O Christmas Tree

I know, I know, I haven't blogged in awhile. Things have been crazy. We did go get our Christmas tree the day after the loss to South Carolina. Thomas needed some rejuvenation so we headed to the Merry Christmas Tree Farm and cut down our very own. My family used to pile (all 6 of us!) into the cab of the truck and go cut one down at the local tree farm every year, but Thomas had never been. They had too many allergies in their house. :) Thomas was pretty excited about getting to be a "real man" and cut the tree down himself. We had to find a small one because we have very little room in our house, but this one was perfect.

The best part of our time at the Merry Christmas Tree Farm was that we knew one of the people working there. He insisted on showing us around the 40+ acres, and much to Thomas' chagrin, we actually walked the entire property. Okay so not the ENTIRE property, but we were sweating by the end of the walk and Thomas kept reminding me how many calories he burned in the game the day before. All in all, it was a wonderful trip and a great way to get our minds off of the loss.

Seeing as our tree from Food Lion last year fell over THREE times, we were determined this tree be firmly screwed into its tree stand. After about 30 minutes of bickering about whether it was ready to be decorated or not, we were satisfied. Decorations? Check. Lights? Check? Star atop the tree? Check. Four days later, our tree was no longer upright. However, the poor little thing didn't fall down, it just slumped forward, and seemed to be saying: "help! Give me a push back in the right direction." But being the NON perfectionists that we are, the tree is slumped forward to this day. I've had good intentions of propping it up with a book or brick or some solid object, but just haven't done it. Last night, we decided that the tree has been slumped for so long, we're just going to leave it the way it is. Perhaps I'll post a picture of the pathetic thing later this week.


This was my favorite part of the Merry Christmas Tree Farm: