Finally, It's Up and Ready for The Holidays

For the last time in this house, our tree will be up for the holidays.  Yes, you read it right.  This will be our last Christmas here.  We'll be moving out next year to wherever my husband's next duty station would be.  I honestly can't believe we've been here for almost three years now.  It feels like we just moved in a few months ago, and now, it's almost time to leave -- again.  Oh, the life of a military family!  I'm excited about the move, and I dread it all at the same time.

We lost internet connection on Monday, for a whole day, because we upgraded from DSL to Broadband (U-verse), so I really had nothing much to do.  And even if I wasn't feeling too good, I decided to start putting up our Christmas decor.  I got bored just laying down playing games and watching TV.   I was in the mood to do it anyway, so I grabbed the chance.  Not to mention that my husband has been asking me to start decorating the house already.  And so I did.  (I just didn't put up all the gel clings on the window.  Yesterday, when he got home from work, he put up the rest of them.  He knows how much I really don't enjoy doing it, so we made a deal.  Whatever he put up, he'll take them down. Hehehe.)

I didn't realize until I was done, that it took me almost 4 hours to put everything up.  The hardest part was trying to figure out where to put the Christmas tree.  We don't have a large living room space and my husband didn't want the tree to be placed where it blocks the TV when we're watching (that's the only other space for the tree we have in the living room).  We both kind of want it near the big window so it's visible from the outside, but we have a shelf underneath it and a fish tank to the right.  I really worked on moving some stuff somewhere for the mean time so I can make room to put up the tree where we initially wanted it to be.  I worked my way around the shelf and the tank, and I can never be more glad of how things turned out in the end!  And, when he got home from work that day and saw the house decorated, his reaction was priceless!  The best part was when he said, "Baby, the house looks colorful and pretty!  I love it!"   That made all of my effort worth it.  I even forgot I wasn't feeling good that day!  

And one more thing, our oldest, Kai, while I was putting up the tree, was singing the song "Christmas tree, oh, Christmas tree" in the background.  I guess he was cheering me on because he knew Mama wasn't feeling good.  It was so cute!  He definitely kept me going!

Even if I felt sore the next day (from lifting and moving things around), I was still happy!  Just thinking about how my loves loved the work I did, it was enough to make me feel better inside and out.

Next part, putting presents underneath the tree.