A journey from here to there ... and how I'm getting there

"Only one thing in the world could've dragged me away from the soft glow of electric sex gleaming in the window." ~Ralphie Part 7 is dedicated to the Christmas Tree, another tie to my German roots.  The Christmas Tree originated in Germany and  was traditionally decorated with edibles such as apples, nuts or dates. I LOVE a real, fresh Christmas Tree in the house this time of year!  This may surprise some of my readers who personally know me, considering my hippie, tree-hugger ways, but the artificial tree just doesn't do it for me!!   The smell of Christmas as you walk into a house just fills my heart with so much joy and excitement!!!  One of my dreams was to go see the Christmas Tree all lit up at Rockefeller Center in NYC, and in 2012 that dream came true for me!!  It was the most magnificent, magical, and beautiful sight I have ever seen!!!  It was even more majestic then I could have ever imagined!!! I felt like a little kid in a can...

Where would you most like to live? (And why aren't you living there already?)... In a fantasy life, I think would most like to live in Tuscany.  It's been a dream of mine for quite some time, and I'm not even really sure why, but I think it has something to do with when I first saw "Under the Tuscan Sun."  That movie really made me fall in love with the idea of living in Tuscany (or at least visiting).  While living on the opposite side of the earth isn't really something I am able to do, it is nice to have a dream. In reality, though, I'd love to live in a big house in the country with a wrap around porch and a view of nothing but nature. From the valley our home will be situated on to the forest of trees that surround our property where I can go and hug each and every one of them. I'd wake up every morning to the most beautiful sunrises, drinking a hot cup of coffee on the porch, watching the sky transform, showing off all it has to offer. ...