Welcome to my Christmas themed blog, which will be up for the next week or so before I switch over to a new theme for the new year. I had to maneuver things around and make things a bit simpler since this theme doesn’t support all the capabilities of the most recent version of WordPress.

The idea of Christmas loses a bit for me living in Southern California. The weather is usually mild to warm with sunny skies during the winter, which is a far cry from the thoughts of a chill in the air, snow falling, and cozying up next to a wood burning fireplace. For a change though, this year in SoCal we have rain, rain, and more rain. The Weather Channel tells me it’s going to rain through Thursday. With the rain falling pretty hard, and knowing the rain wasn’t going to let up, my brother and I broke down and went shopping for a Christmas tree. This brought us to Home Depot. I’ve always had trouble finding a good Christmas tree at Home Depot as I usually get there too late and all the good ones are taken. This usually results in having to go to a nursery to get a tree at a higher price. This year though, with the rain coming down and my recent bout with a cold, there was no way I was spending more time in the rain unless I had too. Luckily Home Depot had a large supply of trees for us to pick from. And it was pretty funny what people used to cover their heads from the rain. This one guy used the top of a garbage bin to protect himself from the rain. As for me, I had nothing but a bald head for the rain to bounce off of, which I’m sure wasn’t the best idea coming off of a nasty cold, but oh well. The tree is now in the garage drying off and will probably be up in the living room by tomorrow night… or Tuesday. We have to eventually get it ready for Christmas, don’t we?! I’m sure my mom will have something to do with getting the tree and house ready, seeing as she’s flying in tomorrow night. I’ll upload a few pictures of the tree and house when their done. For those of you in the business world, enjoy the short work week!