goodbye snow, hello sunshine

We are off this weekend for a week in Florida with my mom and dad, and the Los'. The true signs of winter are coming out in full form this week, today is about 20 degrees and very windy, although for a nice change we do see the sunshine here rather than in MI. We are definitely ready for some warm weather and relaxation. Merry Christmas everyone!

Charlie Brown Christmas

Well its feeling more and more like the holiday season every day. Last night we had a beautiful dusting of snow falling in huge flakes, and it stayed through today. I have been decorating the house with Christmas decor and stockings on the banister (getting creative without a fire place)! I even did a little Christmas shopping on Friday, I love going out to the stores this time of year.
However, the season didn't start out so cheery... we decided to get a tree (well, I decided we would have a tree) so we chose a small one that came in a tree stand. It was very cute at the store and I thought that it would be perfect. Once home, the lights and ornaments came out of the attic and were carefully arranged on the tree... and at last, the tree was decorated! I was excited just to have a tree, even though all the branches were drooping towards the floor struggling to carry the weight of some ornaments. It was a very sad looking tree, and it only got worse when I stepped away to get a look and the whole tree tipped over and half the ornaments fell off. Determined to have it perfect I put them all back on and rigged it up so it was more stable. A couple days went by and we were loving the Christmas atmosphere.... until, I came home from work on Wednesday (after getting stuck on the train for 2 hours) to find my tree laying on the floor AGAIN! To end the story in a flash... all the ornaments are back in the attic and I became a Scrouge for a couple of days. But don't worry, all is better and I am loving the snow!