Oh baby, it's Christmas time again!

Ok, unfortunately this post is going to be short.  I promise to catch you up on some really good year-end movie reviews (including the Town, the Social Network, and hopefully some other good Oscar contenders), as well as some other good things that have happened to me over the past month, but if I don't go to bed soon I won't be able to make it up for the run that I promised myself I would go on in the morning!


Man, I know that the Christmas time is a busy time of year for everyone, but this year is an extra special busy time for me and the people around me.  My parents have sold and bought a house and are supposed to move within the next week; my dad's high school football team that he coaches is in the state semi-finals on Saturday!!  whoo-hoo, nothing like high school football in December!  As my dad has said, "You really know you are playing a good season if you have to practice on Thanksgiving" ; I also have to travel for work next week, do all of my Christmas shopping, and somehow try to make it to 4 or 5 Christmas parties and still go to the gym somewhat regularly over the next three weeks.  Luckily I have taken 2 weeks off of work, but that doesn't start until December 21.  So until then when I have time to sit and actually write, I wanted to show you how Casey and I decorated for Christmas!  Enjoy, and feel free to share your Christmas decorations as well!

 Here is our tree.  Check out the cute bow.  My sweet sister Amy got a bow-maker (yes, I didn't know those existed either!).  It is the coolest thing ever; it has different templates and you pick your bow style and it then shows you how to fold your ribbon to make your bow.  Absolutely genius!  And I actually wrapped the presents under the tree myself....normally I just go for sacks, but this year I thought I would actually use boxes and wrapping paper; it turned out great besides the fact that I chose wrapping paper with glitter.  There is glitter all over the apartment and it has been at least a week....

Here is our wreath.  I made it in the same way that I made my Fall wreath.  Again all you do is pick out a few different swags, beads, greenery, and ribbon and put it all on a blank wreath.  Don't forget a command hook for the door either!

 Here are our stockings from Crate and Barrel.  I couldn't get the right stocking to stay straight for anything.  Now if only we actually used the fireplace...we don't have gas logs and we are both to lazy to go get real firewood and clean up ash.  We need to get a boy to come over and do it.

 These are some Christmas plates my mom bought me back in college.  I love them, so I always set them out during the holidays.

  Finally, our centerpiece for our coffee table.  I just got this mix of potpourri from Pier 1, it's a combination of greenery, pine cones, christmas ornaments, and some glittery branches.  Very festive!

And three more quick things to mention:  My friend Sarah and all of the girls in her family just returned from NYC!  I was so jealous, I am trying to get my mom to go next year.  Anyway they snapped this cute picture of the Rockefeller Chrirstmas tree.  They also saw Brad Pitt at their hotel bar!  Let's just say that I was soooo incredibly jealous.  I would have been jealous even if he still looked like a grizzly bear and wasn't clean shaven.  Thankfully though our fabulous Brad has turned back into a normal person as of late.  Sarah said he was really cute in person.  How I wish I could have snuck into her suitcase!

And here is a quick pic of my parents new house.  They are hoping to move within the next week or so.  It all depends on the football game this weekend, only in Texas does life revolve this much around football!!

 Finally, a little Boomer Sooner action!  My beloved Sooners just won the last Big 12 Championship there will ever be!  And I got to go to the game, and sit in a suite....it was fabulous.  I got to go with people from work and we had a great time.  I snapped a few pics of the jumbo screen at Cowboys stadium from our suite.

 Below are all of the players and Bob (oh how I love Bob!) after the victory!  Such a great night to be a Sooner!!!

I hope everyone has a great couple of weeks!  Make sure to spread some Christmas cheer to those around you:  do something nice for a stranger, smile at the lady in line with you at the mall, put an extra dollar in the offering plate, anything you can do to remember to treat people with kindness!  Until next time, Ciao for now!