In the process

[newmama]

Thanks for the well wishes, Awest, Mystik and FM! It worked!
By 9 a.m. this morning I was ready to roll up my sleeves and get busy.

I took the Christmas stuff out of the storage space (behind the Halloween stuff) and exH had them so neatly organized in plastic tubs that it was easy. Thanks, exH!

Then I located a staple gun and rifled through tons of staples until I found some the right size. I used these to put up one of my shags (or garlands, whatever) in the kitchen area. I decorated the mantle and then put Christmas lights up in the front windows...I just needed a stepladder in the garage and some scotch tape, lol! Thanks to exH's organization, there were some extension cords already in the tubs so I had everything. I even put the tubs back in the storage (which required moving all of that other stuff out of the way AGAIN).

Of course I also rearranged furniture, purged a bunch of junk mail and catalogues, cleaned the kitchen, dining area and bathroom, S' toys, vacuumed, and all of that took a lot longer than it did to type! (7 hours non stop moving, I swear...) I didn't get the laundry done, damn it!

So when exH came to drop off S, he had him already in his pj's and S was so happy to see me and more happy to see his toys (lol!) ExH looked surprised that I got the stuff out of storage and put up the garland thingy by myself. He even helped me last year. He was surprised I put the lights up, too. HAHAHAHA! It felt good.

ExH asked if my family was still coming over for Christmas and I said "yep...since Ihave the house still. Of course even when I move to an apartment they will still probably come over...we'll have to rent the clubhouse or something."

AGAIN HE SEEMED CAUGHT OFF GUARD!