It's Beginning to Feel A Lot Like Christmas!

Here is a (crooked) picture of my tree BEFORE decorating it! I just got it tonight and I love it! About 5 years ago, I picked out my perfect tree. I was in LOVE! When we moved to Santa Clarita, our ceiling was too low for our tree. The first year, Steve taped the top section lower so it would fit. The second year we lived there, he CUT OFF the top of the tree!! To this day, he claims he lost his mind when he did that. Over the weekend, we went looking for trees and could not find one we liked. If we only had my very favorite tree (which I had to throw away by the way- you can't cut the top of a pre-lit tree- it involves wires and stuff). He admitted again that he was wrong to cut the tree (at least he admitted it). I think it has been on his mind because he called me at work today and told me that we had not checked Lowes or Home Depot. After work, he went to Home Depot, I went to Lowes. I found the tree- and the bonus was that it was 25% off and this was the last day of the sale!!! (I never get that lucky).
When I got home, he was putting up the lights (another story). When he was finished, we set up the tree. In all our excitement, we forgot about eating! At 7:30, we took time out to eat and do bedtime routine. Decorating will come tomorrow.
Do you notice where I put my tree?? I had to put in an area by our stairs where we usually have a tall silk tree (all about artificial trees in this house). It was the only area that was tall enough. Let me tell you what I love about this. For those of you who have only known me for a few years, you probably wouldn't believe that I don't like change. I know, in the past three years, I have gone through some major change. I have dealt with it, but it has not been my favorite. When I say, I don't like change, I mean that I don't even like to move my furniture to put my Christmas tree up. So- by putting my tree by my stairs, I only had to move another tree and not my furniture. Perfect!