My daily post is already becoming a chore but I am trying to make it a habit instead. Bear with me. I tried to upload photos but it’s not working so here you are reading boring, boring text. I have been packing up Christmas stuff for the past hour, and trying not to eat all of the Nestle Crunch bells that I bought in the after-Christmas sale at the grocery store.
Somehow my Christmas decoration collection grew this year, because I have a whole bin’s worth of stuff that does not fit in the existing 3 bins. That means we’ve grown to a 4-bin Christmas decoration household, and that does not count the wreath that hangs on the front door, OR the candles because those have to stay in the house and not the garage or they will melt during our extreme summer heat. I can’t believe I actually bought a wreath, but I must say it does look festive. Taking down the decorations is always such a melancholy task. I have no help doing it because nobody cares about organizing them the way I do. Makes it easier when I take the stuff out again next year, assuming we are in town again.
I am about to fall asleep sitting here at the keyboard but I have stuff spread all over the kitchen, not to mention pine needles everywhere. I think vacuuming will have to wait until morning. Please bear with me, regular readers. I know there’s a poignant and/or funny post in me, and there are definitely more photos to share. I just need to sit here when I’m not about to fall asleep.
I admire the fact that you’re still posting daily despite the exhaustion. This year, I made it to two boxes of Xmas stuff versus the one I’ve had since I finished college. And I *know* once I have a house my Mom is going to gleefully send me about 700 boxes worth of holiday stuff that she can’t wait to get out of her basement.
Oh yeah, wanted to tell you – I did read The Time Traveller’s Wife in ’05 and LOVED it. I wish I’d thought of a plot like that for a book. THAT was one of those books that I was sad to see end – it felt like I was saying goodbye to a friend or something.
We took the decorations down on New Year’s Eve and hubby finally put them up in the attic last night. I have to say that I did get help this year. Hubby took all the ornaments off the tree while I wrapped and packed them. And he cleaned up all of the tree remains while I packed up all of the Hershey Village houses and what not.
I miss the decorations but honestly it makes dusting much easier. LOL
Enjoying your daily posting. Our Christmas candles also stay in the house, for exactly the same reason! I once tried to festively put taper candles in a bucket of sand on the table in our lanai. In no time they all looked desperately in need of Viagra…
We all read the text too, so not in vain. we just finished taking all the xmas stuff down too and not as jolly when it was going up for sure.
I like peeking into your life whether it’s sad, happy, funny or you’re just having a plain old vanilla day. And I hear you about the decorations: I have a whole “method”, and we are a 4 bin Xmas household, too.
I had my tree down 2 days after Christmas, all in an attempt to give Greg access to the windows so he could hang my curtains- which was my Christmas present. The bins havn’t all made it upstairs, yet, though.
The after christmas sale on candy got the best of me, too.
I just took my decorations down too…somehow, in our first year of being in a house, we are already into two bins to hold all of our decorations. And I think there is nothing sadder than a Christmas tree on the side of the road–devoid of any ornaments and lights!