The Cleaning Grinch

I just checked over yesterday's blog, and I wrote some very nice words. Unfortunately, now I need to retract most of them! I got up this morning and knew it was the day to put away all the Christmas decorations. It's appropriate for everyone to feel sorry for hubby – changing my mind quickly is pretty much the norm!

Actually, I woke up feeling tired and out of sorts this morning. So naturally, turning into the post-Christmas grinch was appropriate. I did check in with hubby, to make sure he was okay with what I was about to do. I started removing decorations room by room and laying them on the bed in the spare room. Hubby helped take down and put away some higher things, to save me from hauling my step stool around the house. I cleared out and checked each room, then had hubby follow behind and double check everything. We still missed one decoration, but luckily it has its own container - so I realized when I found the container that the decoration was still up.

Undecorating the tree was my final move. I got all the small decorations packed away in their containers, then packed away the trees. We decided it was time to take a break – so we went to a local store to check out the after-Christmas sales. I didn't find anything I wanted, except for a half-price bag of Christmas chocolates. I checked out the gift packs, Christmas decorations, clothes. I didn't see anything begging to come home with me.

I did find some reusable filters for our Keurig coffeemaker, so we can use our regular coffee with it. We've tried them out, and they work well. I also picked up a box of Chai Latte pods. It's yummy. And since we couldn't find anything else we wanted or needed, we decided it was time to head home. We did make use of the Dollar Menu at McDonald's for lunch.

This afternoon I put all our “January through November” decorations and photos back in their normal spots – and I cleaned off the spare bed and got all the Christmas stuff packed away for another year. When I sat down and looked around, the house looked kind of bare. I have to admit that I miss the Christmas decorations. But the regular stuff looks fresh and I'm glad to have it back.

Older daughter posted on Facebook this morning that she was scrubbing floors and steam cleaning carpets today – I think she inspired me to get stuff cleaned up and put away. Regardless of the reason, I'm glad I got it done. Now I can read, watch football, or whatever I choose this weekend. I like to get away from our normal routine on the weekend, to help me differentiate one day from another!