#357 Christmas AnticipaShawn

Left office at 2:00 pm. 

Packed car then left home at 2:45 pm. 

Made it to the chalet at 4:30 pm. 

Unpacked by 5:30 pm. 

Mini tree up, lit and decorated, 6:15 pm. 

C'MON SANTA! WE'RE READY!!!

#347 Saturday SatisfactShawn

Gingerbread Waffles, Cookie baking, Gift Wrapping, Egg Nog drinking and Christmas Movie watching.

That is what makes for a pretty damn good Saturday.

#334 DecoraShawn CompleShawn

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand we're fully decorated!

6 trees and 6 tableaux.

To quote one Mr. Ed Grimley, "I'm as happy as happy can be, I must say!"

Santa, we're ready!

#333 DecoraShawn ExploShawn

It starts...

I picked up a car today, then picked up Marcel and we made our way over to the storage unit. 30 minutes later the house was filled with bags and boxes od Christmas Decorations.

After 2 hours of unpacking we got to decorating... and after 3 more hours, we have the Mantle, 3 trees and three tableaux set up.  3 more trees and 2 more tableaux to go and we'll be ready for Christmas! 

Okay, well, we have more baking to do, and gift wrapping and card signing, a bit of shopping, and  a few parcels to ship and THEN we'll be ready for Christmas.  But considering that Dec 1st is only on Monday, we are well ahead of schedule!

I Am so excited and also so tired I can hardly stand it!

#332 Christmas DecoraShawn ExpectaShawn

♪ ♫ I'm so excited.

And I just can't hide it.

Tomorrow we decorate for Christmas.

Fa La La La La, La La La La! ♫ ♪

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

#331 Christmas Gift Gift RecommendaShawn

Time is ticking away...

Stuck thinking about Christmas Gift ideas?

Well do I have the answer for you...

How about some original art photography!

I happen to know of this really great photographer that just opened a shop on Etsy.  Great photos, even greater prices...  and many would be great purchased in pairs or triples. Why give one Print when you can give more?

Hey! What are you still doing here? Go take a look!

#330 Christmas Music DeciShawn

Christmas Music...   I love it almost as much as I love sipping a big glass of EggNog while watching a Blizzard...

I've loaded up my iPhone with 844 songs. All of them Christmas-y.

To make it more exciting, for me, is that I added 3 new albums for this year:

Kelly Clarson's Wrapped in Red.

Seth MacFarlane's Holiday for Swing.

and

Christmas with Ferrante and Teicher.

The problem now... what to listen to on my commute to the office tomorrow!?!?

I can't decide!!!!

decision 

#265 Countdown PresentaShawn

Milestones People, Milestones. It's all about the Milestones.

I a fan of the Countdown and today is a pretty big day for me.

Only 3 months until Winter.

Only 94 days until Christmas.

Only 100 more posts to go.

And while I'm at it, 4 days to the weekend.