Thursday 240! Jack Frost is in the house!

[RICHARD]

Dang, wasn't it about 300 degrees about ten minutes ago? :D


I have a huge fire in the hearth, some nog that needs some Good Eggs to try and some ginger bread cookies....


Come on in and toast your tootsies.... :D


DONE!

[Cinder & Smoke]

Dang, wasn't it about 300 degrees about ten minutes ago? :D

Uhhhhh ... The "Lost & Found" isn't ON FIUR, is it?

:confused:

[Laura's Babies]

I want some egg nog and gingerbread cookies!!! mmmmmmm! Not on my diet but that fire is cozy and makes you HUNGRY! More cookies please! (refill too, while you are here)

[Karen]

I'll go make a very large pot of hot chocolate - very chocolatey hot chocolate, and if anyone can get the bag of marshmallows away from Mario, you can add your own marshmallows as desired.

[gini]

Hot chocolate - marshmallows - gingerbread cookies - now I call that living!!

Jack Frost - nip at someone elses door!!

[RICHARD]

Uhhhhh ... The "Lost & Found" isn't ON FIUR, is it?

:confused:


LOL, I meant the weather!

We have cooler weather here on the left coast...so far so good!

A nog for you?

DONE!

LB, Yes, Ma'am!

A refill on both !

DONE!

Karen.

Some chocolatey HC would be great!

Thanks!

Hey, Ms. G....

I didn't have the heart to tell old Jack to get outta here!

A drink and a cookie for you!

DONE!

[dukedogsmom]

I'd sure like to find out where he's hiding here in Florida because the weather here is still way too hot. 80's don't qualify as holiday weather and it's so depressing :( I want cold weather!

[cmayer31]

I agree Richard, we finally have some cooler weather here and I'm loving it! Can almost wear sweaters to work and finally get a break from collars! ;)

Some rum, eggnog, and gingerbread cookies...it's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas!

[RICHARD]

80's don't qualify as holiday weather and it's so depressing :( I want cold weather!


Uhhhh, I can give you a cold drink....the weather is gonna be a little tougher....

DONE? :confused: :D

[dukedogsmom]

Thanks Richard. Too bad you can't control the weather because it would be snowing in Florida right now.

[Pawsitive Thinking]

Its raining here but I don't care - my daughter passed her driving test this morning and we are going to see Take That tomorrow!!!! Yippee!!

I'll take some of the egg nog and a couple of cookies please

[davidpizzica]

RICHARD, it's 49 degrees in Pttsburgh and the temps will be dropping towards the 20s during the day today with some rain. Could I have a big mug of that hot chocolate with marshmallows before I go outside in this stuff and clean leaves on the old golf course??

[jackie]

Still hot and sunny here, but I never say no to eggnog and cookies!

[sweetpatata6]

I would like... MARSHMELLOWS N HOTCHOCOLATE please.

When are we gonna get a christmas tree up in this joint?

[Laura's Babies]

*BURPS*... Hay, I would love some hot chocolate now. Hummmmmm.... *sips* YUMMY! No more cookies tho, leave some for the next person.

[KYS]

OHHH! I have my heater on!
Hot Chocolate, Egg nog with cookies sounds GREAT!

[lbaker]

It MIGHT get up to the lower 50's today, low in the low 30's. Next week will be really cold though. Hot choc, egg nog, hot apple cider... all good but I need to find Slicks recipe for her very special chili!!! Man oh man is that stuff GUD!!! Let me putter around in the kitchen for the necessary spices and get going. *oh boy oh boy oh boy*

[VTJess03]

Just finished up a batch of Christmas cookies and some homemade fudge - enough for everybody; help yourselves.

How about some hot vanilla for me (my own recipe...when cocoa just won't do: Warm milk with vanilla, cinnamon sugar, and a sprinkle of nutmeg). I'll share if anyone is brave enough to join me.

Missed you guys!

[cassiesmom]

I'm brewing decaf coffee. It's Swedish coffee from IKEA and it has a good flavor. I'll lighten it with real milk today instead of the powdered stuff. I went there to look at TV stands, got a coffee to drink on the way home, and it was yummy, so I bought a package of the grounds. Mario, please hand me that green box of ginger cookies. They're good for dunking. IKEA has a neat food section! I could get gifts there.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Hot chocolate and cookies sounds great to me.

