Tis the Season...

Oh my gosh, I feel out of touch with everyone.
This has been an INSANE week. That's all I can really say.
INSANE.
So I will leave you with Happy Thoughts while I'll try to regroup and play catch-up.


Da Christmas Tree:
Da Kitchen with my new ginormous poinsettia. Isn't it pretty?
Here's a closeup:

Anyhew, I promise to be back next week in right mind. :-) I'll also be doing a little cookbook giveaway for fun--and just in time for the holiday season.

Have a great weekend!

Have I missed any big news? Please tell me I haven't.

O' Christmas Tree

IN THE NEWS: German police find pot plant adorned as Xmas tree. Read more HERE.

GIFTS TO BUY: Still 5 (but going shopping again today)

So the Christmas tree went up the other day. <-- This is it in all its splendor. It's actually late for us in getting the Christmas tree up. I like it up and decorated as soon as humanly possible after Thanksgiving.

I'm one of those people who move right into the next holiday. But I don't like my holidays to cross over. For example:No turkey talk until after Halloween. And of course, no Christmas music until after Thanksgiving.
Let's keep our holidays straight, people. :)

But anyhew, back to the Christmas tree... It's fake, yes. Allergies and my vacuuming obsession keep us from getting a real one. But one of the little traditions we do (for our fake tree) is buy an ornament from wherever we've visited that year. We didn't really take any major vacations this year but we did got to Boston to take the kiddo to a Red Sox game
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Thus the ornament of Fenway Park here.

-->this little gem is from our trip to Atlantis in the Bahamas a few years ago.

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Disney

-->this one I just threw in because the kiddo made it out of an old CD and I thought it was neat. :)

That's it for me this Friday. I'm off to shop in about an hour and then will stop by the rest of your blogs to catch-up later.

PS. Erin Kern was sweet enough to want to interview me today. So stop on by if you get a chance. No giveaway. Just random pointless info about myself. :)

How about you?

Is your tree up yet? Real or fake? Do you collect ornaments or have any special traditions with them?