It's starting to look a lot like Christmas

         

              

Today was a busy day, we decided to get a start on decorating for Christmas.  Normally, this would be a fairly easy task.  A few items get packed up in the boxes the decorations come out and the furniture gets slightly rearranged to make room for the tree.  Not this year, after moving furniture around in different locations it was decided there just isn't room for the tree in the living room.  The new item that can't be moved is my computer and desk.  It was only brought out in the living room in April when I got the new one and the cable connection.  It had always been in my spare room, but since that is my sisters room now it was only fair to get it out there. She doesn't need me typing at all hours of the day and night in her only private space.  So here it sits in the front corner of the room.  Our combined furniture takes up the rest of the living room.  We attempted to take portions of the tree we had and 'shrink' it to have it on a table in front of the picture window, but alas fake trees are not made to be used in pieces. So off to the store it was to buy a little tree.  It isn't bad, but it's only 4 1/2 feet, very small in comparison but it looks nice.  It is definitely 100% better than my first tree after moving back to the area.  That one was bought from the stage manager of Charlie Brown's Christmas show.  We got home and had a bite to eat and started going through the multiple boxes of directions.  We have mine and we have my sisters.  Where ever does one put so much stuff?  We selected what we wanted and got a start of unwrapping and wrapping.  Part of my snowman collection is displayed on my shelf were family pictures are usually displayed.  My sisters collection of tea pots are scattered in different areas of the house.  And I have to say it's starting to look a lot like Christmas!  We got the tree in its place and decided to decorate tomorrow.   

I had a message to call my other sister when we gotback so off I went to make the call.  I took the phone in my bedroom so no one had to listen to me on the phone in addition to trying to hear the TV.  I yacked for a bit and when I was done I realized the Martha Fairies had been by to decorate the tree.  It looks absolutely beautiful!  A quick explanation of the 'Martha' fairies - my sister is not named Martha, but boy she definitely can hold a candle to Martha Stewart.  She has this knack for crafts and decorating.  I guess some could say we both carry a little bit of my fathers artistic ability.  He paints, I create on the computer, and she creates live.   

We still have decorations to be put out, she has a beautiful village that will go on top of the entertainment center.  Then the clean up of all the boxes.  Some will go in the garage and some will have to go back into storage, but all in all it was a productive day.  By tomorrow night we should be all set.   

Here is the work of the Martha fairies.  The light cast a funny shadow on the curtains, but they needed to be closed so I didn't get a reflection from the window.  

                      

And of course a look at part of the snowman collection.