I’d like to say that I was bullied, bribed or blackmailed into getting an artificial tree again this year, but the truth is: I forgot. I forgot that I wanted to get a real tree until I had signed the credit card slip and the boxed tree was at the door waiting to […]
Christmas trees
Going Once, Going Twice, Going Too Many Times
I’m sitting here waiting to hear what silent auction items I may have won and how much I owe for a bunch of stuff I can’t even remember bidding on. I went to a fundraiser last night where there were oodles of silent auction items around the room. I got caught up in the […]
Mayor of Tinsel Town
I just finished putting the tinsel on our Christmas tree. I had planned for it to be a moment worthy of a Hallmark Channel Christmas special – an evening with the whole family at home, my kids recovered from the trauma of putting the ornaments on the tree several weeks earlier, my husband in […]
Light Grayish Friday
I don’t deserve nice things. I’m a terrible shopper and an irresponsible consumer. I don’t buy enough. So when our economy collapses and we’re all speaking badly enunciated Chinese, it will probably fall on my shoulders. I didn’t brave the crowds on Black Friday. I didn’t get $50 off a TV, or $100 off […]
Christmas Tree: A 3-Day Event
I’m guessing it’s going to take me the better part of three days to get my Christmas tree up and I think that’s just one of the more ridiculous things about this holiday and its tendency to go over the top. Christmas has become a complete drama queen. Yes, I have a fake tree […]