Jon and I put up our Christmas tree this week. Jon said he felt like we missed Christmas in our own home last year...so this year we are starting to celebrate when we feel like it...and not waiting until after Thanksgiving to do so...He loves to decorate and celebrate....

For some reason I used to detest early Christmas...and I am not exactly sure why...a friend was in town this week and said it was all a marketing scheme to get people to put more money into the economy...and maybe I used to think that way too or maybe there was some kind of baggage from my past that used to keep me some what cynical...but this year it just means that I can justify all the little purchases that I like to make for my husband on a regular basis ;) ...it is for Christmas after all...no really, besides that, I think it is a good sign that things are changing, seasons are passing, and some how my heart is different.

Despite what impression I may have given after my last post, I am very happy here. This has been the best fall I can remember in a long time...and not just because of the beautiful colors...but because of change and growth and heart ache and laughter. I am living life and enjoying it more this year than in years past...but I still long to be able to take off to far corners of the earth and explore. I am fascinated by life different than mine....if there were not over 300 countries in the world one of my life goals would be to visit every single one of them.