The Tree

Finally, our tree is standing in the house.  We put it in it's stand on December 18th.  Wheww-almost missed the deadline.

Part of me wants to keep it up until roughly Valentines day because of all the time decorating a tree takes.  The length of time should be in mathematical proportion to the length of time it took to decorate the tree.  We will see about that one.

DadOfAllTrades had the tree in the garage to melt.  Or at least have the snow from the blizzard that caused us to get the tree so late melt.  He propped it up on the tractor so the water would melt down and the tree wouldn't be sitting in a puddle.  When he went out in the morning, he noticed the tree had fallen over.  No biggie, he thought and tried to right the tree.

Then he noticed that the top two feet were still on the ground.

So, we tried to put the tree up without the top two feet, hoping a large angel would cover the problem.  It actually looked like the angel was in a volcano.

Then we tried to just prop up the top in the branches.  Kinda worked, but it could not hold up the angel and she was listing to one side.

So, I did what any CreativeMama would do.  I used duct tape.  Of course the fullness of the tree (the part that attracted me to it in the first place) caused such fixing to be a mini nightmare.  I tried with long strips.  I tried with short strips. I think I finally have it.  Just don't get near the tree this year or you may have pine needles embedded in your skull when the top springs off again.

Now our tree is up, it is taped, and I have yet to finish the lights and let the boys loose on the ornaments.

Ahh, Christmas.