Just around the corner...

I tried to post pictures of our decorated home a few days ago and something happened. Everything that I had typed and all my pictures dissappeared and I didn't feel like redoing it all over again. So, I'm going to make this blog short and sweet. We have our house all decorated for the Christmas holiday and I think it looks pretty good. The way the house is laid out, its really hard to make everything flow. I guess you have to settle with whatcha got. Anyway, here are a few pics. I just wish the weather was a little cooler.

Our undecorated Christmas tree

I'm sure your wondering why on earth we have our Christmas tree up so early (2 weeks early to be exact), but I have my reasons. A week or so ago Brian ordered our Christmas tree from Balsam Hill and this sucker came in two large boxes. One box came on a Thursday and the other came on Friday. I thought the company accidentally sent us two trees until I looked at the packing slip and it said that were to get two boxes. Now, when an artificial tree comes in two large boxes wouldn't you put it up early so you can see how big it is. Also, I wanted to make sure it wasn't too tall (9 feet) for our house and that we actually have a place to up it. Well, it took over an hour to put it up. It wasn't difficult putting it together, but we had to fix the branches. All I have to say is that this is a B-E-A-UTIFUL tree. It looks like a real tree, except it doesn't have the real tree smell. Maybe I'll buy the smell in the can....maybe not, I'm sure it really doesn't smell good. Overall, I love this tree. It will take years to fill it with ornaments. I think the ornaments that we have now will only cover a small portion of the tree. We had a Charlie Brown Christmas tree before this one, so we don't have a whole lot of ornaments. Anyway, is this a big tree or what?

This weekend I also bought a wreath and garland from Pottery Barn. I think it's going to look so good on the mantel. Here are pics from there website. When I have the mantel decorated, I will post some pics.

Say a prayer for me tomorrow. I'm taking my drivers license test (written) tomorrow so I can have my NC license. Let's hope that I will pass this thing :)

I'm so HaPpY!!

We got a Christmas tree...yea! Well, we ordered it off the internet yesterday. We should have it in about a week. After tons of researching on the internet and looking at the trees at Lowes and Home Depot, I think we found the perfect artificial prelit Christmas tree. I found a website called Balsam Hill and the trees looked really good. There trees were even on the set of Ellen DeGeneres show, so they should be pretty good. I let Brian pick the tree, of course I had some say in it as well, but I let him make the final decision on which one to get. We decided to go with the 9' Ocala Spruce Pine with clear lights. Brian wanted colored, but I told him no on that one. I'm not crazy about the colored lights. We can have colored lights when we have kids. I think we're going to happy with this tree. What do you think?