I was going to upload some pictures from today, but for some reason they're not loading correctly. I'll try again later.
I had a very busy day, and got a lot of my list done. My friend was not able to come over today, so I'm particularly pleased with how much I got done without help.
All fall and Halloween deco is boxed up and packed away upstairs. All the rest of the decorator stuff (mostly pictures, but a fair amount of other things too) is packed away. Some of it (like the tote of pictures that is too heavy to move, and 3 totes of kitchen things) I found places for without going upstairs. There is a corner of the living room that has a pile of cheese boxes covered by a chenile throw (looks prettier than it sounds! LOL!), and that's a great place to store a lot of the living room stuff (pictures, candle holders, etc.).
I moved several pieces of furniture around ... one piece 3 times! LOL! But, I'm so pleased with the result that some of it will stay this way even after Christmas. I took down the summer curtains in the dining room (living room has no windows; and I can't put the winter curtains up until I have help), and all the various table covers I normally use, and washed them all. They are now neatly packed away until I need them again in January.
In the kitchen, high up on 2 walls, I have shelves for things like a collection of tins, s & p sets, and various other decorative things. I can only reach it with the step ladder, so that doesn't get attention very often. This year I took everything off the shelves but several glass decanters (they're pretty; and also, in the middle of the shelf behind a refrigerator where I can't reach! LOL!) I have a huge collection of Santa's that were Mama's (she no longer has room for them), and I think this will be a good place to display a lot of them.
All of the cleared off surfaces have been wiped down, so I have a clean slate to decorate. I need to vacuum, but have decided maybe I'll just wait a few days. They'll need it after we unpack and repack a few boxes! I finally got all that laundry put up (I have one more basket of towels I did this morning, and will get those put up tonight). Cleaning the bathroom was on my list and I didn't get to it, but will before the week is up.
I washed a lot of dishes today. Seems like every time I turned around there were more dishes to wash ... and there are only the 2 of us! LOL! But, that does include several pieces of silver that needed cleaning. My fingers are wrinkled! LOL!
I'm really tired, so I think I've done all I'm going to get done tonight. Two days down, 7 days to go. :)
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