Christmas randomness and a few tips

Its no fun being sick....I definitely got the cold that Kevin had over Thanksgiving.   So this weekend consisted of a lot of time sitting in my chair, sneezing and dosing up with meds.   I am so happy we live in an area where we can get food delivered and that I have a sweet hubby who will pick up food.  We had to delay seeing "Lincoln" another week, hopefully we can get there next weekend and it'll still be in the theaters.  

I have a lot of Christmas shopping I need to do, but it'll just have to wait until I feel better.....more time to get ideas, right?!?!?  I'm so glad I already decided not to do Christmas cards this year, that is already making this busy season less stressful.

We did get out the Christmas decorations and put up the tree, and for the first time have some outdoor lights (we actually did the lights over Thanksgiving).   I'm slowly learning how to pack the decorations up to make the following year easier, things I did last year that helped us out:

• packed the tree skirt with the tree
• labeled the boxes containing the lights - meant we didn't have to open the rest of the boxes to find them
• have the lights rolled up with both ends sticking out to easily be able to plug them in and make sure they work before putting them on the tree

Improvements to make for next year:

• pack the wreath hanger with the wreath
• make sure all rolls of lights have the correct end on the outside
• label the rest of the boxes 
• pack like things together - I'm getting better at that but still have instances of ' put it wherever it fits'

I always mean to buy an ornament when we travel and nearly always forget...I really wish we'd bought one in Tahoe, but I never seem to think of it when we're ON the trip...oh well, something to strive for on our next trip.   I do find some random ones at the store, I love my new Homer ornament.

Its hard to believe that is the LAST week of classes for the fall semester!