Yesterday was a different sort of day. The weather early started out very nice with sunshine and the appearance that it was going to be a gorgeous day after Christmas. This would make it a great day to put in about a half day at work, then meet up with the wife and do a little of the after Christmas shopping and eat a nice lunch.
Well, by noon the weather was cold and was overcast. By three o’clock there was a slight mist in the air. Many places just in the edge of the Ozarks were reporting snow as well as some in the
The rest of the day was spent with the wife reading and me on the computer. As nightfall came the idea approached to take down the Christmas tree. This is a real chore. Putting it up is sometimes fun with the memories that are associated with each of the ornaments and laughing and thinking back to Christmas past. But now as you take each of those ornaments off and put them in a box and take off the trim (thankfully we leave lights on the artificial tree) and put everything away, it is a real chore.
Then comes pushing the limbs together, tying string around the tree to hold it in as tight a position as possible. Wrapping plastic and then a tree wrap around the tree is the next chore. Then we have to carry everything, including the tree out to the garage and put everything in storage. The tree goes in the closet in the garage. All of the ornament boxes go up the small ladder into the attic above the garage.
Wow what a chore. Did we really enjoy Christmas?
You bet we did!
My thoughts for now!
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