It's Beginning to Look Alot Like Christmas . . .
:-)
I confess, I'm an early decorator :-D
One of my former husbands used to get so irritated with me - I had to beg and plead to decorate early. He was pretty inflexible . . . I'm not married to him anymore. ;-)
This year, in keeping with my theme of divestiture (three bags of stuff went yesterday to the Second Chance Shop), I realized that it was finally time for me to go through some of the Christmas stuff again. I did this about 8 years ago and divested alot of my mom's Christmas stuff. I always have a bag going for the Second Chance Shop, and I also just donated three boxes of fiber and knitting and weaving yarns (off to the West Coast yesterday), and I have a HUGE bag of yarn from my stash that I'm donating through church to a women's collective. I'm really on a roll here.
But I digress!! Back to Christmas!!
I love Christmas, and I love decorating for it, but this year, I'm going a little more low-key. No big tree (just the little one that was my mom's - it's so perfect in the sunroom), and only a few strategically placed Christmas items.
And my old Dickens Village is going to make someone VERY happy at the Second Chance Shop. I started this probably close to 30 years ago - I didn't get very far (although there is more than I remember . . . :-D). My cousins fostered it for years when they had their B&B - it was a great entryway decoration for them. I think I put it up once or twice when I lived in California, but it has remained boxed up for at least a decade. I have neither the room nor the inclination to fool with it anymore, and so . . .
I have a pretty hefty donation to make :-) That rug is a 5x8, so that give you an idea of how much there is :-D I didn't go through all the ornaments. Yet. But there is time. I won't be able to get back to the Second Chance Shop until December 1st.
Is there a charity resale shop near you? Do you have some things that you don't want any longer but are still in good shape? It takes a little time, but you could make someone very happy, and just think of all the energy you would be releasing by letting go of things that no longer serve you :-)
Wheeeeee! I LOVE Christmas!!!!!
I confess, I'm an early decorator :-D
One of my former husbands used to get so irritated with me - I had to beg and plead to decorate early. He was pretty inflexible . . . I'm not married to him anymore. ;-)
This year, in keeping with my theme of divestiture (three bags of stuff went yesterday to the Second Chance Shop), I realized that it was finally time for me to go through some of the Christmas stuff again. I did this about 8 years ago and divested alot of my mom's Christmas stuff. I always have a bag going for the Second Chance Shop, and I also just donated three boxes of fiber and knitting and weaving yarns (off to the West Coast yesterday), and I have a HUGE bag of yarn from my stash that I'm donating through church to a women's collective. I'm really on a roll here.
But I digress!! Back to Christmas!!
I love Christmas, and I love decorating for it, but this year, I'm going a little more low-key. No big tree (just the little one that was my mom's - it's so perfect in the sunroom), and only a few strategically placed Christmas items.
And my old Dickens Village is going to make someone VERY happy at the Second Chance Shop. I started this probably close to 30 years ago - I didn't get very far (although there is more than I remember . . . :-D). My cousins fostered it for years when they had their B&B - it was a great entryway decoration for them. I think I put it up once or twice when I lived in California, but it has remained boxed up for at least a decade. I have neither the room nor the inclination to fool with it anymore, and so . . .
I have a pretty hefty donation to make :-) That rug is a 5x8, so that give you an idea of how much there is :-D I didn't go through all the ornaments. Yet. But there is time. I won't be able to get back to the Second Chance Shop until December 1st.
Is there a charity resale shop near you? Do you have some things that you don't want any longer but are still in good shape? It takes a little time, but you could make someone very happy, and just think of all the energy you would be releasing by letting go of things that no longer serve you :-)
Wheeeeee! I LOVE Christmas!!!!!
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