Downtown at Christmas!

I took myself (and therefore you all) on a photo tour of the tunnel and a few of the buildings downtown lit up for the most wonderful time of the year!

This is the Houston Center 5, you know, the one that hates the rest of the Houston Center.

Their tree.

And table decorations.

And this is Houston 2. They have the best decorated trees of all the centers.

See!


Told Ya!




And this is Reliant's massive tree in the tunnel. I was in love the first time I saw this one!



This is at the juncture between JP Chase bank and Chase Tower. Not the fanciest, but I got be feeling Christmasy.



Here's the tree in the tunnel at Chase Tower. Looks like they were having somekind of toy drive?










This is the juncture of Penzoil and Bank of America. Very Nice!


The tree in Bank of America's lobby.

Close up of BOA and Penzoil juncture tree.







MY FOVORITE colors of any decorations downtown! This is in the tunnel of the Shell Building.

Here is what the pathway between Shell and Wells Fargo looks like. Very pretty!















Now this is hilarious, do you see how Wells Fargo treats it's poor Nutcrackers? Poor little guys.





Well, I guess the ones inside have it a little better. Must be considered less of a flight risk...


This is the skywalk in between Center Point and the Hyatt.


And here is the lobby at the Hyatt.


The poor people at Allen Center may have misjudged how much space this tree needed.

David the knome kickin it Christmas style.




This is the tree at some bank, I don't remember it's name, but I really enjoyed it's tree!


At the Embassy hotel.

This beautiful display is at Total Plaza. I'd never been in this building before, but thought I'd check it out for this project.







And here is Houston 4. I really like their decorations as well.






Phew, and that's the lot!

What I got goin on

We went to a lovely dinner party last night with Jonathan and Tara at Nathan and Jen's house. I feel like an old married woman...
I had a few cocktails and as usual felt slightly awkward and that I may have said too much.
Woke up HANGOVER FREE! Which is a Christmas miracle. Made it to work on time despite moving slow as molassas on a sub zero day.
I am currently in a biddng war for the last of Damon's presents on overstock. I've got 30 min left, but if this guy outbids me again he can have it.
I need to go to Forever 21 and get niece #1 some headbands. She saw the ones I had and asked to borrow them, I figure I'll give her a set.
I'm going to take a ton of pictures today that I will post to show the beauty that is downtown at Christmas. It's truely inspiring how all the buildings really get in the spirit!
Need to make a grocery list for tomorrow, but I think I'll wait until then..no rush.
And that's pretty much it. I was reading on Liz Jordan's blog that she got engaged. I love married people, it's so nice to know that there is so much love out there, and when another couple takes the plunge, it's kind of like a new life being born.
Oh, and one last thing. I've got 6 water bottles and 3 cans at my desk I need to go drop 3 ft away in the recycling bins. I'll do that when the mood strikes me.

Epiphany

God's been all up in my face lately...and I LOVE it! He spoke to me yesterday and told me something that knocked my socks off. Now before I get into it, remember, revelations are different for each person, just like there are some people that can sit down and understand trig at first glance, there are people whom God can get through to quite easily. Then there are people like me who don't understand what tangent has to do with anything, and who have thick almost cement-like skulls that God has to crack through to get his message in.

My epiphany was about work. I was walking on my lunch break, like I do everyday, and speaking with God. Really it was all about how nice the trees looked, how beautiful the weather was, you know, heavy spritual stuff. Then my mind roamed to the thought of work, and pride in work. While it's perfectly suitable to take pride in you work, in fact everyone should, it's not okay to be prideful about it. On my "Operational Definitions of Character Qualities" sheet, it has the following traits:
HUMILIY vs. Pride
Recognizing that God and others are actually responsible for the achievements in my life.
DILIGENCE vs. Slothfulness
Visualizing each task as a special assignment from the Lord and using all my energies to accomplish it.

Here was the conclusion I reached, if I am to give all glory to God for my achievements, than my work is a reflection of Him, which means I should do my best at it, becuase if we share in triumph, we share in tragedy.
WHOA
So what You're saying is (me talking to God), if I represent You in the good things I do, I also represent You in the bad things I do, which means I should always try take each task I get and fulfill it in a way that would give You glory. And not only that, but because You give me each task that is set before me, I should be eager and willing to work my hardest at it beacuse it's for You.

All I can say is YIKES. He is so good!