Happy New Year!

I hear you’re supposed to ring in the new year in the way that you want the year to go…so for me, I had a mellow family night.

I was inside of my fort when the clock struck twelve.

And playtime continued well into today.

Happy New Year to you and your family, and thank you for stopping by!

Christmas Swag

It’s a couple of days late, but it’s starting to get pretty.

I'll shouw you what it looks like once it's finished!

It’s the second most wonderful time of the year!

I LOVE Christmas!

This Christmas will be interesting as it will be the first that I won’t be spending it in California. But I am excited, and hopefully by then we will have snow on the ground. It’s been cool enough, especially at night.

At any rate, I want to have my tree up by the end of the first day of December, but I have a few things I need to accomplish first (and I will update this post once I accomplish each of my tasks). Is that too soon? When do you usually put your tree up?

Task No. 1: Decide on a theme or color scheme.

Right now, I’m thinking about something silver and white with clear ornaments…or maybe a tree decorated in yellow…

Task No. 2: Buy a tree. Where I live now, there are actual farms where you can go and cut your own, which on the one hand sounds like fun, but then again, I feel like a real tree is so wasteful. You only keep it in your house for a few weeks, and then you literally toss it out onto the street…poor, poor trees. Needless to say, mine will be artificial.

Task No. 3: I need ornaments and decorations. Being the prepared, and brilliant person that I am, I neglected to bring any type of holiday décor with me when I moved. 

I’d hate to pay full price for holiday stuff. I love a good sale, and this time of the year, they are all over. I’m not a Black Friday shopper though. I don’t personally feel like the deals you get are worth bearing the crowds and traffic and potential danger that comes with it. I will however take full advantage of Cyber Monday deals. For me, online shopping is so much easier.

And that’s about it. It' shouldn’t be too difficult to get it done over the next few days…but we shall see whether or not chronic procrastination gets the best of me. I’m not even going to bother with outside décor beyond a little wreath…maybe. We’ll see.

I’ll talk to you in the next one though. Enjoy the rest of your day!