Blessed Epiphany for the Gentiles

Wednesday is Epiphany! It is the day we remove our Christmas decorations each year. I thought it would take all day to put things away because we had to clean out the shed to have places to put much of the decorations. Therefore, I didn't walk but jumped right into the cleaning. I took everything out of the shed and was joined by Evelyn when she returned from exercise. She had taken some Zicam to ward off a cold so I thought she might be too sick to help. Instead she helped me clean off shelves before I swept the floor. We were able to throw many things away. She began boxing the Christmas items while I finished cleaning and returning things to the shed. The couple we work the dances with came and Evelyn talked with them because I had to finish the shed. Rain was predicted and I felt a periodic sprinkle, making me in a hurry to get the cardboard boxes back into the shed. We then removed the Nativity scene and star as well as the lights on the Sega Palm tree, allowing us to move everything under roof. To our amazement, it was barely past noon when we finished. We ate lunch and then Evelyn was wearing out and went to bed. I took items to the recycling center before going to the grocery for milk. I returned and talked with Armond who was outside talking with our other neighbors about the water shut off valve and what I could do about the water line problem. I think I will go to talk to the park manager now that we have located the waterline and see if she will agree to my running the water line around the shed. It should not be a major problem for her. I lay down for a while before supper time and then we watched another movie I had recorded: Taledega Nights. What a ludicrous piece of trash that was. We will have to cover all our our garden tomorrow because the rain--it never arrived today--and the forecasted freezing weather will arrive throughout the day and we want to save our garden. Evelyn is definitely getting a cold and will have to be miserable for over a week.