5th day before Christmas...

Ok, since my pictures of my christmas tree are not behaving I will post something else.Ok, don't ask me how I did it, I just did it. Here is my christmas tree and the picture is NOT SIDEWAYS!! Joy to the world baby!

I'm quite happy with my tree this year. I bought some new ornaments from the Bay during a 40% off sale. Just simple red and green ornaments...but BIG ornaments. So my tree theme this year is sparkly red, green ornaments with gold tinsel and white crotcheted snowflakes (courtesy of grandma!) Tres elegant. And hubby suggested I put it in our very rarely used dining room, used mostly to store bikes during the spring/summer/fall, so that everyone driving by and walking by could see it when it is lit up. I drove past the house the other day with the outside lights on and the tree lights on. Very Christmassy. I like it! So I also bought a wreath for the door this year as well. Went with the real wreath and decorated it with some cheapy ornaments....but I think it turned out quite nicely. I didn't do too much else for decorations in the house. Put out some stuff on the fireplace mantel, but that was about it. Had intentions of doing more and never really got that far. So much planned, very little got done!

I took the doggers for a walk last night to look at all the christmas lights in our neighborhood. Man does this little development go nuts on the light. We live on the street that has a blue and white theme (go figure, hey... a huge long street and everyone's lights are blue and white...well next year I'll be changing that up a little. I bought red lights at Costco this year! Gotta add a little spice to our street!). So many houses are decorated. And those big blow up figures (santas, snowment, toy soldiers) are very popular as well. What a great time of year to go dog walking...or just people walking for that matter! I've decided that the most magical time of the year is Christmas Eve, going for a walk in a neighborhood full of Christmas spirit and Christmas lights at night. The anticipation of Christmas day is at it's highest at this point, put together with lights and snow and christmas trees lit up in people's windows...you can't beat it! So this year I'm planning to take the doggers (and perhaps the husband!) on a Christmas eve walk. That will be the beginning of the Christmas festivities for us!