“Last one there is a rotten egg!”
“Nu- UH! FIRST one there’s a rotten egg!”
Did you ever do that? Do your kids? I hear this exchange at least once a week. But with three kids, they usually add,
“Oh YEAH?! Well I say the MIDDLE one there is a rotten egg!”
“I’M NOT RACING!!!!”
I have a new Stephanie Theory, and it’s based on a couple comments from yesterday’s post. Here it is:
If you have your Christmas stuff put away by now,
maybe YOU’RE the rotten egg.
Pithy, huh?
(And mature.)
Here’s the deal: Among my real-life friends and family (you know who you are), I think I’m the ONLY one whose house is still enthusiastically celebrating Christmas. And I’ve been feeling kinda guilty about it.
Not guilty enough to put down my computer and do something about it.
OBVIOUSLY.
But embarrassed. And a little rotten eggy.
But I’ve discovered that confession really IS good for the soul. Cuz after I confessed coming in last in this race, I heard from a couple readers that I was NOT alone.
And these two, Sherri and Katdish, are COOL and FUN and they LAUGH at my jokes and Sherri thinks I’m gonna be published some day.
(I heart you Sherri, even IF your tree is trying to hide under an enormous white storage bag.)
(Wait. Especially because of that.)
***
Thus Stephanie Theory #462, mentioned above.
I’ve decided I’M not a rotten egg. Maybe YOU are.
On that note, here’s a poll to see if Sherri and Katdish and I have any other cool friends.
Loading ...Now, I’m off to take some decorations down.
No, NOT because I want to win some stupid race. (I’m NOT RACING!)
But because I don’t like to see my organized husband cry.
9 responses so far ↓
1 katdish // Jan 16, 2009 at 4:18 pm
"We are family! I got all my sisters with me! Sing it to me!" I'm gonna take my tree down this weekend so that I can appropriately wag my finger disapprovingly at my neighbors (I'm pretty holy like that…)
2 @ngie // Jan 16, 2009 at 6:27 pm
Yeah, so, I voted on the first one there but not because I intended to. I would have left it up until Epiphany but the tree decided it was tired and fell down a few days after Christmas. What does that say about my holiness factor? Do I get holiness points for good intentions?
3 Helen // Jan 16, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Okay, I took ithe tree down down right after epiphany, and the nativity, but not a bunch of other stuff, like snowmen, poinsettia tablecloth, and a pink tabletop tree that I love so much I may never put it away. Why? Because I was a decorator slacker. I have a bunch of decorations my aunt and cousins gave me that I never put out. They still hadn't come around by Jan. 6 (or, yet even), so I quickly took down the tree ornaments, lights, nativity, and anything else they would miss, so that if they would notice the stuff they gave me wasn't out, I could just spread my arms and say "Hey, I'm putting things away already. If you had cared enough to see your aunt at Christmas, or near it, you would have seen the house in all it's glory. But, you didn't…". I wonder why they still haven't visited.
Oh, and obviously I didn't put it away because I am so darn holy. I put it away because I truly am slacktular. I still didn't finish decorating by Epiphany! Yayyyyyyy! I win!
4 sherri // Jan 16, 2009 at 6:30 pm
Thank you for validating my procrastination! I appreciate the back up.
I heart you!
Now with katdish and you both saying THIS WEEKEND you're finally taking yours down, I'm feeling pressured.
5 thefarmerfiles // Jan 16, 2009 at 8:31 pm
Aww you good wifey, you!
6 steffj89 // Jan 16, 2009 at 11:29 pm
ROFL……see steph this is where the slacker part of me loves that my husband works far away and cant see me not taking down thwe tree, and this year i do have an excuse…..brand new baby and lack of sleep works for me….steff
7 Jo@Mylestones // Jan 17, 2009 at 3:14 am
So when it comes to seasonal de-decorating, I have a bit of an identity crisis. My neighbors probably thought I was on the ball when they noticed my Christmas tree was out the door and at the curb by New Year's Day. What they didn't see was that my tree was covered in the brown hue of death otherwise know as FIRE HAZARD (note to self: water the tree a teensy bit more often next year). And seeing as I didn't want to burn down the house while the Rose Parade was still on, the tree had to go.
That said, the Christmas decorations I scooped up on Boxing Day for 75% off…..the ones that never even went up….they are still sitting in bags in my kitchen, waiting to be "organized and put away".
And don't even get me started on the exterior lights. They will probably be up there until Memorial Day at this rate. But I'm not worried, b/c no one sees them anyway, what with them being buried under 17 inches of snow!
8 Nicole // Jan 17, 2009 at 6:29 am
See, the trick is to put up as little as you can get away with. But I wanted to mark the Epiphany one because that was funny.
9 faemom // Jan 21, 2009 at 4:49 am
I had to take down early this year for random reasons, and I also decided not to put as much stuff up. Why? Because I thought breaking the tree was enough of a temptation for my boys.
Did you ever here? Zero's the Hero. First's the worst. Second the best, and third's the worst. It drove my mom nuts.
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