I finished my Xmas Swap hosted by Much More Than A Mom! I sent off my package on Monday and I already received mine from Fenicle! Yay, I love swapping. That sounds nasty, by the way, but swapping rules. It is so fun. You get to send off a cute care package to a random person and in return you get one full of all sorts of wonderful things you don’t need. Love. It.

We are finally going to get a tree tonight. It seems like we are the last people on Earth to do so! I know that we are still very early, it’s just that I’m used to getting ours the day after Thanksgiving, so waiting this long is like torture. Yay, I’m excited!

I just dug out all the Christmas decorations from our shed. SIX boxes!

What the frig. Six boxes is (at least) four too many. I mean, I’m all for keeping and cherishing the old Christmas ornaments and stockings from my childhood and everything, but this year I’m dumping all the other crap. No, really. I like Christmas, but not enough to fill 6 boxes.

The new plan is to pick up a Xmas tree this Sunday.

I hope by then the weather changes. It’s kind of hard to get into the Xmas spirit when it’s 70 degrees outside…sunny, no wind and blue skies.

This sucks. I want rain and gloom! I want to not feel guilty about staying inside and drinking cocoa. When it’s like this, you can’t do those things and NOT feel like an idiot.

Okay, I couldn’t resist this. Yeah, yeah, I’m all for the happy Thanksgiving and the joyous atmosphere of family and friends. And, most of all, I think this time of year is wonderful for remembering that we SHOULD be thankful. But let’s not hide the truth. It took blood and guts (of innocent Native peoples) to get here.

On this day, please remember them. And give thanks for Peace.