December 2008 Monthly Thread - Merry Christmas! replied by LdsGal202 @ Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:23:36 -0000

LdsGal202 — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:23:36 -0000

Koo: no sign of life from Admin yet?

December 2008 Monthly Thread - Merry Christmas! replied by LdsGal202 @ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:22:46 -0000

LdsGal202 — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:22:46 -0000

Merry christmas & Happy 2009 to everyone as well! :)))

December 2008 Monthly Thread - Merry Christmas! replied by Arandur @ Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:29:30 -0000

Arandur — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:29:30 -0000

Welcome back!

And a belated Merry Christmas to everyone, and Happy New Year! I haven’t been on the computer for over a week (while visiting family), but it looks like I haven’t missed much—aside from tons of junk mail.

I'm really worried about koo.... replied by LdsGal202 @ Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:09:43 -0000

LdsGal202 — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:09:43 -0000

slushy would be right, lol. I’m so lucky, I’m living in Beach weather right now xD

I'm really worried about koo.... replied by Arandur @ Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:24:26 -0000

Arandur — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:24:26 -0000

Welcome back, Koo! You had us worried!

Sounds like you’ll be having a white (or at least slushy) Christmas.

I'm really worried about koo.... replied by kookookachoo @ Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:01:15 -0000

kookookachoo — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:01:15 -0000

Awww, you guys… The old bat is back, still a bit under the weather. (Especially tonight, we are expecting a foot of snow!)

I’ll be looking around at some fun things that you guys have posted and will catch up soon as I can!

Love, Ken

December 2008 Monthly Thread - Merry Christmas! replied by kookookachoo @ Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:56:30 -0000

kookookachoo — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:56:30 -0000

Hello dear friends!

Welcome to December! You could have added a monthly thread if you wanted, but thanks for waiting for me to do it!

Merry, Happy Christmas to all on the GSLU website! Happy Solstice and New Year to our dear pagan and atheist friends!

Such a wonderful and happy time of year. I’m so looking forward to next year, it can only be better than the one almost past. I could live with gas staying below $4/gallon for a few more years, though! lol.

I will take a tour of the site again soon this weekend. I will explain my absences in further detail.

Thank you for taking such good care of the place during my recovery at the sanitarium…lol. (The Psychiatric Institute For The Very Very Nervous)

Love, Ken

I'm really worried about koo.... replied by LdsGal202 @ Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:22:38 -0000

LdsGal202 — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:22:38 -0000

np :)))

I'm really worried about koo.... replied by Arandur @ Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:07:07 -0000

Arandur — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:07:07 -0000

Oh, good! I was beginning to worry the same thing. Thanks for the update!

I'm really worried about koo.... replied by LdsGal202 @ Sat, 13 Dec 2008 22:34:11 -0000

LdsGal202 — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 22:34:11 -0000

he’s fallen off the face of the earth :(((

EDIT: I e-mailed Koo, he is alive, not well unfortunately still a bit sick, but I guess you could say he’s fine…He’ll be around soon enough :)))

November 2008 Monthly Thread replied by LdsGal202 @ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:58:51 -0000

LdsGal202 — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:58:51 -0000

Seriously, he hasn’t been on in weeks. For all we know he could of died…being we communicate through internet, we would never know :(((

November 2008 Monthly Thread replied by Arandur @ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:42:25 -0000

Arandur — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:42:25 -0000

I’m starting to worry about Koo…

November 2008 Monthly Thread replied by LdsGal202 @ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:23:19 -0000

LdsGal202 — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:23:19 -0000

Koo are you alive?! We need the December weekly thread!!! Hope you got better by now :)))

The Origin of Christmas! replied by Arandur @ Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:10:11 -0000

Arandur — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:10:11 -0000

I guess I could get into more specifics. Driving in with our two cats (Solomon and Gideon) and depositing them with my in-laws in KC. Then trucking across MO to spend the first half of Christmas week with my family, the second half with hers on the return trip. Turkey Day is with my family this year, so Christmas is with hers. Unfortunately, most of our vacation days have been used up, so we only have that one week. I may end up missing Christmas at a Catholic Church—I won’t get to go on Christmas day with my family, as usual, anyway. My wife’s church doesn’t always have a Christmas celebration.

Hmmm…that could be an interesting topic, Satolkin…what do you believe about the Eucharist? I didn’t think you were Episcopalian or Catholic, and we have closed communion. Of course, that doesn’t stop you from coming up for it, hence my question about what you believe about it.

The Origin of Christmas! replied by Satolkin @ Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:44:17 -0000

Satolkin — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:44:17 -0000

LdsGal202 wrote:>So what’s everyone upto for the Holidays?! Anything specific? :)))

I just realized nobody answered your question.

