Tonight all of the fall decorations were taken down and placed in boxes where they will remain until next year.
With rainy weather outside, it felt extra cozy and seemed like the perfect evening to blast my favorite holiday playlist and take our Christmas decorations out of storage. (We meant to do it last night but got sidetracked… by the couch.)
Sadie immediately went for her Christmas bear toy (a free gift with purchase from Victoria’s Secret circa 2007) and gave it a welcoming lick…
…which was naturally followed by a game of “Bite the Head Off Santa Bear.”
Our house is currently about 50 percent decorated. We took a breather to make dinner and plan to spread the rest of the holiday cheer throughout the house over the next day or two.
Dinner tonight was a use whatever you can find in the fridge meal, which morphed into a stir-fry of ground turkey, cabbage and green peppers that I flavored with sesame oil, ginger, cumin and a splash of chicken broth.
Hummus toast served as a side.
Time to watch the SEASON FINALE of The Sing Off!
Go Pentatonix, go!! I really hope they win and then come to preform in Florida. I want to see them live and then pretend I can sing and beat box and join their group. I am from the fa-fa-fa-future. <— For my fellow Sing Off and Ben Folds fans. 
Enjoy your night!
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Ahahahah so darn cute. I MISS MY PUPPY.
Aww Sadie’s bear is so cute! Glad she’s enjoying it! I hope you have a lot of fun holiday decorating!
I am so excited for the finale too!! Pentatonix all the Way!!! 😀
Sadie is just the cutest. 🙂
I am SO with you, Julie! Pentatonix rule! 🙂
I love that Sadie has a special christmas toy, and that even after a year she knew it was hers! Too cute!
Your dinner sounds really good for a being a “throw anything together” kind of meal!
“Greetings, friend” made me laugh out loud 😀 Too cute! I love hummus toast and I cannot wait to decorate my house!
hahaha! I love those cute captions too, especially with Sadie’s awesome expressions.
Yay for holiday decorations!! I LOVE getting into the Christmas spirit :D. Sadie is so adorable!!
How fun! I can’t wait to decorate our house too. I plan on doing it within the next few days!
I love that Sadie has a special Christmas toy. The dog I had growing up was so much in love with her special Christmas toy that she played with it year round…she’d cry if you tried to take it off of her!
We’re watching the Sing Off too! Jay got me totally hooked – these groups are absolutely amazing!
Our puppy went for a little bear and a stuffed door hanger. We ended up having to put both up high since Quincy kept sneaking out and trying to destroy the decorations! I love those pics you snapped of Sadie!
I definitely think Pentatonix will win but I’d be happy with any of the groups winning- love them all! I also love photos of Sadie – she’s the cutest!
I love hummus! You should try Trader Joe’s White Bean Hummus!
I love Christmas decorating! So fun! Does Sadie ever get into the tree? Our dog does.
I brought home my fake xmas tree to get the decorating party started too!! Too bad it’s still sitting in hte box 🙂
So cute!! Love Sadies toy! haha 🙂
Well, Sadie’s reaction was better than my old dog’s would have been, aka to pee on the decorations. 😉
Awwww! I watched Sing-Off last year (what what Streetcorner Symphony!) and just started watching this season’s on Hulu! I’m only about 6 episodes in, but I’m glad to hear Pentatonix is still in it! They’ve been legit! And I love Ben Folds. Seriously! The judges have been great this year! I think Sarah (we’re on a first name basis) has been great!
My pooch got a hold of my sister’s Victoria’s Secret dog and bit off both ears. Who knew VS is the new Petco 🙂
I knew I saved my iTunes gift card for a reason!! Definitely buying some songs from your holiday playlist!
I loved when I was younger and we had decorations for each and every holiday. We had little wooden decorations for halloween and thanksgiving, and for easter we would put out a ton of stuffed bunnies. I think I got a bunny every year in my easter basket…well I’m 22 and my brother is 15…that’s a lot of rabbits. Well now I live in an apartment and have a small tree, few ornaments, and a yankee candle. Can’t wait to have space to get lots of decorations for each holiday when I move into a bigger place with more storage! Being festive no matter what time of year always brightens my mood!
My roomie is obsessed with Pentatonix! On another note, it looks like Sadie is nicer to toys than my dog. Eyes and nose are usually gone before I even get all the tags off.
It is completely and totally necessary to blast Christmas music when decorating!
I think it’s time for me to make a Xmas playlist 🙂
Dinner looks awesome. 😀 Our family needs to get started on our decorations too!
I need to get going on the decorations train too!!
I loved VocalPoint and was so sad they were voted off, I thought they should’ve won! But Pentatnox was a good group as well.
Random dinner—happens often around here too! hah 😉
Ooo. I was totally hoping to get some Christmas decorations up tonight, but we ended up taking too long at hte gym. SIgh!! Another night!
Oh how i have missed Sadie captions!
Where did you find the one with the dried flowers hanging down? LOVE that one.
The Kidless Kronicles
i actually bought it on a sale through ruelala.com 🙂
Aw, Sadie is too cute! My family dog does that all the time! He needs to lick anything and everything new that he sees. 🙂
I missed the finale last night, but I am totally hoping that Pentatonix won! Seriously, the Sing Off is SO RAD.
Okay, so I finally heard Pentatonix for the first time last night while I was working out on the treadmill. I loved them!! 🙂
I missed the Sing Off finale but I hope Pentatonix wins too, even though Urban Method is from my city :/
Even your meal was in festive colors!! Love it!
PS GO PENTATONIX! They totally rock
woohooooo!
Yay! So excited by The Sing Off last night. My fave has won for the first three seasons. I’ve got an awesome streak going 🙂