Christmas Decorating

Natural tree,
originally uploaded by veggiejj.

By far, my favorite thing to do in the whole world is decorating our house for the Holidays every year. For the first time in years, we got a real tree. It's perfect. We didn't get to go to the cut-your-own-tree farm because the weather was cold and rainy all weekend and I really wanted to get the tree this past weekend, so we went to Houston Garden Center Sunday afternoon and got one. While not quite as cool as the tree farm, it was fun and a good experience. The guys there put the base on for us and tied it to the car.

We got the tree home and it fits perfectly in our living room. Not too big and not too small. I love it. Aunt Julie and I made a couple of cranberry garlands for it last night and they look great. Kevin did a fabulous job on the lights as well. I like a tree to just sort of glow...I don't like too many lights and our tree looks great. Anna seems to enjoy looking at it (and yanking on the branches) and, so far, the cats have left it alone (except to sleep under it, which they do every year). So, I will enjoy our decorated house and pat myself on the back a few times, until I attend the Heights Holiday Home Tour next weekend, wherein I'll see homes professionally decorated and trimmed and come home, feeling like white trash, like I do every year. Good times, good times. Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Happy Holidays!