KirstenL4W

As I mentioned yesterday, Boyfriend and I bought a Christmas tree. Today we finally got it decorated. Boyfriend thinks we need more lights, since there’s only about 400 on there. He thought that would be sufficient when we bought the lights last week, before we even had a tree. I do need to go buy more garland since I guessed at how much we would need and also had no idea that Boyfriend would feel the need to decorate the back of the tree. Lights and garland all the way around the tree. That’s how he was brought up, with a better than picture perfect tree, decorated all the way around even though it was in a corner. Ours is against the slider, and boyfriend thinks that if we decorate the back it will look nice to people outside. Um, we’re on the second floor, overlooking the pool. I don’t want it to look nice to people who are making that much effort to peek in our windows.

Boyfriend and I went back and forth on the proper way to decorate a tree and how it should look. He’s on the side of prettier than a picture. He can find fault in professionally decorated trees (and I’m not talking about the ones on display at the mall. I know what kind of rag-tag crew puts those up. I used to be one of those people). I, on the other hand, think a tree should have imperfections in it. Not deliberate imperfections, but come on now. The most important thing that should go into decorating the tree is love, not OCD. I myself have a perfectionist streak in me, but I know how far is too far with the tree. I told Boyfriend to chill on the decorating or I’d decorate the tree like I was 3 years old - you know, with all the ornaments really low to the ground and in one small area.

Now about this cold. I’m stuffy and I’m not happy. I’m not liking this a bit. At least today was a day off so I could rest up a bit. I hope it doesn’t get worse. That would be the last thing I need right now.

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