Christmas!!!

Oh my goodness, it's almost here!!!!  And I have felt so christmassy lately.  I listened to the Pentatonx Christmas station while I was doing my yoga this morning, and it was wonderful.  Jesse actually started it.  Last night he was showing a video of a bunch of country a capella guys singing All About That Bass, and from there we went on to Hailey Reinhart, and this guy who plays bass and has so much soul!  My goodness, that guy can sing.  And then we went back to a capella, and by this morning we were on Pentatonix, and Jesse played The Little Dummer Boy right before he left for work.  Well, it just had to happen.  Christmas music, all the way.

Plus, it has actually been cold and rainy, lately, so I was able to rock the scarf and leg warmers this
morning.  You have no idea how long I have been waiting to break out the leg warmers!  And, by the way, I took that picture in the second bedroom that is full of everything we didn't bother unpacking, and just got shoved out of the way until we move again.  So yes, it's a mess.  I took a picture in there so you can't see how messy our actual bedroom is...

And then, at work, I found antlers in a cupboard while I was trying to find the manual for the copier!  It was just a christmas day.  I did not wear them around...just long enough to take a picture to share with you.  And then a while longer...but just for a little bit.

So anyway.  Moving right along...It was cold, so I decided to try my hand at making the tomato bisque soup that we had at the tournament thing the other day.  It actually turned out pretty good!  I'm not sure if I have just overcome my aversion to tomato soup, or if this is just a dang good recipe.  Someone else will have to try it out and let me know.  I made some garlic toast to go along with it, which was fabulous, but I did have to buy bread to make it happen.  I just did not have the time or energy to make bread last night after I had been to work and dance and made dinner and ran to WalMart for milk and a broom (we managed to leave our broom and dustpan at the old apartment...oops).  So WalMart bread had to do.  It was better than no bread!

And now...the highlight of my evening....besides dance practice, of course, which is always an amazing, frustrating, lovely, makes-me-want-to-tear-my-hair-out kind of thing......

My christmas "tree"!!  Cricket and I bought the materials to make my tiny basket tree when she was here, and I have just had it stuffed away in a closet, waiting for an acceptable time to decorate for christmas.  Well, now may not exactly be acceptable, but I did it anyway, and Jesse even helped!  He covered the boxes inside the baskets with camouflage duct tape so they won't show through under the garland.  He is a smart man.  I am quite happy with the way it turned out, and it really was very simple.  Just three baskets, a few boxes, some camo tape, a garland (I bought two, and definitely only needed one) wrapped around it all with some lights, and then I just stuck glittery pine cone sticks into it and attached a spikey glitter ball to the top, and it is done!  At least for the moment...my carpet is full of gold glitter and bits of fake garland.  And so is everything in the tub that it was all stuffed in in the closet...but hey, things could definitely be worse.

Happy Christmas!!