Two weeks and one day left until Christmas. How did this happen? It feels like yesterday when I felt like I was ahead of the game, but alas, I am not.

You see, last week, at the last minute, we decided to have carpet installed in our living room. Lord only knows why we decided to do this now; right in the middle of Christmas season. But the timing seemed right at the time and the carpet was beyond pitiful. We’ve been overdue for a replacement for years. Even though the company we purchased the carpet from does next day installation, the process took us nearly a week: We had to make an appointment when we could both be at the house, then also be at the house the next day for the installation process. To save money, we decided to move the furniture ourselves. I’ll get back to Christmas in a minute.

So, we make the appointment, move the furniture, wait for the installers, then realize that if we’re putting in brand new carpet we should at least shampoo the sofas. Can’t put dirty sofas on a clean carpet now, can we? So, we drag out the shampoo machine and start cleaning.

Meanwhile, books, furniture and all the Christmas decorations are floating around in open boxes waiting to be put out as if they are on the Island of Misfit Toys. The tree is half decorated and we have yet to put all the furniture back in the living room.

But Christmas is coming so we must speed things up. Along with all the other stuff we have to do to get ready for the holidays (I have to get a package all the way to Italy) we now have to put our living room back together. At least we have new carpet to sit on while we wait for the furniture to go back in the room.

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