De-Christmas-ing

Our family get together yesterday was nice - the kids were all well behaved, and LOVED their gifties.  Always too much food, and lots of laughs. It was nice to have a quiet, covered space to retreat to for a few minutes, and take in the beauty outside.   Lake effect snow fell all afternoon, but luckily only made the roads slick for about 10 minutes of the return 2 hour trip.  Sometimes it pays to live in the center of the state....
This has been a busy day. Taking down the tree, removing the last of the Christmas touches from here and there and everywhere around the house. I'll probably still find a little bear here or an ornament tucked there for a few weeks - I can never remember where I put them. Some of the Christmas ornaments - being beaded, sparkly, crystal and irridescent white - get left out all year long, hanging from the leaves of the ivy along the plate rail in the dining room, amongst the suns, the moons, and and the stars....  
Back to blog tomorrow...
TTFN