TUBS FULL OF HAPPINESS

My wife, Cindy, is a great interior decorator. We've talked about how, (after we win the lottery), she would like to open a shop where she can help people decorate their homes. She's never had any formal training to do it, she just seems to have an eye for what looks good. She's able to add some ribbon here, a few clumps of flowers there, twist some vines together, and voila! a beautiful wreath or flower group to place somewhere. She has good color coordination too, just sensing what goes together.

Well, it's Christmas time...and Cindy loves to decorate at Christmastime. I spent an hour yesterday getting into our storage area in the attic to get the tubs and tubs and tubs of Christmas stuff down and into the garage. She will spend much of this week emptying the tubs and finding their contents a place in our house. We'll likely have 3 Christmas trees of varying sizes and styles lit up and decorated. Santa nic-nacs will be everywhere. The mantle will be covered with greenery and 'Christmasy' stuff. The fireplace will be decorated. Pictures will be hung. Lights and candles will be aglow. It'll look good...and smell good.

She'll be exhausted. Her back will hurt. She'll move something from here to over there...and then back again. But it'll look great. And she'll be happy.

I LOVE Christmastime.


Dan