Countdown to Christmas

It's almost the end of the year already but better yet, only 18 days til christmas. i did some shopping today and i only have a handful of presents left to buy. not bad since before today i hadn't bought anything. usually i wait until the last minute to do my shopping.

thanksgiving went okay, it was a busy day. started cooking early in the day because company showed up around 1:00. the turkey was pretty good, we made two and had enough to feed a crowd and feed us for the rest of the weekend and halfway through the next.Company hung around for the rest of the day and left around five to go register and get ready for the convention. mom and dad went with them but returned later on in the evening and they all had another go at the food.

Even Maggie got into the action. We let her chew on a turkey leg for a little bit.

They stuck around for the rest of the weekeend. Mom and dad stayed over on Thursday night and they spent the morning here Friday and left after 12. They thought they were gonna take the bus back but we surprised them by giving them the truck. Dad was so shocked but thankful, he couldn't believe that we just wanted to give it to him, no strings attached. Snapped a picture before they left.

That Saturday we brought up the tree. Yes, we have an artificial christmas tree. Who wants to be responsible for chopping down a new tree every year. How environmental of us, huh? Anyways, today i finished decorating it and the place. Put up some extra lights that don't show in this picture but i was so excited that i finally finished decorating the tree that i took a picture before i was done but here it is.

Since it's been cold lately, i brought out Maggie's sweater. I had to cut off the sleeves because in the past she couldn't move very well and now she's pretty comfortable in it, although she's gotten bigger since i first bought it and it's pretty snug on her, so i don't keep it on her for too long, just enough to say, ah, how cute and snap a picture.

OMG, went to get tickets for the nickelback concert in april and couldn't get very good seats. i wanted them in the charter section but ended up in the plaza level section 105. I guess that's still good because it's by the side of the stage and at least it's not in the nosebleed section.

have to go get ready for the week. Got my assignment back on Saturday and i have until january 4th to turn it in. I'll get to it on new years day.