Postby Kathryn-in-Canada » Fri Dec 08, 2023 11:10 pm
Tree is set up and tied to the patio door handle because we have a toddler and a rambunctious tank in the case of dgd(almost)5. I attached the star before putting the top section in. The transom above the tree calls out for some decoration(s) but I can't think of anything off the top of my head. While I'm going through my fragile ones, I'll see if there's anything that could go there (although reaching it might be a problem now that the tree is topped off.) Even a piece of yarn with Christmas cards hung over it might be enough. We'll see.
All the bins are up from the basement. The locker next to ours is empty and I just learned you can pay for a second locker. Sadly I told dh. He got all excited, saying we could move the stuff piled up behind his exercise bike (a stack of empty boxes he refuses to throw out!) I'd rather get rid of a lot of the stuff in our locker that he won't part with, like our spare tire rack that he converted to a bike rack (but we can't have the bikes in parking spot anymore.) It has value and could be sold so he doesn't want to 'just get rid of it' but I don't want to pay $25/month to store it. There's a half roll of indoor outdoor carpet, a half roll of thin cork we used it for sound proofing under the exercise equipment, and assorted pieces of wood he's keeping 'just in case.'
Other stuff we can't get rid of like the floor mats and aero covers from our car.
But I think I should work this Christmas at reducing down to eliminate one bin of decorations. After all, as big as my apartment is, I don't need 9 bins of decorations (and the tree.)
Edit: my earrings didn't arrive again today. Dh got an email (it is his account) saying they were out for delivery today and I checked and it said arriving by 8. I checked again when I got upstairs with the tree (since it was 9, then) and now it is back to arriving between Dec. 7 and 14th.