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  Well November 1st...is when I begin taking down all my Fall and Harvest decor.....I clean the house and slowly begin adding my Christmas decor.....grandkids help me unload tubs and arrange items on the table and floor to put away, donate or add to the room.......getting ready for the Holidays...... here is my go to list......... preparing for Christmas in November: Plan your Christmas baking schedule . Baking Christmas cookies can be time consuming. November is a good time to plan out your baking list and start baking a few batches of cookies. Most Christmas cookies will keep well in the freezer for several months. Plan & shop for Christmas decor . Yes, you can start putting up Christmas decorations in November. Think about the items you already have and what you intend to buy. Plan your Christmas tree themes for the year and work toward what you need for them. Decorate for Christmas . The weekend after Halloween works best for me. I begin to unload my tubs and see what I will us

  Today its only 36 degrees out...road work being done outside my yard ..where a round-a-bout is being put in.  So lots of crazy noise, vibrations and men.  I decided it would be  a great day to bring out all the Easter and Spring decorations......talked hubby into getting all 5 tubs out and placing them in the middle of the family room. I have all my summer patio dishes in tubs and need to bring out for the summer.  Want to wash them and place them where I need them. Getting everything stacked. Many items I purchased at yard sales.  The eggs are plastic.   I have always loved Easter grass....it just makes me happy....and all my vintage bunnies. I love my Easter Egg Display...I paid about $7 at the thrift store but it is in excellent condition. I always keep lots of greenery to be put out.  I enjoy the real with the artificial...now trying to get it all put away before hubby wants to come in and set down and rest.  Have a great day.  

 Hubby is out taking down the old crumbly cement steps that were way to small and falling apart. We found in the old days they used way to much rock and not much cement. Now you need more cement to last longer, but to remove the old he had to rent a jack hammer and work like crazy. As he did loosen the rocks I would gather them and place in the rock garden.  End up with quite a few rocks after he was done. Contractor came and then he laid out the boards for the cement to be placed in.  Had to make sure it was nice and tight so the cement would not run out, as we were making these steps 6 inches deep with cement. Cement truck arrived and began dumping all the fresh made cement.  Was a lot of fun to watch the process of getting new steps. Grandson came over to lend a hand. He worked hard helping out but also learned a few tricks in the process. The hardest part was trying to get the cement nice and level.  They used a long board and slide it across the top and the