Why I must compromise on Holiday Festiveness (aka I married the grinch)

I grew up with the house being completely Christmasified from the day after Thanksgiving until New Years Day.  I just figured this is what everyone does and this is how it should be.

Fast forward about 16 years to December 2008 I met Pat while we were both deployed so obviously his house wasn't decorated (except for a wreath that his grandma bought and displayed.

Last year, December 2009, we bought a tree because I HAVE TO HAVE a Christmas tree.

This year I decided that we should decorate outside, well Pat had other ideas.  I don't know why he doesn't like to decorate outside but its very depressing that our house is not festive and down the street a little someone has a crazy light show complete with their own music.  I also decided this year that since we're married now we should probably send Christmas cards as much as we both agreed since we're included in my mom's card's picture that we were covered but my responsible self overrides my lazy self more often than I like so I let him pick out the cards as long as I approved.  Not being able to describe my frustration with his unfestiveness I've made a few pics comparing our differences.

My Christmas Card	Pat's Christmas Card
My card is pretty with all the symbols of the season and all of the glitter in the county.	Pat's card well... speaks for itself
My Christmas Tree	Pat's Christmas Tree
My tree has crazy mismatched ornaments and lights and enough tinsel that the dogs are still crapping it at Easter!	Pat's tree is Nightmare Before Christmas themed (maybe I would go for this if we had 2 trees.)
My Christmas House	Pat's Christmas House
My yard is CRAZY and cluttered with everything Christmas so many lights that we have to put a beach towel over the bedroom window so we can sleep (yes, I had to do this when I was little.)	Pat threw a strand of lights in the yard and said he was done. OH! and there is a wreath on the door I forgot about that.

I will post later what I finally compromised for with real pictures even though I'm almost awesome at ms paint!

My husband's take on Ailens, Wi-Fi, and our music.... yeah....

One night we were sitting at home enjoying a few drinks and music on the xbox.  Most of our relaxing nights in go this way until Pat looks at me like he figured out the cure for the cancer.  So I asked what crazy idea he had now.  He explains in great detail how Aliens invented Wi-Fi so when they're zipping past Earth they can steal all of our music in nanoseconds and keep "rollin" through space.  This is how I imagined this happening.

Yes the Aliens are listening to lil wayne as well!

UPDATE: Okay, I know I didn't do this conversation justice with the above post so I asked Pat if there was anything he wanted to add so here goes.  First the aliens that  land on Earth us helped us evolve technology working up to Wi-Fi so they can download our music (this explains less UFO sightings because they don't have to land anymore to get our music.)  Now, they download our music while zipping past our satellites.  Before getting back from their intergalactic journeys they call up their friends and tell them about the awesome Earth shit they got. 

P.S. I was also informed that Aliens are so awesome that they definitely do not say dude!

Zombie Deer!

Conversation I had with my mom and why she probably thinks I need to be admitted to a psych ward.....

Me: question...deer are completely herbivores right?

Mom: why?I think so

Me: well we were driving home last night and there was a perfectly alive deer standing along the highway but his mouth was all red like he was eating something bloody and then i thought maybe they lick other deer to heal wounds like dogs do

Mom: maybe he was shot and dying.

Me: and then i decided that it was a zombie deer

Mom: or got hit had a concussion has a brain tumor etc

Me: pretty sure it was a zombie and it eats brains

Mom: You would


My mommy loves me lol