Goodbye Christmas

I came home today to find the Christmas tree on the porch. While I was working, Matt had used the Saturday to take down the tree, vacuum the entire downstairs, and shop for the supplies for tonight's Cana couples and tomorrow's Life Teen. I love Christmas, and I love the Christmas decorations and the way the house has looked when I drove up to it on a cold night, so I am sorry to see it go.

But taking down the tree signifies something else, too. I have been saying that once the holidays are over, I want to paint the paneling in the living room and the entryway. I am really looking forward to getting that covered up and replacing the curtains and blinds and making everything in there less brown in general. It's so blah and unwelcoming to me the way it is now, so I have hopes that maybe a pale blue will brighten things and that we can find some sheer curtains to let in the sun and make things more open. Eventually we'll replace the awful shag carpeting as well, but for now I can live with it.

Also, I should note that I did get another car, a blue Honda CRV which I am already in love with and am so glad to have. And Matt has been offered a job with Microsoft, working with product displays in stores. So the Christmas season has seemed to have dumped just a pile of blessings on us. I can't wait to see what the new year will offer us.