It's Christmas Time

It's cold.

So that means we must have decorated the house for Christmas, right? I like to imagine that the Motivation Fairy confirms the forecast for the coldest day of the year before giving me the mojo to bundle up and climb that cold, cold ladder 72 times.

But we beat that Motivation Fairy at her own game this year, because David's aunt and uncle sent us an early Christmas/Hanukkah gift - handmade hats and scarves! We were happy and toasty and warm the whole time we were outside.

Warm and happy.

And we really must have been warm and happy because there were no arguments disagreements discussions about proper placement, light spacing, bow size, swag depth, extension cords or theme.

With our house decorated (and all lit up like a...wait for it: Christmas tree), and the photo for our annual Christmas card nearly completed, my energies are now focused on finishing up decorating inside our home and baking mountains and mountains of cookies (I should have preceded that with a Gift Spoiler Alert).

 The tree is up, but I didn't really have time to do much else. It's nearly perfect, though. I might not ruin it by tricking it out like a $5 hooker...

I did, however, put a big silver bow on my giant, scrap-metal chicken.

I mean seriously: A giant chicken with a silver bow? 

How perfect is that?!