When it comes to putting the house back to normal after the holidays someone has to make the call on when to git 'er done. That someone is me, prompted by the calendar catapulting us into the new year. We delayed our ritual as we had our final celebration on Jan 21st. Our daughter and… Continue reading The Weekend I Almost Let My Vintage Santa Stick Around Long Enough to Meet Punxsutawney Phil
Tag: Christmas Decorating
How My Revival of Mom’s Misfit Vintage Christmas Decorations Worked Out This Year
Ah, the festive season. This year, I braved going down the rabbit hole of checking on the red/green bin that stores the Christmas decorations my mom had saved when she sorted items to keep from her parent's house, the house my brother and I grew up in, and her new house. I sold many of… Continue reading How My Revival of Mom’s Misfit Vintage Christmas Decorations Worked Out This Year
Dessy’s Between Holidays Keen Observations
Between holidays is a busy time of year here in our house in a town south of the North Pole. The Postal Delivery service has brought a couple of damaged packages for the humans to investigate. This most recent one smelled like laundry detergent. Thankfully, it was just external package damage and not the item… Continue reading Dessy’s Between Holidays Keen Observations
Time to box up 2020 for good
I discovered over the last 7 days that sitting around relaxing moping isn't as fun as I thought it would be. A little bit of a** kicking to oust 2020 was what I really wanted to be doing. So I read books instead. Now I wonder how in the world people find a comfortable way… Continue reading Time to box up 2020 for good
Twelve Days ’til Christmas and Mr. and Mrs. Claus Stopped Whining
An email that stood out popped into my inbox yesterday. Leave it to good ol' Seth Godin to come to my rescue and put my oh-so-naughty, slightly negative perspective back on a more positive track. His post is about Whining (you can read it here if you'd like). The gist of it is that it's… Continue reading Twelve Days ’til Christmas and Mr. and Mrs. Claus Stopped Whining