Her style of housekeeping is relaxed at best. She’s been known to put the milk in the cupboard and the scissors in the refrigerator. Sharon, on the other hand, is pretty disorganized. Every morning Dad drinks precisely one and a half cups of coffee before heading off to work at his law firm. His books are arranged alphabetically and his socks by color. Now we put the tree up the day after Thanksgiving and I love it!ĭad has always liked his life to be neat and organized. But ever since he married Sharon, he’s become a lot more relaxed. And partly because our holiday decorations were still up.ĭad used to put the tree up one week before Christmas, and he always made sure it was down and the ornaments were neatly packed away before the new year. Why was my stepmother singing Christmas carols in January? Partly because they’re some of the few songs to which she (sort of) knows all the words. He leaped into my lap and buried his little head under my arm to shut out the noise. Sharon was singing so loudly that Tigger, my gray-striped kitten, bolted out of the kitchen into our living room. “Deck the halls with boughs of holly, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!”
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