How to wrap a Christmas Present

Six steps: elegant instructions for wrapping an elegant present and preserving peace in the home:

1. Prepare the wrapping surface: the dining table:
1a. Move the pile of borrowed books and a Christmas table decoration to a chair
1b. Move the unopened boxes of Christmas cards (to be opened, signed, addressed, and mailed next year?) and another decoration to another chair.
1c. Ribbon-hang the received Christmas cards:
1c(1). Go to the garage for hammer, three brads, and the step stool.
1c(2). If not already in hand, get the three red ribbons. If already in hand, go to 1c(3).
1c(3). Gently tap the ribbon into the pillar, preferably into last year's hole.
1c(4). Return hammer and step stool.
1c(5). Go to office for stapler.
1c(6). Staple cards to ribbons.
1c(7). Return stapler. If you're thinking ahead, get the scotch tape.
1c(8). Recycle envelopes, but save the return addresses if people have moved.
1c(9). While saving addresses, respond to sleeping-flailing-husband's dumping entire mug of mocha in the living room. (Give thanks that it is now hardwood and not carpet; otherwise go through the carpet cleaner exercise.) For brevity, the clean-up steps are not detailed here.
1d. Move other miscellaneous paper, pens, and reading glasses to nook table.
2. Re-warm tea.
3. Stop to blog on how to wrap a present.
4. Take a Tylenol for headache if needed.
5. Remember the cleaning lady is coming; move the extra Christmas boxes to the spare room.
6. Size paper, wrap, tape, label.

Now how easy is that?!? Ready to wrap a second gift. After a nap perhaps.