These certainly aren’t the flowers for a big fancy shmancy table setting.

contacted me to see if I’d be interested in trying out one of their artificial trees.We’ve always had real trees, but recently I’ve been really interested to see what an artificial tree is like as well.

We have two real trees up right now in our house, and eventually I’d like to one year be able to have a tree in every room.Going to the farm to cut down all those trees just wouldn’t be convenient, so having a few artificial trees for the bedrooms makes total sense.. Balsam Hill agreed to try to rush a tree to me within a week so I could get it up and make a little video for them with plenty of time before baby Jack would be born.Unfortunately, the customs people at the border had other plans and I actually only ended up getting the tree about 6 weeks later, which was a couple of days ago.

I still want to show you the tree all decorated up, so I’m doing a quick blog post on the tree instead..So first we had to put the tree together, of course..

It came in three separate sections, all wrapped up.

I love that there was even a storage bag provided for the tree.. All we had to do was stick the three sections together and it was good to go.Hot water soothes aching muscles and increases circulation, allowing your body to heal itself faster.

The steam opens up your airways and helps you breathe a little better.In a pinch, just sticking your head over a bowl of hot water with a towel over your head will help too.. Homemade Cough Syrup.

Oh boy does this stuff work!my own recipe for homemade cough syrup.