The Fibromite and The Christmas Tree.

I didn't put up a tree last year because we had two new puppies that thought the ornaments were chew toys.  So...decided to try it this year and asked The Hubs to bring it up from the basement.  It's an artificial, pre-lit jobby.  He sets it down and takes off for work.  The first thing that happens is the top section falls off.  I stick it back in but it lists to one side.  Get on a chair and straighten it out.  Pull a butt muscle...stop the whole process and take two Advil.  Then I plug in the lights...not a one of them lights up.  Oh, the Humanity.  Spend an hour pulling them off.  Find a 200 bulb strand...plug them in.  They work.  I try to wind the lights around the tree.  They keep getting tangled up and caught in the  metal stand.   Have to tip the tree to one side to set them free. OWIE.  Start over.  And over again.  I say a few choice words and scare my dogs.  THREE hours later, I finally have all the lights tucked neatly in the branches.  Perfect.  The dog walks by...his tail hit the tree and down it goes into his water bowl....this is because when I tried to release the lights from the stand, one of the supports folded under.

All the lights shorted out...not a one of them works.  NOT ONE.

I pulled the tree through the front door and tossed it onto the deck for the crows and squirrels to enjoy.

However...when I got up today The Hubs had saved it and strung all new the lights.  He claims it took him ten minutes.  But of course.  And...he thinks I have the dexterity and stamina to stagger through the mob at Best Buy on Black friday to look at an Ipad?   BWAHAHAHAHA!

Huggies

Donna

 

Post Edited (vestabula) : 11/26/2012 7:52:43 PM (GMT-7)

Vestabula- I am sorry for laughing, but do you have another good story to tell. I needed that good laugh. Sounds like a story we had trying to cut a fresh tree in Alaska. Never again will I attempt that. Snow was up to our waste, had small kids, plus creek bed to walk in and -10 degress. Now we buy an real nursery tree. Expensive, but worth it.

It's usually takes all day to put up our tree.

We keep our tree in the attic. We have a fold-away ladder that will not support me so my 76 year old father climbs up there and lowers it by rope down to me to carry into the den. It's a pre-lit too.
After unpacking it and trying to remember how it goes together, my mother and I get it standing. Next I get on a ladder in the closet and hand the boxes of decorations down to my parents. My legs usually give out during this time and it's all I can to keep from falling off the ladder. After resting I help put the decorations on it.

I want to buy a large storage building to keep everything in so I can get it out with ease, but the property assesser loves to slap increased taxes for any improvement to our home. They valued a 100 yr old out building that's falling apart at 200 dollars, because they didn't notice it was there for over 100 years! :))