The kitchen put our Christmas decorating on hold. We didn't go get a Christmas tree until the week before Christmas, which is totally okay with me. Obviously the rest of the world does not feel the same. We go to one retailer to buy a live tree and they have only very short ones left. (I don't do short trees...it's in my blood.) The second store we went to had 4 trees left. You heard me right, four trees and it was still 1 1/2 weeks to Christmas AND they were not getting any new ones in. Of the four, there were two about 5'(remember I don't do short) and two about 9-10'. I went for the large ones of course. The guy asked me if I wanted him to cut some of it off. No way! He just solved my Christmas tree placement conundrum...this bad boy's going in the foyer. See, I didn't want to move furniture around in the living room and I didn't feel comfortable with it in the den/playroom, therefore, we're left with the foyer. It worked great since the foyer has 12' ceilings. The best part about the Christmas tree, besides how big it was and how easy the "picking out" process was, they were on sale for $17. Yep, I got a 10' tree for $17! Crazy, huh?! We'll likely be waiting until the week before Christmas from now on.
Picking out the tree. See how huge.
We couldn't have picked a better night. It was super warm for December...65! We wore shorts and flip-flops. 
This beast was too big/tall for our stand. Instead of getting a new one, we made do with the old one. Yes, the tree was tied to the wall, staying with Ford Family tradition.
I ran around for the whole next week like a crazy lady trying to get Christmas stuff done. The kids and I went to my parents' for the week of Christmas and Blasen joined us the night before Christmas eve. To round out our year of not so great luck, Blasen's car was hit the week of Christmas and totaled. Blasen's car, i.e. my Honda, see previous post. So we said good-bye to the old Honda and are still waiting on the money we're owed and thankful the Jeep is still kicking even though I've said very bad things about it in the past.
Christmas was fun opening gifts with the kids. They were really in to the whole Santa thing this year.
Christmas was fun opening gifts with the kids. They were really in to the whole Santa thing this year.
The big family gift seen here. Love the shot gun addition...maybe we should've gotten a truck.
Just to finish out the year(and to make fun of myself)...I sliced my right thumb open and the next day I super-glued my fingers together...as in like 8 out of the 10 and it hurt, I was near tears. To get them all undone I had to rip them apart after the paint thinner wasn't working. That didn't feel too good as it took layers of skin away, then I was left with a coating of glue on my hands for several days. I imagine it's what a cat feels like if you were to put tape on his paws. On that note, I closed the book on 2009.
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My boys want one of those so badly. I just can't do it. I may be a horrible mom but I can't put them in a car. But they do look fun and I wanted one when I was little. It looks awesome. The tree was cool!
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