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by A Dude's Guide on Jan 4th
No, I’m not talking politics. I’m talking the Christmas clean up. Finally, finally, finally, we’ve managed to get everything boxed away and put back up in the attic. For the first time since about three weeks before Halloween, our house is back to the way it should have been.
And by that I mean it’s only slightly less messy than your average pig sty. Yea for normalcy.
Our Christmas problem, you see, (falling only slightly behind a doofus who can’t decide on the proper size for a tree stand) is that we might love Christmas a bit too much. I mean, we have so many tree decorations and house decorations and outdoor decorations that we have to rotate them. We don’t have enough room in and around the house to display all the Christmas goodies we’ve got at the same time.
I think there might be something slightly wrong there, but I’m not going to be the one to bring it up.
Fortunately, I didn’t have to put everything away with only the help of my three little dudes. This year, I had help from my wife, known to many as She Who Likes Things Just So. Instead of my normal organizational method (known as just shove it into a box and pray), this year I was able to put stuff up in order. And I do mean order. The animal decorations went in one box. The Gator decorations went in another. The Florida Gator ornaments went into a different box. And then we had to get another box for all the Santas we have. It took us all day, but we finally finished. At the end, it was just the two of us, our three little dudes having run away to hide. As they skittered off, I could hear them murrmuring about finding the right box to put their clothes in and wether or not their mom and I could fit in a different box. I figured it was time to let them have a break after that one.
I talk to my little dudes often about making sure they don’t have too much stuff. How they need to do periodic clean-outs to make sure they’re not drowning in stuff they no longer want or use. I’m thinking it might be time for us to do that with the overflowing Christmas attic. However, when I brought it up to my wife, known to me just then as She Who Says Don’t Even Think About It, I realize that I’m just a silly dude and I shouldn’t even bring it up.
Who says I never learn?
– Richard
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