O' Christmas Tree.....

Well kids...I finally got my tree up last night - what a sense of accomplishment! Whoo Hoo!

In the past, I always put two trees up, but this year I just wasn't into it - for obvious reasons.

There is a long-standing tradition in my family - St. Nick's Night. Each year, on this night, we each give one another a new ornament for our tree. It's something we have done for as long as I can remember.

Now, this can make for a lot of ornaments amassed over the years, in addition to the ones we each already have, but it's fun to hang the old ones and think of Christmas' past. Back in 2001, I also started putting a small American Flag in the top of my tree to honor those lost on 9/11.

Like I said above, I always have two trees. One is "Elegant" - white lights and matching ornaments; and the other is my "Fun" tree - multi-colored lights with all of my hand-made, funky, and sentimental ornaments. This tree always makes my living room feel more "homey" to me. I don't know if that makes any sense, but I hope you get it.

Since I'm having the blues this year, I decided to just go with my FUN tree. I was loopy by the time I got done and decided to take some pictures last night at roughly 1:30 a.m. I started acting stupid with my camera and these are what came out...Yes - I really know how to amuse myself. Anyway, here's what I came up with.

Awww....ain't she purty???

Decided to get wild with the black/white. I started to crop this one, when I noticed Kloie (my pup) in the bottom right of the picture. She's hard to see, but regardless, I couldn't cut her out! LOL

Wanted one with my flag showing.

From the Porch.

Weird lighting...

The dog jumped on me when I snapped this. Even though it's blurry - I dug it!

Anyhoo - happy Friday everybody!