Rainy day

I am thankful for the very rainy day we're experiencing today, but it has made me completely unproductive.

Keep on raining! I'll stay in my pj's all day :)

Coming soon...

... awesome photos taken with my new DSLR camera! YES! I got a new digital camera for Christmas/birthday. It is the popular Nikon D40X. LOVE IT! Now I just need to figure out how to use it. For now, here's one fun picture from 12/26:


Self portrait under the crazy lights at the GA Aquarium

Merry Christmas!

There, I said it! I've been doing my best to be "PC" everywhere else (especially at work) and I give the generic "Happy Holidays!" but I had to get out one good "MERRY CHRISTMAS" before I exploded! :)

So, I hear Christmas is next week. We've had the house mostly decorated since the start of the month and I thought it would be a good idea to take a little photo evidence for posterity.

Ooooooooooohhhhhh Christmas tree, oooohhhh Christmas tree, how lovely are your plastic branches


The piano (finally tuned and sounding beautiful! thanks mom & dad!)


The tree again (please excuse the ghetto tie backs, we have real ones to put on the wall, but just haven't had a chance to hang them)


Christmas card holder (yeah, it's just some ribbon and packing tape, but it works!)


The snow village


The festive mantle


Holly themed coffee table


The whole she-bang in the living room


Our front door (non-round) wreath


And finally the entry table


Merry Christmas to all!

Christmas in suburbia/small town USA

In case you haven't noticed, it's almost Christmas. This time next week I'll be done with work and it'll be present opening, food gorging, jolly good times. We've been getting in the spirit here, despite the non-Christmasy weather (hello 80 degree days).

The first weekend of November was the neighborhood luminary lighting
(in night vision mode, so it's a bit odd looking, and well, not all the neighbors participated - some of our Christmas decorations were up)




Last weekend it was the local Christmas parade. It was pretty warm sitting in the afternoon sun, but it was so much fun! Check it out:


Lots and lots of fire trucks, new & old


Ladies in Civil War dress


Float


Parade Grand Marshal, The Mark Roberts (my favorite traffic guy, although he now does car commercials)


NC Agriculture "big" shopping cart, it is quite large, no?


MOMS club (mothers of multiples) - all the kids were dressed in large Christmas gift bags, too cute!


Super cute wagon "float"


Festive old car


Love the tree in the 'rumble seat'


The stoic Chick-Fil-A cow


Local 'store' float (Old time-y gas station I pass everyday)


Dancers en'float


Our mayor


Ponies (and some poo)


A singing float


Sweet old car


Santa!


Yay for Santa!

That's all for now folks!