Ah, we have a fabulous tree base thing that I think must be the same - big metal thing with huge screws. But perhaps there will be no tree this year as The Baby will certainly take a kamikaze approach to such things, plus we're moving house about five minutes after Christmas.
DD was 10 months old at her first Xmas. We just left the lights off the tree and only put non breakable, non strangling decorations on the reachable branches. The moving house argument though may be the clincher. Sympathies! Besides this might be the last chance you get to not have a tree for a while. A friend of mine has a six year old who spent most of November complaining that all his friends and the school had had their trees up for AGES! so why couldn't they. sheesh!
I like trees, though! Normally we have to have it up by the 17th for the stepdaughter's birthday (Christmas being in fact the Giant Festival of Her) but since she's moved in with her boyfriend and out of here, perhaps not this year. Though what with Gnome's birthday being the 30th December, I suspect Christmas is actually the Giant Festival of Gnome now. And... hmmm. How sure can I be that she won't pull the entire thing over on her head? But at least moving on the 6th Jan means we'll have to get it down my 12th Night and avoid a year of bad luck.
Also: eek! Do you think the 6-year-old in question was lying about all his friends? Because if not, how appalling.
He might have been lying about the all of his friends element but it was at least true of the school which I think is APPALLING!
I love trees too. Everyone told us not to bother having one for DD's first year but that just was not an option. We put it in a stoneware pot full of wet sand and rubble that weighed about three times what DD did and then added a discreet guy-rope at the back of the tree. After all that effort she never once tried to pull on it - too spiky? - but treated it with suitable awe and delight. We had to go through a nightly ritual of her asking to take the tree to bed with her though. Looks like she has inherited her Mama's joy in shiny baubles and things piney.
She's a daft bint, and no mistake :-S I'm still on the birth control which usually keeps my periods well under control, but I did spend 1.5 weeks on-and-offing this month (but I can't complain, as it was all sans cramps).
I think N's tree may finally have grown too big to be brought in for Xmas this year!
Your tree mounting thing sounds like some rather similar and very effective devices I've seen at purplejavatroll's house in Canada. Cunning these canuks!
As to the other thing, (I may have a Y chromosone, but I'm brave!) I know that ibuprofen can be quite effective in these cases. Are you taking any pain killers?
A salute to your intrepidity - bows! Sadly ibuprofen is contra-indicated for asthmatics. I miss a lot of good stuff that way. Paracetemol is all I can take and still be able to drive/Rowan sit/think until Myles gets home, then it's hot water bottles and medication city!
Actually no - don't know why not. We tend to have paracetamol in the house rather than aspirin because Dad gets it free on prescription for his arthritis and shares the wealth.
Things slightly better today, although I am not sure how much sense my Old English class is going to make with my brain swimming in a sea of painkillers.
Sympathies from me too! I spent a large part of last Thursday feeling like I was being kicked in the lower abdomen by vicious creatures in hobnailed boots. What genius came up with that particular design feature?
Also, treeeeee! We're hopefully getting one next week, even though there's only the two of us in the house, because I derive quite ridiculous amounts of enjoyment from decorating it and watching it being all twinkly.
Treeeeeee! Indeed. And of course you can have a tree with just you and Brian to enjoy it! My all time favourite trees were the ones Myles and I had when we had our Christmases as a couple. We could put classier, more brittle decorations up too. Although this year's is particularly fine looking, in spite of cheap plastic baubles. We've put all red, holly-berry shaped lights on it this year, which make the tree look a much darker green than it really is. Very smart!
Still being kicked. After a week of on-off cramping I was hoping the actual miracle wuld be brief but nope, Thank Satan and all his little wizards for painkillers!
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Also, ouch. Sympathies.
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Also: eek! Do you think the 6-year-old in question was lying about all his friends? Because if not, how appalling.
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I love trees too. Everyone told us not to bother having one for DD's first year but that just was not an option. We put it in a stoneware pot full of wet sand and rubble that weighed about three times what DD did and then added a discreet guy-rope at the back of the tree. After all that effort she never once tried to pull on it - too spiky? - but treated it with suitable awe and delight. We had to go through a nightly ritual of her asking to take the tree to bed with her though. Looks like she has inherited her Mama's joy in shiny baubles and things piney.
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She's a daft bint, and no mistake :-S I'm still on the birth control which usually keeps my periods well under control, but I did spend 1.5 weeks on-and-offing this month (but I can't complain, as it was all sans cramps).
I think N's tree may finally have grown too big to be brought in for Xmas this year!
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As to the other thing, (I may have a Y chromosone, but I'm brave!) I know that ibuprofen can be quite effective in these cases. Are you taking any pain killers?
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The tree stand is indeed Canadian. Cool eh?
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Things slightly better today, although I am not sure how much sense my Old English class is going to make with my brain swimming in a sea of painkillers.
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Also, treeeeee! We're hopefully getting one next week, even though there's only the two of us in the house, because I derive quite ridiculous amounts of enjoyment from decorating it and watching it being all twinkly.
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Still being kicked. After a week of on-off cramping I was hoping the actual miracle wuld be brief but nope, Thank Satan and all his little wizards for painkillers!
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