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slightlv

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4. After the Thanksgiving eyeopening with Mom,
Fri Dec 2, 2022, 07:18 PM
Dec 2022

I've decided to downsize considerably on any decorating here. I'm hoping to have a small tree (as in, so small a couple of cats could drag it down the hall!) by Yule. I'll put out some of my favorite decorations, but that's about it.

For the last couple of years, I did it mainly to create a festive environment for Mom when I brought her home to stay with us for a few days from the memory care home. But our heating/cooling isn't reliable right now and beyond that... we saw Mom, herself, was getting pretty much unmanageable. There's over a 100 pound difference between me and Mom, so it's really hard for me to help her, other than giving her a (somewhat) soft spot to land on.

So, rather than do all that decorating here, I think we're just going to go to the nursing home and have Xmas there, with her.

Besides that... decorating is one thing. Putting it all away is something else entirely!!!!

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