Creative Writing 101

One thing I want to accomplish TODAY is...

to finish putting away Christmas at my house, or at least get a little closer! We have two Christmas trees, the "fancy" tree in the music room, and the "family" tree in the living room. And between the two trees between 250-300 ornaments perhaps? Each ornament is wrapped in bubble wrap or tissue paper and put away in larger ornament boxes or individually boxed when necessary. That takes TIME.

In addition, Christmas explodes into almost every room of our house, including the bathrooms, so everything must be rounded up again and packed away. At the beginning of the holiday season, I pack away our "everyday" decor, such as picture frames, vases, candles, etc. and replace them with their Christmas counterparts. It's nice to have a break from the everyday stuff around the house but a pain to have to pack/repack!

The Christmas linens and kitchen and hand towels are thankfully already washed and ready to repack, as are the girls' holiday toys and books. Christmas cards are already taken down from the card holder, although I left up all the photos from friends and relatives--too cute to put away! Dylan already took down the outdoor decor a week ago, so it's just Christmas-y inside the house. I've already packed up too the after-Christmas sale items I've been stockpiling for the past week and a half!

Putting away Christmas is always a little bit sad for me. Decorating for Christmas is like creating a whole new work of art in your house, and then taking it all down destroys your lovely creation . . . until next Christmas.

Today's blog prompt from Imagination Prompt Generator! Thank goodness it was an easy one! (Image from Imagination Prompt Generator website)