Dan is Spaciously Gifted (in some instances)

I took down all the Christmas decorations, beginning on January 1, 2008. I did 99% of that work myself. I got them nicely boxed up (done 100% by me)... and reduced the number of boxes of holiday carp by 2! It took both Dan and I working as a team to figure out how to get the tree back in its box, but we succeeded! I inventoried the boxes so I actually know what is in them come next December. Most important is that I remember that the "December First to Christmas" countdown ribbon is in the metal popcorn tin.

Today, I convinced Dan that this was the day to get the boxes out of the living room and down to the basement to the "closet under the stairs" and to the "little room". I told Dan that I was far too much of a weakling to haul the tree down the stairs. He rose to the challenge like a man. Heave! Ho! and Down the stairs it goes! Up and down the stairs we went, hauling the 20+ boxes. Then Dan began his magic.

See, while Dan cannot efficiently or effectively pack a suitcase, or put clothes in his dresser, he does wonders when it come to a car trunk or a closet. I told him where in the "closet under the stairs" the tree went and then Dan took over. When it was all said and done, every Christmas box was stored under the stairs except for the 3 that I told him didn't go in there and the box full of Christmas books (because I told him it was too heavy to be stacked on top of boxes with fragile items inside!). Last year, I put all the boxes away. When I got out all the Christmas stuff this year, I got lots of stuff out from the "closet under the stairs" and lots of stuff from the "little room". Dan was definitely more efficient at storing all the boxes than I was because now I have more room in the "little room" to store more useless carp... unless I choose to use that newly found additional space for food storage... now that's a thought.