We were working bright and early!
Honestly, we did NOT have a glass of wine until 9:00 am (It was 5:00 pm somewhere, right?). We began unpacking the boxes and marveling at things we had never seen. Well, maybe when we packed it away last year, but that was a year ago!
As the day wore on, more and more boxes were unpacked, and their contents began to take over the house like an enthusiastic family of squirrels on caffeine.
One minute, it was a standard living room, and the next, it looked like a yard sale exploded—half the couch was now buried under a pile of mismatched Santas, and the kitchen had somehow become a shrine to every goofy decoration you never knew you needed but now can’t live without.
If this keeps up, I’m expecting a sitcom to be filmed in our hallway any minute now!
Fewer and fewer boxes remain inside.
The phrase “Isn’t this cute?” was repeated many times as we made discoveries, and after our fourth Christmas together, it is hard to remember whose decorations came from where! That’s a good thing!
“Where does this go??”
At 7:30 p.m., we stopped and watched two Christmas movies. The first one was a Hallmark movie, which was outstanding, as expected.
Then I was allowed to choose and went for “Christmas Vacation: with Chevy Chase. Summary: As the holidays approach, Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) wants to have a perfect family Christmas, so he pesters his wife, Ellen (Beverly D’Angelo), and children as he tries to make sure everything is in line, including the tree and house decorations. However, things go awry quickly. His hick cousin, Eddie (Randy Quaid), and his family show up unplanned and start living in their camper on the Griswold property. Even worse, Clark’s employers renege on the holiday bonus he needs.
There were parts of the movie that were a little on the raunchy side but what else would you expect from National Lampoon!
I learned something I was not aware of, Chevy Chase’s aunt provided the voices in several movies.
I didn’t know that!!
Sleeping Beauty went sound asleep so after the movie was over I gave her a kiss and sent her to bed wile Scout and I visited the backyard to make sure we had no elephant sin the garden!
Someone was pooped out by 8:00 pm!
Goodnight house, we will clean you up tomorrow!!! I sounded like the Ghost Of Christmas Future.
On our way to bed we estimated we were 70% done.
After working all day, we crashed and burned with our eyes slamming shut on their way to the pillow!!
