Jackie's Bah Humbug post actually kicked my butt into gear last week, since we have no excuses for not getting our Christmas party started :) I got our tree up, did almost all of our shopping, and queued up my seasonal Pandora stations - yahtzee!
Day 1
Tree: friend or foe?
Day 3
Tree = friend
Best friend
Michigan Ave is a beautiful on the walk home every day from work, with lights on all the trees and these great (smaller) decorated planters in front of the shops. Then last week we got our first real accumulation of snow - the latest one in history what this means for the long-term winter forecast, I don't even want to know. Anyway Christmas has officially kicked off and here's some of the greatness that December has in store:
*Work holiday outing + secret santas + smaller team party that night at a karaoke bar = me making some inappropriate song choices
*12 days off from work. Santa is a Saint!
*A bout of warmer weather with a Texas Christmas (bring on the tamales!)
*Celebrating Keely and James' wedding in the Fort (more to come on this I'm sure!!!)
*An amazing last-minute trip to go skiing...
*...in Colorado...
*...with Amy & Matt!
Clearly all those last points deserved their own asteriks. I have been majorly suppressing my travel bug because I knew we weren't going to be able to take a trip until next spring (I'd actually cancelled two trips already). Actually this exact day last year was the last time we went skiing in Wisconsin - it's been too long! Then the seas parted and through some major finagling with PTO, vouchers, discounts, schedules etc., a Christmas miracle came true! I absolutely love the mountains, love skiing, and love Amy and Matt...obviously you see the need for all the asteriks.
Bring it on, December!
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