Monday Morning #EmptyNest

We do most of our living between Friday night and Monday morning.  Monday morning is the time to reflect on the weekend and get back into our week day routine . As I get older it becomes more difficult to get myself  moving on Monday morning.   I guess that is part of what retirement planning is about - letting go of the weekday routine and spreading the rest of your life over seven days!






Monday, December 9

Christmas Decorations    One of my most favourite days of the year is the day that I decorate the house for Christmas. With Christmas music blasting, I enjoy unwrapping all of the decorations that have been stored away. Over the years we have collected a lot of treasures.  Each has a special memory and all make me smile when I discover them each year.   We spent all day Sunday decorating the inside and the outside of the house.  I loved every minute.

Of course, my fondest memories of decorating is when my son was young.  His anticipation of Santa's arrival and the ritual of the Christmas decorations was a sure signal that Santa was near.  We would play Christmas music, drink hot chocolate and delight in the animated decorations that we loved.  

Now I am decorating an "empty nest" as it is often described.  As I hung my decorations today I got thinking about the term "empty nest".   I really don't like it.  My nest isn't empty - I am still here with 
my husband not to mention a dog and a cat.  I loved decorating my house for Xmas before my son was born and now that he has a place of his own - I still love decorating the house.  It is not the same. It is not meant to stay the same.   But it is  definitely not empty.