WOW.....the BIG DAY arrived so quickly for myself and the 1st Lady!!!!! This past week has just been one thick blur for us.......just unreal, quite frankly. We have been busier than ever attempting....and we have been 98% successful.....to get all of the "STUFF" put away, or stored (heeehee) in the garage. And, since OUR family's Christmas here at TheHowserHouse is not until tomorrow morning......guess what????!!!!! All morning we have been working as if it was a regular day......finishing up the house, dusting (which will never end after all of this sanding), and trying to get ready for 7 houseguests for tonight!!
This is the first time I have sat down since 8am this morning.....and I still have one more item to bring back in from the garage. Thought it was out there to stay.......but, with this War On Stuff that I have been waging, this latest item is a battle that I lost, and the 1st Lady won!! The 1st Lady is quite a scrappy fighter in this WOS (War On Stuff), and I seem to be fighting for my right to not be smothered in piles of stuff.......piles that could last the remaining years of my Life. The 1st Lady.....well, she wants to hang on to EVERYTHING...."we might need this" is her trite little call to battle......and the battle then begins in earnest!!! UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sooooo, the garage is now no longer available for anything else......NOTHING....NADA!!!!! It is stacked to the ceiling.......hmmmm, wonder what kind of "stuff" she is giving me for Christmas in the morning????????? Where will I put it?????? Impossible to get rid of it since she will have just given it to me.....hmmmmm......HELP!!!!!
Hey.....if any of you are interested in the War On Stuff........see the newest issue of the AARP Magazine.....a great article in it about the same war I am fighting........guess it is a battle that many households wage!!!!???
Brief look back: Saturday was a fun day at the Christmas Gathering in Hannibal. Dinner was excellent!!!!!! A "lots of fun" Christmas Bingo Game with $5 gifts to be won/traded/stolen was played by all us....and it finally broke down as everyone wanted a few gifts that were very nice!
Yesterday the 1st Lady and I went to Charleston to visit Mike. On the way back she had to stop in Cape Girardeau for a couple of last minute gifts.....which were located quickly. Jeremy had arrived home by the time we returned......
And so......enough for now.....the day is only partially complete. More later.....I HOPE!!!
UPDATE:
Becky and Rachel arrived around 4pm this afternoon. Later, we went to the city center......not much of a beehive of activity tonight!!......and the only restaurant in town that was open was the local Chinese restaurant. So, we purchased some Chinese dinners and returned to TheHowserHouse to eat on our dining table.....the FIRST time since the last week of January!!!!! It has been holding boxes and "stuff" ever since that time........WHAT a new experience it was......hahahaha!!!!!
This evening it has been one of playing a game that Rachel received today.....and watching a bit of the tellie........nothing else. We are awaiting the arrival of the ALWAYS late Dr. Jeni and Darrel and Meghan and Ava. They will blow in like a blizzard with both girls most likely fast asleep. Tomorrow the TONS of gifts under the tree will be opened with mucho paper to be tossed into the trash receptacle.......HOPEFULLY the trash will be picked up tomorrow morning as there is NO more room in it!!!
And so............on this Christmas Day of 2006....
Life is GREAT.....and I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!!!!!!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS
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