Two months 'til Christmas

Christmas is my favourite holiday, not just because of my Christian beliefs, but simply due to the focus on family and friends coming together.....which unfortunately some families ONLY see each other on the special holidays. I am from a very small family and we don't see each other even on the special holidays. Yep, that is sad, but I have married into a larger family and they do see each other on all the holidays.
Since John and I got together, I have looked forward to Easter, birthdays, Thanksgiving and Christmas.....the whole family doesn't always get together but we do see everyone even if it is one family at a time rather than the whole group together.
I think that is what I enjoyed most about our wedding reception....having both families and our closest friends altogether celebrating, eating and dancing. That will probably be the last time that happens for me at least while I'm still alive. My side has never been close knit and that is what I always wished for. It is always something that will bug me, but I have a new family to enjoy and get to know and thanks to Facebook, I have reconnected with old friends and made some AWESOME new ones!
Today, we are just hanging out around our house.....John is working on the bedroom closet organizer and I am, when not blogging, cleaning up this house that seems to get really disorganized fast for only two people living in it.
And I'm thinking "Christmas is only two months away!!"....
We have our house decorated for Halloween, just because we enjoy decorating for whatever season/holiday is at hand. But come November 1st, I will start the baking and decorating for Christmas...........

Love Cathy xo