Hanging Of The Green

Deck The House...

Inside and Out

Christmas is in Full Swing at our house.

The house is decorated inside and out.

The lights are hung (inside and out) and the wreath is in place,

thanks to Megan and Ron.

Every year at Christmas-Light-Time, I miss the days of

teenage boys and their friends.

(Then I see my lowered grocery bill and I realize I will survive.)

Megan has stepped up to the plate, though.

If I could figure out how to not blow circuits, I would be in competition with Clark Griswold as far as the number of lights on my house. I have a huge tub of lights just itching to be wrapped around the base of a Palm Tree. I need Ben, Curt, and Jeffrey to stop in to help me with the engineering fete!
The Lights and Decorations were completed Saturday,
then we hit the ground running with entertaining.
Sunday, we had our neighbors over for dinner and
last night we hosted the Activity Day Girls from Church
for a Gingerbread/Christmas Craft Party.
(more on that later..I have to get some work done this morning, before I hit the salon for an overhaul...nails, hair, etc....tonight is the first of the "Going Out On The Town Having To Look Like A Million Bucks Parties" for us)
Having my decorations up always makes me want to host a party!
Oh....and it actually FEELS LIKE CHRISTMAS here in South Florida....
it is CRISP and COLD!
Cocoa and Hot Cider Weather!!!!

The Truth Is Out

Illuminating Truth....

I just realized why my son Jeffrey cannot make it home for Thanksgiving... it has nothing to do with Thanksgiving and work schedules.... it has everything to do with his love (not) of hanging Christmas lights on our house.

On Thanksgiving evening, we begin setting up our tree and decorating the inside and outside of our house. This is a 2-3 day process. With a 2-story house, and the fact that Ron and I are no longer in our 20's or 30's, this task becomes more complicated every year.

Gone are the days of Curt and Ben actually enjoying decorating the outside of our house with Christmas lights. (When Allred's moved out of their house, we inherited their exterior Christmas lights, the next year, when we went to use the lights, we found a meticulously prepared diagram of the Allred house and where the lights should be hung, plugged in, etc). The credit for this plan has to go to Ben. Every detail was covered.

I'm on to you Jeffrey....for Thanksgiving, see you in Gainesville, on your turf, far away from our house, far away from the chore lists and projects dad needs help with! You don't have to climb on the roof and adjust the gigantic wreath along or hang the lights in just the right way. You are missing the Christmas Light Decorating already, I can hear you now!

As for interior lights... meaning Christmas Tree Lights.... I do the entire tree myself. The lights alone take hours and hours. No pre-lit tree here. If I get the lights on the entire tree without swearing, falling, or yelling at someone (Andrew) it is going to be a great Christmas! Once the lights are up, inside and out...it is smooth Christmas Celebrating!