So, we have spent the whole year sorting through the stuff that was in the basement. We got rid of a bunch of stuff, either by throwing it away, or giving it to DI, but we have kept a lot and everything that we kept was moved to the garage. We fully expected to have the basement finished before Christmas but one thing led to another and it has taken longer than we hoped. First it took us longer to clear it out than we would have liked. Then the process of getting quotes took longer than we anticipated. Then when we had selected a contractor, we had to wait for the permit to be approved. Once that happened we had to wait for the contractor (his name is Dave) to work our basement into his work schedule. And well now work has begun but it’s nowhere near complete. When we moved everything into the garage we had figured that the basement would be finished well before the holidays and so we left the buckets of Christmas stuff next to the wall of the garage. We then proceeded to fill the rest of the garage with the stuff from the basement. So the later start means that we are not going to be uncovering our Christmas stuff at all this year. I was concerned that this meant that we would not have a tree or any decorations at all this year. But then I found that a neighbor of ours was getting rid of their old tree because they were given a new one as a gift this year. I jumped at the offer and so Kyle picked it up last night.
We were at home depot this morning so the kids could go to the kids workshop and while we were there we picked up some lights for our new tree. I’m so happy that we will have a tree this year. It just didn’t seem right to deal with not having a tree through the holidays, but I just couldn’t justify buying a new one when we have two buried in the garage. So now we have a tree, and it has lights. We don’t have access to any ornaments, but I am ok with that. It has lights and that’s all I really care about right now. 🙂