November 9, 2009

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  {Okay, I admit it.. I’m a hypocrite!}
  
  
  Year after year I rant and rave how un-traditional,
  even un-American it is that we seem to go straight from Halloween to Christmas.

  Thanksgiving tends to lose it’s climax when every store is playing, “Joy to the World.”
  Homes appear to have already, “Decked the Halls.”
  And obviously everywhere you turn, “It’s Beginning to Look alot like Christmas.”

  So I’m always a staunch believer that the Christmas decorations cannot go up until AFTER Thanksgiving!

  I’m sorry, pumpkins and orange leaves just don’t mixed with twinkling white lights and red candy canes.

  But today… which happens to be unseasonably warm and 70 degrees outside.. while driving back from lunch with Mom and Danny I noticed a lady stringing her blue Christmas lights on the already hung garland down her fence row.
  
  
  “Now there’s a smart lady!” I thought to myself.
  
  
  When I got home I sat in the van for a few minutes looking at the house and garage.
  I knew there was a history lesson that needed to be done with the kids ..
  and Ben’s practice pants that needed washed for football tonight ..

  but history can always be taught on cold dreary days we’re stuck inside.
  and the practice pants are only going to get dirty again.

  So…………………..  
  
  
  
  I can see my husband even now when he gets home.
  He’ll shake his head from side to side and say just.one.word~

  “Impulsive!!”

  
  
  
  I guess I’ve crossed over to the other side and caved on my beliefs ..
  Atleast for this year.
  But no promises –
  I might forever be changed by this warm weather decorating.

  
  I still really do think this ..
  and felt a bit like this putting up the decorations ..
  and though it’s not completely finished like this ..  

  {and can i just point out, there is seriously a conspiracy going on with the manufacturer’s of Christmas lights!  i think they make those things to only last one season. i don’t care if i plug a strand in and it works.. i’ll still buy a new box. because at some point.. usually just when the tree is completely done, or the lights all hung along the eaves of the roof.. if they’re not a brand new pair, trust me! — they’ll quit working, or just that one spot right in the middle will go out!!} : /
  
   
  
  BUT. in a few weeks after Thanksgiving ..
  instead of being outside like I usually am,
  attempting to fluff garland with fingers that won’t bend from being frozen ..
  and wiping my nose that’s running off my chin on mitts that are soggy and wet from already wiping it countless times ..

  I’ll be glad for the inspiration of the smart lady I passed by today!  

  Ben was taking pictures of the homemade football field he made in the yard and snapped these~

  

  and yes. I always coordinate the scissors I carry in my back pocket to match my shirt! 
  

  
  
  

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