I’ve been watching the amaryllis that I purchased in early November…
it is now in the sleigh with some of the snow people and it seems to be doing okay… I added some of the solar lights in and around the melt (group of snow people)… I kind of like it…
both of the little babies on the sides of the main bulb have started to shoot up, and even the original bulb is starting to have a bit of green peek out…
the Christmas boxes came out from under the staircase last Sunday… the goal is to reduce the size of the collection as each box is gone through…
Monday, the snow people were moved into the den… they look very cute in there… none were disposed of…
Tuesday, a great number of glass balls were hung in the dining room window… this involved separating ones which had been hung together previously and then hanging them individually… took some time, but came out nicely I think…
Wednesday, more ornaments were put up with the pottery and some of the most beautiful ones were hung on the dining room chandelier…
Thursday was about reindeer and sleighs… and even some snowflakes…
Friday involved the tree… it is filled with purple, silver and glittery ornaments… quite different from my usual choices…
there are lots of little disco balls on it and the ceiling and walls were quite sparkly as the sun shines through the window;-)…
I have been enjoying the process of focussing on one item each day and taking my time completing the decorating…
I did decide to give away some blue and red ornaments and a few wreaths, lol…
it made me decide to take down and put away the snow people… just in case they were causing all the snow, lol…
the bin they live in was in the den closet, filled with the pottery that had come off the shelves… it was way too heavy to carry downstairs…
after setting all the pieces on the table, I packed up the snow people and took the bin to the basement… much lighter…
I went through the pottery and was able to let five pieces go… will have to see if anyone wants them, or else they will go into the donation box…after that I spent a rather long time choosing where to set each one…
I didn’t put them in the same locations and was missing my decorator friends as I worked on the placement, lol…
seeing my beloved’s printing always brings a smile to my face;-)…
added ornaments to the drawers in the table… they look good…
spent a while deciding on where the tree should go this year… for the last few years it has been in the window, but I felt like it was time for a change…
dug out the tree and set up the space for it… added extra lights and fluffed the branches…
next I brought up the bin of snow people… after some thought I emptied some of the squares in the dining room wall and added the snow people… it was fun deciding which ones went together…
took the pottery pieces that came off the shelves and put them into the bin… it was very heavy, so I slid it into the den closet… it will be safe there and saved me from trying to carry it downstairs…
found purple, silver and clear ornaments and listened to Christmas carols as I added them to the tree…
we’ve had a lovely young woman working with us for the last three months… she has been seconded from RBC and we have enjoyed having her as part of the team… the time has flown by…
a few days ago she brought gifts for everyone, as well as kind notes for each member of staff… my bracelet was purple…
today we celebrated her time with us with cupcakes and presents… there were the cutest little snow people rings on top of the cupcakes so we took a group photo;-)…
last night, as I was going down the stairs, I thought of my beloved… he loved Christmas but sometimes the decorations got the better of him…
he really disliked the various collections that would end up on the stairs…
following his heart surgery, where they took veins from his leg, he wasn’t as steady as he used to be… if you were walking and came upon him from behind you might think he was tipsy because of his gait…
walking was difficult and he only had one speed that worked for him…
so stuff on the stairs could cause him to lose his balance… but that didn’t stop me from decorating, lol…
here’s how the stairs to the second floor look this year… snow people and trees;-)…
he did enjoy shopping and always found many things for me… I miss that…
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