We finally took our clearly artificial tree down today!  Joe is recovered enough to lift all those parts down.  It was a bit over three months ago that Joe had his surgery, so the biggest part of his recovery is done.  I have heard that it takes a year to get completely back to normal.

Taking down the tree was truly a review of Christmases past, because so many ornaments are from so many people and places!  We did learn that LED lights pay back for their purchase quickly in energy savings.

 Our nice bare corner.  Tomorrow we trek everything up to the attic.   Yeah!  We’ll be done in time for Easter.