Christmas Tree Decorating 101

Oh dear -- why, oh why am I not one of those 

super-organized

people with gifts purchased and wrapped,

house cleaned and decorated??

But, let's just accept it, stop 

beating myself up

and have a few more Hershey kisses while I ponder that,

shall we??? :)

We finally got our tree up and mostly decorated!

Here's my extremely valid excuse!

Last April/May when we had the floors done,

the guys had to jackhammer out the

concrete subfloor!

A ton of that concrete dust and debris

floated down to the storage room below, covering

everything in a very thick layer of 

yucky, icky-sticky dust, bits of concrete, etc!
So, unless everything was totally covered (and it wasn't)
that crud got everywhere and messed up my decorations!
A lot of garland and wreaths had to be tossed -- there's no
way without the hose (and it's too cold for that)
to get that dust out!

So, this year, we went for a different look on the mantle!
Can you say white feather boas??
So floaty and soft -- Maddy says it reminds her of snow
(yes, she's praying for snow and lots of it!)!

Maddy and I love it and, after all, our opinions count the most!
We still have few a few more things to pull out and dust off.
One of these days
(maybe Dec. 24th), we'll be ready!  :)

Fa
 LaLaLaLa
LaLaLaLa!

Some Fave Ornaments

Raise your hand if you do a "theme" tree please. Anybody?? I don't know that I've ever had much of a theme - just a lot of ornaments assembled through the years. Some I've loved, some I've tossed -- really, how long do I have to keep that Cub Scout ornament from the 1990's?? Some ornaments are too special to get rid of (see why I have a clutter problem?), but they don't need to go on the tree every single year.

This year I decided we would try and limit the ornaments to silver, white and red! These are some of my fave ornaments.

Note: One bad thing about silver glittery ornaments -- the glitter comes off! Oh yes, I've had glitter on my clothes at work some days! But that's just me trying to look festive and brighten up the workplace!