•11:02 AM
November 29, 2010 11:02 a.m.
….. it is Christmas time again. How did we get here again so quickly?
Wasn’t it just summer?
There are no flies lighting upon Chips and Sweet Girl when it comes to getting the house decorated for Christmas. Only the lighting of hundreds of small multi-colored bulbs!
It all begins in the garage, where Self-Reliant Man lets down many boxes, bins, and bags.
Our Christmas tree, a plastic one (yes) is in its 16th Christmas this year. It is large, nine feet tall, and to distribute its weight in the attic, we long ago began the habit of sorting its branches by alphabet letter in several trash bags that get reused year after year after year.
Then begins the process of decorating the tree (after Self-Reliant Man and I artfully place the lights).
It is interesting how I remember exactly who gave me ornaments that we received 25-35 years ago, but I cannot seem to remember where we got ornaments within the last five years. For example, this ornament was given to me 33 years ago by a frequent reader of this blog in New Hampshire. Do you remember giving me this? It still looks like new, by the way!
And of course, our sweet lab, Beau, is wondering to himself why we do this every year just when the weather starts getting cooler.
The job is mostly done inside the house, except for a few things.
And Chips is seeing to it that adequate outdoor lighting is being installed. Pictures will be posted later.
If you are interested, I have written in this post tips for using your digital camera to take pictures of Christmas lights. Have fun with this!
….. it is Christmas time again. How did we get here again so quickly?
Wasn’t it just summer?
There are no flies lighting upon Chips and Sweet Girl when it comes to getting the house decorated for Christmas. Only the lighting of hundreds of small multi-colored bulbs!
It all begins in the garage, where Self-Reliant Man lets down many boxes, bins, and bags.
Our Christmas tree, a plastic one (yes) is in its 16th Christmas this year. It is large, nine feet tall, and to distribute its weight in the attic, we long ago began the habit of sorting its branches by alphabet letter in several trash bags that get reused year after year after year.
Then begins the process of decorating the tree (after Self-Reliant Man and I artfully place the lights).
It is interesting how I remember exactly who gave me ornaments that we received 25-35 years ago, but I cannot seem to remember where we got ornaments within the last five years. For example, this ornament was given to me 33 years ago by a frequent reader of this blog in New Hampshire. Do you remember giving me this? It still looks like new, by the way!
And of course, our sweet lab, Beau, is wondering to himself why we do this every year just when the weather starts getting cooler.
The job is mostly done inside the house, except for a few things.
And Chips is seeing to it that adequate outdoor lighting is being installed. Pictures will be posted later.
If you are interested, I have written in this post tips for using your digital camera to take pictures of Christmas lights. Have fun with this!
1 comments:
We will probably buy our tree around the 15th, when more of the big boys are home, and Thor can go on his annual shopping trip.
You are lucky that Beau is calm around the tree. Our white lab, Max (1980-1992), would get antsy around the tree and once jumped through it in a panic. I was less than amused.
Your decorations are great, and I'm glad the children are enjoying the process so much!