Put the tree up day

Today - no matter what - is put the tree up day.  This is our ONLY thing we MUST do today.  We have a definitive timeline where the tree will be put in the living room and will be fully decorated.  We will not deviate from this plan. So far my day has been filled with a sliding adjustment of the tree schedule.  At first it was... if we start the tree by 9am and we take 3 hours to decorate the tree - we will be done by lunch!!!!  PERFECT!  Then morning work took much longer than anticipated and a few doodle doggies needed some baths and we had other doodle doggie and puppy things to do.  So then it was clearly - if we start the tree by noon and we take 3 hours to decorate the tree- we will be done by 3:00pm!  But then we were hungry and needed lunch and as soon as we were done with lunch, Mr. Yesteryear Acres called us outside to help fix the well.

As if fixing the well was on my very scheduled very important PUT THE TREE UP DAY list.  So obviously after we worked on the well it became - if we start the tree at 3:00 and it takes 3 hours to decorate the tree - we will be done before dinner!  But then I had to start the homemade chicken noodle soup and I had to bake a loaf of bread which made it - if we start the tree at 4:00 and we take TWO hours to decorate the tree- we will still be done by dinner! But then my son needed help studying for exams and Mr. Yesteryear Acres needed help with wiring.  So now it is 5:30 and the tree hasn't been started so clearly it has become

If we start the tree after dinner

and we take all night to decorate it

when the sun rises in the morning.....

we will be done.