I have been a little unnerved with the upcoming holiday season. See we are not going to be home for Christmas/Yule. We are traveling 15 hellacious hours to Homestead, Florida to celebrate with Mr. P’s aunt. The clan is small but they will all be there so we really can’t bow out. And since I am a total tree snob and insist on a live tree at home, there is no point in us getting a tree. So then I wondered, should I even decorate? Yea, I can’t not decorate. So last night I started bringing up all the boxes of stuff that we have. I haven’t really organized it well so I had to bring up everything so I can go through it all and find it. I have alot of boxes. 12 to be exact. 3 belong to the kids (one each) and have their own decorations in it. Fortunatley their decorations have their names on them so being able to figure out who’s stuff is what each year during take down is easy. And the kids do have their own fake tree. I got it one year after I realized that trying to fit all my ornaments and all their ornaments on one tree was getting to be impossible. Nothing big, a white table top tree that is pre-lit. And they love having their own tree. We will be putting that one up! But anyhow, I digress. The boxes. Yea. 12 of them. The 9 that are mine weigh anywhere from 20-50 lbs each. I have ALOT. I have stuff that belonged to my Nana and is older than me. I have my stuff from when I was a kid. I have stuff that I have picked up over the years, people have bought for me, and even an item that was given as a wedding gift commemorating our wedding day. And every year when I get to box 4 I start crying about how we need to stop storing this crap wonderful stuff in the basement. Who knew I would need to be as physically fit as an Olympic Gold Medalist just to lug a few boxes around?

After getting it all upstairs last night, I was too exhausted to start decorating. That is the plan for tonight. I did dig out the christmas card stash and the advent calendars for the kids. But tonight we will begin the task of making our home festive. I am even thinking about bringing in a few items to decorate my office with. Or shall I say the girls. They love to decorate, might as well give them something to do.

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