I love this .............

So for the past 3 years you've bypassed the hauling down, unpacking then packing back up and returning to the attic, basement, garage etc etc (wherever one stores their decorations) Avoided endless fights with tangled up strings of lights (which one may or may not always win) then thwarted the process of hanging said sets of lights on tree, and then been able to side step the dilemma of what ornament looks best where! Lucky you.......:hangloose:

I have several rolls of wrapping paper laying about and am slowly moving towards wrapping one or two gifts that I need to mail out early ..............

mission accomplished.......

now I have Christmas music playing in the background:smileyXmasTree:

Now I'm contemplating hauling down the decorations from the closet!

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Today I'm on a mission to think up and then find unique stocking stuffers

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Yes I realize it's a bit early but the closer to Christmas, the less appealing going out to shop is.

Why do you think it is the last time?? What is the theme this year?

As much as I love Christmas and I do after losing my Dad last year on Christmas day I just haven't gotten into it so far. I don't know if I even want a tree.

I know the oldest of my 2 brothers and I are going to meet at Mommas to clean it out, paint and get it ready to put on the market.

I have listened to some Christmas music however I haven't found my spirit yet.

HELP!!!!

Speaking of Christmas....



Are we doing a card exchange this year? I need to shop for cards if so.....




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Found these today...quite tasty!

I love opening my Christmas decorations! I always find something I forgot I had. I have a bowl full of these little glass candies. Oh, and a couple of different ones I have hung on the tree. I love these, I found an entire mason jar of them at an antique store.

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These types of bulbs always remind me of my childhood!

Me too. :)

I have now purchased thirty-eight gifts-- because i bought a new "reading is fun" tshirt for every library worker

Six more to go and i'll be done with staff-- my three direct reports will get something more besides the t-shirt, and there are three staff who never want our t-shirts (of which we buy 2-3 per year)

The three staff who never want t-shirts are getting gift bags of hurricane survival items: crank flashlights, waterproof matches, and water purification tablets-- because a some of us are still homeless from Harvey and I think we all made ourselves a lot of promises about being prepared for the next one that we have not gotten around to keeping

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