Adam and Tiffy

Here are the highlights for how we spent our all-too-brief holiday break:

• Cleared and set our dining room table with new centerpieces and a holiday theme
• Baked pie
• Brined and cooked two turkeys, one at our house, one elsewhere, as well as prepared associated trimmings
• Had delicious Thanksgiving dinner
• Went on three separate shopping outings, including an early one on Black Friday, another to buy a suit for an upcoming wedding, and yet another to Philadelphia Premium Outlets to hang out with family
• Gave Bram his first through fifth rides on bouncy cars and airplanes (totally worth $2.50)
• Cleared bookshelves and dressers in the master bedroom of various clutter
• Steam mopped the main level of our house
• Finally replaced X10 wired receiver for dining room fixture (killed many months ago by lightning)
• Sorted DVDs into binder, disposed of about 100 cases (100 more to go and our collection will be neatly organized and out of sight)
• Began planning holiday party
• Collected 3 batches of stuff we no longer wanted and left free items on curb (all taken)
• Sorted old baby clothes into lots – 0-6 months, 6-12 months, 12-18 months, 18 months-2T
• Sorted Tupperware, tossed dozens of old plastic containers kept “just in case,” prepped much unused stuff for sale
• Packed old China and other dishes for sale
• Made 5 postings to Craigslist (see clothes, Tupperware, China above; one transaction complete so far)
• Trimmed Christmas tree
• Hung up 10 pictures from various vacations and life events
• Sorted dozens of other pictures as candidates for placing in newly purchased frames
• Cleared space for Department 56 Christmas village display
• Hauled an embarrassing amount of trash to the curb
• Ran the dishwasher pretty much continuously
• Washed laundry
• Paid bills
• … and many other mundane things

I think it’s fair to say we’re not very good at relaxing, but we’re coming out of a few days off feeling good about some of the things we accomplished.