Decorating for Christmas

This Thanksgiving weekend, the weather could not have been more gorgeous: 65-70ish and sunny with a slight breeze. We (read Craig) did so much yard work with the rest of us helping somewhat that our yard no longer looks like we rented our house for three years. Even though it was warm, we had the fire pit going to burn some miscellaneous wood, to keep Owen occupied and for ambience. We also burnt an old broom which was fun.


It was so nice and the weekend was so laid back that I got out ALL of our Christmas decorations for the first time in forever and decorated inside and out. It was so fun sorting through items that we had put in storage for three years. Don't get me wrong, we moved some decorations and we decorated for Christmas in the UK but we weren't usually home a lot for the holidays so I didn't really go all out. Also, the decorations just didn't "fit" like they do in our own house.

So today, I decorated our porch and it took me forever because I couldn't really remember where the hooks and nails for the garland were and the overall logistics were foggy. I did manage to get everything up and I was a section short in garland for some reason so I wound up going to the store to buy a live pine swag since it was cheap and I wasn't in the mood to search for what I really wanted. I strung the lights, added some bows and embellishments and this is what it looks like.


Here is what it looks like at night.


Yeah, that dark spot in the middle is a half a string of lights that doesn't work! Seriously, HALF A STRING! The string obviously is working because the next string it's plugged into works. So now I am in a pickle. Do I check each and every light bulb from the one that works in the middle to the end or do I use another string of lights? It worked before I put it up because yes, I checked each string thinking I was so smart to do this and save myself the hassle and frustration. The real irony is that it's the string of lights that is the least accessible. Craig just laughs in my general direction. It's just never easy, is it?


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