Ok Ok I'm back!! :)

After a few weeks of vaca from blogging - I'm Back!!  I hope all of you are excited! It's been a busy few weeks so there is a lot to write about, but first I must make my argument (excuses) for not blogging recently.

I found that writing a post after 2 weeks of not writing is quite daunting....very similar to trying to go to the gym for the first time after a few weeks of slacking...or getting back to healthy eating after indulging during the Holidays...or basically doing anything good for you after a few weeks of a break.  Yes - I am comparing blogging to beneficial activities such as exercising and eating healthy.  Why?  Well simply because it is a really good thing for me to blog.  It is my little hobby up here in Boston.

And on a side note - it is very hard for women in general to have hobbies just for themselves.  We usually make our hobbies benefit/include others (ie. cooking, sewing, shopping....women typically think of others while doing their hobbies)  - for those women that have found a hobby just for themselves...Congrats!! Guys on the other hand can easily have multiple selfish individual hobbies (ie golf, poker, hunting....join them if you want - but they could really care less - they are going no matter what).  Anywho - back to this post.

I write my blogs knowing a few people will read it - but I really just write it for myself (okkkk AND my family/friends - I just can't have a hobby entirely for myself - how do men do it!?!? - it doesn't seem like very much fun).  But for the MOST part - it really does just benefit me....BostonBelle reminds me of all that I do/experience - and how much I have to be thankful for - sounds cheesy I know, but it's true! 

So now that I have argued that blogging is beneficial - and that it is just as hard to start back as it is to get off the couch and going back to the gym or eating a salad over a burger - I am back.  However, like most things - I am going to ease my way into it - I am just going to write a simple post - updating you on a little bit of everything.  Think of it as going to the gym, but just for a yoga class (hey you went right?) or ordering a side salad, instead of fries (small sacrifices still count!).  Instead of picking one topic to write about and editing all the pictures for the post - I am going to write a little bit about everything...so enjoy!

It snowed yesterday!  I am actually going to get a White Christmas this year! I won't complain about the 3 hours I spent in the car yesterday...  Sorry for the yellow tint - I swear it was my iPhone camera - not a bunch of dogs! :)
Hopefully my car will make it through the winter - I'm sure she is pretty traumatized - but I think she'll get through it.
My mom sent up a bunch of Christmas decoration in the mail - Paul reluctantly let me decorate his place...and I think he is happy we did! ...a post will follow on this!

This year was my first attendance at the Annual Lashway Gingerbread House decorating party - so much fun - however I had a candy crash that night...one M&M would make it onto my house and the next would make it into my mouth...and that was pretty much my routine for each little piece of decoration...and I also tried the icing...naturally, I liked it.

My mom sent me this picture of my sweet dog SHADOW!! - I miss him sooo much!! I am not going home for the holidays...so I'm thinking a trip in January/February is going to be booked soon!!
For the SEC Championship game we threw a small tailgate!  :)  My mom sent me a bunch of Auburn gear/decorations in the mail.  I didn't use all of it for the SEC championship game - but you can be sure I will for the NATIONAL championship game! 
We rented out a space at Game On - a bar in Fenway.  We are renting it out again for the National Championship game - feel free to show up if you are an Auburn fan in the Boston area.  WAR EAGLE!

So there it is - my little recap! 
This post wound up being pretty long and wasn't so bad to write...like most things...it's just taking the first little step.  I will be back on here tomorrow with a post on Christmas Decorations - be sure to tune in - but I won't mind if you don't - because this little hobby is just.for.me! haha kiddingggg - I always write with all of you in mind - it wouldn't be a female hobby if I didn't!