I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

Seriously!  What fun! A miniature version; he could play in my little waterfall.  I smile (and sometimes laugh) everytime I hear that song on the radio!  AND that was the first Christmas song I heard on the radio this year. 

Well, if I'm to have one, I'll have to buy it for myself; Edgar is not going to cooporate, infact I got a lecture on the damage a full-grown hippo could cause and the liabilities (yes,he actually said 'liabilities'!!!)  I really think that he thought I was serious...must be because I want to bring home every injured bunny that I read about, the the Great Dane that was abused and weighed only 57 pounds (he's found a home, however). 

I just wanted the little guy to go running with me and protect me from coyotes....

Pictures from Genius Beauty.com

Outdoor Christmas Decor, Part 1

I've been horrible about photographing my Christmas decorations.  When I arrive home in the evening, the lighting is just not the best.  But I've been decorating!  And having a wonderful time doing so!  The outside is almost complete, I just have to buy some new lights for the front balcony. 

When I moved from my townhome to this house, I went to Costco and bought everything new for outdoors because I didn't have anything.  Well, its been 7-years!  And the lights are starting to have some problems!  What's worse, is that the same lights are not even being made and I can't find replacements.  So, I took a string to use for my replacements lights.  I plan to go light shopping at lunch today...

A few pictures, but I'm taking a flex day off on Friday (YAY!) so I'll be able to take some photos at dusk and I think they will turn out alot better.

Notice the owl in the corner....he now has a big red bow!  He has to live on my front porch because birds are building nests on the ledge.  Normally I would be ecstatic about this, however, you can imagine what a mess this creates on the front porch...last year I had to through a wreath away because of said mess.  So the owl moved in and since the nests were empty (I checked first) the birdies moved out.  They can live anywhere in the backyard, its huge!  I'm not being mean! (I'm trying to convince myself of this, can you tell?!)

this just looks strange, and my deer are not even visible!  There are candy canes lining the drive way, this is one side, along with 2 lighted deer, contributed by Edgar when we combined our homes.  I've since adopted them... more to come!

Christmas Decorating

I braved my way into my storage building on Sunday and pulled out my Christmas decor!  We even went to the country to buy the tree, complete with bunnies in tow; Madelaine had a great time and kept her little head out of the carrier the entire time. 

I chose a live tree, because I love the idea of replanting it after Christmas (however pine trees are illegal in  my association because I live in a fire zone, so I'll have to see where it can go where it won't present a problem).  It's an Italian Stone tree - the needles are like razor blades, which I DID NOT realize before I bought it....Wow, are they sharp.  It is still outside, it had to be replanted into a larger container because the root ball broke though as the guys were loading it.  Edgar will hopefully bring it in tomorrow.  Pictures to follow!  I have most of the outside lights up, just need to finish the front door/courtyard area. 

What a lot of work, but the lights looked so pretty when I pulled in the driveway tonight!  ***sigh*** I love Christmas!