tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post3839989568246407020..comments2023-11-03T04:57:11.073-04:00Comments on Romance Bandits: Decking the Halls and Hanging the Greens! The Lair Gets Merry-fied!Loucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.comBlogger126125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-44380675477362802392010-12-15T20:49:29.106-05:002010-12-15T20:49:29.106-05:00I had a pretty wreath and was sad when I tried to ...I had a pretty wreath and was sad when I tried to put it up, it had gotten broekn while packed away, now to find another one.Dinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13363922982973526678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-912985412711315562010-12-08T23:52:53.414-05:002010-12-08T23:52:53.414-05:00Thanks for coming over today, everyone! It was a ...Thanks for coming over today, everyone! It was a great party!<br /><br />I'm hanging up my party hat for now. Gotta take boys to school in the morning!<br /><br />G'nite!Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-216519939225326412010-12-08T22:51:54.881-05:002010-12-08T22:51:54.881-05:00Trish said:
I want to go check out the displays a...Trish said:<br /><br /><i>I want to go check out the displays at the newly reopened Opryland Hotel. It's always gorgeous out there at Christmas, and I bet they've done some new things with the redesign.</i><br /><br />Ohhh....I've been hearing the ads. I'm so glad to hear they're open. <br />We may have to go down there to check it out. I wonder if we could just pay to park and go in and stroll around and see the lights?Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-36514809719663709682010-12-08T22:48:01.237-05:002010-12-08T22:48:01.237-05:00Sangria! You're back! Thank goodness. I was...Sangria! You're back! Thank goodness. I was afraid we'd offended your delightfulness.<br /><br />You said: <i>Please return the lead glad, Rudolpholous' shiny red....</i><br /><br />I think that's in the bag, over there on the table. We kept it safe.<br /><br />Grins.<br /><br />BTW, did one of Jo Davis's firemen, the tall one, go off with you on a sleigh ride? He seems to have disappeared....Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-18627621365780930862010-12-08T22:05:11.103-05:002010-12-08T22:05:11.103-05:00Beth, I also have A Marine for Christmas on hold a...Beth, I also have A Marine for Christmas on hold and am looking forward to it. Just one more week, and then I can read as much as I want!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-73300638340303586752010-12-08T22:00:37.677-05:002010-12-08T22:00:37.677-05:00Mortals!!!! (Thundering Boom)
Having just returne...Mortals!!!! (Thundering Boom)<br /><br />Having just returned from Mt. Olympus Spa soriee I am appalled to learn that one of my eight tiny (not) gladiators is missing an important item....<br /><br />Please return the lead glad, Rudolpholous' shiny red....<br /><br />Hat people!!!Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12566704374877697300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-77658132001397988062010-12-08T21:59:39.196-05:002010-12-08T21:59:39.196-05:00Beth said: Brady, the hunky hero in A Marine For C...Beth said: <i>Brady, the hunky hero in A Marine For Christmas, isn't much in the holiday mood for quite a bit of the book. Luckily, he straightens up by Christmas morning. And he does help the heroine with her tree - though he's a bit grumpy about it ;-)</i><br /><br />Awww. At least he does it. :> I can't wait to read this one, Beth! I've got it on hold at B&N so I can pick it up and not miss it. :>Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-72017663915192613352010-12-08T21:58:11.878-05:002010-12-08T21:58:11.878-05:00Ohhh, Joanie T! That IS yuck! So sorry about tha...Ohhh, Joanie T! That IS yuck! So sorry about that....Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-62269464160865595092010-12-08T21:57:17.224-05:002010-12-08T21:57:17.224-05:00Speaking of hunks stringing lights... well, your s...<i>Speaking of hunks stringing lights... well, your son's a hunk, right? ... DOn't you have a hunky Marine in your latest book? Does he do Christmas lights? Grins.<br /><br />It's out now, right?</i><br /><br />LOL! Yes, my son is a hunk - even though he's still my baby *g*<br /><br />Brady, the hunky hero in A Marine For Christmas, isn't much in the holiday mood for quite a bit of the book. Luckily, he straightens up by Christmas morning. And he does help the heroine with her tree - though he's a bit grumpy about it ;-)Beth Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01204356784898045866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-32502630637865974412010-12-08T21:56:49.073-05:002010-12-08T21:56:49.073-05:00Joanie - There's something called bitter yuck?...Joanie - There's something called bitter yuck? <br /><br />Yep, there is Terri and let me tell ya..it's bitter.<br /><br />How do I know? Cause I took the cap off, did NOT check the direction of the spray and sprayed myself in the face! YUCK!Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12566704374877697300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-67458926901124757122010-12-08T21:27:59.471-05:002010-12-08T21:27:59.471-05:00Louisa said: I thought I felt a breeze of mayhem a...Louisa said: <i>I thought I felt a breeze of mayhem and frivolity wafting down from the North before Thanksgiving!!</i><br /><br />Hahah! Yep, that was us! :>Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-42714370354214500422010-12-08T21:26:22.993-05:002010-12-08T21:26:22.993-05:00I thought I felt a breeze of mayhem and frivolity ...I thought I felt a breeze of mayhem and frivolity wafting down from the North before Thanksgiving!!Louisa Cornellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971924594129471055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-75271186312502642722010-12-08T20:57:24.898-05:002010-12-08T20:57:24.898-05:00Hey Louisa! You said:Duchesse, Dahlink !!! Happy,...Hey Louisa! You said:<i>Duchesse, Dahlink !!! Happy, Happy Birthday, my dear!! May all of your birthday wishes come true !! Your 29th, right? </i><br /><br />Oh, my yes! I'm just a sweet YOUNG thing, you know? Grins.<br /><br />And: <i>I DO so love the Lair at Christmas! So festive and fun!!<br />Where DID they find those loin cloths with the light up mistletoe on them?</i><br /><br />Light-up loincloths? Where? Who has on...<br /><br />Ohhhhhhh.<br /><br />VERRA nice! Altho to make it light up mistletoe might have been a bit much.... SNORK!!<br /><br />Duchess Louisa, I was in your fair State just before Thanksgiving for a wedding. Up in NA, however. Waved your way as I crossed the state line, I did. :> Family wedding. VERRY fun.Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-91438366971406581612010-12-08T20:47:59.675-05:002010-12-08T20:47:59.675-05:00Hi Trish! You said: I want to go check out the di...Hi Trish! You said:<i> I want to go check out the displays at the newly reopened Opryland Hotel. It's always gorgeous out there at Christmas, and I bet they've done some new things with the redesign.</i><br /><br />Ohhhhhh, I wish I could go with you! You should post some pictures if you get a chance. I so wish we could have gone there for national! :><br /><br />Too bad about the trees too... but the work sounds interesting...Grins.Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-46844231384661397812010-12-08T20:46:25.721-05:002010-12-08T20:46:25.721-05:00Kathleen said: I JUST finished hanging the outside...Kathleen said: <i>I JUST finished hanging the outside lights and they look loverly. Happy holidays, y'all!</i><br /><br />ROCK-ON, Kathleen! That's great! Colors, white or mix of both?Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-44209342749268866582010-12-08T20:45:30.000-05:002010-12-08T20:45:30.000-05:00Hi Beth! Thanks for the b-day wishes! I like tho...Hi Beth! Thanks for the b-day wishes! I like those. :><br /><br />I can't believe you have that much snow already! I'm so jealous! Its just bitter, bitter cold here, and wind that takes your breath away. :><br /><br />I hope your son will still be able to string the lights. Glad you don't have the sniffles anymore either, with the annual tree. Grins.<br /><br />Speaking of hunks stringing lights... well, your son's a hunk, right? ... DOn't you have a hunky Marine in your latest book? Does he do Christmas lights? Grins.<br /><br />It's out now, right?Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-24892889172014066532010-12-08T20:16:43.369-05:002010-12-08T20:16:43.369-05:00I wish I could travel to OZ with the GR to visit y...I wish I could travel to OZ with the GR to visit you, Daz! It is FREEZING here in LA - Lower Alabama !! In the 20's tonight!<br /><br />Duchesse, Dahlink !!! Happy, Happy Birthday, my dear!! May all of your birthday wishes come true !! Your 29th, right? <br /><br /><br />I DO so love the Lair at Christmas! So festive and fun!!<br />Where DID they find those loin cloths with the light up mistletoe on them?<br /><br />Hope to get the tree up on Friday. First time I have used an artificial one in many, many years. Usually I buy a live Leland cyprus or a ceder with an actual root ball in a huge container so that I can plant it on my property. This year, however, I bow to my age or just lack of strength. I just don't think I can strap that container to a hand truck and haul it down the hill! Several of my former Christmas trees are growing on my property and I will put blue and white lights in the one under which my beloved Great Dane, Glory, rests. She loved to watch the Christmas lights.Louisa Cornellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971924594129471055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-88536737771157337812010-12-08T20:05:14.937-05:002010-12-08T20:05:14.937-05:00You know, normally I decorate like crazy with two ...You know, normally I decorate like crazy with two trees and lots of lights. But this year I've not put up the trees. We're getting ready to have a bit of work done in the main living area where the big tree goes, so no tree. I do plan to go driving around some night to look at lights though, and I want to go check out the displays at the newly reopened Opryland Hotel. It's always gorgeous out there at Christmas, and I bet they've done some new things with the redesign.Trish Milburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812010789617982102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-44016078848538669722010-12-08T19:59:41.807-05:002010-12-08T19:59:41.807-05:00I JUST finished hanging the outside lights and the...I JUST finished hanging the outside lights and they look loverly. Happy holidays, y'all!Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04175907053742185475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-42659563164114872662010-12-08T19:39:46.926-05:002010-12-08T19:39:46.926-05:00Happy Birthday, Jeanne!! Hope all your dreams for ...Happy Birthday, Jeanne!! Hope all your dreams for the upcoming year come true :-)<br /><br />I'm such a slacker - we don't have any decorations up yet. I'm hoping to get to it this weekend but honestly, it might have to wait until after my son gets home next week. I'm hoping I can talk him into stringing the outside lights. Of course we now have a couple feet of snow so outside lights may not happen this year :-)<br /><br />I love a real tree but three of us have allergies and we got tired of sniffling and sneezing and feeling miserable during the holidays so we switched to an artificial one. It's just not the same *g*Beth Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01204356784898045866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-56498607408775192642010-12-08T19:23:09.367-05:002010-12-08T19:23:09.367-05:00Hi Dianna! Glad you joined us after work! The sl...Hi Dianna! Glad you joined us after work! The sleigh rides have been such a hit, I don't think the Goddess Sangria's been back in. Hmmm....there are a couple of the guys missing too....did that firefighter of Jo's, the really tall one, come back in after HIS sleigh ride?<br /><br />No, I am NOT sending out a search party. I do NOT want Sangria mad at me for interrupting...anything.<br /><br />Grins.<br /><br />Dianna, you said: <i>When I came home this evening they were all out there working on the decorations. I ran across and asked if she could use anything and she said oh yeah, they were having a field day going through the goodies, it should be finished tomorrow.</i><br /><br />COOL! I love the outdoor decor. I drove home from picking up my youngest this evening and even more houses were lit up. LOVE IT!Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-65195236588750170672010-12-08T19:16:53.236-05:002010-12-08T19:16:53.236-05:00Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse) said...
You'll have ...Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse) said...<br />You'll have to let us know how your neighbor does with all the decorations you've given her. :><br /><br />When I came home this evening they were all out there working on the decorations. I ran across and asked if she could use anything and she said oh yeah, they were having a field day going through the goodies, it should be finished tomorrow.hrdwrkdmom aka Diannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12520769151419586319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-46892731738285590162010-12-08T19:14:22.917-05:002010-12-08T19:14:22.917-05:00As a boon to this amusing gathering of intriguing ...As a boon to this amusing gathering of intriguing mortals known as Banditas, I am offering sleigh rides drawn by my own personal cache of gladiators. I will festoon them in green and red and well placed tinsel. Every celebration should include sparkles, hmmmmm <br /><br /><br /><br />I am in on that! Heck, you can even forget the tinsel.hrdwrkdmom aka Diannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12520769151419586319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-33874377361753833382010-12-08T19:14:07.625-05:002010-12-08T19:14:07.625-05:00Cassondra said: Must have something to get me in g...Cassondra said: <i>Must have something to get me in gear--even without the little ones to think of.</i><br /><br />Here, more Wassail. Snork. Mug-O-Christmas-Spirit.<br /><br />SNORK!<br /><br />(Maybe I better get a sandwich from that huge pile of sandwiches Paolo just brought out, or something equally substantial. I think the wassail has sailed...right to my head!)Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-5495734316117573222010-12-08T19:10:47.312-05:002010-12-08T19:10:47.312-05:00Hi Kirsten!
Wait, you said: This year we added a ...Hi Kirsten!<br /><br />Wait, you said: <i>This year we added a new decoration to the tree...the little white dog curled up underneath. So sweet! :-)</i><br /><br />Is this a live puppy? A real dog? WOOT!!! I love it! Name? Rank? Breed? <br /><br />I'll look forward to starting my ugly ornament collection. :><br /><br />I love the Muppets Sing Christmas, And isn't the Muppet Christmas Carol the best?Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.com