Last Time

Yes, we decorated our tree again this year. Yes, we have moved. Yes, we have renters that were willing to let us do it. No, we are not doing it next year. Yes, we do feel sad about that (understatement).

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Where are you tonight?

This is where I am

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Is it Just Me?

Hmmm...lack of blog posts lately...why? I'm not sure. I blame our 4GB memory card which makes it really easy to leave the pictures of life events on the camera instead of computer. So then when I sit down to blog about said events I remember that great picture of said event is still in the camera far away in the other room. And where is the cord again? What's the point?

I also blame Ryan who likes to take videos more than pictures which is all fine and dandy until I have to sort through which ones are appropriate and cute and then take forever to get them onto blogger....

so here is some of what has been going on and some of those pictures that have been captured:

• Our infamous night in the caves with several of Ryan's top 20 friends
• A great wedding with similar friends
• Our great tree extravaganza...first year we did not add lights--but lots of work just the same...thanks to Jill and Jeff for coming down to make it perfect.
  
• Thanksgiving in St. Louis...wherein cousin and crossword wars were abundant among other things

The Tree Part 2

I can't possibly explain what decorating this tree entails, but hopefully you will get an idea. This post is dedicated to Jill, Floyd, Nate, Merrill, Lee, and Lexi all who spent countless hours making this happen.

# of previous extension cords: at least 26

# of appliances out of commission while old tree was lit: at least most of them

# of amps our house contains: 125

# of amps our tree was last year: 180

# of electric panels we melted: 1

# of grateful prayers that our house is still intact: countless

# of blue replacement bulbs we can't use any more: at least 700

# of light strands removed: 125

# of removal hours: 7-8

Taking down the old lights

#of new LED light strands ordered: 150

# of extension cords used: 2

# of man hours to put them up: at least 36; prob. more. we stopped counting.

# of times we listened to the 12 Days of Christmas: I now hate that song

# of neighbors met: 5

#of drivebys: 10 (drive by in this case meaning any car that drove abnormally slowly down our street. Many were witnessed shooting pictures on their cell phone. No violence involved.)

amt of electricity now needed: less than our kitchen.

# of children whose Christmas will be brighter and better: at least 2 so far. That's why we do it folks.

Friday, 5:40 pm Just getting started.

Saturday, 11:58 pm, No more help after this.

Did you really think you could see the finished product? Not till after Thanksgiving. But this is a pretty good sneak preview huh?

Ry: Just before coming in: Monday, 3:30am

My hero

The Tree

I will be posting about our tree adventures over the weekend, but for right now I will just give you this preview:

Monday morning, 3:23 am- Ryan comes inside after finishing the tree-6 hours after everyone else had given up.

Amy: "I'm sorry. I felt like the disciples falling asleep while Jesus was in the garden."

Ry: "That's funny. I thought of that too, but thought it wasn't too good to come up with an analogy that compares me to Christ."

A few minutes later after a few more moments of Ryan groaning from pain. ***Warning: Harry Potter Spoiler coming up***

Amy: "Maybe you are like Harry Potter. All of your friends left and you had to defeat the enemy all by yourself."

Ry: "Oh, they made him a Christ figure too, huh?"

Okay, so if you didn't think this was as funny as I did--you may want to check the time of said conversation. More non blasphemous posts about the tree to come...