Thanksgiving. It ended up with me completely reorganizing the garage, which really needed it. It's full of stuff from our storage unit, and no offense to any men here, but man I really needed to be there when this stuff was unloaded. Mr. Kris, his best friend, and my friend's son all emptied the storage unit and brought everything into the garage. But what they didn't think about was that all the things at the front of the unit were the things we used the most - Christmas decorations and camping supplies. So since that was first in the truck, it was first in the garage and buried at the back. 😑
So to get ANYTHING out of there the past few months has been a struggle. I pulled out all the Christmas stuff (and I have a LOT of Christmas stuff) while Mr. Kris and Jack were raking leaves. When it was all out, I told Mr. Kris it was there and he said he'd get to it eventually. I started bringing everything up to the deck and inside, and broke my favorite Swedish mug that I was SO excited to find while carrying the box it was in inside. And then was mad it fell and broke so I kicked the box over and broke my Smurfette glass and a Camp Snoopy glass too. Menopausal rage is real, y'all. I did buy a new mug on eBay though, it came in yesterday and I had a drink in it last night! I don't think I'll try and replace the Smurfette and Camp Snoopy glasses - they had been in a box for probably 20 years so I really do not need them.
No surprise, it took Mr. Kris a few days to get everything down to the family room and things ready for Thanksgiving. As of now, we have decorated the front bay window and Mr. Kris has put up some lights outside that I hate. There's also two inflatables - one a crab, the other a penguin. Mr. Kris's best friend is probably coming over later for a bonfire and drinking and I asked him how he is with ladders because I have some snowflake lights I would really like to put along the front of the house but Mr. Kris is NOT a fan of ladders. I am so-so with them, it depends on if I can use the big stepladder or if it has to be the big ladder.
Anyway my family room is currently FULL of Christmas decorations that I need to finish going through tonight, to see what we'll use this year and what I may want to get rid of, and finish decorating inside. I'm not sure where I'm putting my nativity.
The little tree in the bay window is one I bought last October, it's the "Showtopper" tree from Hallmark and when I got it I also was on the waiting list for a Christmas Vacation topper (it's the house from the movie). Well, when I got back from NC last year after my mom's surgery, I had the tree but could not find the topper. I never found it while moving so I had to buy another one this year. I suspect that it was accidentally thrown away when I was out of town, since I never found it while moving (though honestly I forgot all about it but I feel like I would have known what it was if I found it).
Good luck decorating!!!!
