Monday, January 3, 2011

The Fruits of my Labor

A dining room table filled with so much stuff it's a bit scary. Like one of those Christmas shops, open all year round.


Even Santa is beginning to look distasteful.



I've tried wrinkling my nose and conjuring some sort of Mary Poppins to help me box all this crap and put it back in the attic (accessed through a hole cut in the ceiling) but no go. 

Maybe I'll just curtain off the dining room and make it into a grotesque Christmas storage closet.
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10 comments:

  1. adrienneJanuary 3, 2011 at 5:39 PM

    it's not as if you have nothing else to do.

    xo

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  2. whoJanuary 3, 2011 at 5:57 PM

    it looks lock shocked, maniacally double helical.

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  3. Carrie Wilson LinkJanuary 3, 2011 at 6:46 PM

    Okay, truly, that last line made me laugh out loud.

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  4. Ms. MoonJanuary 3, 2011 at 6:48 PM

    What the hell? In less than a year you'll be bringing it back out. Why not?

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  5. Maggie WorldJanuary 3, 2011 at 10:53 PM

    isn't it amazing that the things you remove from the storage box so lovingly on Dec 10th or so get flung back in head first come New Years. Mine is allllllll gone as of today.

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  6. gretchenJanuary 3, 2011 at 11:29 PM

    I always tell everyone that I don't take my decorations down until the Epiphany. As if I have some deep doctrinal tradition. But the truth is that I'm just lazy and that's about when I get around to it. But it sounds good.

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  7. A Cuban In LondonJanuary 4, 2011 at 1:36 AM

    Ha! Yes, recognise the feeling. We had to pack up all the stuff last weekend. Luckily my wife doesn't really go crazy over Xmas like some of our neighbours do. I wish you the best of luck with your tidying up.

    Happy New Year to you and your beautiful family!

    Greetings from London.

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  8. UnknownJanuary 4, 2011 at 3:42 AM

    One year I took half the stuff and put it in garbage bags and sent it to a new high school so they could use it for the following year to decorate. I used to do the Epiphany thing too, but not this year. It's all binned and shelved and the tree is on the curb gathering fresh snow.

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  9. SandraJanuary 4, 2011 at 5:59 AM

    That is a little scary. Shut the door and return 11 months later. Or....put those beautiful boys to work!

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  10. karioJanuary 4, 2011 at 9:48 AM

    I've found that if I purchase an enormous roll of bubble wrap, I can convince the children to help me wrap some of it up before they go back to school. It takes some time, what with the popping of all the bubbles inbetween each and every damn piece, but I get help...

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