After a while,
the in-between-ness of this time of year
starts to really bug me.
Much as I love Christmas
and all that goes with it,
it's just not the same once Christmas is over.
The Advent Calendar taunts me
with its quick stamped substitutes
for felt ornaments I never finished
... yet again.
The Christmas cards have bent themselves open
and look messy and unloved.
The dresser, however,
never fails to please me :-)
(but I do wonder over breakfast
whether or not to hang my new banner
in the same spot next Christmas?)
So today was the day for the house
to look like this again:
while I packed everything away.
Then we moved the sofa
back to its normal spot
and created some space and calm.
After a hard day's work
of packing, sorting, decluttering and ironing,
it's feeling like a new year
- a new season of our life
can begin.
3 comments:
Happy New Year to you Fiona! I completely relate, everything Christmassy gets packed up by 1 January (and I actually did it all on Dec 28th this year!). All the best for a wonderful 2014...Mel x
Happy New Year! We barely managed to get things decorated in time for Christmas this year, so I am reluctant to take it down yet. Knowing my girls start back in classes next week may motivate me, though. I don't wish to wait till February! :) I hope 2014 is full of realizing God's best for you and your family!
~april
I know what you mean, it is nice to clear and tidy and rearrange and have a clear start to a new year isn't it! I just need to get on and do it. Happy New Year to you Fiona. xx
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