Fire Wood...

"And I keep my Christmas lights on, on my front porch all year long...I know all the words to every Charlie Daniels' song...here's to all my sisters out there keepin' it country..."

Think a little Gretchen Wilson here. Yes, we just took down our Christmas tree today.

And I told you it was DEAD!
After taking off the ornaments on Monday...

Lots and lots of sweeping...

Winding up the lights...

DEAD AS A DOOR NAIL.

Where does that phrase come from and what's a door nail? Ha, anyway, that's real sad. That was after taking the lights off in the yard. Taylor said, "wow, I knew it was dead, but I didn't think it was THIS bad". I've been telling him we need to take the tree down for about 2 weeks now!

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And in other exciting news, Taylor just bought a ticket back to the States for his brother, Phillip's wedding to Miss Jennifer Bishop! Jennifer and Phillip have been dating since high school and listen to this crazy story.

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Jennifer and I were literally next door neighbors in Maplewood when she was born until she was about 4 or 5. Our families were great friends, but slowly began to lose touch over the years after the Bishops moved out of the neighborhood and we all grew up. Jennifer and Phillip went to high school together and they started dating. When he said he went to First Pres Church, the Bishops said, oh we had some good friends who went there, you probably don't know them, but they are the Peterson's. At this point Taylor and I had been dating for about 5 or 6 years...so yeah, Phillip knew us :) Our families have since seen each other quite a bit and our mom's do girls trips together with the old Maplewood crew. So 20 years later Jennifer and I are going to be sister-in-laws...what a small, small world, huh?
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Could work possibly start this week? I'm taking bets...

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Ciao Bella!