Unknown to me there is a section of our community where a committee continually preserves that “ol’ rustic everyone-knows-everyone” small town charm, and because of this there are many (mostly child-oriented) events that take place in order to bring the people together. The annual Christmas tree lighting is one of them.
Now it’s no Rockafella Center, but still nice to visit on a cold night. I must say it was a lot bigger than I expected, which is good except it …

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For whatever reason, I thought today was Saturday. I woke up and looked at my clock then fell back asleep. I really had the feeling it was Saturday. I cannot believe I almost slept through this morning.
I wrapped more gifts last night. I’m so excited about Christmas. I can’t wait for Howard to open his gifts. :D Now the girls are the only ones I have left to buy for. I’m thinking they will need some more bones, a scarf …

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That’s right! One whole year ago this blog was started!
But now on to some fun stuff…

Christmas shopping for people is so much fun! That’s pretty much what we’ve been doing lately. Howard’s Christmas list is super easy to remember. All the items he requested were athletic fit shirts (L) from Target. Haha. So I was thinking about getting him shirts like these…

Ok ok…so maybe I would not get him the cardigan. I would just end up laughing at him the …

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Omg! This Christmas blew all the others out of the water. Not saying that the others were weak, they weren’t, but just being in our own house, and decorating, and family time … add it all up and it’s perfection. We have our own little tradition, just as every family, that we do the family thing on Christmas Eve and then when we return home … BAM! … present time. Yeah, we don’t wait until Christmas morning because, well I …

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Back to work after the holidays. It was a great 5 days all to ourselves, but as the way of life works I shall slave away in a warehouse yet again. It’s not so bad because, well, I had a lot of catching up to do so it was practically time to go before I even clocked-in. Although, I didn’t get my daily dose of caffeine simply because we were out of coffee & I didn’t discover this until it …

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