Christmas Tree Hunting

Timber!
Originally uploaded by jmsmall2005.

We went crazy this year and decided to get in touch with nature instead of just finding a tree at the local Home Depot. To our delight (and, it must be confessed, surprise), we had a wonderful time "tree hunting" and came home with a perfect little tree to decorate with lights and things. We also felt pretty pleased with ourselves at being able to get it in and up without a) displacing most of the furniture, b) tainting everything we own with sap, and c) failing to get it into the stand multiple times.

Our house is feeling pretty Christmassy now, and I actually ALMOST have all the gifts wrapped and under the tree (I'll try to get "Our Home at Christmas" pictures up in a day or so). I really have no excuse, as I have only had two days of work in two weeks. It is really remarkable how little one gets done when one is home all day. And it is really remarkable how relieved one is when one's husband gets home in the evening...