Now that It's Done......

When we take things that are meant to be really simple and complicate them, I have discovered this is WHERE THE STRESS BEGINS!!!! Hey folks we need to talk about Christmas for just a moment. I remember when Christmas, meant we went and got a tree just before Christmas, somewhere around my Birthday and we all decorated it with the ornaments that we had for ever since i could remember,and put a star on top, or somethimes and angel. I decorated 5 trees this year and the entire kitchen and the Back and Front of the house, and needed to have done a lot more in order to keep up with the neighbors. Don't get me wrong I love every minute of it, and It is absolutely beautiful and makes for a fun and festive event, but I start stressing about this before Thanksgiving and i'm still trying to get finishing touches done the day of Christmas. You know you can't just hang a wreath on the door anymore, you have to surround the entire entry way with the netting stuff and secure ten dollar a piece balls to that and make sure the lights are all burning brightly. personally we only own 1 blow up device and it never even got blown up this year, but some folks have many...And I really appreciate all the wonderful people who put out the thousands of lights every year for us to ride around and look at, but you better make sure you have given up your day job before you undertake this venture. Like I said I really enjoy decorating my home and transforming it into Christmas Cheer...It's the taking it down and packing it up that is the problem. I counted this year and I had 37 Totes and Bags of Christmas whatever...I'm not sure how many ornaments there are but this takes up 80% of the space in a 12x16 storage house. So I have decided that next year We will have 1 tree, and 1 wreath, We will enjoy , the people who gave up their day jobs to put up lights decorations and maybe I can come away destressed. All I want for Christmas next year is a gift certificate to a message of the month club, massage therapist delivered to my home monthly, and all the sound of the sea cd's ever made. I will then(as soon as Christmas is over) go on a cruise in the Carribean and lay back and let a little malaysian boy bring me pink umbrellas til the cows come home..Or in this case ( til I come home). So now that it's done and we've all eaten too much, stressed too much and earned a well deserved nervous breakdown, Let's all take a deep breath and Say thank you Lord for giving us The Lord Jesus in a manger far away with his tiny head asleep on the hay........