Hooray for December!

Is it just me or did November fly by?! We enjoyed a quiet Thanksgiving at home after a morning stop at a bar on the beach called Pete's. It's a yearly tradition for the street the bar is on to be closed and for everyone to gather and have fun Thanksgiving morning while the turkey is cooking! We threw ours in the crockpot this year and headed on out.....the street was crazy-crowded, but the sun was out and the weather was warm....great start to the holiday!

Black Friday started at 10:30 am for us this year.....a first for us to be starting so late!!! But in the wee hours of Thursday morning I was able to get all the BF sales online and finished all of my Christmas shopping except for one person......sleep-deprived, but a happy girl! We wandered around the mall Friday to see the crowds, enjoy the warm weather, and to scoop up some last minute deals (which we did!). Even the cats got a new bed on sale, so everyone was happy. After stopping back at home to eat some leftovers, we headed downtown to see the lighting of the Jacksonville Christmas tree......very lame indeed. We thought that we were going to see the lighted boat parade and great fireworks too, but apparently SOMEBODY read the website wrong and we were there a day early. We were not happy campers, but at least the forecast for rain held off.

We were able to put up all of our Christmas decorations and lights yesterday, so we'll get to enjoy them for a little while before we head up north. All in all we had a very nice, but very busy holiday weekend. Tomorrow it's back to reality with work and school. Bill has to travel for business this week to Ft. Myers, so he's hitting the ground running.

Hope that everyone had a happy and restful holiday!!!
(As soon as I figure out how to get pictures off my phone I will post them!)