Been a while now...

Hey folks,

Its been a while, I know, since I last posted. ALL the usual excuses apply here... I was busy, I was sick, too much work, too little time, double-booked, etc !! :-) I'm not lying, you know.

Christmas is coming up! Yehay! I should know... I've got to get the Christmas tree, decorations, etc down from the attic, set up the tree, help decorate it AND... buy the bloody presents that go underneath it !! I mean, how fair is that?? I should be the person GETTING the presents ... if only for doing all the work ! But nooooooooooo... never me! Ummm... so when was the last time I got a Christmas present.... uuhhhmmm.... never? That's right... NEVER !

Putting the tree up is a nightmare... its so much easier (and nicer) to have a fibre-optic with LED tree! I mean... no decorations to do... no setting up... nothing! Just pull it out of the box, plug it in and... Voila! All done! Back to the storyline... so, we decided to buy one to replace this monstrous tree. But, as is usual with us, we decide to get it when everybody has already emptied the shelves! So, no matter where we try to buy it from, its gone! Being Indians, we're doing the best we can to find a deal... but looks like there's too many Indians out there or too many people pretending to be Indians... there's NO bloody fibre-optic with LED trees left !! Aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrggggggghhhhhh !!

Anyway, we got back home and I couldn't take the quiet questioning eyes glaring at me from Paridhi's beautiful face... so, grumbling, I got the good old tree out and set it up. But, I was smart (actually, I still am!) and I took off a segment of the tree consisting of 3 layers! That chopped off about 1.5 feet off the tree and saved me some space around the tree. And... wait for it... it took us under an hour to set it all up, including decorations !!

Moral of the story - Start buying stuff for Christmas in November!

Tomorrow : Ankit/Anjali's 1st Wedding Anniversary!