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... my wife's though - not mine! I'm just drug along for the painful ride.
It takes a full day and a half to decorate the house for Christmas each year. It is a bit better now that we have a basement. At least I am not lugging down the 20+ boxes down a pull-down ladder from the attic!
38 strands of lights (100-count) outside, not including the reindeer, sleigh, spotslights, wreaths, etc.
Another 20 something strands inside between the two (yes, 2) trees. I hate to see the electric bill in December.
Taking it down takes a full day. Here it all is, ready for next year.
I feel your pain. The only limiting factor my wife has on decorations and the like is that the military puts a weight limit on us when we move. Last time we moved we were 1,040 Lbs over
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JReed wrote:I feel your pain. The only limiting factor my wife has on decorations and the like is that the military puts a weight limit on us when we move. Last time we moved we were 1,040 Lbs over
My back is telling me right now that your overage is probably about half of what all that junk weighs!
Yep, I'm a Griswold, but not by choice.
What you didn't see is the other boxes. Several marked "Easter", a couple marked "Thanksgiving". One for the fourth of July (I do like putting red, white and blue lights out for a week), and, of couse, a few for Halloween. Even have a box split for Valentines Day and St. Patrick's!!!
I believe I'd get her one of those girlie colored, woman sized tool kits from homo depot and see if she gets the hint.
My wife and her mom got to to coming up with all sorts of arts and stuff projects one year, but I promptly shut it down, once I found out they were design and I was labor. I thought I was just there to help get them started! I enjoy being a part of the project, but marching orders cause my brakes to lock up!
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game keeper wrote:WOW! YK you must love your wife one heck of a lot, either that or shes a lot faster to the draw than you!!
I love her a heck of a lot!
While the kids are young, I don't mind. They really get a kick out of all the seasons, and she does make it special for them. It's not the decoration, but the love that goes into it.
And I can't complain too much. She has a wall in the basement. I pretty much have everything else, and just in the reloading area, I have her beat 10 to 1 on weight! Then again, lead does weigh a bit more than tinsel!!!
Im in the same boat as you....
although it looks like you got me beat by 2 or 3 boxes
But this year we skipped the outdoor lights.........
and just decorated the inside and the walk to the front door.
I wish i had a bit more room to store this stuff!
Thank goodness I don't have to deal with anything remotely close to that.
I do have the privilege though, of having to drive over 1500 miles round trip and spending about 3 weeks at the in-law's and parent's homes every Christmas vacation. Of course not by choice.
Top it off with the fact my birthday is Christmas day, which means I spend my birthday driving to visit everyone on my wife's list while having to travel with a 14yr old and a 2 yr old.
We finally got to the point where we have the KIDS do the decorating - starting when the oldest was about 12, they knew how to do all the basics; our only 'lights' are on the tree and around the livingroom on nails already there, so no 'electric' stuff a kid couldn't handle.
They LOVE doing it. We just sit and watch and are glad we're NOT doing it.
After awhile, since our house is small, they'll complain the tree takes up 'all the space' and we'll "let" them take it down!
Now, if I can just get them to do my reloading for me....
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The father of one of my friends simply put the tree in the walk-up attic, completely decorated, and put a tarp over it. Every Christmas he takes it down, plugs it in, and he is set.
Maybe when the kids have grown up. They do enjoy decorating the trees every year, and I enjoy seeing Christmas through their eyes.
