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Oh my goodness, buying a house is expensive.

And heating oil is expensive.

And electricity is expensive.

And gas is expensive.

And food.

And pets.

You get the idea.

I had great plans for gorgeous Christmas decorations in this amazing house.  That is expensive!  

And Gilbert won't let me put colored lights just EVERYWHERE!  There's no accounting for taste ;-).

So we will have to take it slow.  This accumulating of Christmas decor for a house three times the size of our last house. 

I'm not mad though.  Because we have heat and electricity and food.

I'm just going to share with you a messy picture of our tree.  Which is 6 feet tall and shorter than my son who didn't even have to stretch to put on the star.

Oh my.  It looks so itty bitty.  I'll share some more pics as the month goes on. We are supposed to get gutters tomorrow.   Then we can hang the awesome rain chains we bought.  And the icicle lights.  Woo hoo! 

More posts soon.  Stay classy San Diego,

Marty

Dwarf tree