The Fall vs. Christmas Explosion

Last Saturday, we arrived home from our Oklahoma Thanksgiving trip. Rumor had it, that we were going to decorate for Christmas on Sunday.

Keep in mind, when we left for our trip, my house was left in it’s Fall glory.

Now, I’m just as excited decorate for Christmas as anybody…however…on Sunday morning I just wanted to hang out with my coffee. And my heated throw blanket. I just needed to get adjusted…you know, with the altitude change, and stuff. (the word altitude looks weird-but, have no fear… I spell checked it)

But, my crew was just too excited.

Before I could get myself together, and pack up all the Fall stuff, they started carrying in Christmas totes. And the tree.

They were in such a hurry, they brought the wrong tree.

Dude, you have to wait for me to supervise this stuff.

So, then they had to remove the wrong tree.

That bought me a little time…to stay on the couch.

In my robe.

Under my heated blankie.

Here is the result when certain people get in a hurry changing the decor.

Good Lord, give me strength. Can’t a girl even finish dusting?? Oh, and that yellow gun on the table? It shoots little disc thingys, and we had just had a heck of a shoot out in the middle of the decorating festivities. Ahhh. The holidays at their finest.

So, along with the pumpkins and various gourds, there were angels, stars, snowmen, ornaments, tissue paper, AND 438 disc bullets.

I swear…at this point there were still pumpkins on the mantel.

Sometimes, you just gotta go with the flow.

Which is exactly what I did! There is just something so magical…so special…about decorating for Christmas.

I promise, things have straightened up around here, and I will show you the final result soon.

I might even show you a picture of me shooting our pumpkins.

Yes, it’s tradition. We take the pumpkins out and shoot them.

We call it target practice.

Hey, when you live in the middle of nowhere, you have to make your own fun.

Have a great week, my friends!

11 Comments

TexWisGirl

December 2, 2012 at 10:22 pm Reply

this sounds like a blast! 🙂 throw in good snacks and it's a party!

dcash

December 2, 2012 at 11:19 pm Reply

Haha! Teresa, you got that right. It was a fun, messy, crazy blast!

Julie Tucker-Wolek

December 2, 2012 at 10:48 pm Reply

I wanna come to a throwing disc, Fall go away, Christmas come here PARTY!! 🙂

pattisjarrett

December 3, 2012 at 2:37 am Reply

That looks like fun. I admire you for committing to your blanket and coffee as long as possible. Love the rug under your dining table.

MTWaggin

December 3, 2012 at 4:32 am Reply

So what is so weird about shooting punkins?? Okay so most of us midwesterners would understand! LOL I love this post and who was the best shot?

Janice@GypsyFarmGirl

December 3, 2012 at 1:16 pm Reply

Now I know what we should do with our pumpkins!
Around here, I'm the only one that gets into decorating, so it all waits on me.

Stephanie

December 3, 2012 at 4:00 pm Reply

How fun!! And your tree looks wonderful 🙂

Hugs,
Stephanie

soonerfangirl

December 4, 2012 at 4:25 am Reply

Oh my gosh, you had me at "heated throw blanket." I got one of those a few weeks ago, and I told my kids, "I may never leave my house all winter!" Pure bliss.

Hotly Spiced

December 4, 2012 at 12:19 pm Reply

I know those disc bullets. We have a lot of them around here. I'm always stepping on them or vacuuming them up. Doesn't anyone ever put them away? I love your decorations. I haven't got my tree up yet. I have to wait a week or so more because we buy a real tree and the problem is that the heat makes them die quickly so if we still want it green and not brown on Christmas Day we have to be patient xx