our homemade christmas tree.
since we didn’t buy a tree this year, we made one!
i’m loving it, a lot.
(sorry the pictures are so blurry)
ps. that is in fact barbie on top 
Monthly Archives: December 2009
i’m dreaming of a white christmas…
why oh why doesn’t it get cold in florida??
i’d like to spend christmas in this house. it’s magical.
i bet it has a big fireplace in the master bedroom.
and big comfy rugs and a big kitchen.
mmmm.
i wanna wake up.
sometimes when i don’t get my way, i can tend to get nasty.
even during this christmas season when i have abundantly more to make my life comfy and content, i can be ungrateful.
i can take so much for granted and lose total sight of what others are missing or don’t have.
i pray that God would change this in me.
in Francis Chan’s book “crazy love” he begs people to understand that this life is but a vapor. nothing is coming with us into eternity. not our big perfect house, the car we worked years to buy, or money. none of it. he asks often throughout the book to evaluate what is it that we hold so tightly to. for me, so often it is comfort. it is happiness and materialistic things. i pray that God would strip me of that. i don’t want to hold anything tighter than i hold onto him and what he asks of me. whether that’s to one day downsize my house, or give away my car or move to another country. who am i to disobey. i encourage you to pick up his book. it will change your perspective, no doubt. here a couple different people i follow daily in the blog world to anchor my perspective on eternity and not on earth.
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/mcraekate/journal
(photo via flickr)
i’ll take a haven in paris, thank you.
have you ever visited this site?
oh if only we could run away to paris and live in one of these luxury apartments for a few weeks.
it would only cost us everything we have ever made in our entire lives, plus some.
oh well, until we make millions of dollars we’ll just enjoy our little place. one can dream.
tonight we watched the infamous classic, charlie brown christmas. i think i have watched it every year since i was little, but this time i noticed so many new things. how bratty is lucy? i would’ve punched her if i were charlie or lynus or schroeder. poor guys.
i finally finished christmas shopping for scott.
we had a budget for a each other, so it was challenging to fit everything inside that number.
everything is so dang expensive these days.
i think we are going to do our christmas early. we want to be in our house and continue traditions we’ve started. it’ll be weird to exchange gifts so early, but i know i’ll enjoy being in our home.
for the rest of december we will be in jacksonville to spend christmas with our families.
i’m going to now watch another holiday classic, home alone
ps. (i couldn’t find the $5 dollar shirts on the old navy website, angie! i’ll keep looking)
we watched a little christmas diddy from this guy (remains questionable) last night on the jay leno show.
barry manilow has changed quite a bit over the last few years wouldn’t you say?
a few times during his performance we thought he was going to break a hip, or his arm was going to go flying as he gently waved it in sync with the tune.
jay looked like he was regretting having him perform on his precious late night act.
i think he looks like a character from the newer “the grinch stole christmas”
cindy loo hoo’s dad maybe?
i think he needs to retire his act. now.
on a cheerier note, i got 4 shirts at old navy today for $20.
i proudly sported 2 of the 4 tonight and was quite pleased with my purchase.
i think i will only continue to be pleased as i wear the other things i bought.
how’s everyone’s christmas shopping going? i bought scott something at j.crew but he picked it out.
clearly we are into secrets.
not so much.
i’d rather get him something he wants right?
how about Phyllis as santa claus tonight on The Office.
Hi-freakin-larious. love that show.
if you don’t watch it, you should.
if you missed it, which you should have a darn good excuse for doing so, and have it dvr’d, then watch it immediately.
what is on your christmas list?
today marks the beginning of our “christmas break” and it’s exciting that we have
some down time to be together and shop for family and just relax.
i really enjoy blogging (mostly reading) and find so many women who are just so dang crafty.
it inspires me to try new things and not be afraid to just run with an idea.
i really want to use this break to
a. learn how to use a sewing machine (i vaguely know, but need to be taught again)
b. run/ exercise even more than i am now.
c. cook outside of the box
d. spend time with the Lord
i think these next few weeks could be pretty great!
the biggest loser is so stinkin great.
we watched the finale tonight and i gasped, cried, screamed and oh my gosh’ed about 50 times.
it’s incredible the transformations these people go through.
jan 5. season 9!
ps. i think clean sheets may be one of my very favorite things.
ba-hum-bug.
this is how i feel without a christmas tree in my house.
sadly, we will not be getting one.
we are only here for a couple weeks and didn’t want to spend too much
money on one that we won’t have much time to enjoy.
i am still in the christmas spirit though, don’t worry.
Magic Christmas has been blaring in my car non stop since the day after thanksgiving
and i plan on keeping it that way until at least new year’s.
anyone like delilah? i know she’s kinda cheesy, but man
her voice can soothe me like nobody else.
listening to her reminds me of that scene in “sleepless in seattle” where meg ryan
first hears Tom Hank’s story about the death of his wife.
the radio dj is so nosey and over emotional, and i just think “that’s delilah” every time i see
that movie. i know many people find her annoying and just too much, which i can definitely agree on, but something about her….
maybe since i’ve been listening to her since i was 4?
i don’t know, love live delilah!
i’m such a sucker.
when i agreed to getting a dog, i had two rules that were NOT to be broken.
1. she will not be allowed on our couches.
2. she will never, ever under any circumstance get in our bed, let alone sleep in it.
last night i cuddled with her in bed.
until morning.
dangit.
*don’t judge me.
