Have I ever shared here that in order to share our Christmas home by mid-November, I actually have to start decorating for the holidays once the calendar hits October 1? While it does take a while, that timeframe is primarily for building in a time buffer for the rest of life and work happening, making time to retrieve last minute things as I create in real time, photographing and editing, etc. Since my mom and I have a mid-October Maine trip planned, making sure I started on time this year w...