THE 2nd COMMANDMENT

"You shall not make for yourself any idol, nor bow down to it or worship it."


My sweet husband, Tim gave me this idol last Saturday that I slightly worship. We were at Arrowhead mall and had split up to do our Christmas shopping for each other. I was secretly hoping that he would find himself in the new Coach Store picking me out a handbag.


He called my cell phone and told me he was having a hard time picking me out a Coach purse and would I mind if I picked it out myself? My Criss Angel mind bender had worked. I told him I suppose I could muster myself up off my comfortable, yet germ-filled mall chair and mosey on in.

The Patchwork Holiday Duffel....aaaah.




...and the spoilment of me doesn't end there, just look at these 2 presents he beautifully wrapped himself just for me.


I love Christmas.





Let us all have one more look at the glorious handbag.

O Tannenbaum

This is the blank palette where Tim and I shall erect a 9 ft tree amidst cursing, sweating and a sober Whitney singing Christmas carols in the background.


The tree came in 4 parts. We brilliantly deduced that the widest was the bottom, then came the head scratching and a few curse words from me as we tried on different parts of the tree.


A lot more cursing when I noticed the tree at a 45 degree angle. Tim produced duct tape and 20 minutes later the tree was straight and had a slim book underneath the base, because we are engineers.


Notice the lights are only working on the top and bottom, this is where the full out profanities flew. I hate putting up the ef-fin Christmas tree! It's a pain in the ass and in fact, by now I had, had an ass full of this tree....


Ahhh, all the lights are working and now comes the 1,356 bows and ornaments. I motion for Tim to leave me with my tree. I was never the sweet, patient mom that allowed her children to hang ornaments as they wished...crooked, 3 together, upside down...no I let them hang one or two through gritted teeth then sent them away while I finished.


First come the bows and streamers that I made out of this fabulous ribbon.



Then my 3 favorite ornamets.


Then, I fill the tree with stuff I don't really care about...and 3 hours later I am done.