Here at my house, Christmas is underway.
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We'll see if I hold firm on this or if I'm still putting things out clear up to Christmas. I hope not.)
then large round ornaments, then gradually smaller round ornaments, then metallic bows, then picks, and whatever you do, decorate the whole tree, even if no one can see the back side. They opted not to put on a big box of ornaments. That was fine with me. I feel like that every year, too.)
(Thanks Cori for that fun tree--it is a must-do every year!)
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Inside decorations up? Check.
(Well, I need to add two more Santas. I haven't put everything out that I usually do but there's enough.
We'll see if I hold firm on this or if I'm still putting things out clear up to Christmas. I hope not.)
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Our "Shiny Tree" up and decorated? Check.
(Only shiny things can go on that tree! Thanks to L and friend NB for decorating it. I think they thought they'd bitten off more than they could chew. Me and my rules--tree topper and ribbon first, then character ornaments,
then large round ornaments, then gradually smaller round ornaments, then metallic bows, then picks, and whatever you do, decorate the whole tree, even if no one can see the back side. They opted not to put on a big box of ornaments. That was fine with me. I feel like that every year, too.)
My German ornament tree up and decorated? Check.
(It is up on a table so the dog cannot chew the wooden ornaments! I love to decorate this tree myself. I love unwrapping each and every German ornament. The tree doesn't look quite like I'd wish but I haven't had time to figure out what is wrong--which is good because it might mean I think something needs to be purchased to complete it. Being OCD is tough with things like this.)
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The advent tree out and slowly being decorated as we count down to Christmas? Check.
(Thanks Cori for that fun tree--it is a must-do every year!)* * *
Other little tree up and decorated? Check.
(Just a 2 foot tree--L wanted it set up.)
* * *Christmas cards underway? Check.
(I pick up our picture insert tomorrow. Must buy stamps! Labels and letters are ready!)
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Neighbor gifts underway? Check.
(L is punching out the gift tags as I type.)
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Christmas shopping started? Check.
(With more to go.)
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Thinking about emulating my friend QV and starting already to wrap gifts? Check.
(Still just "thinking" about wrapping! Nice idea, though!)
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Thinking about baking? Check.
(I think this every year but every year I'm somehow derailed. Maybe someday . . . or maybe it will really happen this year. Who knows?! Sometimes we've received so many goodies that I couldn't stand the thought of one more calorie-laden snack in this house!)
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Amaryllis starting to bloom? Check. 
($1.00 each at Ace; we bought two.)
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Wishing, like I do every year at Christmas, that I could go to Germany? Check.
(I will probably never go back but I have wished it every single Christmas for the last twenty-four years, and I think that wish is growing with intensity as the years pass by, perhaps as the impossibility of the wish has become increasingly clear.)
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Christmas underway? Check.
Still more to do before Christmas can come? Check!
[Completely confidential note to self: NEVER, NO NEVER ADD PICTURES TO BLOG AFTER YOU'VE ADDED TEXT!)
2 comments:
wow, you are ligth years ahead of me. We start the cards today. Most of the gifts are bought, not wrapped, but still a lot ot do...
Your house looks fantastic, PB! Inside and out.
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