Ok, who is brave enough to venture in the L&F to look for the Christmas Decorations? :eek:

(no mario, not you! Last time you were in there it took us 2 weeks and 18 hasmet men to get it cleaned up!) :D

[Fuzzie77]

Hey yall its Ace. I wants some of dat hot brown stuff- oh yeah! hot chocolates. my moma says no to shoogar but i likes it. me wants some cookies too. I never heard of dis egg nog or whatever it is. hmm... sounds goods!

[davidpizzica]

Hot chocolate and cookies sounds great to me.

Ok, who is brave enough to venture in the L&F to look for the Christmas Decorations? :eek:

(no mario, not you! Last time you were in there it took us 2 weeks and 18 hasmet men to get it cleaned up!) :D
Connie, I'll make the surpreme sacrifice and hunt for the decorations. I HOPE the decorations aren't hunting ME!!

[VTJess03]

cough! cough! hack! hack!

Where'd that cloud of dust come from? Better send someone in after david and see if he's under that pile of boxes!

[davidpizzica]

(comes up covered with tinsel with an ornament hanging from his ear) That was me. The ornament boxes made a surprise attack! I don't know where the smoke came from, but it smells like fireplace soot.

[VTJess03]

Whew! Glad you're ok. You need help carrying stuff out of here?
~steps over ornaments~

[davidpizzica]

(knocks most of the tinsel off) I sure can use the help! Is it me or do we have MORE ornaments down there this year than last year? I think they're multiplying!

[VTJess03]

They breed like dust bunnies!

:D

Where do you want me to put this box?

[davidpizzica]

Oh, set it over in the corner near Mario. No, Mario. Please hand me the saw, we're not looking for a tree just yet!

[RedHedd]

RICHARD, better a fire in the hearth than in the hills! It's about time it got a bit more Xmas-like. It's been sunny and 70's here in the San Francisco Bay Area. I haven't been around because eyes are watching at work - I've been warned so I'm *trying* to behave!

One nog of egg to go, please - I'm headin' home to try and become one with the flow of traffic - transcendentally yours - the little redhead ;)

[gini]

eyes are watching at work - I've been warned so I'm *trying* to behave! ;)

Yeah, well I am self-employed and I got WARNED - now figure that one out!:D

[slick]

Hey Redd, I can relate. **trying to type as fast as I can**

Richard, are you going to put on the Santa suit again??? Can I sit on your knee and talk about the first thing that....**slaps hand over mouth** Oops, this is a family restaurant. Sorry. Mario, come here. Let me take that garland off your head and get that tinsel off your butt....silly boy!

Weather here?? Today sunny and nippy. When I was driving in to work this morning the view of the mountains was spectactular....all snowy with the sun shining on them. We are supposed to get some light snow on the weekend.

One hot toddy to go please and make him dark. ;)

[joycenalex]

cold, dry and windy right now for us. may i have a last rum and coke, hey make it a cyber double, i'd like to savor it by the fire

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Keep the hot chocolate flowing!!! I may need a transfusion of it before the weekend is over. We are to have lots and lots of rain and high winds tomorrow and Sunday. The upper part of the state is to have freezing rain and an ice storm. YIKES!!! :eek: Few things I hate more than an ice storm. Very very dangerous. :(

We are supposed to just get rain here but, in Kansas, the weather changes minute by minute.

Anyway, hot chocolate and cookies please. Oh, and I made some homemade potato soup today. I'll share. :D
(yes, Mario, it's supposed to be lumpy. Those are potato pieces in there! :rolleyes: )

[RedHedd]

One hot toddy to go please and make him dark. ;)

I'll have what she's having! :cool:

[slick]

Guess what??? I woke up to snow this morning...how fitting since it's December 1st. We are supposed to get quite a bit more snow today and into tomorrow morning then later on Sunday it turns to rain. Looks like I'm staying home all weekend.

MOMO, that potato soup smells heavenly. Let me go get my bowl spoon. I think I'll sprinkle mine with some chopped green onion and cheddar cheese. MMMM!

Oh Hot Toddy, could please help me erect this gigantic tree? OK everyone, let's sort out these boxes of decorations. Mario, could you help me over here with the lights?? We need to plug in each string and make sure they work. I'll just have to dig around and find the replacement bulbs if we need them.

