Oh Yaaa. Here's a question you may have heard before: "If a tree falls in a forest does it still make a noise?" Maybe...probably....I can tell you if a tree falls in a living room and it is covered with glass ornaments and lights, it definitely makes a noise..although not as loud as you would think, and we did not see it happening so we did not yell,"TIMBER!"
Tis the season. On Friday my brother brought us a tree he cut down from his property and thank goodness he stayed to help put it up! It was beast..probably 10-12 feet tall. "You are the only ones who have a living room with tall enough ceilings for it," He said. Hoist it up, tighten the screws in the tree stand. "Does it look straight?" Good enough. Get the big step ladder, let's put the lights on first..... we can decorate it over the weekend....
Saturday. "Does that tree look tippy?" It does look like it' s leaning, but I think it's the tree..the trunk isn't straight-there's like a double trunk and a little bit of an open spot near the back.....uh,huh.
Saturday Evening. "Are you sure that tree isn't leaning? It looks like it is....but after a day of Christmas shopping and up at 5:30, everything looks tippy. Let's go to bed.
Thank goodness the tree is near the window and the ceiling beam..nice to rest on, if you're a tippy tree.
12:45am...the tree is leaning, ALOT...it will tip over if we don't do something immediately. Did I mention I was in bed...sleeping?
Did you ever wonder why it takes so long to decorate a tree? Well, it only takes a fraction of the time to un decorate a tree. SO the tree comes down, we trim it down about 8 inches, and hoist it back up...straight this time, I swear. Back to bed, kinda.
Sunday 9Am......snow, snow, snow, but the tree looks wonderful...decorated, pretty straight....but I have my head in a computer for the day working.....
4pm....Time to take a break to make Lasagna. Does that tree look likes it's leaning slightly? No, I think it was leaning a little when we put it up (at 2am.)
5pm. Lasagna cooking,.Patriots winning. Miami Dolphins winning.
6pm. Eating lasagna, drinking wine...life is good.
7pm. Relaxing in the TV room.......
CRASH! Oh shit....
Tree resting on the bar...Thank goodness it fell forward and not to either side! "I just don't understand!? Is it a different kind of tree?" It's top heavy, I say. Get it out of here, I'm done.
"Well we have to trim it before we get it out of here....are you sure you want to get rid of it? What will we do, have no Christmas tree?"
"Whatever! I am tired.... More undecorating. Miraculously, only 2 broken ornaments. This is getting really old. I don't even like this tree as it gets smaller and smaller....take another foot off the bottom. "Hey, we can see the fireplace now, that's a good thing! And we only need three sets of lights! "
But the lights are broken, the tree stands naked in the living room in defiance. The ornaments, so carefully packed away wrapped in tissue paper have been thrown into a box, a disheveled mess. The Nutcracker soldiers are toppled over on the bar where they tried to defend against the attacking tree.
Trees are nice, but they are not Christmas. I don't even care about a tree anymore. I want a day off and I want eggnogg.
1 comment:
Yep, them real trees sure are a pain. I gave up on them after dragging one up through the condo. Never again! Spent the 100 buck on a nice fake tree. It's great, look pretty good too! Doesn't fall over, or need water. Three years and running now :-)
-M
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