I reached over and adjusted one of the ornaments on the Christmas tree then stood back to admire my work. “There! It’s perfect!” I said as I turned around to look at my husband Steven. “What do you think?”
“You always do a great job decorating for Christmas.” he said as he looked up from the paper he was reading.
I smiled. “Thanks.” I began scanning the room.
Steven looked confused. “What are you looking for?” He asked as he began looking around the room to see if he could figure out what I was looking for.
“Everyone’s Christmas gifts.” I went into the kitchen and opened up the spice cabinet.
Steven followed me. “If you’re planning on giving us spices I’d like the Italian seasoning.”
“Very funny.” I said as I climbed up on the counter and kneeled in front of the spice cabinet and reached as far back on the top shelf as I could. “Here it is!” I cried as I pulled out a plastic grocery bag filled with treats. “I found some great stuff for everyone’s stockings when I was at the grocery store a few weeks ago.” I held out the bag for Steven to take while I climbed down. “Don’t peek.” I reminded him.
When I was back down on the floor Steven handed me the bag. “Why did you put it up there?” he asked.
“I was unloading groceries when Alex came into the room and I didn’t want him to see.” I shrugged my shoulders. “I just opened the cabinet and tossed it in.”
Steven shook his head as he followed me to the front hallway. I dropped the bag on a chair and opened the front hall closet. Reaching up on the shelf and moving scarfs and hats I pulled out two Amazon packages and tossed them onto the chair with the other bag.
Steven gave me a questioning look.
“Delivery person rang the door bell and Alex was coming.” I shrugged my shoulders again. “So that was the closest place I could think of.”
I headed down the hallway to our bedroom. Laying on the floor I Army crawled halfway under the bed and began pulling packages out. “Could you stack them on the bed for me?” I called. Steven grabbed the packages and began tossing them on the bed.
Backing out from under the bed I sat up and pulled a small dust bunny from my sleeve. “Now that it’s all cleared out from under there it could certainly use a good cleaning.”
I went back into the kitchen and grabbed the keys off the counter.
“Where are you going?” Steven asked as I headed for the front door.
I pointed my key fob at the car and pushed the button that popped the trunk. “I’m pretty sure I have the motherload of hidden treasure in the car.” I looked over at him. “Can you come out and help me bring it all in?”
Steven put on his shoes and headed out to the car with me.
As I began handing him bag after bag he shook his head. “When did you get time to do all this shopping?”
I grabbed the last few bags myself and closed the lid. “Are you kidding? I’ve been online shopping and grabbing different things for months now.”
Steven reached the door first and opened it for me. “It looks like you’ve gotten just about everything.”
I dropped the bags on the chair with the other items. “I sure hope so.” I began scanning the room again. “I just have a feeling I’m forgetting where I’ve hidden a few of them and I won’t find them until after Christmas.”
Steven gave me a quick kiss on the cheek. “If that happens just look on the bright side.”
I looked over at him. “What bright side?”
“You won’t have to shop for Valentine’s Day!”
Slice of Life 