I think I got the perfect Christmas tree. It is a little too big around for the space, but the tree isn't really the problem there. It has a wonderful shape, and there are holes below each branch for nestling ornaments. It made it a little difficult, wrapping lights and beads, since I'm used to a thinner tree, and I had to do it twice to get the spacing right. I got my lights up outside this morning before the snow started, as well as my garland. It was a little frustrating, having shoveled my drive this morning, just for another four inches to fall.

I ended up going out in it, too. Silly, silly me made a hair appointment at the mall on a Saturday afternoon in December. This is why I shop on the internet. Add a snowstorm on top of that, and traffic was horrible. The worst part was sitting at a traffic light for ten minutes because some genius couldn't figure out how to pull up and trigger the light. I should have gotten out of my truck and walked up there. I couldn't believe how many people were out and about. Imagine if the weather had been nice.

I love decorating for Christmas, especially the tree. Everytime you pull out an ornament and hang it on the tree, it's like decorating the tree with memories. "Mom found this one in an antique shop. Grandma and I each bought this same ornament that one time at Farm and Fleet. I thought this glass bird was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen." A lot of the older ones are variations of ornaments Lew and Emily have, too. When I remembered that, I got all sad, because they're never all going to hang on the same tree again. But the memories will always make me smile, because who can help but laugh at five people stuffed into the cab of old Greenie singing Christmas carols?