Hi Everyone! I hope everyone is ready and enjoying this holiday season. This is the time of year my life gets a little crazy (hence why I haven't been a good blogger). So let me get you caught up with everything Stacy since my last post...
Tis the season... of my birthday!
I turned 26 last week... and with my birthday the husband always reminds me on how "old" I am. Words of wisdom: Never marry a younger man; he'll never let you live it down.
My birthday was nice and lazy. I slept in, worked on "Thank you" cards (yes- the one from the wedding. I've been busy- don't judge me), and then Sam took me out for dinner and movie. Dinner was nice, the movie (The Babysitter) sucked! Don't waste your money, even the dollar from Redbox when it goes to DVD.
Tis the season... of house hunting/ buying!
Last week Wednesday, Sam and I put an offer in on a house. I was completely freaking out, so much so that Sam took me out for a drink after we signed the paperwork. Now, I'm excited and we are just waiting to hear from the sellers.
I love the high ceilings and the cut out in the wall. This would be a great first home for us; however, I'm trying to not get my hopes up too high just in case the deal falls through. We'll see what happens.
Tis the season… of the semester ending/ gradation!
Working at a college you often catch yourself measuring time in semesters, and my first semester at my new job has came and went. It’s crazy how time has a way of passing you by, and I heard it only goes by faster as you get older.
This last weekend I went to my brother-in-law’s college graduation. It was weird being back on my old campus. I can’t believe it’s been over a year since Sam and I moved home. So much has changed around campus in just that year we have been gone.
And of course- Tis the season…. of Christmas!
This year I had a hard time getting in the holiday spirit. I think it’s partly because these last few months have been crazy busy with wedding stuff that the holidays have just snuck up me. Also, I think it's because I’m still living out of a suit case. It’s hard to feel a connection to the holidays when you feel no connection to any place you’re living. The holidays are about being at home with your family. I have the family, just not the home (not yet anyway). So when I got to Sam’s tonight he had a surprise for me…
He wanted to get me in the holiday spirit so he cleaned, hung Christmas lights, and had hot chocolate (with caramel Baileys) waiting for me.
Also, he bought me mix nuts. It has been a family tradition to have nuts around the holidays, so he bought a big bowl for us to have. He also bought some chocolate. Man who knows his way to a girl’s heart.
He also bought us our first Christmas pineapple which was decorated with our wedding cake topper and first family Christmas ornaments.
Sam got the idea of a Christmas pineapple from one of my friends at our Michigan wedding reception. She told us a story about a Christmas she had in college where she didn’t have a Christmas tree, so she decorated a pineapple instead. Well, Sam thought it was the coolest ideas he ever heard, so he made it happen. I can see our Christmas pineapple becoming our first family tradition together. (Thanks Amy for the idea!)
This surprise really has helped put me the holiday mood, and it makes me love my husband even more because he knows how to lift up spirits and make me smile.
How do you get in the holiday spirit?
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