Time to completely change the look of the house

The roommate and I had a nice Thanksgiving. I roasted a chicken instead of a turkey, made a pumpkin-ginger soup that turned out to be killer, had some more than al dente/less than mush green beans, some crescent rolls (in honor of my mother - she always made those), some beaujolais and some chardonnay, and wow, we were full to the brim.

During the day on Thanksgiving I went up into the attic and started tossing/handing Christmas boxes/bins down to the roomie, including the tree I've had for about 14 years, and between making dinner I started putting the tree together. Finished it today and it does look good, despite it's age.


I love Christmas. It's the one time of the year you can change the entire look of your house, both inside and out, and get away with it. The house is a wreck right now, but I'm still in the middle of 'decorating'. Jypsy has taken all the changes in stride, including jumping from bin to box, leaping around on the furniture in new positions and batting down the fifth ornament I put on the tree. She had a lot of fun, but felt the need for a break from supervising, as you can see...



I'm close to being done, then again, not really. I've got all the clean up afterwards. I do have one silly thing I do every year; don't ask me why - I'm not really sure myself. During his first stay at my house, the roomie bought this -



...so it gets pulled out every Christmas as well.

Like I said, it's the one time of year to change the look of the house. Welcome to the holiday season!