We’re headed to Texas today!  Thanks to Geiko and Enterprise, we’ll be driving a rental car with Sirius Satellite Radio, heated seats and lit cup holders.  :)  On the 15th, a car slid on the ice and hit us doing about $3,000 of damage on our Buick.  No one was hurt and we get to take a sweet ride to Texas and Tenessee so I guess all is well. 

Since it is now OFFICIALLY the Christmas holiday, I’ve put my humbug on the back burner. Speaking of burners, I think I’ll burn a CD of Bebo’s Christmas album. 

Long time readers, I hope you’re not too disappointed that I didn’t post a typical Christmas rant this year.  It’s because I’ve carefully guarded myself from the two month insanity.  I try to avoid Walmart at all costs in December… And believe me it really costs more for groceries!  I also knew instinctively to change radio stations back in the middle of November.   The Wind FM will be back to normal in January, Praise God!

We did put up our first Christmas tree in 13 years of marriage.  FedEx gave a free tree to all the soldiers at Ft. Wood.  If you read my facebook status post you know it was quite the adventure…

On December 3rd, I wrote: 

• Amy is being forced to participate in Christmas Tree activities against her will…
• Amy just heard her son say, “maybe we just shouldn’t have a Christmas tree…it’s too much trouble for us.” After it fell over… AGAIN.

We gave up and went to bed.  The next day:

• Amy has the Christmas tree standing again… and is reapplying the Decor.
• Amy has repaired and Decorated the pagan pine. She will now pay penance for yesterday’s humbug by serving her kids hot chocolate when they get home from school.

And thus on December 4th, 2008, Amy Jo Maxwell coined the term: Pagan Pine.  Ok… I googled it and it was randomly used once or twice in atheist messageboards.  But it is mine now. Thank you very much.