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December 07, 2006
Christmas Lights et al....
The neighborshood is all dressed up in holiday lights...well, all the houses surrounding the strange house behind the hedges; that one looked a little naked. So today I was determined to make my hula-hoop/greens/lights for the side of the house. I got out all the "stuff" but instead of using real greens this year, I decided to use some fake trim left over from my mother's Christmas stash. (Yeah, I still have all her stuff after, what?,8 years?) It is pretty cheesy BUT, I won't have to remake it every year AND no one can really tell from street....much. Maybe next year I'll use real greens again ...maybe
Amazed as I was, I was also thrilled to have all the parts together; the box with the lights and the on/off timer was right there with the hula hoop in the garage. Of course it also started to snow while I was assembling it all in the den but at least it wasn't as cold or windy as yesterday and I was still determined.
Hhhhmmmm...gee that Timer sure is dirty, dusty looking. Yeah, well, it was in the garage, what do you want? But it was in a box, it shouldn't be all that bad. The box was open. Soooo? Hey what's that? Why does the plug look like it has a dried up wad of mud surrounding the prongs? hhmmm...grass sticking out of it? Nooooo. Look closer...are those ears? Feet? toenails? A tail? Good lord, there was a petrified mouse wrapped around the prongs of the timer. I knew this was sufficient grounds for buying a new timer but I really didn't want to go out...and I really wanted to get the "wreath" up.
Yup...flipped off the mouse into the woods. EEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWW.
Gross.........wash hands fifty times even though I used paper towels.
So now, My wreath is up and lit..........our house doesn't look quite so mousey tonight. So to speak...;-D
Have a good evening all..........oh yeah, I tried to take photos but the glare from the fur was a problem. There must be a really good reason you all were spared the visual.
Posted by frani at December 7, 2006 10:28 PM
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But I want to see pictures. Really I do.
Posted by: Gail ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.frani.net/weblog3//nav-commenters.gif)
at December 8, 2006 02:59 PM
I wanna see the wreathe.....
Posted by: Risa at December 19, 2006 01:23 PM
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