So because of my work schedule I have to stay here for Christmas. After much deliberation, Aaron finally decided to stay here with me, so we'll be spending Christmas together in Colorado. The downside is we'll miss out on visiting our family in Wisconsin, which is a huge bummer and I've already had my cry about that. The upside is that Aaron and I will get to spend our first Christmas together at home with just the two of us and our dogs!! I've become a lot more excited about that over the last couple of weeks. We'll be able to spend Christmas Eve with my extended family down in Parker (just an hour away), and then we'll wake up on Christmas morning in our apartment. I'm excited to be able to form some of our own traditions and just enjoy each other and our dogs on Christmas morning. A couple of things we're doing this year (that we hope are the start of lasting traditions) are... giving each other pajamas as gifts to open on Christmas Eve, having a gingerbread house making contest and making lots of kiss cookies (our favorite!).
Sugar and Sampson are getting excited about the tree and the stockings and it will be fun for them to have their first Christmas morning! They usually have to stay in their crates so they don't get in the way, and I'm excited to let them be part of the gift-opening part of Christmas! We have a couple of gifts under the tree for them as well as stockings filled with rawhides! :)
Speaking of which, this is my first year filling a stocking for someone! It's actually really fun! I probably went a little overboard with my items, but hopefully Aaron enjoys his stocking! I've been practicing filling it when he's not home to make sure everything fits, lol. I'm pretty excited! We finally have all of our presents under the tree and I'm getting excited for Christmas to come! Nothing brings out the 6 year old in me quite like seeing my name on a gift!! :)
I also have to add that I recently purchased two nativity sets! We found one at Big Lots and it was marked down to only 14.95 and I loved it, so we decided to go ahead and get it. I think the scriptures carved into each piece makes it really special. I really love it and hope it will be a treasure for many years.
So then I'm walking around King Soopers a couple of days ago...and I see another nativity set! It was beautiful and came with the animals and the stable and everything! It was the very last one that they had and it was on clearance for...14.95!! I knew I couldn't justify getting yet another nativity set to Aaron, even at that price, so I bought it with my own spending money and I think that just makes me love it even more! I still can't believe it was so inexpensive! It looks like a hand crafted set worth a couple hundred dollars to me. I love it!
I can hardly believe my luck, two nativity sets that I LOVE! :) And I've always wanted a Poinsettia but I never get one, so I finally did this year. This is a counter full of things I love! (and our fridge in the background filled with Christmas cards from friends and family!) :)
By the way, I will be posting a really cool video on here soon. It's of us decorating the Christmas tree, but I think it turned out pretty neat. We did a time lapse record! :) You'll see. Here's a preview of the tree decorating...
Well, work has been crazy with the holidays, but I'm really glad to have a job (even if it does change our holiday plans) and it's great to feel useful and bring home the rent money! My nine hour shift yesterday was tough. Nine hours is not usually a bad shift, but I had spent all of Friday in the ER with a ruptured ovarian cyst (fun...) so I wasn't really in great condition. I couldn't walk because I was so dizzy with pain meds, not to mention the pain itself, but I knew it was a busy day and my managers needed me there, so I had Aaron drive me to work and I told them I could work, but I couldn't walk. My managers were awesome!! They set me up with a chair at a register and let me sit there and ring people out for my whole shift. One of my coworkers walked me to and from the bathroom and break room whenever I needed her. I had a few customers who I've developed a first name basis with come through the line and chat with me and wish me well. It was an incredibly hard day, but the Best Buy coworkers, managers and customers made it as good as it could have possibly been given the circumstances. I love my job! Everyone is so great. :)
Last thing - Aaron and I will be having our gingerbread house making contest this week and I'll be posting the pictures here for judging by YOU! So be on the look out for that and prepare to vote!! :)
Merry Christmas!
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