It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

For a nice Jewish girl, I bought a hell of a lot of Christmas stuff this weekend.  Nothing says commitment like buying 7 1/2 foot artificial tree and a huge stash of ornaments and lights.  We went out early on Saturday and hit Barnes & Nobles, Pearl Paint, Michael's Crafts, Target and then grocery shopping.  We got home and David went to work on setting up the tree and doing the decorating.  This is something he takes very seriously - General Patton never planned a campaign so thoroughly.  Everything looks really nice though.  The tree is very pretty, multi-colored lights, candy canes and assorted ornaments.  So far the cats have not attacked the tree.  Kimba and Dylan seem content to crouch under the tree looking vaguely jungle-catish, although Dylan seems more inclined to sleep on the tree skirt than anything else.  Charlotte and Thomas don't seem to care about the tree at all.

It was wonderful to watch David's face while we were doing all this.  He was as excited as a child - this I hope will be his first really happy Christmas in a long while.  He's had a lot of sad things that made Christmas a not so happy time for him for a long time but I think this year he is really getting into the spirit.

I had a blast yesterday buying clothes for the family I adopted for Christmas.  It felt really good to be able to give back this year.  I may not be rich but I have a roof over my head, food on the table and a good job.  These are things I do not take for granted.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

For a nice Jewish girl, I bought a hell of a lot of Christmas stuff this weekend.  Nothing says commitment like buying 7 1/2 foot artificial tree and a huge stash of ornaments and lights.  We went out early on Saturday and hit Barnes & Nobles, Pearl Paint, Michael's Crafts, Target and then grocery shopping.  We got home and David went to work on setting up the tree and doing the decorating.  This is something he takes very seriously - General Patton never planned a campaign so thoroughly.  Everything looks really nice though.  The tree is very pretty, multi-colored lights, candy canes and assorted ornaments.  So far the cats have not attacked the tree.  Kimba and Dylan seem content to crouch under the tree looking vaguely jungle-catish, although Dylan seems more inclined to sleep on the tree skirt than anything else.  Charlotte and Thomas don't seem to care about the tree at all.

It was wonderful to watch David's face while we were doing all this.  He was as excited as a child - this I hope will be his first really happy Christmas in a long while.  He's had a lot of sad things that made Christmas a not so happy time for him for a long time but I think this year he is really getting into the spirit.

I had a blast yesterday buying clothes for the family I adopted for Christmas.  It felt really good to be able to give back this year.  I may not be rich but I have a roof over my head, food on the table and a good job.  These are things I do not take for granted.