Every year I look forward to Thanksgiving, but by the day after I start dreading the Christmas season. Call it seasonal affective disorder, or the holiday blues, but the over-planning, the over-shopping, and the constant over the top commercialism will send a speeding panic attack my way. It happens every year, and it has happened every year, and it will probably still happen, but I’m slowly learning how to deal with it.
It is almost time for Christmas!
In just four days it will be Christmas break too.
I’m re-planning my Christmas menu, and making some lists too.
There is also a lot of cleaning and cooking to do too. I like the cooking part though.
I’ve got a lot to get done, but I am ready to get to it. Happy Monday everybody!
I think I’m almost finished decorating the indoors. I still haven’t started on the outdoors.
I’ve got the ornaments up on the tree.
I took down the little curtains in the foyer. I put up stockings instead.
I love the Christmas lights at night, they are so pretty.
Monday the boys were back to school, and James was still home on vacation. He suggested that we start cleaning out the scary closet, and decorate for Christmas. At first I didn’t feel like cleaning, but I was glad that we did. We cleaned out a lot of clutter, and we’ve got the house a little bit closer to being ready for Christmas.
The kitty wanted to help too. Every year he eats one of the wreaths, and takes out the Christmas tree. He is a bit of a stinker when it comes to decorating.
We moved the Christmas tree to a different spot in the foyer.
Agnes was happy to see the star up on the tree.
She likes the lights too.
She loves this little Santa. She carried it around all day.
We are off to a pretty good start so far.
I’m waiting for the weather to warm up just a bit, so I can decorate outdoors too.
Oh my goodness, Thanksgiving was so much fun. I barely stopped to get a few photos. We had family over all day, and the kids had an awesome time. We had lots of tasty goodies too.
We have lots of yummy leftovers too. We decided to have pie for breakfast this morning. The kids didn’t mind one bit.
I hope that everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving. Thanks again to my family for coming to visit us too. Thanksgiving was just awesome.