Holiday Update!

So today I put up Christmas Decorations. Or have started to at the least. This is more than has been done at my home in 8 years. I always decorated for Mom, her tree, the manger scene, lights and the works. She loved decorating for Christmas just in the last years she could not do as much herself. And well, I learned to love it through her. So this is what I have done so far…

Even Shadow liked the pretty lights.  Seriously need to sweep leaves, Again! Seriously, I have swept like every other day. You would never know from this picture.

I also had some great help from my neighbor John, who moved some furniture for me. He got rid of that durn desk from soon to be exes office and the chair too. The oversized Armoir is now in the office and he is going to help me turn it into a crafting station for me. So another step of my rearranging plan has been taken care of. And I got rid of two small DVD cabinets and tomorrow a table in my office. Every thing going out makes room for all I have to do to make this room into a rental for a roommate.

But the best part of my day came with an early dinner out with Katherine and her Mom. We went to the Cracker Barrel just up the road. I love eating there. But even more, I love exploring all their cute decorations and clothes in their country store up front. It was another tradition Mom and I had over the years. So it was fun to have the time out with Katherine and her Mom. Now that my Mom is gone, it is nice to feel like I still have someone to carry on a tradition or two with.

Tomorrow, I am going up to the cemetery to take the Christmas Boquet that I made for Mom and Dad and a Santa topper for the Solar Light that I put on Dad’s side of the marker. Jim, my brother, took up two solar Christmas Trees. So they have decorations too. I think that would please Mom if she knew. (I’m still on the fence as to how much those who have passed on know, see or care about.)

So hope everyone else is having a wonderful weekend. Did you get to have some fun decorating? Or do you celebrate the holidays? Did you put up a Menorah if that is what your belief is? For those who decorate, do you just put up a tree inside? Or do you go all out? Could your home be accused of being seen from the International Space Station? Or are you a minimalist with just a wreath and that’s supposed to be enough? Do you have any fun traditions that make the season right for you?

Rose