Day 3 - December Daily

Kit...need I say more?

Day 2 : December Daily

I bought this little feather tree a few years ago. I think it looks really good with the shiny red ornaments. Or with miniature candy canes. I've done both. :)

Day 1 : December Daily

Ali Edwards challenges people to scrapbook the little things in life. One of her projects is the December Daily. I'm going to try it this year, and I thought I'd post some of the photos I'm taking here.

My paperwhites are starting to appear...

Tree Hunt 2011

Today was our annual Christmas Tree hunt. We chose to return to the site of last year's success and found our trees (mine, the parents, Traci & Eric's) relatively quickly. Then it was home to deck them out.

Black Friday Shopping

What an experience. This year we left the kids at home and headed out, four women, to enjoy the adventure of insanity.

Our first stop was Walmart. We arrived t 9:30 pm. It was chaotic and disorganized with lots of rude, obnoxious people. One bright spot was running into some family friends and catching up while waiting in the checkout line.

At midnight we were waiting in two different lines: Target and Old Navy. I had to be at Old Navy. My jeans were on sale for $15. Can't beat that. The rest of our happy troop braved Target and I met them a bit later. Again, we ran into friends and spent some time chatting.

From the mall it was off to Denny's for grand slams and time off our feet. I can't remember the last time I had breakfast at 2:30 in the morning. Refueled we hit our next stop at 5:00, then on to Fred Meyer at 6:00. We were back home by 7:30 for power naps before going to KMart and then lunch at Panera. My "day" ended at 1:30 this afternoon.

We had a good day. It was fun to hang out and pick up a few things. And starting early wasn't so bad. I think I prefer it to starting at 4:00 am.

Thanksgiving....

Here are some images from our wonderful holiday. We were blessed by the company, the food and time together.

Veteran's Day Parade

Gotta Love A Parade!. I marched in my first parade as a member of the high school marching band way back when. It was fun. That hasn't changed. This year I took part in the Albany Veteran's Day Parade for the second year with the DAR. The weather was beautiful. A perfect day to honor our our military veterans.