:D Just look at little orange kitten....he's running around draped in tinsel.

Hot chocolate (spiked with Baileys) and marshmallows for everyone. It's a tree decorating parteeee! :D :cool:

[Karen]

Whee! I brought more marshmallows in case we ran out for the hot chocolate. Oooh, decorations, let me help!

This Sunday after church we're having the tree decorating party - and it's always fun, as we cannot fit a 15-foot high tree in the house, but in the church, it's just perfect!

[davidpizzica]

Guess what??? I woke up to snow this morning...how fitting since it's December 1st. We are supposed to get quite a bit more snow today and into tomorrow morning then later on Sunday it turns to rain. Looks like I'm staying home all weekend.

MOMO, that potato soup smells heavenly. Let me go get my bowl spoon. I think I'll sprinkle mine with some chopped green onion and cheddar cheese. MMMM!

Oh Hot Toddy, could please help me erect this gigantic tree? OK everyone, let's sort out these boxes of decorations. Mario, could you help me over here with the lights?? We need to plug in each string and make sure they work. I'll just have to dig around and find the replacement bulbs if we need them.

:D Just look at little orange kitten....he's running around draped in tinsel.

Hot chocolate (spiked with Baileys) and marshmallows for everyone. It's a tree decorating parteeee! :D :cool:
Slick, my toddy may not be so hot, but I can help set up the tree. Mario can tell me if it's straight enough. I'll have a hot chocolate with Bailey's.

[RICHARD]

Slick,

I was born to wear a Santa suit..... :D

Let's start to decorate the bar? :D

Done!

Hot choco, cookies and nog for everyone!

Done!

[Killearn Kitties]

Well obviously we need to hire Max to help decorate the bar after his great work on Slick's tree - very professional job! We want to have all the decorations up before the bar opens this Thursday.

Great breakfast Richard - hot choco, cookies and nog - yum.

What happened with your weather MOFF? Will you get to the bar this week?

[momoffuzzyfaces]

What happened with your weather MOFF? Will you get to the bar this week?
Here I am. Our weather has been so weird. Cold and rainy all weekend. Today sunny and almost 60. Tomorrow back in the 40s. At least all we got from that winter storm was rain and more rain. Sure has my arthritis going nuts though.

Yes, Mario, you can put the angel on the top of the tree but let a tall person lift you up this time. No, climbing up the middle of the tree to the top. We don't want to redecorate it again!!! ;) :D

[lbaker]

Beautiful decorations everyone! Slick, love your tree ~ I'll bring some leftovers later this afternoon if you want. EmilyTheSpoiled and I are going to get "Legal" at lunch today :p It's snowing outside (has it ever snowed inside :confused: but it's just a lovely trace so far and it's an easy walk to the restaurant. mmmmm, garlic shrimp!!!

[davidpizzica]

Beautiful decorations everyone! Slick, love your tree ~ I'll bring some leftovers later this afternoon if you want. EmilyTheSpoiled and I are going to get "Legal" at lunch today :p It's snowing outside (has it ever snowed inside :confused: but it's just a lovely trace so far and it's an easy walk to the restaurant. mmmmm, garlic shrimp!!!
lBaker, Pittsburgh had a little more than a trace. It's still snowing with 3" on the ground! Here's what my dad used to say when I would say"look at the snow come down!" He'd say "Did you ever see it go up?!"

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Uh, Oh!!! Mario has a sprig of mistletoe!!!
Run!!! He is an equal opportunity smoocher!!!! :eek: :D

(moff grabs a cherry vanilla coke as she runs out the door)

[Karen]

lBaker, Pittsburgh had a little more than a trace. It's still snowing with 3" on the ground! Here's what my dad used to say when I would say"look at the snow come down!" He'd say "Did you ever see it go up?!"

Your Dad must have known you'd never been to Boston.

Yes, here I have seen snow go up, diagonally and sideways! Gotta love those tricky wind currents in a real N'oreaster!

[davidpizzica]

Your Dad must have known you'd never been to Boston.

Yes, here I have seen snow go up, diagonally and sideways! Gotta love those tricky wind currents in a real N'oreaster!
Karen, it must be interesting trying to walk down the street in a N'oreaster!!