Topic: CHRISTMAS DAY IS HERE AND SO ARE WE (Read 19299 times)

bk · « **Reply #180 on:** December 25, 2010, 05:05:16 PM »

I don't know why, but I've been doing this "Mummy" Brit thing for the last two weeks - and it always makes everyone laugh - I do my faux Brit accent and begin every sentence with "Mummy".

bk · « **Reply #181 on:** December 25, 2010, 05:05:40 PM »

Thanks for the good advice and I've just done myself up and will go to the partay.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #182 on:** December 25, 2010, 05:07:52 PM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on December 25, 2010, 04:38:22 PM

DR elmore - Gordon Ostrowski?

At the Raines' party? Maybe.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #183 on:** December 25, 2010, 05:09:45 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on December 25, 2010, 05:07:52 PM

Quote from: JoseSPiano on December 25, 2010, 04:38:22 PM
DR elmore - Gordon Ostrowski?

At the Raines' party? Maybe.

Or William Tracy? -Who is the head coach there.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #184 on:** December 25, 2010, 05:13:09 PM »

bk - Have a great time at the partay!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #185 on:** December 25, 2010, 05:18:59 PM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on December 25, 2010, 05:09:45 PM

Quote from: elmore3003 on December 25, 2010, 05:07:52 PM
Quote from: JoseSPiano on December 25, 2010, 04:38:22 PM
DR elmore - Gordon Ostrowski?

At the Raines' party? Maybe.

Or William Tracy? -Who is the head coach there.

I never got his last name. Gordon sounds right.

vixmom · « **Reply #186 on:** December 25, 2010, 05:22:15 PM »

Elmore, thank you for the loverly gift!

vixmom · « **Reply #187 on:** December 25, 2010, 05:24:52 PM »

the Vixter has been (I assume) enjoying her Choirstmas visit with her friends while Vixdad and I sapent the afternon snoozing in our recliners occassionally waking to watch the Peroit marthon on PBS as we keep dozing off and waking up - often in different episodes, it makes for a rather bizarre viewing experience

vixmom · « **Reply #188 on:** December 25, 2010, 05:25:41 PM »

BK I am glad you are going tot he Partay - I am sure your hostess would be very sad if you did not attend

td · « **Reply #189 on:** December 25, 2010, 05:35:10 PM »

Things have finally quieted down for the night here.
We've had company coming and going here since noon.
I baked a ham.
Made my special honey-maple baked beans.
Mum chopped up a fresh fruit salad.
Molly wandered around the house enjoying all the aromas.
Now, it's time to relax on the couch and channel surf - OR watch the blu-rays in my personal Christmas present to myself, Bruce Springsteen's DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (remastered), which has the most amazing packaging I've ever seen.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #190 on:** December 25, 2010, 05:55:40 PM »

Today we cooked and cooked, we ate and ate, we talked and talked and cleaned up and cleaned up. I'm done now.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #191 on:** December 25, 2010, 06:00:55 PM »

Quote from: vixmom on December 25, 2010, 05:22:15 PM

Elmore, thank you for the loverly gift!

I'm sorry I missed your phone call!

JMK · « **Reply #192 on:** December 25, 2010, 06:05:31 PM »

OK, as promised, here is the extravagantly lit house. Unfortunately

, they have company with several cars in the driveway and around the house, and you can't see everything. Unbelievably, they did not take kindly to us asking them to have their company move their cars so that we could take better pictures. Really, some people just don't have the Christmas Spirit!

JMK · « **Reply #193 on:** December 25, 2010, 06:05:51 PM »

JMK · « **Reply #194 on:** December 25, 2010, 06:06:15 PM »

JMK · « **Reply #195 on:** December 25, 2010, 06:07:37 PM »

It's hard to tell in these small pics, but what's so amazing is the color palette. Gorgeous deep cobalt blues and fiery oranges. It's really spectacular.

JMK · « **Reply #196 on:** December 25, 2010, 06:09:03 PM »

Quote from: td on December 25, 2010, 05:35:10 PM

Things have finally quieted down for the night here.
We've had company coming and going here since noon.
I baked a ham.
Made my special honey-maple baked beans.
Mum chopped up a fresh fruit salad.
Molly wandered around the house enjoying all the aromas.
Now, it's time to relax on the couch and channel surf - OR watch the blu-rays in my personal Christmas present to myself, Bruce Springsteen's DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (remastered), which has the most amazing packaging I've ever seen.

I reviewed that great Springsteen set here:

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Promise-The-Darkness-on-the-Edge-of-Town-Story-Blu-ray/15436/#Review

Get the London Concert Blu-ray, too, TD, you'll love it.

vixmom · « **Reply #197 on:** December 25, 2010, 06:13:53 PM »

http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/NaKY6VskYv2UxXvxl23g

Merry Christmas from the Vixfamily

vixmom · « **Reply #198 on:** December 25, 2010, 06:14:52 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on December 25, 2010, 06:00:55 PM

Quote from: vixmom on December 25, 2010, 05:22:15 PM
Elmore, thank you for the loverly gift!

I'm sorry I missed your phone call!

I am glad you were recovered and able to go celrbrate!!

