Sitting here wondering if I'm Pollyanna or Eeyore - Day 13: Down goes the Christmas tree

I was going to keep the tree up till Australia Day but all of a sudden this morning it all just felt really silly.

So down it came ... not all the ornaments went into boxes today (Tuesday's task) and the tree stayed out in broken down form behind the dining room table till Thursday when I got more tape but it was essentially done with only the lights over the window staying up at Aidan's request ...

My Twitter friend @becsmog was very sad that I reneged on my Australia Day promise

And some wonderful feedback from ALI, a music artist I featured on my blog ...

Sitting here wondering if I'm Pollyanna or Eeyore - Day 6: Day comes all the Christmas decos

Time to pull down and pack away all the tinsel, plush toys and so on from all over the bookcases and various other places around the apartment.

The tree however remained in place.

Holding the Reins of the Runaway Extrovert 2013: Day 365 - HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Last day in Alstonville.

Made sure we spent plenty of time with the kids including holding Jordan while she slept ...

Yummy Ballina fish and chips!

Then off to Ballina airport for the flight home, where we were greeted by some very Christmassy luggage carousels and picked up by Fahmi at about 6pm ...

Then back to my place, which was pre-vacuumed and cleaned up, ready for the NYE party which happened just 2 hours after we got home ...

Ian ran a game where we had to pick a prize and if someone else wanted it had to give it them and pick another one. I loved my CD of remixed jazz!

The unit opposite in Verve

For the midnight fireworks, Ian and Ingo, Dorothy and Fahmi walked across to Sydney Park to watch the fireworks from there while Steve and I, Peter and Warren stayed put ... and yes Steve and I kissed at midnight!