O Christmas Tree

After a wonderful Thanksgiving, we have turned our attention to the end of the semester and Christmas. On the one hand, we have lots to do and no time to do it, it seems, before the end of the semester. On the other hand, Advent is here and it's time to prepare for Christmas! We bought our tree today in Hastings...it is a Minnesota-grown (just like my hubby) spruce.

We were hoping for a tiny little tree like the one we found last year in the 'economy lot' of a tree farm...but due to complications finding the tree farm this year (last year's tree farm closed, so we had to find a new one), we just stopped in Hastings on our way home at a little tree lot next to a store. So due to the limited size of the place, there were no scrawny, little trees here. Still, we found about the smallest one, and decided it would do nicely.

We had decided to try putting the tree on top of a little end table this year, so it would fit better in the tiny little corner of the room we had alotted for it...unfortunately, this slightly-larger-than-planned tree did not fit at first. We trimmed a good 5 inches off the top, though, and it fit just fine. Here it is, in its current, undecorated state.


Incidentally, for anyone who hasn't seen me (Jess) since Thanksgiving break, we trimmed a little off of my top too. Actually, it was my sister Liz doing the trimming, and she trimmed quite a lot--12 inches! That hair is currently on its way to Locks of Love, where it will be put to good use.