I have passed by it every day since Christmas, and yet I didn’t notice just how inappropriate it currently is until today. There on the bench in our foyer (aka the front hall where we abandon packages left at the front door and leave plants to die), was this:
- My sister-in-law made this very cute sled decoration for us for Christmas.
It was lovely during the winter and well into March, when when still had snow on the ground. But once Easter passed and the leaves returned to the trees, it really had overstayed its welcome in my front hallway.
I am not sure how you can pass by something every day and not see it. Then again, there’s so much to pass by in my house today, especially after a weekend where Hubby and the boys went camping with the Boy Scouts and I went to a writer’s conference. There’s this:
- The sweatshirt appeared last night, but the fire extinguisher has been there for weeks (months?). I am not certain whether this is its temporary location or whether it even works.
- I bought these bandages and ice packs to replenish the first aid kit I keep in my soccer bag. I have since used the soccer bag, and yet, the boxes never made it into there. Note that the Band Aids have been raided.
- I dumped my laptop next to the newspaper recycling bin a week ago or so and promptly forgot about it.
- If you look carefully at my Today Show segment, you’ll see this monkey sitting on the table behind me. I have no idea how it got there.
Then again, I’ve got bigger issues:
- This is where I usually park my car.
And yet, the funny thing is that while I was running around the house, shooting photos to share with you exactly why I can’t expect to notice a decoration bearing snowmen displayed prominently in my home until nearly May, I didn’t notice for a good hour (plus the past five months) that just inches away was this:
Ho, Ho, Ho!
This happens in my house, too. In fact I was “not allowed” to get out a certain snowman decoration this past winter, because he had been accidentally left out until JULY last year (wouldn’t fit in the box when I was putting stuff away and then was forgotten….) So my husband blamed our horrid winter on this poor snowman (“all this snow is payback for leaving a snowman out until JULY”) and Mr. Snowman was not allowed in the living room this January when I took down Christmas and brought out my snoman collection!! It WAS a horrid winter, so we had a good laugh and for fun I left that snowman in the basement this year. It felt good to blame the long winter on something!!
Too Funny. I just put away the last of our Christmas decorations that were still out in the house about 2 weeks ago. I actually put them away the day before Easter which is sort of fitting don’t you think. hahaha Glad to know I am not the only one out there that has Santa around for about 5 months.
Love this! I tried to spend some time organiziing my house this past weekend, but in between four soccer games, one sick kiddo with pneumonia, three birthday parties, and laundry, I only cleaned out one closet. Life just gets in the way:) So here’s to celebrating Christmas a little longer than normal!