Christmas is forever…

In case you were wondering, I didn’t completely forget what to do at work when I went back last week. 2 weeks is a long time to be gone, but luckily the rust came off pretty quickly once I got back into the swing of things. This week, I’m working 8 hours Thursday and 12 hours Friday, and that’s it. Shouldn’t be too bad! And, Travis actually has a 5 day work week this week. With so many holidays in the fall and our bed and breakfast trip, he’s mostly had 4 day weeks since probably early October. It’s been nice! He’ll be taking off from our anniversary to January 2nd as well, so he’s really looking forward to that.

We’re almost through with our Christmas shopping already, which is probably a record! Usually, I’m always buying everything the week before Christmas. We’ve got to return one thing and get a few more things, and then we’ll be finished I think. Everything we’ve bought is even wrapped and under the tree already. The kitties (and I) are loving it.

Did I mention last time how much they love the Christmas tree? I’m sure I did. They especially love the ornaments and bows on the presents. The first few days the tree was up, we kept finding ornaments on the floor that had been pulled down. Now, they’ve moved on to bows. If your present is missing its bow this year, you can thank Felix and Gabby. The bows aren’t even sticky anymore they’ve been pulled off so many times! I may just have to tape them down. We like to leave the tree lights on all the time when we’re home except when we’re asleep, so we always turn them off when we’re going to bed or about to leave the house. Well, yesterday morning we were getting ready for church, and I came out into the living room to find the tree lights on. I thought that was strange…Why would we turn the lights on when we’re about to leave? So, I asked Travis why he’d turned the lights on. He looked at me funny and told me he didn’t turn them on. Well, I know I didn’t turn them on, and they were off a few minutes earlier that morning. Apparently, the kitties must have turned them on! The lights are plugged into a surge protector, and I guess they flipped the switch! If it happens again, we’ll know they’re doing it on purpose…what funny kitties!

Here are some pictures of our Christmas decorations so far…

Kitty stockings! Aren’t they cute???

Our stockings from Target! (I haven’t taken the tags off of anything on the mantle yet)

The mantle is tree and reindeer themed, I guess :)

I think I’m going to take the red tree back b/c it’s a little too tall, but I really like everything else!

Is he cute or what?

Closeup

They LOVE that tree!

We still need to hang our wreath on the front door, and after that I think we’ll be finished decorating for this year. We’re going to wait and get outdoor decorations next year (can’t spend all our money on this stuff!).

I need to give a fantasy football update since I haven’t done that in a while. The season started off horribly, but I’ve made a miraculous comeback! 6 wins in a row! I’ll finish the season with a winning record barely (7-6), and I think I’m actually going to make it into the playoffs. Never thought that would happen!!

Speaking of football, ROLL TIDE!!! We’re going to the national championship again!! After Oklahoma State’s big win Saturday night, I thought our chances were over, but I’m glad we’re getting one more shot at LSU this season. Hopefully this game will end better than last time! I just checked Stubhub, and prices have come down a little bit. We could buy 2 tickets for a whopping $1375 a piece! No thanks! After buying a house and a car this year, we definitely don’t need to be spending money like that. Anyone know of any cheaper tickets out there? We may end up just driving down there to see if we can find some, but we still haven’t decided yet.

I’ve changed my blog layout quite a bit, and I’m not sure what I think about it yet. I’m missing the side columns that I used to have, and I kinda want those back. If you don’t mind, give me your feedback on whether you like it better this way or not!

I think that’s all for today, so I’ll leave you with this thought…