I suppose some people decorate for the holidays all at once.  I’ve even seen, while looking through a magazine in the check-out line, that, apparently, some folks hire a “staging firm” to bring in a bunch of artificial stuff and deck the halls for them.  Well, at 1880, I tend to do a bit of decking one thing at a time, day by day.

Today, I cut some holly and hung it on the front door.  Looks nice.

What doesn’t look very nice is the brass mail slot which is in need of a good scrubbing and polishing.

But that would necessitate removing my bar code!!  I am a “managed service point.”  This is actually a great comfort to me and probably to others.  I am not accustomed to service or management at 1880. Turns out, while there is not an app for that, there is a bar code.

Guess I’ll just dust off the door and call it good.

But wait!  There’s more  .  .  .

My darling postman, Ricardo, moved the bar code to the porch post when he saw my dilemma and I polished the brass.  It looks great — but now I need to paint the door!