O' Christmas Tree 12-3-2006

Tonight, we got our live Christmas tree for the parlor. To date, it was the fastest Christmas tree selection ever. It was 25 degrees & windy with light snow. I pretty much picked the first big tree I saw. Once we got it home, inside and in the stand, I gave the tree some water. Zoe, upon seeing this, raced upstairs to get a 5 oz. Dixie cup from her bathroom and filled it with water to give to the tree. I must say the first couple of times, it was pretty cute. But, being the obsessive-compulsive that she is we stopped her the third time (although, this time she did figure out that she didn't need to go all the way to the upstairs bathroom to get water). She did have fun and we are looking forward to decorating the tree tomorrow.

The "Hot Dog Lady" 12-2-2006

Yesterday, Tony & Zoe took a quick trip to Home Depot to pick up a couple of last minute items needed to hang our TV above the mantle. It happened to be close to lunch time & Zoe requested a hot dog (she's had lunch there before obviously). But, when they went in, the hot dog lady was nowhere to be found. Zoe inquired as to where the "hot lady" was...Tony replied they would look for her on the way out. When they had finished their shopping, "hot lady" was still missing. Tony realizing it would not be a good idea to have his daughter come home and talk about the "hot lady" coached Zoe the whole way home to say the "hot dog lady". Once home, Zoe asked about 30 times "Where is the hot dog lady?" This is not a high estimate as to the number of times this question was asked and answered. It may be even a little low. I am very grateful that she seems to have forgotten about her for today.