Monday, December 4, 2017

The Tree Is Up, the Tree Is Up, You Guys...THE TREE IS UP!

I knew this past weekend was our best chance to get the tree up and decorated before the dullness of chemo descends tomorrow.

Last year, I did most of the decorating. For some reason, neither Lyss nor Liv was all that into putting ornaments on the tree.

This year, though, Olivia was quite the helper. And, best yet, she didn’t put three ornaments per branch. She’s growing up!! Awww….

Tom, because it’s his schtick, lamented the fact that I’d even bothered with the tree. He likes to be all Grinchy/Scroogy and then I have to remind him that we have kids and so he’s not allowed to be anti-Christmas.

Friday night, before I even opened the box stores the tree, I moved the furniture in the living room. We’d decided to put the tree in the corner by the front window rather than directly in front of the window this year. But that meant the recliner needed to move, which meant the couch, which is a U-shaped sectional, also needed to be moved.

I ended up spinning the couch, curve of the U was against the tree/window side of the room and moved the recliner so it was now on the left side of the entertainment center. It makes the room kind of cozy. If nothing else, change is always kind of interesting.

We didn’t deck out our entire house this year. It felt like a bit much to take on. But having the tree up, and the Nativity all placed just right by Liv, it makes our house feel good, like we’re ready for this season of love and giving and joy and peace.

That’s something that even chemo can’t take away. Right?

Anyway, here's a blurry picture of two girls and a Christmas tree:

1 comment:

Julie said...

This seems like such a throw back to when Liv was in the hospital. I'm glad you were able to attain some normalcy!