Santa in Torrance!

We must have been really good in our neighborhood because Santa came early! I was watching TV with the kitties when I heard Christmas music blasting over a PA outside. Then a voice said, "Come on outside! Santa will be here in a few minutes!" So of course I threw on some flip flops and ran outside... in my PJs! After a few minutes of standing on the corner with the neighbors, a squad car came around the block followed by a truck pulling a float with Santa!! Check out a few more pictures here.

Our Hannukuh Bush

Instead of braving the crazy Black Friday crowds we decided to limit our early morning shopping to the search of an artificial tree. Yeah... I'm allergic to real ones. Lucky for us Dave found a pre-lit LED tree for $50 at Home Depot. So we got ourselves up at 5am and got to Home Depot by 5:30 for the 6am opening... but it was already open! The one by our house opened at 5am! They had trees, but they only had the one with multi-colored lights. We bought one anyway and decided to try the Home Depot in Carson. We had to wait a few minutes in line outside since this one actually opened at 6am but when they did, we went straight to the trees and found one in the white lights. Yay! Dave also got a multi-position Gorilla ladder. Woohoo! So after 45 min, two Home Depots, and one return trip, we ended up with the awesome 7.5 foot tree you see here. We're looking forward to collecting more ornaments through the years and since it's LED, it's energy efficient!

All Done!

So it finally happened. Noooo... not me finally updating my blog. Well... okay... that, too. But the real news is that Dave and I had our wedding and honeymoon and we are loving life together. We recently bought a house in Torrance so that's keeping us pretty busy. It's definitely a fixer-upper, but we sooo excited to have it! Pictures from the wedding ceremony are here. The reception will be following soon. I just have to pick from about 300 other photos! I think there were 980+ overall. I will have honeymoon pictures up soon, too. We had a wonderful time on our cruise from Rome to Athens. We were on Oceania Cruiselines on the Nautica.