Christmas decorations

I absolutely LOVE Christmas .... the whole package .... even with older - adult - children - I am still full of Christmas joy.


I watch the schmalzy films, look for houses brilliantly lit up, drive through town just to see the lights ... blah blah blah!


BUT whilst I LOVE having the decorations up ....... I have found that this year I really really really can't cope with actually putting them up.  I think I just have to be in ABSOLUTELY they right mood!


This always seemed to work OK when the kids were at school - I would wait till they broke up for the holidays, then it would be all hands on deck with Christmas songs etc to put the decorations up. This is the first year with none of my children at school, and 2 not even at home - I have  checked the term dates for their old schools and today is the day ......... but - procrastination is my friend ..... I have even got the cillit bang out and have wiped down all the skirting boards !!!! 


I am now blogging ..... BUT the decorations still need putting up !!


I have an excuse for the next few minutes - last year we got a huge 7 foot fake tree - I have just got it out from the cupboard under the stairs and it has given me back-ache - seriously - I had to get Dan to actually put it together too, as it is too heavy for me to lift the top part on (plus it is too high LOL!!)


So ..... gonna finish blogging and get back to it - and in an hour or so I will be very happy that I did - I just sometimes wish I was a witch from Harry Potter and could conjure up a spell with the flick of a wand ....... and it would all be done !!!