Christmas Break Highlights

About mid December I had a pity party/break down because my house still had Thanksgiving decorations (put up by my mother while I was on complete bed rest) and was not decorated for Christmas (my favorite time of year) and we didn't have a Christmas tree and I was not able to remedy any of this because I was not allowed to lift anything (thank you partial bed rest), it was the end of my semester teaching, and John was in the middle of finals ending the most grueling semester yet. How was that for a whiny run on sentence.

I was slowly coming to terms with it then one night I got home from school at 10 pm, unlocked the door and rushed into the bathroom to relieve my ever shrinking bladder without turning any lights on. I then was doing work in my room for a while before I went back out to the living room. As I was pouring myself some water I noticed all the Thanksgiving decorations were down and there were boxes of Christmas decorations in the living room. I just about started crying. My dear husband had done all that for me during his finals. I really have an amazing man.

We did end up getting a tree for family night. Sadly it sat undecorated in the middle of our living room for a week. There was a teenage kid who gives the tree a fresh cut and ties it down to your car. We weren't sure if it is customary to tip them for this service, but we thought it was tip appropriate. Unfortunately we did not have any cash. Fortunately John did have two gift certificates to Cinnabon with which he tipped the lad with. I was cracking up the whole time. Honestly though Cinnabon is expensive, that's a good tip.

Then finally on Christmas Eve day I made a point to get the tree decorated. It makes me happy to just sit or lie in the living room with only the Christmas tree lights turned on.

The Curtis clan came and stayed with us for a day. We had a ton of fun just hanging out and running errands. You know friends are keepers when they're game for stopping by the P.O. and Target and....

We went to Candy Cane Lane (a street in town that blocks off all automobile traffic and each house puts on an extravagant light display. Santa is in his sleigh at the end of the street to take pictures with (for free) and he hands out small gifts)

I finished my first knitting project. I learned to knit while on bed rest, although I must confess, while I do have one scarf on needles waiting for me to finish it, this is one of those scarfs made on the plastic hooks where you loop the yarn then pull over. But hey, a scarf is a scarf.

I got new prescription sunglasses. It really pays to be bff with your optometrist.

And last but not least we got free coupons for a small Golden Spoon. We never get small, only mini's, and they had two delicious flavors; pumpkin pie and egg nog.