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Let the Decorating Begin!

Well, I sure am glad Thanksgiving "week" is over!

In the past 5 days I have had monkey bread, peanut butter fudge, pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, Thanksgiving dinner(mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, stuffing, green beans, roll), more mac and cheese, dinner at Longhorn, fried chicken, and pumpkin pie!!!!!! You'd think I'd be as big as a cow after all that. I am so glad it's a new week to get right back on track!

I'm so excited it's Christmas time! I started putting up my Christmas decorations yesterday.... I love decorating, but I got a little depressed last night and wasn't really feeling the Christmas spirit. It's mostly just because I want so bad for my family to be somewhat "normal"-is that too much to ask?? We tried to have a Thanksgiving dinner with my mom, brother and sister but that ended up as a FAIL.

My mom cooked a dinner  at my house and literally dragged my little brother over here, who was miserable the whole time. He can be such a brat sometimes and so unappreciative. My sister and her boyfriend didn't come. I just don't know how I came out of that family because I am so different than my brother and sister. Oh well, you'd think I'd be used to it by now....I am just so thankful for my husband. He's the only person in my life I can rely on, and I don't know what I'd do without him! :)

So anyways.... I'm putting up my Christmas trees today, then the decorating will be finished! I love my house all pretty and decorated, and I can't wait to do all the "Christmasey" things like watch Christmas movies, ride around and look at Christmas lights, listen to Christmas music 24/7, drink hot chocolate, and have a fire in the fireplace!

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