Usually we do a fairly thorough house-cleaning before Christmas because the house is FULL of houseguests from the 23rd to the 30th. And then we have to do a thorough house-cleaning again after they leave. Makes you wonder why we bother with the first one.

This year, I don't know how much we're going to be able to do. We're both exhausted, and when we have any spare time we like to relax and recharge our batteries. I'll vacuum after we put the tree up tomorrow, but our houseguests this year might just have to accept us just the way we are because we may not be able to do much more than (as my Mom used to call it) "titivate".
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When you don't like a thing, change it.
If you can't change it, change the way you think about it.

(Maya Angelou)