merry merry?

i had the brilliant idea of decorating the house as a family home evening activity. i had planned on cleaning the house from top to bottom and bottom to top, with clean laundry and shiny countertops. the house would beg to be decked out with christmas stuff.

and...that never happened. i don't know what happened to the day. i didn't even get a nap (or a shower, ew). it was just jam packed with nursing and dishes and picking up crap. except nothing got clean. i managed on decluttering the floor of the living room and some countertops for christmas junk to go on right before ty came home.

yes, i said junk, because that is how i currently feel about my decor. don't get me wrong, i have some beautiful decorations given to me, i especially love my little houses from my mother-in-law. but i was just not in the mood. the music didn't sound right. the tree didn't look or smell right. the decorations didn't bring any nostalgic memories when i pulled them out of the box.

i now realize it was from utter and sheer exhaustion. ty got a little worried when i sat on the ground with my head in my hands for a good 2 minutes while the girls bounced around me asking questions and shouting acclamations like,  is this fragile? where is the _____?  and lights! tree! ornaments! santa! baby jesus!

lesson learned: don't under any circumstances, try and decorate your entire house the day after coming home from a week long vacation.

but in the end the girls had a ball.

and our tree looks like it was attacked by killer ornaments. 
and my house is still dirty.

merry christmas!?