Favorite Things

Since I'm home a lot, I've started watching some shows on TV that I've never really had time to watch before, mostly because I've been at work. One such show that I should be embarrassed to like (but I'm not) is the fourth hour of the Today show with Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford. Now don't judge until you've watched it... I think they are quite entertaining, and they had good guests and have interesting segments. Just yesterday, for instance, Flo Rida was on--one of my favorites.

I mention this not to let everyone know my guilty viewing habits, but that every Monday they have a segment where they show off a favorite thing of theirs. It can be anything from a new wine they discovered to a lip gloss they love, etc. Since people might get bored reading about my dog all the time, every week I'll discuss a favorite thing.

Obviously Ely is my #1 favorite thing, but I think everyone has figured that out by now.

Right now Christmas is my favorite thing. I just love it. I mostly love the decorations... Christmas trees... lights... presents... Christmas cards... Christmas cookies... parties... I could go on and on. It's such a fun and busy time of year. Winter doesn't seem quite as bad to me when there are Christmas lights up everywhere and there is still New Year's Eve to look forward to. Once that's over, then winter just seems to drag on with nothing to look forward to, except Spring. But in the meantime, I love Christmas.

Since I was just in New York, I got to see a lot of pretty decorations. These decorations were one of my favorite parts of the weekend. They were inside the Shops at Columbus Circle, and I could have sat there for hours watching them. OK, maybe not hours... more like 15 minutes. But still, they were so cool.

They were like stars hanging, and they kept changing colors from blue to purple to red to orange to yellow to green, etc. This picture was taken from the second or third floor, and most of the stars visible in the photo are actually their reflection.

Here's just one more view:

And of course, since I was in New York, I had to make a visit or two to the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center. It would have been much more enjoyable if there weren't so many tourists around... but I guess since I was one of them I shouldn't complain.

And finally, here's a picture closer to home... actually in our home. Obviously I had to get a stocking for Ely. Of course the one in the middle is hers, although it doesn't have a letter "E" on it. It's mini, like her, so I think it should be self-explanatory.

The holidays only come around once a year... so enjoy! Happy Holidays!