sick days and brooklyn christmas trees

Hey hey Everybody! Happy December! It’s been a weird week for us here. I came down with a pretty nasty flu {I’m not sick any more} and trust me, you don’t want to hear all the nasty little details. It’s over.



Mitch is amazing and took great care of me when I was stuck inside. We got coloring books: DC Super Friends for Mitch and the Princess and the Frog for me {I’m so excited for that movie! how cool for disney to go back to hand drawn musicals} and we watched How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

So it’s been a slow process for me – this whole sick thing – I don’t do it well at all. It was pretty up and down and there were a couple of times I thought it was getting better right before it got worse… and I tend to want to tough it out… but I was so good! I took it so easy I thought I was going to scream, missed lots of work, slept ALOT, and stayed pretty horizontal. Yesterday I ventured out into the world in little steps and was successful staying vertical *cheers yeah go alex* and today when I woke up it was fabulously miraculous {see I can use big words too}

Waking up and not needing to lay back down means I get to go get a Christmas tree! {because I now have the strength to help carry it back} “Where do you go to get a Christmas tree in Brooklyn?” – they asked. “Well,” I answered, “let me tell you.”

Step 1: lots of trees get chopped down in Connecticut and Vermont and are brought to NY. in Park Slope there are several tree stands in Brooklyn we could choose from… which leads to step 2
Step 2: We decided to take a right out of our apartment instead of a left. And we had to pass two stores AND cross the street before we made it to our destination.

Step 3: We trudged deep into the forest searching for our perfect Christmas tree. And we found it! And paid for it and carried it home {I decided to condense the steps} when we got it home we placed it in the middle of the living space of our bedroom and began to decorate with our christmas carols playing in the background {skipping a selected few – Mitch doesn’t listen to Christina Aguilera, unless it’s with Herbie Hancock, but Celine Dion’s okay} the tree we got already came in a stand and everything so we didn’t have to do that part, and it was light enough that Mitch could carry it by himself – but I didn’t just stand by – I took the pictures of him caring the tree ☺

I don’t mean to sound so lazy and pampered – maybe this whole living out of bed the last few days has gone to my head….mmmm bonbons…..

Hahahahaha….maybe not. I’m back to sweeping, mopping and cooking, I think we’re going to be okay