Now that I have my holiday books pretty much in order, I am going to tell you about something I have been doing for the last few years…<\/p>\n
Since I have my own computer desk space… which no one else has to share with me… I decorate my computer area for the different holidays. It isn’t anything elaborate like putting up a Christmas tree, coloring Easter eggs, or placing dry ice in a cauldron… It’s something a lot easier than all of that.<\/p>\n
Now that both of our children are adults, I don’t get out all of our different holiday decorations anymore. I would, if I thought that they might enjoy them… let alone notice them! Actually, when my daughter is home, she notices (and seems to enjoy) the things I put out around the house. But now that she is at college pretty much all of the time, I\u00a0decorate a lot less. (As for my son, I don’t think that he notices what or when I put things out around the house!) When they are both home I do actually “holidize” our house, but, the rest of the time, I simply decorate my computer desk and put up a few magnets on the refrigerator. (I have cross stitched many seasonal magnets using Mill Hill beads…)<\/p>\n
Anyway… my computer desk has the above-the-desk-top tier of compartmentalized\u00a0shelves. The shelf areas are where I put my reusable<\/strong> 3-D holiday stickers<\/strong>.\u00a0They aren’t like the flimsy stickers that are made to go on a piece of paper, they are made out of some type of poster board which is\u00a0thick and more stable,\u00a0with some\u00a0lamination-type\u00a0of substance\u00a0and they have small sticky pads on the back. I use several packages of the stickers so that my desk area is truly a holiday area for me…<\/p>\n