Barney is glad that the Christmas tree is out of the bay window. I didn't work yesterday so I brought up all the boxes and it was taken down. Two days before February it happened. My wife said we could just get some valentine decorations and put them on the tree, then we could procrastinate a little longer about it. Barney didn't like the tree as it was limiting his space when he circled the coffee table. We didn't put things back right as we normally do. We have the love seat in the bay year round but we thought it would be nice to put the wing back in there for now. It was easier to put the chair there than dragging the loveseat into the space.
All of the Christmas decorations are now down in the living room. I took soldier boy back up stairs. He doesn't have to live in the basement as he seems to be too fragile for the conditions down there. Having the decorations really didn't bother us but I didn't get called in yesterday so it seemed right that we get it done. Spare time can be the work of the devil if you don't keep busy. I have heard that before somewhere.
I finally brought the spare container of shiny brights up from the basement and I now see why they were placed down there. My mom had a box of these in the crawl space of their house and the moisture had effected the surface ot them. They are flaking leaving glitter like material behind.
Another task off of the list. The flaking baubles will be better off stored in the jar. As you can see the jar isn't quite big enough to work for this size of decoration.
A person came by about having me do three framing jobs and right after she left we headed south for the bookstore. We hit the Christian bookstore and Lowe's and then we were at Barnes and Noble at the Jordan Creek Mall. It wasn't busy and we could even find a parking spot very close to the store. That never happens to be able to park close to anything. It is a busy mall.
I am back in the classroom today as a resource room teacher. Kids seem glad to come in here and get extra help. They also welcome the idea of getting out of the regular classroom.
We are to get up to 34 degrees F. today. It was -4 when we got up this morning. Our temperatures are going to shift to be a little bit warmer for the week.. Thanks for stopping by today. Stay safe on the ice and or snow, wherever you are living.
4 comments:
Hi Larry, Your home certainly has beautiful windows. Funny about Barney circling the table.
I am happy that you two had a nice trip out yesterday. We should warm up some by the weekend. I know we will want to get out for a short while, even just to go pick up a sub sandwich!
Have a nice afternoon.
Your tree is down...congrats! I like your Shiny Brites in the torpedo jar. I also wondered if it was moisture in a basement or heat in an attic that made some of the finish crack and flake off...or if it was different manufacturing years with slightly different materials.
It is above zero here today:)
Just a perfect combination, the old ornaments and the antique jar! Well played!
Larry, you are not the only one who took down and put away decorations and a tree yesterday. I did the same with our 2-foot tree bought at a local thrift store as we had not taken regular stuff out of storage in hopes we would not be here for the holidays. Also, it was time to put away all our holiday DVDs.
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