For this week’s Optimizing Yourself exercise, I followed my plan to get ready for Christmas early, and got a lot accomplished. Starting early gave me time to sort through the decorations in the boxes in the attic. Over the years I have collected too many decorations, so I was able to give the ones I no longer needed to my son’s girlfriend to put on her Christmas tree, and I gave the rest to my husband to put on his tree at work. This freed up some storage space in the attic.
When my youngest son saw all the decorations boxes in the living room, he set up our artificial tree and put the lights and decorations on it for me. I bought the tree for $50 at The Real Canadian Superstore 20 years ago and have set it up every year since. It is a little sparse, but with 200 lights and 100 ornaments on it, it looks full. I bought some wire from the dollar store and strung some bulbs on the wire, making a garland that goes around the tree. This saves time when decorating, and it also prevents the ornaments from falling off the tree when my dog Rocko brushes up against it.