{signal squeal of excitement...} yes the christmas season is upon us. I jumped the gun a little early this year listening to pandora christmas and lighting fraiser fir candles mid october. but now that tomorrow is december 1 I’m coming to a screeching halt and dropping my jaw a little bit. can it really already be december??? geeze this semester has flown by. in fact, this entire year has flown by. oh well, guess its here so I intend to embrace it. the upstairs half of our house has transformed their domain into a whoville of sorts with tons of christmas lights and a pink tree and garland. so we down here have full intentions of out-decorating them!! starting with balls made of chicken wire and wrapped in lights to hang from the outside trees.