it's beginning to look a lot like christmas . . .

and it is finally a decent temperature, too.
i'm not sure if i mentioned it, but we had record-breakingly ridiculous cold weather at the beginning of the month. ellie, judge and i mainly just huddled for warmth all the time. according to the people who tell the weather, it was in the teens but "felt like" the temperature was hovering around zero.

after two years here in the south, i don't want a white christmas or icicles or any of it (i can hang fake snowflakes in the house and they're very pretty). i want it to be just like it was earlier this week: misty, partly sunny and feels about 50-ish degrees outside. perfect.

but the weatherman is saying now that we may have a white christmas after all. we'll have to wait and see.