i am not ashamed to say that our house has been decorated since early november. since we're typically not home for the holidays we take advantage of enjoying the warmth and joy of holiday decorations for as long as we can. in fact, it was jordan who wanted to set up the tree and we listened to christmas music, "watched" a roaring fire from our computer screen and lit all the candles. i'm an advocate for decorating early for christmas and an advocate on snow in the ground in november and december and not in february and march. i am excited for a break this friday. and time to just be with my husband. here's to finishing everything off my to do list by friday, so that we can have a restful two weeks! cheers!

this was actually a part of our advent calendar, for the last week before Christmas, jordan and i took turns writing down secret dates for one another. (here is another date from our advent calendar) jordan chose one that included making foil-pack dinners over the fire. jordan made them, but i think all he did was put in lots of veggies and some salsa and wrapped them up in foil and we placed them in the fire until they were nice and  toasty. it was very good.