Tinsel Toes

If Christmasy weather won't do it, I thought maybe this photo of myself looking considerably more filled with the spirit of the season would help nudge me into a festive mood. Even looking at that bright shiny face under the bright shiny - if not colorful - Christmas tree isn't inspiring me to want to trudge out to the frigid garage and lug boxes into the house. I honestly don't know why I'm so resistant to the whole decorating thing this year. I'm perfectly content with everything...no holiday doldrums or looming Scroogeyness. I just can't set the wheels in motion to physically deck the halls.

I've never been Mrs. Christmas Decorations anyway...I try not to let Christmas take over our house. I am also aware that Scott's family did not have a Christmas decorating routine, so I try not to be obnoxious with it all. Because our Cooper is still more kitten than cat, we know better than to try to put up the Christmas tree...it would just be asking for disaster!

Mostly what I call Christmas decorating is Winter decorating, and usually I love doing it. Opening the boxes and seeing the precious items I haven't seen for the better part of a year is like reconnecting with a long-lost friend... I love the flood of memories that accompany the process of preparing for the holidays!

I don't know why, but this year it feels like I just took the cornucopia and the pumpkin candle out of storage. The days seem to be flying by too fast...maybe that's why I'm digging in my heels. (Hmm...insightful thought that may require further contemplation on my part...)

I know, once I do get to peeking inside those boxes, the holiday bug will bite me and I'll become as excited as I was as a child...

That one on the right...she sure looks like she's filled with holiday cheer...