As I looked at HOBBY LOBBY's cap tables, items for sell are theme grouped and it sure is attractively displayed, I marvel at their arrangements.
TODAY, I needed to go shop for storage boxes for my AUTUMN decor. Had Mom with me. Tried TARGET, JOANN, and MENARDS. From TARGET, I purchased an oversized tub for garland and will switch out the tub I was using for CHRISTMAS GARLAND for the AUTUMN GARLAND since it is smaller and I know after CHRISTMAS I will need one to hold the new garland I had purchased about three weeks ago. The AUTUMN garland can go in the smaller one.
JOANN had wreath containers half off. Two were purchased. MENARDS is where I bought two medium tubs for my PUMPKINS. Better get some more bubble wrap to cushion them.
HUBBY finished the COTTAGE's STORAGE SHED where the treadmill will go and muscle racks for decor will be stored. I'm giddy. He disassembled two muscle racks and hauled them to the shed and sat them up. Plans to sit the treadmill up Tuesday and Wednesday. He'll need help getting the 400 pound mill out of the COTTAGE, down the porch stairs and walked across the yard to the shed. I'll assist him with this. We have 5 of these racks altogether. Two other racks still in the basement will be taken apart and relocated to the shed. The third one left will go in the cellar.
For now, the decor will be in the shed. When the cellar can have racks placed in it after a serious cleaning then the racks may go in the cellar. It's all up in the air. Much has gone into getting to this place in time. We started clearing out stuff in the shed 6 months ago. 6 months. So much of what was in there was ignored due to emotional ties and not having the gumption to go through it until last Spring. That's the reality of it.
The shed looks so much better now. I will begin migrating storage tubs to the shed this week. Red storage tubs will be carried to the shed after I review what is in them. Keeping the items or donating.
I have hopes of returning to a healthy diet counting calories and working my way up to three miles a day of walking. That's my hope. This is the formula I will use to lose weight and get healthier. Vitamins and supplements as well.
After Thanksgiving company has returned HOME, I will need to rest a few days before gearing up for CHRISTMAS. I am ready to rest. It has taken a great deal out of me having company for a week. Love them, but have to pace myself to host them and the older I get, the harder it is. Just the way it is.
Keeping LIFE simple sometimes requires change and planning.
I took the fireplace decorations down and it looks so bare. Flat out PLAIN. Thankful that we can get our hands on storage containers to help organize the wares. When I was a child, there was no such things as vinyl storage tubs with lids. Mom stored decorations in old suitcases. She had far less than I do.
With downsizing, I have to be particular of what I keep and store. What a deal. I believe I will go for the gold focusing on garland and greenery with sprigs and picks placed about picture frames on the walls, decking the wood furniture with greenery, nutcrackers on the bookshelves, a Christmas tree for sure, Nativity Scene maybe under the tree, wreaths for the doors...calling this GOOD.
It's just the way it is.
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