The tree that almost wasn't

Conversation I had with my husband:

Saturday - December 12th
Me: "Honey, can you pick up a Christmas tree this weekend?"
Hubby: "Sure, if I have time I'll pick one up."
Me: "Great, we'll get an early start on setting up the house for Christmas."
Hubby: "Leave it with me."

Monday - December 14th
Me: "I guess you didn't have time over the weekend to get the tree?"
Hubby: "It was busy there, I'll pick one up during the week, I think they wanted to clear the old inventory out over the weekend before they bring out the good trees!!"
Me: "Are you sure.....there were a lot of trees there in the lot."
Hubby: "Yeah, its all about inventory control - Just In Time Inventory, other wise known as JIT, it's quite complicated, I'll explain it to you one day."
Me: "你以为你那么聪明"

Friday - December 19th
Me: "How's the inventory at the story, the fresh Christmas trees coming in yet?"
Hubby: "I'll pick one up this weekend, probably some inventory issues with the trees coming in from the US so they ordered more initially to have a good opening inventory. The NAFTA trade agreement may have something to do with the shipment delays....I'll explain NAFTA to you one day, its quite complicated."
Me: "你以为你那么聪明"
Hubby: "What was that??"
Me: "Nothing...just talking to myself."

Sunday - December 20th
Me: "Did you get a chance to pick up the tree yet?"
Hubby: "No, I think they will go on sale next week. Leave it to me, I'll get us a great deal. They obviously ordered too many."
Me: "Really???"
Hubby: "Its all about supply and demand....economics. It's quite complicated this micro/macro economics, I'll explain it to you one day."
Me: "你以为你那么聪明"

Wednesday - December 23rd
Hubby: "Going to get a tree tonight, wanna come along?"
Me: "Sure, you think there are any left?"
Hubby: "Tons, we'll get a great deal, kinda like a boxing day sale for trees. They really want to clear them out. All these idiots have been paying full price for them over the past few weeks. The stores are now selling them off at rock bottom prices to generate additional cash flows and not be stuck with an obsolete product line, its quite complicted, I'll explain it to you one day."
Me: "你以为你那么聪明"

1st Lot
Hubby: "Can't believe they were sold out."

2nd Lot
Hubby: " Wow, sold out again"

3rd Lot
Hubby: "umm, errr, I think we have a problem."
Me: "你以为你那么聪明"
Andrew: "I think you should have listened to mom last week."
Me: **rolling my eyes**
Me: "You waited until the last moment and they have sold out, nothing complicated here."

Thursday - December 24th
Hubby finds a store giving away free trees and we'll all hear about how this was all planned for the next 8 months.

Sam the Cat

We were put in charge of taking care of Sam this weekend. Sam is a nice little fur-ball, all she does is meows and sleeps....something that we all strive to do. Our instructions were to feed the cat, the only trouble....no cat food! I think Sam's was put on a diet, he was beginning to look like Anders!

We got Sam some cat food, and did that feline ever devower what was put in front of her. I was afraid to pick up that piece of food that fell off to the side in fear that I would be clawed, that's how hungry she was.


Speaking of hungry, the chips they left on the counter was delicious! Nice and crisp, from a freshly opened bag! I need to go to Costco more often! I could have eaten the whole bag.

Mmmm, we also saw some macadamia nuts, they were so, so good! Unfortunately, they were the ones split in half, not the expensive whole ones.

Not much to drink in the refrigerator. From what I gather, Anders may have a drinking problem!

Surprise for the Boys

My husband has to go away on a business trip next week so he took the boys out for a little adventure while I did some work around the house. They will go on these mysterious adventures that seem to take up the whole day. He won't tell them what the surprise was until he arrives at the destination!

Today's adventure was to the Baker's Market. This is a new activity being offered where local bakers got together to sell their freshly baked goods. The boys loved at as they got to try many different things, after all the sampling, they had no room for lunch. My hubby brought me home this Mexican pastry that looked so good.....it was apparently so good, Andrew wanted to have another one after devouring his pastry.

The boys also got to visit Santa over the weekend. My husband agreed to play Jolly Ole Saint Nick for Caleb's preschool luncheon. The costume was so hot that he was perspiring like he was playing hockey....poor guy and with the pillow under his outfit, he looked more like he was pregnant than jolly! Andrew knew it was his dad, Caleb didn't have a clue!