It's snowing! It's finally snowing! We've been living in this pleasant-but-creepy mid-forties universe for some time now and I wasn't going to say anything because that would surely bring negative 40 degree wind chills come January. So I was just enjoying the light jacket and gloves weather while I could, all the while feeling quite certain it is the product of all of those aerosol hairspray cans my sisters used in the 90s.

And now that Halloween and Thanksgiving have passed, it's time to pull out the green & red bins kiddies! I haven't yet fully embraced the concept of Christmas decor. I have a nativity scene from my step-mom that I really like. And the first Christmas after we moved into our house I did the post-holiday scrounge at Target and came out with quite a few items. Of which two I use and thirty I have yet to use. But this year feels a little different. I might just hang those lights and shoot, maybe we'll even get a Charlie Brown tree this year. Yes, after a few Scrooge McDuck years, I think the holly and jolly is rising from the ashes this holiday season.

Perhaps it is the rekindled peace between me and Pete. Or perhaps it's just this snowy Sunday morning.