Xmas update
Christmas actually ended up being pretty good. Spent most of it w/ the Squeezypet fambly, with minimal bloodshed. As for my tree... I bought a new one on Xmas Eve eve. You know those pre-lit wire trees that are meant to be yard ornaments? Well they were only $25 at K-Mart. I friggin love it! You'd be amazed at how many ornaments you can cram onto a 6' tree when it doesn't have any needles! Good thing, too, since I already had a goodly number of ornaments & I went kindof apeshit buying clearance ornaments this year... I bought a pack of 150 ornament hooks, used a handful of them on older ornaments that still had strings/ribbons on them, & just used the last of the hooks tonight, w/ 2 ornaments left over. Yes, you read that right: I've bought nearly 150 ornaments after Xmas this year, & the last of those were bought today (K-Mart still has some cool shit... for 75% off!)
The only things I don't like about the tree is that the lights are steady-burning (I prefer twinkle), & they've got this weird clip-y thing on each light to keep them from coming loose, which is great, except that none of my decorations-that-fit-over-lights actually fit over the lights. My Flying Spaghetti Monster also doesn't fit on top, but that's more the fault of the freaky low ceilings in the room where the tree is than the tree itself.
Behold the awesomeness of my new tree!
Spot the Purple Swan, White Rabbit, & Buddha!
How 'bout the peacock, Knight Templar, & Gummi Bear!
Or maybe Alice Cooper & an owl?
My favourite ornament: this bird was on my mom's childhood Xmas tree. Antique german spring-y clip-on bird, baybee! I'm pretty fond of the eyeball on the lower left, too... 'Wanna gave me that a few years back. ^_^
I should probably pack the thing away, soon... but it's so pretty, I just don't want to.
The only things I don't like about the tree is that the lights are steady-burning (I prefer twinkle), & they've got this weird clip-y thing on each light to keep them from coming loose, which is great, except that none of my decorations-that-fit-over-lights actually fit over the lights. My Flying Spaghetti Monster also doesn't fit on top, but that's more the fault of the freaky low ceilings in the room where the tree is than the tree itself.
Behold the awesomeness of my new tree!
Spot the Purple Swan, White Rabbit, & Buddha!
How 'bout the peacock, Knight Templar, & Gummi Bear!
Or maybe Alice Cooper & an owl?
My favourite ornament: this bird was on my mom's childhood Xmas tree. Antique german spring-y clip-on bird, baybee! I'm pretty fond of the eyeball on the lower left, too... 'Wanna gave me that a few years back. ^_^
I should probably pack the thing away, soon... but it's so pretty, I just don't want to.