As we countdown to our official light up night, December 2, the saga of the Christmas lights becomes more and more intense. There is no more time to waste; we are moving full speed ahead for our official lighting. I thought we were over the top but now as I stand around, it looks like we need more, more, more lights put up. We have a lot of last minute stuff to get done as quickly as possible, but the problem is that we will be way over the limit for a safe amount if I continue to add more.
My front porch is a mess. You cannot even walk up the stairs without becoming tangled in something. Lights, lights, lights, gobs of lights, wreaths, ribbons, garlands, hammers, screws, drills, miles of extension cords, stakes, boards, well you name it….my porch is an ocean of work yet to be done.
As earlier reported, our original Jesus for the Nativity blew away some years ago in a winter storm. It had been replaced by a toy doll that has not worked out well at all. Last week, during the Nativity set up on the lawn, a certain bad German Shepherd puppy had stolen the doll and claimed it as her own. After chasing said bad puppy all over the farm, it completely vanished into thin air. Yes, very naughty puppy had hidden it very well. It was recently discovered to have been partially buried underground with other souvenirs of said bad puppy, such as mommy’s missing hairbrush, a Dr. Shoal inner-sole, and someone’s sock. Not to worry, a baby Jesus exactly like the original has been located and arrived here this week and took it’s rightful place in the stable.
However, the choir angel that goes to the Nativity has met her demise so-to-speak. Seems due to her ripe old age of some nearly 40 years, she has lost her eyeballs and her head has been spinning like Linda Blair in the Exorcist, despite my glue gun attempts to stabilize it. And let’s not forget that she became earthbound since she also lost her wings. Not to worry though because a replacement was found on e-bay and a new angel is en-route to complete the holy scene. I hope it will arrive today.
Many new lights have been added this year. Seems that our multitude of light strands don’t last forever and many had to be replaced.
New visual additions were added such as a few light up candy canes, and a star with light strands streaming from it, a small herd of 2 animated deer that couldn’t be turned down. Wally World had them on sale for even less than the dollar stores so hurray for Walmart.
The show stopper will be the very loud Christmas music that will be synchronized to the lights. I have no clue how this is going to work but that’s not my job, so I’ve left that to my illustrious son, Little Dancing Dan the stereo boom boom master who you can hear coming down the road a mile away. Dan has decided he would like to make it even more louder and has been inventing surround sound for it. In the yard???? Oh my. Dan is notorious for hooking up stereo systems in cars. You know the kind that you stare at in town and shake your head at and hope they get a terminal headache because they gave you one? Yea, that’s the kind he excels in.
I have decided to be a bit of a Grinch and not worry about making tons of hot chocolate for the stoppers by because frankly, I have a past history of taking on more than I can chew so I bailed on the idea. I figured that I don’t have any desire to stand in my driveway and freeze to death and blow away in this wintry mountain wind and fumbling all over myself, spilling boiling hot brown liquid on laps of innocent car riders. That idea seemed nice and festive, but I’ll pass.
So now the rush is on to complete the rest of the lights by Saturday. There are still more lights to string on the porch, and here and there throughout the yard. A quick trip to town for more electric tape and spare light bulbs for back-up is on tap and do please keep me away from those little deer. If I bring home as much as one more red bow I stand to be evicted. No the Hus is not being Scrooge-like but I have let the house hold stuff go to crap lately. The laundry is piled up sky high around here, dishes in the sink, and boy I need to do some scrubbing. He’s jumping in whenever he can but let’s face it, he puts in reds with the whites, so I’d rather him not help. I know he would love to see me back on track with my house duties for a change. Christmas can become very messy! Again, not to worry, it will all be done in good time eventually. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
The telephone company is sending the cherry picker back for the second time today to help reach one more high place so I’ll have a pizza ordered for them.
Saturday will be only a test run. That is when we hook everything up and see how many fuses will blow. And they will blow. They always do. Blow, spark, fizz, and go BOOM CRASH! That’s adjustment and fix it day. All day. And trust me, that takes all day long to get it all working properly without blowing the house up.
