Christmas

It smells like Christmas in our house this morning. Pine tree and popcorn. My 13yo son strung lots of popcorn for the tree. We put the tree up last night. Our neighbor down the road grows Christmas trees. It's a project he started for his retirement. They aren't the most perfect trees. But they are nice and they grew right here on our hill. Every year my husband and sons walk down the road and pick out a tree. They went yesterday. My sons told me they picked out the tree and my husband gabbed with the neighbor. Probably.

It was weird and a bit sad to put up the tree. It's the first year the girls weren't here to help. It's not fair to the younger kids to be all out of sorts and grumpy. So I tried. But I really wanted to cry as my girl's special ornaments got hung on the tree.

They will both be home for Christmas. My oldest had some meetings and stuff she couldn't skip this weekend. I'll be driving up to get her in a couple of days. My other daughter went to visit her boyfriend and his family after finals this year. She will be flying home a day before Christmas. We will all get to be together for the holiday.