Bless me, Father, for I have sinned.
It has been three months since the last major holiday.
In that time, I have not really done a good job of putting away the decorations. I did mange to (mostly) get them out of the living areas. I still occasionally find an M&M guy with a red stocking hat in the basket of baby toys. And it was only last week that I insisted the string of lights around the boys' bedroom ceiling must come down and finally collected the extra nativity set from off the piano. Yes, a creche in April on my piano.
But worst of all has been the garage/dumping ground. Instead of wrapping them in protective paper and snuggling them in for a long summer's nap, my army of nutcrackers has been forced to do sentry duty on a spare table. Plastic kids' cups with gingerbread men on them, miscellaneous ornaments in various stages of wholeness, and the stray felt reindeer candy cane cover were piled nearby.
A bag of lights - do they work or not? A Christmas music CD - where is the cover? This package of 12 ornaments has only 10 - I know we started out in December with a full collection.
I firmly resolve, with your help, to do penance (clean the garage), to sin no more (I swear I will do better next year), and to avoid the near occasion of sin (except for the Easter baskets, I'm not getting out any other decorations).
Have mercy on me, Lord.
8 comments:
Amen! :-)
Um, my Nativity set is still up. I just haven't gotten around to taking it down.
At what point is it worth it? Maybe I should just leave it up until next year!
Hilarious.
- Kelly
Love. This.
And your new blog deco too!
:)
tulips are my favorite flower!!
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Yay, so glad comments are back. There were a couple times I longed to comment and couldn't. Happy Easter!
Surely the nativity set was out for the Feast of the Annunciation? ;)
I'm leaving a comment on this because I'm laughing so hard I'm about to snort/pee/explode and...because I CAN! :)
And oh boy, so glad I clicked through. Your background has me feeling warmer and happier and...well...springier. (We've been in the Chillbowl here, very strangely, and my tulips are about a week out from blooming and, well, what can I say? It's Ohio.)
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