To do Christmas decorations or not…….that is the question

Dec 11 2010        To do Christmas decorations or not…….that is the question

Obviously we are going to be home for Christmas this year. Well, that’s the plan. I’ll be happy to be at home and not at the hospital. So should we decorate or not? I’m not going to vote on that issue because I can’t participate in the work that’s involved in the set up or the dreadful re-packing for storage.

Over the years we’ve collected a wonderful assortment of decorations. Evan’s Mother was an expert crafter and created the most wonderful sequin Christmas balls. Even after sharing with the girls we still have dozens of her handiwork. From Mom and Elin we have many beautiful wall hangings that we love to display. When we travel we often bring home a Christmas ornament from the countries we visit. Several years ago Evan decided to collect crèches from different cultures and in a variety of mediums. At this point we have a few dozen of those with sizes from very tiny to covering a whole table top. Add to this many unique items I’ve found at estate sales and VOILA we have an attic full of Christmas decorations. It is like going to Christmas Warehouse and the Dollar Store and a Garage Sale up there.

Evan decided we needed to do at least some decorating so he has hauled the tree down and re-arranged the dining room to accommodate it. So now he can decide how much “stuff” he wants to haul up and down the stairway to the attic. We designed this house with a 2^nd floor over the garage with full stairway access. We just have too many Christmas decorations to navigate up and down those darn pull-down staircases. Over the next few days he will haul down more things.

My contribution to Christmas preparations was to print out the Christmas letter today. I hope I can master the printing of the envelopes as well but there is no guarantee. I had planned to play in the sewing room today but had a nap-attack and that was that. Here’s hoping that the next few days will be as good as the past few days. I ready to enjoy this 3^rd week after chemo and DREADING the chemo infusion of Dec 20.