Look back here around Sunday night for pictures., Monday at the latest.
If I can’t figure out how to post a movie, I’ll have pictures. Wish us luck!
My front porch is a mess. You cannot even walk up the stairs without becoming tangled in something. Lights, lights, lights, gobs of lights, wreaths, ribbons, garlands, hammers, screws, drills, miles of extension cords, stakes, boards, well you name it….my porch is an ocean of work yet to be done.
As earlier reported, our original Jesus for the Nativity blew away some years ago in a winter storm. It had been replaced by a toy doll that has not worked out well at all. Last week, during the Nativity set up on the lawn, a certain bad German Shepherd puppy had stolen the doll and claimed it as her own. After chasing said bad puppy all over the farm, it completely vanished into thin air. Yes, very naughty puppy had hidden it very well. It was recently discovered to have been partially buried underground with other souvenirs of said bad puppy, such as mommy’s missing hairbrush, a Dr. Shoal inner-sole, and someone’s sock. Not to worry, a baby Jesus exactly like the original has been located and arrived here this week and took it’s rightful place in the stable.
However, the choir angel that goes to the Nativity has met her demise so-to-speak. Seems due to her ripe old age of some nearly 40 years, she has lost her eyeballs and her head has been spinning like Linda Blair in the Exorcist, despite my glue gun attempts to stabilize it. And let’s not forget that she became earthbound since she also lost her wings. Not to worry though because a replacement was found on e-bay and a new angel is en-route to complete the holy scene. I hope it will arrive today.
Many new lights have been added this year. Seems that our multitude of light strands don’t last forever and many had to be replaced.
New visual additions were added such as a few light up candy canes, and a star with light strands streaming from it, a small herd of 2 animated deer that couldn’t be turned down. Wally World had them on sale for even less than the dollar stores so hurray for Walmart.
The show stopper will be the very loud Christmas music that will be synchronized to the lights. I have no clue how this is going to work but that’s not my job, so I’ve left that to my illustrious son, Little Dancing Dan the stereo boom boom master who you can hear coming down the road a mile away. Dan has decided he would like to make it even more louder and has been inventing surround sound for it. In the yard???? Oh my. Dan is notorious for hooking up stereo systems in cars. You know the kind that you stare at in town and shake your head at and hope they get a terminal headache because they gave you one? Yea, that’s the kind he excels in.
I have decided to be a bit of a Grinch and not worry about making tons of hot chocolate for the stoppers by because frankly, I have a past history of taking on more than I can chew so I bailed on the idea. I figured that I don’t have any desire to stand in my driveway and freeze to death and blow away in this wintry mountain wind and fumbling all over myself, spilling boiling hot brown liquid on laps of innocent car riders. That idea seemed nice and festive, but I’ll pass.
So now the rush is on to complete the rest of the lights by Saturday. There are still more lights to string on the porch, and here and there throughout the yard. A quick trip to town for more electric tape and spare light bulbs for back-up is on tap and do please keep me away from those little deer. If I bring home as much as one more red bow I stand to be evicted. No the Hus is not being Scrooge-like but I have let the house hold stuff go to crap lately. The laundry is piled up sky high around here, dishes in the sink, and boy I need to do some scrubbing. He’s jumping in whenever he can but let’s face it, he puts in reds with the whites, so I’d rather him not help. I know he would love to see me back on track with my house duties for a change. Christmas can become very messy! Again, not to worry, it will all be done in good time eventually. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
The telephone company is sending the cherry picker back for the second time today to help reach one more high place so I’ll have a pizza ordered for them.
Saturday will be only a test run. That is when we hook everything up and see how many fuses will blow. And they will blow. They always do. Blow, spark, fizz, and go BOOM CRASH! That’s adjustment and fix it day. All day. And trust me, that takes all day long to get it all working properly without blowing the house up.
Look back here around Sunday night for pictures., Monday at the latest.
If I can’t figure out how to post a movie, I’ll have pictures. Wish us luck!
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