Tree is up!
Well, it took awhile to put the artificial tree together (especially when it turned out we had used the middle section as the bottom section). But decorating it was way easier than a real tree--no struggling with the lights, no spilling the water, no dealing with the holes and lack of branches and strange top that real trees always have. I miss the big colored lights on the inside of the tree, but over all it looks really nice. There were lots of places to hang the kind of ornaments we have. The lights are nice and sparkly. It fits between the chair and couch in front of the window (we got one of the slim trees). the big red sparkly chiffon butterfly we have for a tree topper looks great (and I do mean big--it must be 11 or 12 inches across). We have lots of glass, lots of glittery ornaments, lots of fruit, birds, snowflakes, trains, musical instruments, bells, ornaments made by Charlotte, Earlene, Marilyn through the years (does anyone else still have that funny purple bird with the pheasant feathers coming out its butt?).
And I still have the old santa that Grandpa Ted had when he was a boy, and the silver boot with the Santa that we three kids got on the little blackboard the year I was five, and the angel made out of Kleenex with my face on it we made in 1st grade. Also a pinecone, and the little red bell, and the purple ornament with Silent Night on it, and the pink one with the sparkle part inside.
I still have the rest of the inside decorating to do, and it's time for another week of work, but it is cool to have the tree up, which I would never have done if we had to go buy a live one this weekend. I wish I had time to do the sparkly fruits over the fireplace, but not this weekend.
Love to you all, Sandra
And I still have the old santa that Grandpa Ted had when he was a boy, and the silver boot with the Santa that we three kids got on the little blackboard the year I was five, and the angel made out of Kleenex with my face on it we made in 1st grade. Also a pinecone, and the little red bell, and the purple ornament with Silent Night on it, and the pink one with the sparkle part inside.
I still have the rest of the inside decorating to do, and it's time for another week of work, but it is cool to have the tree up, which I would never have done if we had to go buy a live one this weekend. I wish I had time to do the sparkly fruits over the fireplace, but not this weekend.
Love to you all, Sandra
posted by Sandra | 9:20 PM
3 Comments:
wow- your tree sounds great. I like the fact that you still have your childhood ornaments for your tree. That is really neat.
-Jed
Glad your tree is up. I love just sitting with al the lights out and just enjoying the tree. I am glad you have FaM ornaments. love marilyn
Yeah - that first time or two you put it together, it is a challenge to get the bottom on the bottom and the middle in the middle.
Now when we take ours down, we keep each section together so when we open it the next year, it is a little easier to remember which goes where.
We don't have ours up yet - now that we have this GIANT food freezer up here, plus the dog and the cat, I'm just not looking forward to squeezing a giant tree up here, too.
Alicia and Justin plan a little live tree downstairs on the desk. I tried to talk Brian into a minature tree this year because of the dog, but he wasn't interested. Guess it will be a good year for the unbreakable ornaments.
Charlotte
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