‘Tis The Season

(I really need to get better at blogging)

Ahh… It’s finally December! My favorite time of year! I’m actually really enjoying it this year even more than usual, not because we’re in our own house, but because of where we are. Cedar Park normally is about upper 60′s to mid 70′s. This December seems to be colder than normal. Today’s high was 47* and I don’t think it even got to that. I think mother nature is trying to make up for it being the hottest summer on record by being the coldest winter on record.

Thanksgiving was pretty good this year. Since we are no longer near family we spent it with some good friends in their new house. There were 6 of us and we had a blast. My peanut butter blossoms were a huge hit. People were diving into them before it was even dinner time. We had a blast. Everyone talked for a long time at dinner and then we all played games. I, unfortunately, was getting really tired about 11 PM and had to struggle to stay awake. We didn’t get home until about 1. Needless to say great fun was had by all.

Portalarium’s Christmas party was fun too. All the parties at Mr. Garriotts are fun. Great people and great food with lots of good conversation going on. This time I met a girl named Brekken who’s husband works with James. I later found out they live half a mile from our house! This is great cause now I’m making friends even closer to my house instead of 45 minutes away. Haha. Save on gas right? Anyway, Mr. Garriott gave his usual tour of his house and when he was done shared 3 bottles of wine with everyone. One was a Port from 1900, another wine from 1875 and another 40 yr old wine. I just can’t believe that he shared some amazing wines with everyone. It was very generous. I always look forward to his parties.

So before Thanksgiving I started decorating the house. As per my family’s tradition, we turn on the lights the night of Thanksgiving. Here’s what I’ve got up for this year.

I’m still missing some lights but since we won’t be here this Christmas I’m just going minimal. Next year we’ll have lights all the way around the top floor. We just need a bigger ladder.

As for the inside decorating, we had to get a new tree. This house is too small for our original tree so we decided on this beautiful tree with pine cones, berries, and is pre-lit. Here’s a few pics of the new tree and our ever changing living room.