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My Christmas tree has not received any decorations yet but the lights and garland are still nice without them. Santa is here making his annual visit before hitting the skies. The lake has started freezing over and the recent snow has made it beautiful. It won't last long because we are expecting temperatures in the mid 40's for several days.

12/15/25 12:14 AM

#12015

Happy Birthday

Marilyn Evans Tate 12/14

Hope your day is Special and Blessed

12/15/25 12:22 AM

#12016

Karen Sue (Suzi) Denton (Merritt)

AND the TREE is finally UP !

12/15/25 09:35 AM

#12017

Happy Holidays to all!

I wanted to say something about Patti's visitation. It was very nice and the minister really knew Patti. two of Patti's grandkids also spoke. She was really loved by her family and some of her friends including me. I still miss her and I'll think of something and I think all I need to call Patti and tell her except I can no longer do that she was a character and I've known her for many many many years. I know we all have to go sometime in, but it's still hard to see them go.

RIP PATTI MILLER POPEJOY!!

Suzi

12/15/25 10:47 AM

#12018

Regina (Sue) Petersen (Koppenhoefer)

5 ants rented an apartment with another group of 5 ants

They are now considered

"Tenants"

On an different topic

Let's see if we can get pictures of at least 20

64 Raider CHRISTMAS TREES !!!

12/16/25 10:26 AM

#12019

Marv, please work your magic (Done )

12/16/25 07:32 PM

#12020

Rod Hayes requested a little help so below is his Christmas tree! He says "This is our first tree without all of the ornaments we've collected over the years. However, if you look close, you'll see a Santa Claus with a light on. I've had that now for 74 years. For those of you who are covered in snow, well, it's supposed to be 77 on Christmas Day here in Texas. Maybe one of the kids will get crazy and jump in the pool."

12/17/25 12:18 AM

#12021

GREAT START on seeing some beautiful decorated trees !

5 down, 15 to go !

WHERE does a SNOW MAN keep his money ?

12/17/25 05:43 PM

#12022

Sandra Jeakins (Singletary Sizemore)

Jim, I don't know about the snowman, but if I were him I'd keep plenty of cold cash in the icebox in case my other assets were frozen. I'm assuming you'll tell us the answer. Hmmm???

This joke came from my 10 year old granddaughter:

Why did everyone invite the mushroom to their Christmas party?

Because he was a fun-gi.

12/18/25 09:35 AM

#12023

Rod, what did you do with all of your ornaments? I love all my ornaments that I've collected over the years and my tree is pretty full of them. I've told my son not to let me go to Jeffrey Alan's next year. I have no self-control and I don't need more ornaments.

I've enjoyed everybody's pictures. Marvin, I'm sure Santa keeps you company, sitting in your living room.

I tried to put a picture of miy tree on here and it said "invalid file" or "URL is missing". It did that the other day and the next day, it worked. So I'll wait a day or so and maybe the next time I try, the picture will post.

(Sandy - The original file was .jfif so I did some internet research and learned that a URL code was necessary to upload a photo and .Jfif photo format does not have one. After more research I learned how to convert a .jfif file to a .jpg file which does have a URL code. That did the trick and I was then able to upload your photos. I surprised myself in solving this! Didn't think I was savvy enough to do it! Very nice tree! Marvin)

12/18/25 09:51 AM

#12024

David Brock

Jim-- My guess is that the snow man keeps his money in the SNOW bank.

12/18/25 05:08 PM

#12025

Happy Birthday

ANNIE SHIELDS VENTURA

Hope your day is Happy and Blessed

And ... MARVIN... you gave the correct answer to the snowman

12/18/25 10:26 PM

#12026

Jim, I know people might get me and Marvin confused, being twins and all, but I think it was me who got the answer to your riddle. Just saying...

If that was the right answer, it was just a lucky guess from an old guy who has no filter in his frontal lobe.

12/18/25 10:47 PM

#12027

Jim - I'm confused which is easy for me, but was Mel's answer "icebox" correct or did you mean Dave's answer "snow bank". For what it's worth I thought "snow bank' was a more satisfactory answer.

12/19/25 12:08 AM

#12028

Sandra Jeakins (Singletary Sizemore)

WELL !!! I really messsed up....

MEL, I didn't even see your answer,

DAVE BROCK.... your answer was the correct one !

Don't know where Marv came into the picture !

Blame it on SENIOR moment !

12/19/25 07:40 AM

#12029

Wow, Marvin! You really went through hoops to get my pictures posted. My Son took the pictures with his phone. I'm not sure how or why they ended up like they did, instead of what they needed to be to be posted. I never could have figured it out. I'm proud of you, too.

Thank you so much.

12/19/25 11:23 AM

#12030

David Long

WOW! What beautiful trees you have! We used have 3 trees up each year. The Family tree with all the ornaments the kids and grandkids made along with some we picked up in our travels. A 2nd tree on the main level with nothing but Beleek ornaments. We grew our collection of Beleek each year. A 3rd tree was in our lower level family room that displayed 'special' ornaments with an Irish and Golf Theme. Alas, having chopped off 1,000 sqft of living space moving to Chicago, we now have one tree with a combination of ornaments: see below...

12/19/25 11:30 AM

#12031

David Long

12/19/25 05:49 PM

#12032

David Long

Ah, "living in Chicago ". It was difficult, but I left off the expletives. ☹️😣🤯🤯🤯🤬😡?>!!

This afternoon while walking 2 blocks from a shop back to our condo, Dorothy was hit and knocked down by some 😵‍💫😵😵‍💫 riding a big E-bike on the sidewalk. She is now at urgent care getting staples to close the wound n her scalp and then it's off to the ER for a CT to make sure there is no brain bleed.
Do you sort of understand my feelings 🤮🤮🤮about living here?

12/19/25 08:18 PM

#12033

Dave, how awful. Sorry to hear this and hope Dorothy is OK. I've lived in Chicago since 1964 and have no fear of being on the street. This seems to be an accident, but that does not make it any less disturbing. Sending you and Dorothy my love. Hope to see you soon.

12/21/25 01:11 PM

#12034

Boo update - Just received a group text with the following message:

"Prayer Friends:

My swallow test is tomorrow at 1:00. I appreciate prayer that esophagus is totally healed. Thanks for being with us on this journey.

Terri and Dave"

Will keep you posted as I get any updates.

12/21/25 01:12 PM

#12035

Dave - I'm very sorry to hear about Dorothy's mishap. Hope her injuries were relatively minor and she will heal without any lasting effects. As I'm sure many us of have observed, these electric scooters and bikes are a problem whether on the streets or the sidewalks. While hopefully most users are relatively safety conscious, far too many are functioning with an "out of my way" attitude. Dorothy's accident should not have happened, but for one of those irresponsible characters.

Did the person on the scooter stop or just keep going? Sounds to me that you might regret your move to Chicago. Hopefully your closeness to your kids makes up for the struggles of living in the big city.

My best wishes to Dorothy!

12/21/25 06:08 PM

#12036

David Brock

Dave Long--Best wishes to you and Dorothy. I hope there is no serious damage. Don't let it get in the way of Christmas. Christ is the reason for the season. Will keep you and the family in my prayers.

12/23/25 10:50 PM

#12037