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Hey Shamrock, was your pleading, begging and general wheedling effective with Cindy? Is she dashing right over to lend a hand? Or did she and Lola turn an impervious ear?

If she still needs nudging, we could start a rallying cry if ya wanna, doing one of those "Cin-dy! Cin-dy! Cind-dy! choruses for her?

Me, I'm all set! Melcon6 is coming down to my town to put our tree up on Thursday. Now am I not the lucky one or what?!

Merme

Do any of you have competing neighbors??? I swear every year my 2 female neighbors across the street try to outdo each other in a "who can put up the most xmas decorations competition" .....It's kind of amusing to watch.....there's a lot of new stuff that they didn't have last year, and they typically keep putting more and more stuff up until the big day......I wouldn't mind so much but one of them had musical lights that plays about 10 different songs......I asked her son if she could turn it off at night because it's hard to fall asleep when you have We 3 Kings, or We Wish You a Merry Christmas going through your head.....over, and over, and over again..... :rolleyes: :p

Boy! I can only imagine the crazy dreams that those songs could produce!!

LOL--I tell you I have weird dreams anyway.....I had the weirdest one yet just the other day but I can't share it on here....freaky stuff!!!!

To keep up a little bit I added a strand of lights across the length of my porch..... I just don't have the energy for all that they do..... :p

Hi Loz ~

Here's what you do...you would like to have your outside decorated with more lights than you have the energy to put up, so....

Tell your competing neighbors across the way that when they run out of room decorating their houses and yards, they can extend their efforts to your place and vie with one another all around your mulberry bush!

Now, howz THAT for a plan?!

Merme

Merme, can you start the chant?

No, she has not helped me -- and no again, I have not even started on the lights yet. My husband and I cannot do a thing together without killing each other. I'm supposed to read his mind or something. So, I'm not even going to attempt doing anything with him, or ask him to. And now it's dark... hard to do in my living room (you can't hardly see)

I think I WILL take off early tomorrow though, so that if Cindy can, maybe she will help me then!

Help me out ya'll. Cin-dy! Cin-dy! Cin-dy!

Leslie

17 days... i just about freaked when I saw that.

And, I haven't bought ONE Christmas present yet!

Cindy

Hey!!! Were your ears burning?

What are you doing tomorrow?

Yeah!

I haven't hardly been on the forum today.
It has about killed me!
(That, along with a few other things!)

I have no Christmas feeling at all...

Tomorrow...nothing!
Might have to go to Richmond for some bourbon ball ingredients!

Cin

Cin-dy! Cin-dy! Cin-dy!

Gosh, kid, I hate to nag you at the end of a difficult day, but I gotta know if you've volunteered to help Little Shamrock out?

I was thinking...if you help her, she could help you, and then you'd both be better off!

It might just get you both in a better holiday mood...

Nagging or not, you know I love ya, kid.



Merme

16 days!!!

Maybe I shouldn't have got on here before work.

Yes, maybe we can help each other out. We DO need bourbon ball ingredients! I'll ride up with you, if you'll help me!!!!!

Everybody have a good day!

Leslie

Mel took a photo of the Christmas tree and also of the hat, mitten and scarf set I made Maxi, as she said she would do. She will post it at some point for all of you to see.

Oh, and Cindy, just for you, she aimed the camera so as NOT to include a very messy telephone stand that is still near the tree. She told me you have "Eagle Eyes" for detecting small details in pictures. That has to be because you are such an artist, but even so, I didn't want an easily discernable mess put on-line for your perusal!

Merme

Oh, come on, Merme! You should have included it!
I need all the entertainment I can get!

Did you ever see the pictures of all our computer desks we put on here one day?



Cindy

OMG, I asked her the same thing after I took the picture of her tree!! Here you go Merme, here's everybody's computer desk and keyboard stories

and here's Merme's angel



and the tree, sorry Merme the pic didn't come out very well but the good news is I don't think Cindy will be able to detect anything


and the absolutely adorable scarf/hat/mittens



and there'll be more about our visit later cuz I'm up to my eyeballs in this tonight with the kids and the sanddollars keep breaking and we had to stop for dinner and I was getting frustrated!

Bill "Houston....we've got a problem!"

Why can't I see the photos Mel posted? I see only small boxes with little red X's in the center.

I know my tree, my angel, and the mitten set don't look like that!

Orbiting in cyber space, seemingly losing touch with Ground Control, I remain faithfully yours,
Merme

Merme , I was gonna say that it must be a problem with your computer but now I can't see them either!?? I could before when I posted them, and I saw them again a little bit ago but now they are gone??

Help!!!!

You could try going to my photo site http://community.webshots.com/user/melcon5

I copy/pasted the url and saw them.
Nice tree!
I copied the photo so I could digitally enhance it and find SOMETHING!

The hat, scarf and gloves are neat! Is that what you're gonna teach me to do via the internet?

I'm not blonde, but I missed a heck of a good chance! I can really see me learning to crochet over the internet! Well, it will be good for a few good posts/laughs here! You all can feel free to make fun of me (like I had to give you my permission!).

Cindy

I can see them all here now.

Well, I don't see them now but I know I did before, Did I mess things up here or what???

Yes, Cindy, Cindy, that's what I'm going to teach you how to do. I'm accumulating the COOLEST stuff for your lessons and am excited about it!

I just know you'll be able to do this easily and will enjoy it -- as long as Lola leaves you in peace for a few minutes while you are working and doesn't decide to nest in the yarn or steal your hooks. (I've collected you almost a whole set). The hooks are made in handsome colors of stainless steel, so they might be appealing to her.

The reason for the assortment of hooks is because with the proper hooks and textiles, you can make anything from lace to a living room rug....it's all the same technique and stitches, just in various sequences.

And oh THANKS for giving us permission to pick on you....you make yourself so accessible for that!



Merme

Maybe it's something wrong in Webshots right now.
I can't see 'em anymore, either.

or...maybe you broke something!
(You're in BIG trouble if you did! Mr. Bill will give you that look!)

cindy

I know!
It's my pleasure!

I could give you a real good one to make fun of me for right now, and it has a lot to do with crocheting...

I'll be back in a minute with a picture and you will ROFL!

Cindy

O.K.
See this "table cloth"?

Looks like it shrunk just a tad!

BTW - I blurred my messes beside the table so YOU couldn't make fun of ME!

Cindy

Oh Cindy, I feel bad that you shrunk your table cloth.....I've done stuff like that before.....I shrunk one of my fav. sweatshirts the other day, and now it won't even fit my niece..... :rolleyes:

But......it's so funny seeing that tiny thing laying across your table knowing that it used to fit it!!!!!!!!!