shop at thrift stores?

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1. Are you excited for the holidays or are you dreading them?

I am excited to have my Neice over for Thanksgiving with us and we are going on vacation for Christmas so I have no work to do for that, yup, I am a happy camper!

2. Do you hit the snooze button or get right up?

I don't use an alarm clock so when I HAVE to get up I use one and I get up before it goes off most of the time.  I don't think I have heard an alarm in over 15 years.

3. Do you still have your tonsils?

Nope, had them removed when I was young.

4. What was the last piece of candy that you ate?

A Kasugai Japanese hard candy that I bought in Chinatown in Chicago, I love the stuff!

5. Do you shop at thrift stores?

 

Yes, I love to find a great deal!

Hope you are all having a great start to your week!

C.Q.