Going to my mom’s Christmas Eve, for dinner. If we get out of there soon enough, might hit a Midnight Mass at the local Episcopal Church (I won the coin toss- my wife was holding out for the local RC Church. The Epis. Church here is cooler- looking. A Eucharist is a Eucharist, sez me.)
Quiet on Christmas Day- my wife, daughter, and dog just hanging out and sipping wine. I’ll probably do a ham.

The Origin of Christmas! replied by LdsGal202 @ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:47:07 -0000

LdsGal202 — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:47:07 -0000

well being that it was in 1961 I could see why I wasn’t around to see it, would of been cool though! :))) Anyone heard of Koo lately?

The Origin of Christmas! replied by Arandur @ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:21:00 -0000

Arandur — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:21:00 -0000

Yes, I will always love MO because of Fall and Spring, both of which last a good 3 months, generally. I really miss those seasons here in CO. All seasons are more moderate here, but none of any real length are particularly good. Summer nights and mornings are beautiful, though.

So is there less emphasis on the winter aspect of Christmas in your balmy (or at least snowless) areas? I’ve always strongly associated Christmas with winter. I can take a blizzardy Christmas season and be quite happy. What makes it suck is the extra 2 months of dreariness afterward.

The Origin of Christmas! replied by Satolkin @ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:59:05 -0000

Satolkin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:59:05 -0000

It’s snowed once in SF that I remember, and that was back in about 1961. No. CA. does get some serious snow, just rarely in the Bay Area. You have to head east to the Sierras or north to find winter snow.
Man…St. Louis winter. It still surprises me that the entire MO population doesn’t commit mass suicide during the winter. I’ve never seen anything more depressing, anywhere. Just varying shades of gray lit by, yep, I had forgotten about it, that g-dawful low angle light.

On the upside, MO has probably one of the nicest fall and spring seasons anywhere. That was the thing about CO (at least up where we were)- spring was just more snow, and fall, while beautiful, lasted about a week. I do miss the aspens turning color.

The Origin of Christmas! replied by LdsGal202 @ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:22:51 -0000

LdsGal202 — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:22:51 -0000

hardly ever isn’t the word, I think NEVER, is more appropriate for the subject at hand lol :)))

The Origin of Christmas! replied by Arandur @ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:12:15 -0000

Arandur — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:12:15 -0000

SF hardly ever sees snow, though, right? I was recently in SoCA, but I thought I remembered warmer weather trees in SF…As for FL, 50’s? That’s jump-in-the-pool weather compared to what winters are like in CO and MO (MO is worse). At least CO still has sunlight. MO is typically about 4-5 months of colorlessness interrupted by occasional moments of retina-searing low-angle light.

The Origin of Christmas! replied by LdsGal202 @ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:13:33 -0000

LdsGal202 — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:13:33 -0000

bahaha, actually around the neighborhoods people do put lights on their palm trees. But we buy pine trees for inside the house obviously. And in FL winter=cold (50’s-80’s) and a random sun shower every now & then :)))

The Origin of Christmas! replied by Satolkin @ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:01:51 -0000

Satolkin — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:01:51 -0000

Arandur wrote:>SF and FL…does one put Christmas lights on palm trees? How does all that work in your lands without winter?

Bah- palm trees. You’ve been watching too much Bay Watch. This is real CA up here. Winter= steady rain and fog.

The Origin of Christmas! replied by Arandur @ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:44:19 -0000

Arandur — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:44:19 -0000

SF and FL…does one put Christmas lights on palm trees? How does all that work in your lands without winter?

The Origin of Christmas! replied by LdsGal202 @ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:35:59 -0000

LdsGal202 — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:35:59 -0000

Bahaha! Glad I’m in FL, then again. Some miniscule tropical storm should mystically turn into a hurricane and hit us soon enough :)))

I’ll be staying home for the holidays aswell. Spend time w/ the family I have down here, that should be fun! their all crazy old folks, but they know how to partay! :D

The Origin of Christmas! replied by Arandur @ Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:41:01 -0000

Arandur — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:41:01 -0000

I can survive an hour or two of crappy scenery when the bulk of the drive is great. Traffic across CO on I-70 is a nightmare, though. It’s freaking ridiculous in the snow at night. I refuse to do those white-knuckle drives anymore, where you inch along for hours past spun out and wrecked hulks just hoping you might find a rare gas station to fill up, de-ice, and drain the lizard.

I recently got to see the northern part of NM on the way to Sedona. Quite a bit better. My first exposure to the “land of enchantment,” though, had me wanting to run down every sign I saw with that false moniker. When I wasn’t dodging gas tankers flying down the highway at over 90mph trying to pass my 15’ moving truck (+towed car w/canoe on the top) on a one lane winding road, or trying to find a gas station within the 100 mile range of my reserve tank, that is.

I don’t envy your driving sales job. My love for the road doesn’t last beyond a few hours a week. I hope it paid well and allowed good time off.

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