This Thanksgiving was very fun. We started our trip in Saginaw on Wednesday night for the Spirit game. Then we finished the trek to my parent's house in Detroit, where we had a very tasty dinner of turkey and all the fixings. My favorite part about the trip was getting to spend time with my nieces and my week old nephew. It was a great time, and it could not have come sooner because I was missing home and my family.
Now that we are back in Mt. Pleasant it was time to put u
p the Christmas tree. I had been tossing around the idea of not even putting up a tree this year since the new house is still a mess and all. But the Christmas spirit got the better of me, so I got out the tree that we got at the end of last season. We were excited to see what it looked like put up since it was coming out of the box for the first time. Well, our excitement was cut short very quickly. We didn't have 4 branches up yet and already they were shedding 5 inch long pieces of fake pine, not to mention the tree was about 5 inches too tall for our low ceilings.
After messing with the tree for a while we had just about had it and were ready to dump it behind the local Goodwill. My lovely and innovative husband started to modify the base and trunk of the tree. He eliminated about 2 1/2 foot of the height and after the branches were not it was pretty full, though it does have an "hourglass" shape to it. I call it good enough for this year....Next year we try out a real tree.
Today I had to get a filling redone. It was a old filling that I had from when I was just a kid and I guess it was just no good any more. The dentist seems to think that I will need a crown on the tooth now too. Not something to look forward to this holiday season. At least I will get a royal tooth out the deal. :-)That broken tree that was in the front yard of the house is now gone...finally. We were lucky and were able to have it cut down before it fell down. I am glad for that because it would have been a shame if it fell on someone or put a big old hole in our house. Though I am sure I can think of someone I won't mind a tree falling on. Oh, and I really wouldn't have cared if it broke down that old split rail fence on the side of the house either. Oh well. It actually looks a lot nicer in front without it...the house seems bigger and brighter from the street. At least the house looks good from one angle.
Today is a very windy day. The weather channel said that they gusts are 40 mph or more. All the hard work we did yesterday raking the massive quantities of leaves in our yard is all for not. Our neat piles are now spread all over, though luckily some have migrated to the neighbor's yard. While watching the yellow leaves flying around we noticed that the mostly dead tree in the corner of our front yard looks like it is ready to blow right on over. It is swaying back and forth like a flimsy reed in the wind. I know now why they call this "fall."
I have seen people using these blogs and thought "hey, I'm bored. I want a blog!" So I now have a blog, as you can plainly see. However, now that I am writing this it occurs to me that I really don't have much that I want to say...I just want a place to say something for when I have something to say.
After I get the idea of how to use this blog I think that I will post updates on the house, and what's new in my little world. I hope that you enjoy getting the opportunity to take a little peek into my head and checking out the pictures that I post. Please feel free to post comments and ideas on what I should write about.
p the Christmas tree. I had been tossing around the idea of not even putting up a tree this year since the new house is still a mess and all. But the Christmas spirit got the better of me, so I got out the tree that we got at the end of last season. We were excited to see what it looked like put up since it was coming out of the box for the first time. Well, our excitement was cut short very quickly. We didn't have 4 branches up yet and already they were shedding 5 inch long pieces of fake pine, not to mention the tree was about 5 inches too tall for our low ceilings.
