Feeling a Little More Festive

Thanks for all the encouraging words today! I think it's not so much that I'm not feeling Christmas as it is that it's just such a BIG job to decorate the way I enjoy. And someone said something about dusting--yep, it's that too! I have to clean all the nooks and crannies before I can put the decorations out. The GOOD thing is, though, that once the decorations are out, every surface is so covered by STUFF that there's no possibility of having to dust again until it all gets put away. So there IS that to look forward to!

A little birdie told me that my buddy Gran wrote about me on her blog--about me and my need for cheering up so I can get into the Christmas spirit. She's an awfully good friend and cheerleader! I don't think many of you saw the poem she left in the comment section of my blog, so I'll reprint it here:

"So, what is a Kim to do with the flu.
Let me tell you true.
She will not be happy until
all the peppermints
are hung, laid out or strung.

So, come on Sis,
Sip a little glog,
Point your finger to the next box
that DH can haul,
open it and delight as
your home takes on
the sweet spirit of the season.

(All done, of course,
4 feet off the ground
this year.)"

Isn't she a hoot? Later this month, Gran, Pam (Orcsmom), Pam's BFF Colleen No-Blog, and I are going to celebrate Christmas together at PMS night (PMS=pizza, munchies, and soda) at an out-of-town quilt shop, and I'm really looking forward to that evening and some of the other social festivities that will be coming up in the next few weeks. And that brings me to another thing--

Someone else commented about having sick family members and a busy social schedule between now and Christmas and not knowing when they'd find the time and energy to decorate--yep, me too! That's exactly my problem. So I DO think I'll devote this weekend to decorating and get as much done as I can and then be happy with whatever that may be. Because, really, this weekend is the last chance I'll have--and absolutely, positively NO illnesses are allowed to visit!

And finally? Yes, I know it's awfully shallow and materialistic of me, but sometimes a gal's gotta do something to jump start her enthusiasm, and having come to that realization by the time my lunch hour came along today, I headed over to the Hundred Dollar Store (aka Target) for a little retail decorating therapy:

So now the plan is to come home from work on Friday night, gather up the decorations, and start transforming the house into a winter wonderland. Or something Christmassy. Wish me luck!