FJL · « **Reply #199 on:** December 25, 2010, 06:19:43 PM »

So showing up in top music moments of the year is Cee-Lo Green substituting FOX NEWS for his title (F*** YOU) . Have we posted this clip already?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJlOVNPikKA

BEWARE! SOME EXPLICIT LANGUAGE AT THE LINK, BUT NO MORE EXPLICIT THAN "SPRING AWAKENING"

The New York Times discusses the "F**K YOU / FORGET YOU" issue in their list of 2010's ten best singles:

"if you’re talking about the best singles of 2010, you’re inevitably going to talk about a retro-soul ditty by Cee Lo Green known to “Glee” fans and Grammy voters as “Forget You,” but whose uncensored title is a tried-and-true profanity. “That’s its shock value, its amusement value, but also its syllabic-percussive value,” Jon Pareles, the chief pop critic, says of the unbowdlerized title.

Nate Chinen has no time at all for the cleaned-up version. “The sentiment is as plain as can be, and ‘Forget You’ is just not the same sentiment,” he says. “‘Forget You’ doesn’t work at all — not when Gwyneth Paltrow sings it, not when Cee Lo sings it. It’s fundamentally a different song.” "

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/1....d-jazz-part-ii/

vixmom · « **Reply #200 on:** December 25, 2010, 06:20:00 PM »

thank you for posting those pictures Jeff

td · « **Reply #201 on:** December 25, 2010, 06:25:17 PM »

Quote

Get the London Concert Blu-ray, too, TD, you'll love it.

I do love it! I've had it since the day it was released. Incredible concert and setting!

Off to read your review now, JMK!

DakotaCelt · « **Reply #202 on:** December 25, 2010, 06:42:32 PM »

Quote from: Laura on December 25, 2010, 06:59:04 AM

You know, DR Elmore, being visited on Christmas Eve by ghosts would make a great novel.

It would indeed!!

DakotaCelt · « **Reply #203 on:** December 25, 2010, 06:43:07 PM »

I hope everyone had a wonderful christmas...

vixmom · « **Reply #204 on:** December 25, 2010, 06:43:34 PM »

I was at this concert

Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA Tour
16 August, 1984, Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ

Born In The U.S.A.
Prove It All Night
Out in the Street
Atlantic City
Open All Night
Nebraska
Cover Me
Darlington County
Glory Days
The Promised Land
Johnny Bye Bye
The River
Badlands
Thunder Road
Hungry Heart
Dancing in the Dark
Cadillac Ranch
Sherry Darling
No Surrender
My Hometown
Pink Cadillac
Fire
Bobby Jean
Backstreets
Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
Jungleland
I'm a Rocker
Born to Run
Detroit Medley
Twist and Shout
Do You Love Me

I still have my T shirt

DakotaCelt · « **Reply #205 on:** December 25, 2010, 06:43:45 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on December 25, 2010, 06:43:21 AM

Good morning, all! Oy! Did I have weird dreams last night! I now remember little about them except one had to do with Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day, which we had talked about at last night's Christmas Eve dinner, and the other dream involved Tom Jones, his wife Janet Watson, and their sons Sam and Michael. I see the Joneses rarely these days and I do miss them all very much. Then, around 2:30 this morning I believe I was visited by ghosts. This was the second night this week that I've heard footsteps moving around the empty apartment above me, not the heavy tread of the Oaf but quiet steps after the sound of a light switch being turned on, like a circuit breaker.

Several days ago, this was rather unnerving, but last night I was more curious about the whole megillah, sort of like those nights every other month or so for the past 30 years where a spirit clearly moves through the apartment on its way to where and I'm suddenly aware there is more than one presence in the room. I wondered at first if my dad perhaps was checking in, since in the past spirits on Christmas Eve have visited my family. I remember a Christmas Eve around 35 years ago where my mother saw the ghost of her mother and freaked out over it. She wasn't so much frightened as surprised, and then she spent the rest of the evening weeping over it.

So, enough of the nocturnal ambulations at 202 West 82! Today I plan to open all the cards I've received, looking at photos, waxing nostalgic over distant friends, and checking every envelope thoroughly for any potential checks. My gifts are wrapped for my visit to the home of Ron, Dona and Charlotte Raines around 11:30; all I have to do is tag them. After the do, I may see a movie, although I have plenty to watch here.

Who knows?

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Merry Christmas, Everyone !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Larry, the ghosts are always around us...

I am happy to hear that you had a lovely visit with the Raines'

Cillaliz · « **Reply #206 on:** December 25, 2010, 06:44:28 PM »

I am sitting with mom watching the British shows on tv and searching the internet for clove gum. Best deal, 7.00 for a 20 pack and 11.00 shipping

TCB · « **Reply #207 on:** December 25, 2010, 06:45:16 PM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on December 25, 2010, 04:38:22 PM

DR elmore - Gordon Ostrowski?

Good Lord, Jose, do you know everyone?

TCB · « **Reply #208 on:** December 25, 2010, 06:47:03 PM »

Quote from: Laura on December 25, 2010, 04:55:07 PM

I used to enjoy Christmas afternoon -- looking out the window and seeing the neighborhood children riding their new bikes or trying out their new skates. I guess children don't play outside any more. We didn't see even one child playing. I suppose they all get video games these days.

If they played outside in Phoenis, they would get sun stroke.

DakotaCelt · « **Reply #209 on:** December 25, 2010, 06:47:15 PM »

Happy Birthday to JRand's Mum!

Vibes to Vixdad's mum and a speedy recovery!

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