Christmas!!
We made it through another Christmas decorating extravaganza! We started Friday morning and finished Sunday. I didn't put quite as much stuff up this year....we have three trees instead of four. Hubby didn't put as many lights out side, because we're tired of blowing fuses everytime we flip a light switch. Now, we just can't turn the family room heater on when the Christmas lights are on, LOL! I really don't enjoy decorating for Christmas, the house is a mess while it's being done, and it just drives me crazy. I do however love the house once it's all decorated. In the evening I rarely turn on any lamps, we just have the glow of the Christmas lights and candles.
I was watching my husband put the lights outside on Saturday. He digs little trenches in the mulch, so that you don't see the trail of lights of bush to bush, each pillar on the house has the lights wrapped the same. Maybe we're a little too picky, but I like them to be "just right". Sunday we came home and our neighbors were putting their lights out, it took them about 5 minutes to throw them up, and then they pulled the plastic mums out and put the plastic poisettias in their place. I said to my husband "I guess they didn't get the memo" and he said " Oh the one that says if you're going to do it, do it right?" I laughed and said "that would be the one" this is joke between us. Well, yesterday the kids and I were out looking at lights. We drove by one house, and my 10 year old says "Hey Mom, I guess they didn't get the memo!" I told her I was just kidding when I said that the other day, and decided that I'll keep my decorating opinions to my self...maybe.
Here's a picture of the "staging area" for the decorations, this is just the beginning. I'll post some after pictures later this week.