Comments on A Peek at Karen's World: Confession Wednesday: Cleaning Up

"it's real, look it up". You crack ...

2010-01-09T21:54:40.440-08:00

"it's real, look it up". You crack me up!!!

I finally asked the Hubs to drag the tree out last...

2010-01-08T07:08:54.587-08:00

I finally asked the Hubs to drag the tree out last night.

Since I kind of love having a real tree in the house (like a giant air freshener) and I feel a compulsion to squeeze my dollars worth out of every purchase, I keep the tree out until it looks limp. The rest of the decorations got packed up after New Years.

Stopping by from SITS.

I still haven't taken down my Christmas tree t...

2010-01-07T10:55:13.213-08:00

I still haven't taken down my Christmas tree this year, but I plan on doing it tonight. Or, I could follow in your footsteps - maybe I'll consider.

We still have ours up. Shhh! You could have a bea...

2010-01-07T10:39:41.625-08:00

We still have ours up. Shhh!

You could have a beach theme in August and football in September. Those are totally holidays.

We are guilty of taking the stuff down 2 days afte...

2010-01-06T20:43:20.416-08:00

We are guilty of taking the stuff down 2 days after Christmas. I do have to confess, the fire hazard that was our wonderful tree is still laying in our backyard right now. The gardeners will LOVE us this Friday!

Okay, I want you to know, I posted my confession, ...

2010-01-06T15:44:19.662-08:00

Okay, I want you to know, I posted my confession, and it was a big ordeal because I did it once and then LOST it! AAAGGGHHH

I just put my stuff away this evening, however, I ...

2010-01-06T15:32:09.719-08:00

I just put my stuff away this evening, however, I didn't have that much up in the first place. My apt is waaaaay too small for holiday decorations. LL

I've known people who left their tree up year ...

2010-01-06T13:58:29.555-08:00

I've known people who left their tree up year round. Seems like a lot of work! I know even more people who say in January "I'm going to leave my tree up year round" and they don't make it past Valentine's Day! It's hard to find ornaments, I think? I think January could just be snowflakes, then hearts in February and Shamrocks for March...

I take mine down after New Years. I'm told it's good luck to leave it up through New Years Day so that's what I do, but as soon as I can after that it's down. Usually by January 2nd it starts to feel like spoiled milk and I have to get it down!

August could easily be sunflowers - or plastic veg...

2010-01-06T13:34:35.547-08:00

August could easily be sunflowers - or plastic veggies? LOL

BTW, love your new profile pic!!!! You hot thang ...

2010-01-06T13:23:32.398-08:00

BTW, love your new profile pic!!!! You hot thang you!!

We generally take our decorations down right after...

2010-01-06T13:23:12.472-08:00

We generally take our decorations down right after New Year's, although this year I had to remind Tim that our CC&R's say that the Christmas lights on the outside of the house need to be taken down within 2 weeks of the holiday. That lit a fire under his butt.

My kids really wanted to leave the Christmas lights up in the house, just randomly placed in various rooms. I was tempted...

My mom loves Christmas decorations but in lies the...

2010-01-06T12:55:26.866-08:00

My mom loves Christmas decorations but in lies the problem that I don't like sharing my December birthday with Christmas, and my dad doesn't like sharing his January 6th birthday with Christmas....so usually she takes it down right after New Years...but we didn't do Christmas decorations this year.

You had me going for a moment, I thought that my roommate Emily might have beeen your roommate Emily because her family has a tree up all year and decorates it for each holiday. And I make fun of them all the time because of it!

I couldn't wait to get all the X-mas stuff dow...

2010-01-06T12:31:19.108-08:00

I couldn't wait to get all the X-mas stuff down this year. We took everything down last Sunday. Usually around New years. A few days after.

I used to leave the tree up til New Year's Day...

2010-01-06T11:17:50.080-08:00

I used to leave the tree up til New Year's Day...because I was always told it was GOOD LUCK to leave it up for the New Year! But once the kids all left home, somehow they took the Christmas magic with them along with my superstition to leave the tree up. SO, the tree is outta here! I wanted to take it down Christmas night, but Dennis said, "NO!" So, the 26th, bright and early...tree GONE! (and all the other little decorations with it!)

I normally like to take it down the week between C...

2010-01-06T11:04:48.298-08:00

I normally like to take it down the week between Christmas and New Years. That way I feel like I'm starting the New Year fresh and clean. But this year I have slacked because I have had ZERO energy lately and therefore it is still up (hangs head in shame.)

First of all I love your new profile picture! Sec...

2010-01-06T10:35:46.668-08:00

First of all I love your new profile picture! Secondly - my confession is that I took my tree down the day after Christmas but just now got around to putting all boxes of decorations up in the attic.

Have a great day!

I usually take the decorations down on New Year...

2010-01-06T09:17:35.191-08:00

I usually take the decorations down on New Year's Day, but this year that didn't work out for me. They are all still up, but I'm planning on having them down by the end of the week.

Traditionally my family takes down all the Christm...

2010-01-06T09:07:36.226-08:00

Traditionally my family takes down all the Christmas stuff on January 1st. I don't think there's ever been a year where we've left it up through January. Josh's family does the same. He says it's bad luck to leave it up after the 1st... never heard that one before...

I laughed all the way through this post. HILARIOUS...

2010-01-06T08:55:35.644-08:00

I laughed all the way through this post. HILARIOUS! The holiday tree thing is totally something I'd suggest.

We haven't taken ours down yet. I meant to do it last Sunday, but then there was a football game on in the afternoon and I just couldn't be bothered. It's fake, so at least it's not posing a major fire hazard. I think the cats are ready for it to come down though because they have done a pretty good job at removing most of the ornaments for me already. I think I'll shoot for this weekend. :)

We took everything down the day after Christmas. B...

2010-01-06T07:49:39.041-08:00

We took everything down the day after Christmas. Bah-humbug I guess. :)

Actually I got tired of finding ornaments in the refrigerator (thank my 2 year old for that) and other random places.

Happy Wednesday Karen!

I can't do mine past New Year's. I need to...

2010-01-06T07:38:45.105-08:00

I can't do mine past New Year's. I need to put everything away and start out new and fresh.

Oh- and for us, August would be a State Fair Tree....

2010-01-06T07:29:02.001-08:00

Oh- and for us, August would be a State Fair Tree. Or My Birthday Tree. Or a Back To School Tree.

I've always strictly adhered to putting the tr...

2010-01-06T07:28:23.623-08:00

I've always strictly adhered to putting the tree and decorations up the Sunday after Thanksgiving and taking it all down New Year's Day.

Until this year.

It's still not put away. Hopefully we get to it this weekend! Otherwise, I guess we'll have a year round holiday tree!

You totally need to read The Tree That Stayed Up U...

2010-01-06T07:18:59.478-08:00

You totally need to read The Tree That Stayed Up Until Next Christmas, aka My Favorite Childhood Book EVER.

Don't mind the crappy pictures. It's oooooold.

I'd love to take everything the day after Chri...

2010-01-06T06:47:05.593-08:00

I'd love to take everything the day after Christmas because it's been up a month already and it gets to be a bit much for me. But, Josh wants everything up until New Year's Day, so it stays up. And I have an artificial tree, I love it! :-)