Long weekends are great for a lot of things. They are great for recuperating - if you don't overdo it. They are great for getting things done because you have lots of extra time not spent somewhere else, like at work. They are great for getting Christmas decorations up... as long as it isn't raining. We got a lot accomplished this weekend, although recuperation wasn't easy for me. I'm the type of person who can't sit still and always has to be busy. When you can't lift your kids and everything starts to hurt if you get up and around too much, not a lot gets accomplished and you push yourself harder.
Luckily for me, my sister came over on Saturday and it afforded me an opportunity to take it easy and get a couple of pages done.
The only problem I ran into was that the world itself was out to un-do my recuperative efforts. Saturday night, our toilet wouldn't flush down, so Jason had to run to the store to get a new wax ring and then proceeded to take our bathroom apart (at least the toilet) to rescue one die-cast Sheriff from the movie Cars from within its twisty depths. Score: toilet - 1, toys - 0.
Then with the necessary grocery shopping and all that from previously in the day, I noticed I had a bit more pain. When I changed my bandages, my lower incision has a spot where the seam came apart. I almost passed out when I saw it, and I've had a bit more pain since, especially when sleeping.
But, at least we got a lot done this weekend. The tree is up, the inside of the house is decorated, and the outside is started. J couldn't get much more than the netting hung on the bushes because of the rain. He figures he probably won't be able to get the rest up until Tuesday at the earliest because it's predicted to snow. Yes, the dreaded "s" word. Well, at least it held off until December before it really started.
Soon to come: photos of the tree. :)
And turn it into these:
I've got 100 various designs ready to go. The only problem is that my Dell is totally dead and at the service depot getting fixed, so I don't have my address book! If you'd like a card from me, please send your address to me at williamsmelissa.m (at) gmail (dot) com and I'll get my list put together to go out in the next week.
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