Why....
am I playing with the computer at 10:00am on a school day? Dad is at the library with "Rod & Todd."
I could be taking down the Christmas tree, but I choose not to. Deconstructing an exquisite piece of organic art is such a ponderous and melancholy task. And I wouldn't dare try to foist the job on anyone else, because I am a tad anal when it comes to my ornaments. Some are old, maybe even of some monetary value, some are just plain 'unique,' and all have such a significance to me that I do not wish to give anyone else the responsibility of tissue-wrapping and filing them all away. But the job should be done soon. The tree feels a bit dry and the clip-on ornaments are starting to contort themselves into odd positions. (The clip-on pink flamingo turned itself upside so often during the first 24 hours that the tree was up that I just gave up and let it hang......) On the plus side, now's the time to start putting up the Mardi Gras decorations. Nothing banishes the blues from taking away the Christmas stuff like draping the porch in purple, gold and green. The girls beg to differ, which makes it even more satisfying for me. (ie - we're the only people on our block - maybe in our town - who put up Mardi Gras decorations. I say, if the rest of the folks around here don't want to recognize "carnival season," too bad!) Laisser les bon temps roulez.