First up was bringing in about 4 loads of firewood ... a load of firewood for me is about 6 logs in the carrier and a single log in the other hand. The logs are heavy and I have to bring them into the house in smaller batches.
Up next ... decluttering and cleaning the porch.
T.H.A.T...W.A.S...A...T.A.S.K...I.N...I.T.S.E.L.F.
I cleared all of the toys off the porch, brought Griffins bike in, threw some stuff away that really shouldn't have been there anyway, swept the massive amount of leaves off, sprayed the entire front of the house under the porch with bleach to remove the mildew (yes, mildew), sprayed my park benches with the bleach to clean them, and finally I got the waterhose out in 30 degree weather and sprayed off the bleach solution from the house.
WHEW.
And then I had a little fun decorating the porch for Christmas.
That was fun.
I wanted to surprise Griffin and have it decorated when he came home from school.
First I took the four giant ornaments and hung them on the hangers, got out the Christmas shovel and hung it, put the fake poinsettia out and hung the wreath on the door. I have some more to do, but I'm thinking it looks pretty festive now.
This year I bought a fake poinsettia instead of a real one. It gets so cold here and I get tired of taking the real ones into the house at night. I thought I would avoid that this year by getting a fake one.
I did a little something different with the fake wreath this year too. I added some real holly leaves and berries to it. I think it really brightens it up. I know that bow has seen better days, looks like I need to get a new one!
My hard work paid off because Griffin noticed right away. As we were getting out of the car he said "OH Mommy ... it looks so pretty!". That just made my day.
This is going to be such a wonderful Christmas. Griffin is understanding everything this year and it is just awesome!
Now ... I'm in the mood to get back to work. I've added some Christmas themed paper piecings to my Ebay listings. You can find them by clicking HERE if you are interested.
I've also added them to my Etsy Shop if you prefer to shop via Etsy ... click HERE to go to my Etsy shop!
I hope you have a great day!
Wow! You accomplished a lot while he was in school! The 2 hours I have 2 days a week seems like 5 minutes. Kudos to you girl!
ReplyDeleteIt looks wonderful.
Your house looks great! So festive and pretty. I looked at your big ornaments and I'm thinking I may buy some for the front of the house and take my windchimes down for the holiday. Thanks for the idea.
ReplyDeleteIt looks great Missy. I have to get mine done this week.
ReplyDeleteGriffin amazes me. He is going to make a woman a great husband one day if he notices changes so easily and then compliments them! Everything does look really nice and homey. I too love the large ornaments hanging under the porch.
ReplyDeleteNow that you have everything done, could you come do mine, because I haven't done a thing including shopping! AHHH 21 more days!
ReplyDeleteOh Missy...I agree with Griffin...it looks so pretty! You did a great job and doesn't it make you happy to come home to such a pretty and festive front porch! Very nice!
ReplyDeleteVery nice and festive! And the poinsettia looks real to me. Good idea adding some leaves and berries to your wreath. I like to go outside and gather magnolia leaves, holly leaves, and berries, and pinecones and decorate my mantel with all of it. I use it to brighten up the stocking holders that hang there.
ReplyDeleteHey Girl
ReplyDeleteYou have been busy.I love your house decorated for christmas Jeff is going to get all of our decorations out sunday so that we can decorate.Cole is ready to see the lights go up.I am going to blog tomorrow::))Have a good night::))