Merry Christmas!

This is my one year old nephew's tree! There's also a giant one in the mansion, but he picked this live one from the tree farm! You should see the little fella burning around the house on the Radio Flyer Tricycle that Santa left!

Despite a little pre-arrival monkey drama, it was an excellent Christmas Eve with my family. I'm now getting ready to head home to the District! Let's hope the snow currently falling in the mountains and the storm headed to our fine city doesn't leave me stranded along the way.

Merry Christmas to you and your Chimney from the family farm!

To tree, or not to tree?

I had BIG plans last year!  The theme color was red; I purchased several new ornaments and enough sequined and sparkly fabric to cover all the throw pillows red.  This is apparently the only (blurry) picture I took of the tree since I only blogged a pic of one ornament.  I ultimately ran out of time and didn't sew the pillows.  These crafty projects always sound like a great idea but take longer than I'd like.  For example, I finished the hat and ONE leg warmer for my friend's 40th Birthday party in 2007.  The other...it's about 3 inches long.  I suppose she could use it as a bracelet and keep one leg warm at a time?

I have no motivation this year, not even enough to start decorating.  Is that terrible?  Is it necessary to do it every year?  I just don't feel like traveling across the city to the storage bin and dragging everything out.  Decorating alone takes 4 trips total for set up and tear down.  I think I'll be a scrooge for 2010.

Other news...The movie night page is updated.  We're still missing several historical details.  If you have any recollection of the film and/or food from the missing dates, please let me know!

Happy Holidays!

ChiDogo's

So far so good! We did the World AIDS Day vigil, the fundraiser, then drank out way back to U Street and ended up here! I'm excited! Chicago style dog & fried pickles!