We're mostly done

So what have we got finished up today?

Tree up.

Lights, ribbons, and ornaments placed on tree. The Hubs put the hooks on the ornaments. The kids put the ornaments up on the tree. The tree has got a ton of low-lying fruit, so the Hubs and I will fix the placement of the ornaments later on tonight after the kids are asleep.

Formal dining room dressed up. Flower garland woven up on the dining room chandelier. Pointsettia cross-stitch runner on table. Tall glass vase filled with silk poinsettia flowers & gold and burgundy ball ornaments mixed in.

Our fireplace now has our four stockings hung on our pewter "hooks".

The 10 foot planter area above our family room tv area is all decked out. Birch woven Santa and reindeer up and on a timer, so we don't have to mess with it the rest of the season. I also put the small stuffed animals that are dressed in holiday garb up there sitting on the edge.

The staircase and loft banister has greenery and lights all the way up and over. This year, I did buy a timer specifically for these lights. The last couple of years I've been plugging those in daily. No more!

There's a Santa hologram up in the extra car garage window. I've got THAT on a timer too! The Hubs is thinking of getting another hologram figure for a couple of the other front-facing windows.

Here's what we've still got to complete?

Get the lights up on the backyard fence and plugged into a timer

Get the blow-up characters set up and plugged into a timer

Get the ornaments on the 2 trees in the front yard

Get the walkway tree lights staked and plugged into a timer

And that'll be all. I wanted the Hubs to get the lights up on the house but I'm not going to hold my breath for THAT to happen. I've got the things that I've got control over done -- or I'll get it done soon. The house lights are under his umbrella of responsibility. So it'll get done if he decides to get it done.

But our house is almost all dolled up for the season and I'm happy about that. Now we can concentrate on just spending quality time together the rest of the month.

Oh yeah! Yesterday, the kids visited Santa. The kids were the FIRST kids to sit on Santa's lap for the season! It was awesome. Both kids were all smiles. It was good because now the kids have given Santa their list of what they want. And those are the things we'll concentrate on getting them.