Christmas

I started getting my Christmas decorations out the other day, even though it's October and still about 90 degrees outside. :) I'm so super excited about it, it's not even funny! I turned up the Christmas tunes (Amy Grant's White Christmas, my favorite) and unpacked the festiveness! Honestly, my apartment is not big enough for all the decorations I have, so I'm having a hard time deciding where to put things. I like that this is going to end up being a several week long process. That makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

My apartment this year is also not big enough for my 9 foot Christmas tree (I'm fighting back tears as I type). So my options are to use it anyway and have Christmas Mr. Willaby style, leave it in the box until next year (SO sad) and get a smaller artificial tree, or wait until the first of December and go get a real tree for this year. I would love the smell of a real tree, but I can't carry one by myself (nudge nudge, Melanie!) and I'm not sure I would be good at remembering to water it. I would hate for it to die before Christmas. I also don't like to wait until December to put up my tree. Christmas is just too much fun to enjoy for only one month! But I also don't want to spend tons of money on another artificial tree when I have a perfect one in the closet!! Any ideas? What should I do?

And just for fun, here are a few pictures of Christmas in New York last year! Happy Holidays!

Making cookies for the Christmas Cookie Party.

Cohen and I when they came to visit...he was so small!!

Fun family photo (not sure where Christian was...sorry!)

The beautiful tree in Rockefeller Center!

Tony Bennett warming up for the tree lighting performance.

The Rockefeller tree all lit up!!!

My kitchen Christmas tree...

My living room Christmas tree... :)

I hope you all have a fun and festive decorating season!!!

Night Shift

Kyle called me out for not posting anything for awhile. Working nights, I tend to be up at all kinds of weird hours. It's 3 am, and I have nothing to do, so I'm going to post some random thoughts that have popped into my head lately.

- I need a day job.
- I confess that I like the Beach Boys.
- When school is over, I'm going to need a hobby. Any ideas?
- It's almost time to start listening to Christmas music! Maybe I'll do that this week...
- I really should start going to the gym again.
- I recently discovered Silver Jeans. Love them!
- Anyone remember The Judds? I'm pretty sure we had their final concert on VHS tape.
- I went to get a mighty meal at McDonald's with a friend of mine tonight. When the lady handed us our food, we asked for ketchup. She told us it was in the bag. We asked if it was a lot. She said, "it's enough for your small fries" and shut the window!! Seriously?! Is that allowed?
- I'm going to see NKOTB in a few weeks.
- Watching the news is depressing. So I just don't do it.
- All of these things remind me of visits to see grandparents when I was growing up: fruit roll-ups, trampoline, big brown pillow, Silly Silly Sandwich, cinnamon toast, homemade rolls, nachos, Single Women Rich Men, frosted Cokes, square dancing skirts, bear pancakes, cheesecake, and My Country, 'Tis of Thee.
- Sometimes I really miss New York.
- This one is just so I can see what the word 'discombobulated' looks like. I'm not sure if I spelled it right though.
- It makes me sad when I look at my schedule and realize that I won't get any significant amount of sleep for the next few weeks.
- I am very interested to see how Grey's Anatomy turns out this season.

Pretty random. Sometimes I wonder how I function in life when this many different things can cross my mind in such a short time frame. :) I hope you all have a great day!