Off and running this morning! Not too long after I awoke, the dogs were maniacally barking at the front door. Behind this door stood Chazz with his daughter. Oops. When Chazz had said December 9, I thought he meant the week of. So, YAY! My trees are cut back now and I have LOTS of burn piles.
While Chazz was busy, I headed to the old house to grab the dually. Didn’t get stuck this time (maybe because I didn’t back it into the mud), then loaded it up with crushed cardboard boxes from all the movings from the last few years to take to recycling. The ironies in that statement are tremendous.
Ethan skated home not too long after I’d started loading cardboard, so once Chazz left, Ethan and I picked up Mags. He’s been practicing driving a great deal and this time was his turn with the dually. It really is a sweet ride. Quite the line at the dump, yet eventually we made it in and were having a blast, as Mags managed to find a Magic Eight Ball. Next to Home Depot, where we picked up more Christmas lights and a tree – a Noble Fir for the candles. The kids decided that since they are older now (over age 12), that we would put up the tree early. No more ChristKindle in this house. And so ends a tradition.
The plan today was to clean and decorate, yet this did not
take place as planned. Getting the kids to help decorate was akin to herding cats. The Boy was a little more active than the Girl as his job involved climbing on the roof. He also made the smart move of getting some tunes going, a mix of GnR, Weezer, Tom Petty and Aerosmith. As soon as the music came on, the frustration ended. Of course it did.
Ethan moved faster than I have ever seen him move when it came to trimming the tree so that he cold go to a friend’s house. I made the mistake of ordering sushi for the second time. I shan’t make that mistake again ( I hope. I really like giving food a chance). Mags and I hung out and bonded watchi
ng ‘The Office’ for the upteenth time as we ate our disgusting sushi. And yes, I ate every.single.piece. Sometime I suck. Since then, the blower for the pellet stove stopped, (after I’d had trouble getting the auger to work), then the WiFi on the laptop disconnected. I love life’s little challenges that make me seriously consider Dell laptop frisbee. Oh, these little reality glitches which get me out of my created problems like a Really Successful Love Connection. #ThanksUniverse
Pics: Practicing Texaning; Maggie and her Magic Eight Ball as Ethan works; Maggie and her Christmas Tree stand star as Ethan works. Do we see a pattern here? A semi-look at our decorated home.
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