Turning Over A New Leaf...

While all of you out there are in a frenzy about hanging your lights, decorating your tree, going shopping and getting ready for the Holidays... I just have ONE thing on my mind... I WANT THE VAN IN THE GARAGE! I'm not asking much (I don't think) - and after just 3 weeks, my husband delivered!

You see - the rains are falling and the temps are dropping and there's a feeling of Christmas in the air! I LOVE IT! And, there's something about "getting in the van tomorrow morning" and NOT having to scrape the ice.

Now, with that said, I do want to report that the Holiday Spirit is catching up to us too. The tree is bought and after reading Uncle Eldon's post about his Holiday Tree Buying Experience, I'd like to report that that is the norm over the last few years at our house.

But, this year was different, we did not go to the local nursery as in year's past, we did not buy the artificial one either - instead, we went to THE HOME DEPOT! It was hard for me to accept that (and it was even hard to post)... but Glenn and I are to the point now that it's just better to let the kids run wild in an enclosed area while he and I hash out the "picking of the tree" and this year I feel good to report that after he picked a very nice one, I just said, "Sure Honey, it looks wonderful!"

I just don't know if I'll ever get to the point of buying that artificial tree?!?! (It does sound so easy and good.) But, after speaking with my Mom and Dad in Bruno Nebraska (Dad now 75+ years) they still do the yearly trek (now to the local nursery in a nearby city) and purchase that REAL TREE!

When I was young, that was "the thing" that my Dad and I did together each year. I believe that my brothers and even my Mom stayed home most of the years. It was just something that Dad and I did together each year! And, it just might be something that Glenn and Emma Lee get to do in the year's to come!