Christmas Christmas Christmas.

Christmas is almost here. This is where I'm making my wide eyed surprised but also terrified face, because I "Erin, Queen of Procrastination" have left my Christmas projects to the last possible two weeks. Less than two weeks.. This is not entirely my fault however, I have been quite busy with work. When I'm not working apparently I am a magnet for illness. I have been sick for weeks, and before that I was sick for days. Flu, Cold, Bronchitis, Respiratory Virus...vicious cycle. Not surprisingly one of my New Years resolutions is to buy out a vitamin company, hahaha and the other is to get to the bottom of my mysterious lack of immunity.
I digress. The art making is in progress and I am feeling very sentimental, and warm and fuzzy and sparkly! I love Christmas. I love spending time with my favorite people, baking, making things, writing cards, cuddling up watching sappy Christmas movies and all the other wonderful traditions that come along with it.
My parents put up the tree over the weekend, and oh it was an undertaking, it usually is. I am normally a part of this project, however having been and continuing to be sick I wasn't much help this time. The tree went up in no time, and then there was a lot of scurrying around it fluffing out the "branches" if you can call them that..the tree is artificial, but very pretty. (My Mom will testify openly every year about the years when we still went for the real deal and how nice the house smelled)  I have to agree. I miss the tree smell. The lights are a  deal breaker , there can never be too many lights on the tree, this time it was a case of not enough! So the parents scurried around the tree one more time and then off to Rona for more lights. Then it was time for a nap, which lasted approximately 10 minutes before Andrea Bocelli's Christmas album woke me, my Mom loves him. The rest of the festive decorating seems to be a blur, I was a little out of it. The house looks cheerful and very much like Christmas thanks to my adorable parents. <3  That was an "Erin Story", if you have never been lucky enough to hear one they usually go something like this... Lots and lots of extraneous detail , most of which doesn't really pertain to the point at all, weird anecdotes, long winded and often times there is no real point to the story at all. Just a re-telling of some event, sometimes I'm funny and entertaining.
(Smile!) Well now that I have updated and graced you with my ridiculous story I bid you adieu. Goodnight!

Much Love
Erin

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