Yesterday I was so happy to have two of the guys planted on the sofa. They were playing games, texting, checked out but still, on the sofa, at home. There was some Wii golfing, baseball, tennis and bowling too.
I made a fat boy breakfast, more chex party mix and Hubby made kettle corn.
So, they stayed.
Meanwhile, I started to take down Christmas decorations. It started in the kitchen, suddenly I could not take one more minute of clutter. It went from there... Until everything was down except for the trees, the eddie bauer snow globes and the wreaths. It is going to stay that way for a few days.
I'm not ready for the lights to be gone and the darkness of January.
Hawley sat by the fire. Hubby helped me, played Wii with the guys and eventually made me a g & t.
I have a head cold. Of course. Christmas always ends badly for me. I push and push until I get rundown and the germs attack. If I drink an alka-seltzer cold plus as soon as I get up it's all good. This morning I waited until it was too late. It's catching up now. Take two excedrine + alka-seltzer PLUS = a functioning cold vs. a non-functioning/laying on the sofa cold. No one paid me to share this cure for the common cold symptoms. Trust me. I don't get paid to write this stuff. Oh, and I am not a doctor.
Besides drugs for the common cold I have Hubby, who ironed our sheets and pillowcases yesterday. You know how when you have a cold even your skin hurts? Clean, crisp bed linens really help alleviate that cold symptom. Yep, he's the best.
In the mess of taking down Christmas I am trying to organize by bin.
The landing doesn't appear to be very organized now but there is a method to my madness.
And there is a narrow path through the chaos.
By next week all that will be left are the blooming paper whites. I am not putting anything back on the walls or on the flat surfaces until I have painted a few rooms and cleaned every square inch of the house.
Lofty goals here at the Stone House. I'll keep you posted...
