Bliss........

This morning is pure heavenly bliss..........once again I am enjoying my favorite time of the day...a quiet morning in front of the fireplace.....the tree is trimmed and looking quite nice...Dylan attempted to help trim the tree..but wasn't quite as successful as I would like.....next year we will have another tree in the family room....I think a real tree that we will go into the woods and cut down.....that will be the child's tree...... of course I must admit I have great apprehension on going into the woods and cutting a tree...it sounds so fun and such a great family event...in fact many many years ago I did go into the forest and cut down a tree and when we got it home the next morning I woke up to hundreds of bugs on the ceiling......uhggggg it was really terrible and if the truth be told I am kind of a tree snob.....after that for many many years in fact until I moved to Cheyenne I would always order 2 Noble Firs trees from our local nursery....they would call me and hold aside trees that I might have a interest in.....I would always flock the 9foot tree and have the 8ft tree left natural and they always delivered the trees to the house....they were always as close to perfection as trees can get.....truly Noble Firs are the absolute best tree for decorations....but as I moved to Cheyenne without a job and now being married to Collin I had to become more practical.........and thus we know have a beautiful tree....the same tree every year....it makes me kind of chuckle to think what Collin would do if he had to pay the nursery bill for those magnificent trees every year....I think our entire Christmas budget this year is probably less than those two trees...........I don't miss those trees.....in fact now that we have Dylan I could never justify spending that kind of money on trees again......well maybe on one nice Noble Fir next year.............we will see....Dylan is doing quite well with all of the decorations...and has managed to keep the damage to a minimum.....tomorrow we will finish decorating the exterior ....I am hoping for good weather I don't want Collin to have any justification for not getting on the roof and lighting up our home...........it is pretty much non negotiable.....plus he ruined two of my brand new sweaters............I might send them to Avery they are about her size right now..............you see I had to buy 2 new sweaters a couple of weeks ago because last year he ruined at least 3 of my sweaters........so I had none............I think the guilt alone will drive him up the chimney and onto the roof with our lights...........

Dylan is enjoying the Christmas tree as I type and carefully pulling off one ornament at a time....he just brought me a big round bulb and told me it is a ball............and he is kind of right.....it rolls and can be thrown just like a ball...............

shopping...........we didn't get up early...but we did manage to buy some toys for Dylan.... and we picked up Avery's Christmas and B-day gifts....I picked Collin up some butter toffee coffee for his coffee maker.............and picked up a ton of poinsettia's for the home and for the office.........20 to be exact............unfortunately I didn't make it to pick up my $2.00 pie plate.............perhaps today....Collin, Dylan and the Dogs enjoyed a early afternoon of sledding with friends.....I worked most of the day yesterday.......I think we have secured another new construction....and have a home to list today....all is well in the real estate world..........

this morning will be filled with some final touches in the house on decorating ....then off to list a property and then Dylan and I get bundled up with hot cocoa in hand and head downtown to take in the Parade of Lights this evening......................