Charlie Brown Tree

Since we are moving we are not putting up any xmas decorations this year because they are already packed (which is really depressing since xmas is my favorite time of year). But we did put up a small tabletop tree the kids picked out today. It is fiber-optic and I guess they thought it was pretty cool b/c now I have a 3 foot fiber-optic xmas tree in what is left of my living room. We bought some ornaments for it and they like it, but I have to admit I feel kind of like I am giving charlie brown's tree a run for its money (for those of you that have no idea what I am talking about just watch the xmas episode of Charlie Brown which I am sure will be on TV in the next few weeks). We told the kids that we are not doing alot for xmas this year and Santa knows we are leaving so he is not bringing as much stuff as he did last year (which is probably good since they got way too much crap last year....that darn Santa! The kids thought that by putting a small tree up will let Santa know that they only want small stuff this year that they can take in the car with them.....how cute is that. Of course right after that conversation, a boy at school told Tyler there was no such thing as Santa so I had to come forth with the lie I had been telling my kid for the last 11 years. Of course it definately takes the xmas pressure off since now the boy knows xmas comes from the bank of mom/dad and "santa" can modify the gift list at any given time without warning.

On another note - my laptop that Donnie took on his trip with him has crashed....it will not boot up or do anything. This is a bit ironic since we just bought a new laptop a few days before he left that way I had a new one for school and he could take my old one with him for his school. Alot of good that did.....anyway the point is that unless we can get the laptop fixed and the geek squad can recover the hard drive, I have lost every picture we have taken since about 2005. I have to say I am a LITTLE pissed to say the least. So the moral of the story is to back you stuff up. The funny thing is I was just watching a Sex and the City episode where Carrie's computer crashed and she lost everything b/c she didn't "back up". I thought it was amuzing because it is something I have never thought about.....guess the joke is on me. So for the mean time I have no pictures of the dress for those of you who are waiting and no pictures of my life for the last 3 1/2 years. Lesson learned!

A few pics that I have left on my camera.

The crazy child... I wonder where she gets this stuff from :) Jenny - lets not bring up the ninja turtle episode in my parents room with the laundry basket if you remember it...my dad loves to whip out that tape when we come home to visit to show Donnie how "brilliant" his wife is. (By the way it was about 60 degrees out this day).



Our little tree in the dark.....the fiber optics makes it look like it is going to explode!

The kids and our "charlie brown" tree... (notice Vanna's new do - love the bangs don't cha, it almost looks like the beetle hair Katie and I sported at Duff).