A Little Magic

I could use some magic right now! Today is the Winter Solstice ie: the first day of Winter and the shortest day of the year. (Don's happy, because they'll get longer from here.) Unfortunately, Winter did not show up today in Las Vegas. It must have gone on Christmas - oh, excuse me, Winter- Vacation with everyone else. I guess it didn't know that it was leaving a little 26 year old girl very sad to see sun instead of snow this Christmas. Actually, I've only experienced one white Christmas in my lifetime and am aching for another one. I don't ever expect snow here, but cold temps would be nice. I can't believe that we finally got our heater fixed upstairs in time for record highs. Grrr. This morning on the news I was about ready to reach through the TV and slap the weatherman and all the giggly newsanchors who were gloating about the temps. "Oh, it's perfect! What a beautiful day!" Sure, if we were still in October! Did someone forget to mention that it's December. I wanted to call them and cry out that their "perfect" weather is set to ruin my Christmas! Some people get depressed over rain and clouds; I get depressed over perpetual sunshine. I hate the sun. So, why do I live in wonderful Las Vegas? Good question. I didn't have a choice at three years old, so here I am. At least I still have a few days to hope for a cool down in time for Christmas. We all know that the weathermen are seldom correct on their predictions. Come on Santa, bring me some snow!

Even though Vegas is not very Christmasy, the Magical Forest helps me forget about where I live and imagine I'm somewhere much nicer. Here's a totally useless bit of info: I actually volunteered at the Magical Forest the very first day it was open way back when. I was in the 7th grade , and my job was to tell people not to smoke on the path. We went on Monday and had a great time. The Magical Forest is probably my very favorite pre-Christmas event. It's just so... magical! Here some Magical Forest visits from the past:

Jessica being urged to "slap that ass".

Yippee! A gold reindeer!

I don't even remember what year this was, but I know we had Cheescake Factory afterwards!

Gee, who are those girls? lol.

Don and me by a Gingerbread House. How sweet.

This was our Christmas card picture a few years ago.

This was Don's first visit. We went the week after Christmas and no one was there.

I LOVE this picture! The snowmen are so cute. Unfortunately, I could not locate them this year, which made me very sad. :(

Lacey the little doll.

That's Don and his sisters from last year. Neither made it this year. Lisa's stuck in PA with basketball games and Laura is busier than we are!

I don't have my pics yet from this year (yes, I use real film.). Can't wait to see Katie getting rammed in the butt by a billy goat! Oh, the Magical Forest...