I had a friend send me this picture the other day. She said it made her think of me. Now that makes me smile. First off, it's always nice to know that someone is thinking of you. Secondly, yeah this is kinda me.
Everyone knows I really love Christmas. Throughout the year in my mind I am decorating for Christmas. Trying to figure out where I'm gonna put what decorations. How will I arrange things this year? What groupings do I want to put together? Where will I put that new sign I just bought? This stuff doesn't happen with the snap of a finger you know.
However, I do also love the other holidays.
Halloween -- what's not to love about being able to eat candy because people just give it away! Haunted houses? Of course - they are the best. When we lived in Missouri we always went to the Haunted Houses in Kansas City. They are awesome! Gotta say when we went to one here in Tulsa we were a little disappointed. We got married on October 29th and the night before our wedding we went to a Haunted House in Springfield. So much fun with the girls.
Thanksgiving -- again - what's not to love about food! As my daughter K.C. says this is the best holiday because no one expects anything of you and you get to eat all you want. Food - family and fun. That pretty much sums up Thanksgiving.
It's all about the food. And if you have ever been to our house you know that Gary is our menu planner and chief cook and he loves it. You will find our menu for the entire Thanksgiving weekend printed out and on the refrigerator.
And it is a whole weekend holiday for us with traditions that we look forward to each year. Gary's parents come down on Wednesday. Gary and I both have Wednesday before Thanksgiving off and we do some prep work for Thanksgiving dinner - you know desserts, etc. Thanksgiving is our big meal and Thursday evening we usually go to a movie. Friday - well that's when we go shopping while Gary's dad puts up my outside Christmas lights.
Hopefully sometime over the Thanksgiving weekend we will watch Christmas Vacation. We might try to do some kind of day trip on Saturday. I'm kinda thinking that maybe spending the entire day on Saturday watching Christmas movies might be a fun way to spend the day. Whatever we do - it's a big family affair with all the local family included in any activity they wish to participate in. (Sometimes you might need a little break from family).
Then Sunday afternoon is when my Christmas decorating begins. I remove all my decorations that I have out - not just the Thanksgiving ones - but everything! I start with the two big trees - yes two -- I have two bay windows so each one needs a tree. I have started taking the Monday and Tuesday after Thanksgiving off work so that I can get the decorating all done and not have my house torn up for a week as I work on decorating a couple of hours a night. I usually have Remington and Lily willing to help me put out my decorations. Actually last year they did the decorating for me as I was recovering from knee replacement surgery. They did a great job too. Now I have the rest of the season to enjoy my decorations, my trees, my lights, and just the season in general and not stress.
So there you have it. Yes, my Fall/Halloween decorations are out. I will put up my Thanksgiving ones November first. This means leaving pumpkins themselves out but taking out Halloween specific items and then getting my turkeys and pilgrims out.
BUT in my head right now I am thinking how the Chrismas decorations will be displayed.
