Snow Days

We've gotten two pretty decent snow storms recently. Being stuck at work and working in a place with no windows has made it hard for me to enjoy the snow or get into the holiday spirit. I think I'm of the percentage of people who get depressed around the holiday seasons. Don't know why. Maybe it's my lack of a home town, being a military brat and all. Or maybe it's the fact that even though I have a very large extended family I don't really connect to any of them cause of distance, lack of contact, not knowing a lot of them on a personal level...... I don't know. I thought that with the birth of my son Jack that he'd help me get through the holidays. Something along the lines of seeing Christmas through the eyes of a child sort of thing. And I must admit it has helped but not as much as you think. Jack doesn't understand what's happening, so it's hard to take him to see Santa or put up the Christmas tree and get a reaction that you'd think would help. Next year he'll have more of a response so that will help.

What's really helped me this year came from a very unusual place. The internet. I'm an avid reader of the blog Art of Manliness and every once in a while they are spot on with the things that I need to hear. This week there was an article that caught my attention, 11 Ways to Get Into the Holiday Spirit. After reading the article I decided that I need to roll up my sleeves and get down to the business of getting into the Christmas swing -o-things.

So I got up this morning and shoveled our driveway off the rest of the way all the while blasting Relient K and Weezer Christmas albums. Came in the house to warm up and put water on to make Hot chocolate. Hung out with Katrina and Jack for a while. And got the idea in my head to make a snowman. I mentioned it to Katrina and she agreed that that was an awesome idea too! So guess what we did? Yep we built a sweet snowman complete with eyes nose mouth and a hat!


Our snowman!

Our snowman with a Santa hat.

Putting on the finishing touches.

Jack our snowman and me!

Jack Mommy and the snowman.

Needless to say I think I'm coming out of the Holiday funk and into the Christmas Spirit! So Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas!