Christmas Tree:

Thanks to Paul's organization (with the help of his wife) I now have a Christmas tree! It is a great looking live tree. I haven't had one of those since Shels and I lived in Crest Hill and had the undertaking of tying it down to her little piece of a car. I was thinking about how to do such a thing myself this year when I was surprised yesterday by a tree with accessories delivered:)

So tonight begins the decorating. I'm might be playing Mariah Carey Christmas cd while doing so. I don't care what anyone says, that is one of the best Christmas albums ever.


Sidenote: I remember for a long time my mom's Christmas tree was all haphazard. There were random ornaments from random places, didn't match each other, etc. Not that this is necessarily bad, lots of people have trees like that but then all of a sudden in the last year or so she has tried to make a "classy" tree. She bought all these matching ornaments and ribbon. It looks nice...but now I kind of wonder where that felt rudolph with the bow tie ornament went - I always liked that one.