You Know You're Busy People When....

....you meet your husband at Costco on your way home to pick up a Christmas Tree. Mind you that Costco is just over the halfway point on the interstate between our house and my job, so we left about the same time and he barely beat me there.  I wish we could have made an evening out of it, but I had to be at the dance studio at 5 so I ran in paid for the tree, and he met me outside the truck with the trees. He held a couple of them up for me to pick from, we made our selection, threw it in the back of his truck, I gave him a kiss-making sure to remind him cut the bottom of the tree off before he put it in the tree stand, and we both went on our way...him to run another errand and me to the house to get ready for dance.

Eric wasn't going to just take one that was laid out...he had to go all the way in the truck to find the perfect tree.  I would have gone, too, but I had on heels and I probably would have fallen through the pallets on the way up.

Do I wish we could have made an evening out of it with dinner and maybe some Christmas shopping? Yes, well the diner part for sure, but we don't shop well together so maybe it's a good thing we didn't. =) That's just how the cookie crumbles for us these days. I thought that once I stopped coaching basketball, I would find myself with ridiculous amounts of spare time. Clearly that is not the case.  At least not during the week because apparently we are unable to do that thing some people call "down time."  Weekends though? Those are another story, at least for me.  Eric has been filling his up with hunting and fishing, while I have made sure to spend some time unwinding. But I know what I'll be doing all this weekend!

Did you know that the pine needles on the floor are Eric's FAVORITE part of Christmas?

Isn't she a beauty!?! I cannot wait to pull down all of our decorations from the attic and start decorating! Our Christmas season is really starting to ramp up.  We have the Christmas Parade in our town Saturday, the first of 2 work Christmas parties on Monday (yes Monday - clearly not my idea), a Christmas Craft/Bake sale for P.E.O. next Saturday, and my second work Christmas part the following week. I am really loving how all of the events are spread out this year because I get to do a little more Christmas every few days.

Speaking of doing Christmas...I am planning on trying this out this weekend because the only thing better than your house smelling like a Christmas tree is to have it smell like Christmas tree AND cranberries!

Cranberries are one of my favorite holiday scents (I can't do the super sugary scents - they make my teeth hurt) because they're so fresh smelling. I'll let you know how it goes!