'Tis that time of year to put up a tree in our living room and to cover it in decorations and lights. A few years ago, Darrell and I decided that, unless an AB (able-bodied) will be here before and after Christmas, our small fibre optic tree set on a TV table will suffice. Granted, I would love to have a live tree fully decorated top to bottom, with warm glowing lights. But, reality often dictates otherwise. Even for the mini tree to go up, much juggling is required.
Step 1: Remove my old scooter from the living room. This thing isn't small. Finding another place to tuck it out of the way, until I find a new owner, is not easy. But, I did find a place in front of the bookcase, which meant moving the chair by the bookcase to somewhere else.
Step 2: Pull off the slip cover from the chair in the corner and wash it. How can one cat lose so much hair and not be bald? Before I could get the warm-from-the-dryer cover back on the chair, guess who was curled up on it again! Yep, that is Faith yawning, ready for yet another cat nap. I eventually got the cover back on the chair, after working up a sweat. That is tricky to get on fairly neatly. Then I placed a towel over top for Miss Faith to sleep on. That will be easy to pull off before parents-in-law arrive.
Step 3: Retrieve two TV tables from behind the couch. At one point, we did have two tables in a handy place where we could get them to actually use. But then a helpful AB placed them with the other four tables.
Step 4: Carry the tree box from Darrell's office. That was fairly easy.
Step 5: Place the TV Tables in front of the cabinet. Cover in sparkly fluffy cotton. (Sparkles are now all over the floor, which will need sweeping yet again!) Push and pull the corner chair, which means sliding the couch down, so that TV tables aren't jammed up against it.
Step 6: Pull the tree out of the box and place on the TV tables. Plug in the lights.
We now feel like how Faith looks and wish we could curl up by the fire on a cold wintry day! The rest of the decorating will happen another day, once our backs recover.
