Busy, busy

Well, we are certainly having a busy time here.  The desk or work station as it is called, arrived on Tuesday at around 12.45 p.m.  Him indoors started assembling it around fifteen minutes later.  He actually finished at 10 p.m.! Having had more than enough that day he decided to wait until Wednesday to move all his computer stuff.  Masses of storage space, drawers - in fact more room than I have with my computer desk.  Only one problem. The monitor just balances there.  He did not take into account that computers now all come with flat screen monitors and our old one is one of the enormous types.   So he has had to put it one side which means that when he does start using his computer again he will have to sit with his head turned to the left.  Nothing to be done but to save up and get him a flat screen.

Yesterday was the dreaded day that all the decorations came down from the loft.  Boxes and boxes of them.  I decided I had to be ruthless, some of it just had to go, so we went through every box taking out any tarnished tinsel, chipped baubles, lights that did not work, all the things we had somehow hung on to for sentimental reasons.  That took most of the afternoon and early evening.

Today we have started putting up all the decorations.  The outside lights will be switched on for the first time this evening. Most of the living room is done now apart from one or two touches but we still have to do the sunlounge (we look out onto that and that is where our main tree is) the hall and the dining room.  Busy, busy, busy and it takes longer because we are much slower than we used to be.  We did try out the fibre optic tree last night and it looks lovely although it is hard to get used to it in daylight - a tree with no decorations on it.  You really cannot decorate this type of tree because all the fibre optics are at the end of the branches and it would spoil the effect.  We will get used to it but it seems strange this is the first year I have not had to decorate the tree. It does mean less work thought and it is much safer for Nathan and Daniel.

Whilst Mike was up the ladder, I could not resist getting the camera out

Sorry about the strange angle.

Here is our fibre optic snowman who is sitting on the hearth.  The true magic does not really show in this photo but he looks perfect there twinkling away

I should imagine we will get everything finished some time tomorrow.  Now, while he is getting on with the decorations I am going to start writing the Christmas cards, watch the grand switch on of lights when it gets dark, have a meal and then just flop out in front of the t.v.

Hope you have all got started on your preparations.