And so am I! But I'm gonna go ahead and not worry about that until January 1st. Life is too short, and I love me some Christmas cookies! And cake! And chocolate! And cheese balls! And, and, and!
I don't know about ya'll, but this year has been the calmest Christmas I have ever had as an adult! (Maybe that has something to do with my current status as unemployed?) I've got all of my presents wrapped and they are sitting under my tree!
Your what?
My tree!
Your what?
MY TREE!!!!
Ooooh, a tree!
We have sort of, kind of had a tree before, but it was really a rosemary bush that we pretended was a tree. Because we lived in the Bronx. And we had no space. And no money. And rosemary bushes, if you didn't know, are small and cheap.
Me and the Christmas Rosemary Bush circa 2008.
Then... a sad, empty, not at all Christmasy home in 2009.
And... dun, dun, dun!!! Courtesy of one Donna Cronley (that's my grandma!)...
Christmas Tree 2010!!!
Can you see the ceiling?! Well, no you can't. But you can see the ceiling behind the tree and you'll just have to trust me when I tell you that our 2010 Christmas tree is a mere 12 inches below the living room ceiling! Can you believe it, or what?!
Finally, our house looks like Christmas! We've even got a few nutcrackers sprinkled around too! So, even though NYC has totally got LA beat in the "Christmas Spirit" category, I am loving our fabulous new decked-out-digs so much that it ain't no thang!
You guys are so good!
I have a rosemary bush too because G and I can't have a christmas tree ever since the battle royale that was christmastreegate '07. That shit ended with me hysterical, holding a hand axe.
Sub-optimal!
Posted by: Face Desrochers | 12/22/2010 at 01:52 PM
I'm so glad you have a tree!! And it looks beautiful. We used to have to bring ours back down from Visalia because LA peeps want to charge $85 for a 4 foot WHAT? Our 8 foot tall monster this year? $17. LOVE Portland.
Posted by: Northboundpdx.blogspot.com | 12/22/2010 at 02:11 PM
look at you all glammed up in your, no doubt, armani robe. does armani make robes? we've had our fake but real in our hearts tree up for a few weeks. yours in quite lovely. santa will love seeing it. where's the mistletoe? :)
Posted by: Tarammeehan | 12/23/2010 at 08:09 AM
How pretty!! I'm so happy for you and your beautiful tree.
ps- your new place looks huge!
Posted by: Cameron Otto | 12/29/2010 at 03:30 PM