I started the first phase of the Christmas decorations today. I say the first phase because with the amount of decorations that we have, it takes several phases to accomplish the decorating if I don't want to spend 12 straight hours moving bins, decorating, cleaning, etc...and I really don't... So today was Phase 1. The kids and I cleaned and dusted the bedrooms, put the table top trees up, and they hung the ornaments. I got all of my "little trees" throughout the house - I like to have a tree of some kind in every room of the house because I am just that crazy.... ;-) I hung the garland and the stockings and then vacuumed up the mess and left the last two bins of decorations for tomorrow because I was exhausted! Tomorrow I will work on the rest and then Saturday we will go for our tree - the final phase as it were... It's a lot of work for sure - and I even downsized a bit this year and decided to leave all of my snowmen for January after I put away the Christmas stuff - but once it is done, it is completely worth the effort. Even in my current state of not totally looking forward to the holidays...decorating always puts me in a better mood and for that I am thankful today. I love that I have old and new decorations mixed together. The things that My Wonderful Husband and I have gotten over the 15 years we've been together, along with the things my parents had over the years as well. The things that have been a part of my Christmases my whole life and the things that will be a part of my kids' Christmases their whole lives. Everything has a memory attached. Everything has some special meaning. Everything reminds me of times gone by. Every year when I open the bins, I am happy to see those pieces of my past. I am even happier that they are a piece of my kids' present. Today's picture is a ceramic tree that was in my house growing up as far back as I can remember. I am pretty sure that my grandmother made it...but I am certain that it sat in my parents' dining room every Christmas of my life. That is until it started sitting in my living room.... my parents gave it to me several years ago because they knew how much I loved it. It was the last thing I put up today before throwing in the towel and once the lights were on, I felt like it was Christmastime.... So tomorrow, I will go through the rest and finish Phase 1 1/2 - I will bring more memories out of storage, dust them off, and welcome them all back for the season.
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