Tree Hugger

Celeste and I took a quick trip out to one of our local Home Depots today to grab a tree. Unlike last year when it was sunny and 72 when we bought our tree, today's weather was a bit more seasonal - low 60s and drizzle. That didn't keep my grrrl from giving some firs a big hug.

I just want to state that this is not the right way to get a tree. The "right way" entails driving out to the country to a small farm, bow saw in hand to cut your own after trudging through ankle-deep snow. Afterwards hot cider/chocolate is consumed in either an old school house or barn. But alas, that's not really an option for us here in Carlsbad. Regardless, it's a beautiful tree, all set up in the living room and giving off a nice, strong pine scent as well as providing a good dose of coziness.

11:22 AM

That's the time Celeste first uttered the words "I'm bored" this morning, a mere 27 hours after receiving many generous gifts.

But I'll take the blame - she did have to suffer through about 5 minutes of me picking up a book.

Scavenger Hunt - Christmas Tree Time

Seeing that the calendar was telling us that it's December, we hopped in Allie's car to head out to grab our xmas tree.

We've been a live tree (well, technically a slowly-dying tree) household all along. Plastic trees are just so, um, blech to us. Most of the time we've gone out and trudged around in a snowy field and cut our own, that's by far our favorite way of acquiring said tree.

Well, things are a little different in Southern California. There aren't Christmas tree farms out in the country (but we do have avocado farms). We pointed Allie's car south to Encinitas to pick a tree from America's largest retailer of fresh trees - Home Depot.

Surprisingly the trees looked pretty good and were fresh. Plus, they weren't treated with that awful bluish-green paint that's so prevalent with pre-cut trees.

Roll the photos...

Noble fir, about as tall as me
Waitin' in line, Celeste with yet another Webkinzzzz
A nice welcoming sign. At least the HD guys assigned to tree duty seemed to be enjoying themselves.
I can't say that I had ever gone tree hunting wearing shorts prior to today, 72 and sunny (again)
All done!

Sadly the HO train won't fit around the tree. The brick from the fireplace limits how far over the track will slide on one side while the TV cabinet interferes on the other side.

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