(DOH) Christmas Tree, (DOH) Christmas Tree

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilMKmRIbD8YhOl9kWSo7xTOZgJywbMZnuPKZDDR_SugvGI43gd5BZT_irT5mlN4DUPqOf7FVInWIPpKxRGkIJTx4Y-cZ2gbAvdKMzyLFWckdUvAxAEeuQ5MHkO12sF0xuYPzUCZ2ER2SY/s1600/Christmas+Tree+13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilMKmRIbD8YhOl9kWSo7xTOZgJywbMZnuPKZDDR_SugvGI43gd5BZT_irT5mlN4DUPqOf7FVInWIPpKxRGkIJTx4Y-cZ2gbAvdKMzyLFWckdUvAxAEeuQ5MHkO12sF0xuYPzUCZ2ER2SY/s1600/Christmas+Tree+13.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm a little behind in decorating for Christmas. Three weeks ago, I WAS <em>ahead</em>. So far ahead, my family made fun of me. By Thanksgiving I had some <a href="http://happyhouseandhome.blogspot.com/2013/11/a-little-christmas-garland.html">garlands</a> up, we had the tree, we'd made an <a href="http://happyhouseandhome.blogspot.com/2013/11/making-outdoor-christmas-tree.html">outdoor tree for the front yard</a>. We were moving right along - full steam ahead. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>(Insert screeching brake noise here. Flu.)</em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Right before I got sick, we brought the tree in, and popped it in the tree stand. This is when we realized the tree was not quite as perfect as it looked in the field. (DOH!) In fact, it was the opposite of perfect. It looked like the entire trunk was crooked. So with some team work, Big A and I managed to tilt the tree <em><strong>just so</strong></em>, and it looked straight. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then we noticed, the one little gap we'd seen in the field, turned into three large gaps, and the one crooked branch turned into seven crooked branches.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"Nothing we can do about that now" we said. And so, <em>We Let The Kids Decorate The Tree</em>. (This is important to remember.) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We tried to use ornaments to fill in the gaps. We turned a blind eye to the crooked branches.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We stood back, with the ornaments hung, and ... realized that despite our tilting the tree <em><strong>just so</strong></em>, we not only had a crooked trunk, our straight alignment, turned out to be not even <em>close</em> the straight. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Big A had to lift the tree out of the stand, (with 2/3 of the lights on it, and all of the ornaments), and re-align it. <em>That</em> went well. And by "well", I mean - every swear word I know was muttered by Big A.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Let me mention at this time, our bulbs are made of glass. As it turns out, very thin glass. (Big A may have begged me to buy plastic rather than glass bulbs. I may have insisted on glass.) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So, as you can imagine this whole Christmas decorating thing has not been going quite as planned. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I needed remind myself - when times get tough, the tough... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><em>Laugh at others!</em></strong> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">C'mon! I'm not that bad! Sometimes I feel better about <strike>myself</strike> my tree, when I can laugh at others (trees). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>If you need to feel a little better too, here are a few trees, that make me feel better about my tree. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div>This tree makes me smile! A Londoner put this guy up. He makes my tree look happy. And that makes me happy!<br /><img alt="Unloved: Artist Dean Stockton gave London's discarded Christmas trees their own personalities" class="blkBorder" height="483" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/01/22/article-0-1715ECE8000005DC-739_634x483.jpg" width="634" /><br /><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2266324/Artist-Dean-Stockton-transforms-dumped-Christmas-firs-miserable-monsters-London.html">SOURCE</a><br /><br />Look at this one. Comparatively, my tree looks positively LUSH. Yay for my tree! <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Cheap Christmas Tree 2" border="0" src="http://ugly-christmas-trees.com/trees/cheap/cheap-christmas-tree-2.jpg" style="height: 450px; width: 300px;" title="Cheap Christmas Tree 2" /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkTseef9DSx7RLAvj9Dq-0oJYom68YigY0orL12_Vo8ARzBks995oWw1RR_fQ-wtuC5AJETRIbfPmap0LVwT9kjAufh3GtiLJf3q8-cH30SDhv5i2bWZrAINfdyZH-RwwgeUH-cOZlK6g/s1600/december2012+093.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a> </div>This image from Pinterest truly makes me feel better: <br /><img alt="Charlie brown Christmas tree!" class="pinImage" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/07/3c/c0/073cc0c9199b8f781518686d73362a43.jpg" style="height: 640px; margin: 0px auto; padding: 40px 0px; width: 640px;" /><br />Yeah, that's sad. :-( for that tree and :-) for my tree. <br /><br />And look - this lil tree makes my tree look rod straight: <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="My who-ville/charlie brown christmas tree" class="pinImage" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/5c/4b/f5/5c4bf5a44c2bce45c75bb6b57ea44841.jpg" style="height: 672px; margin: 0px auto; padding: 40px 0px; width: 380px;" /></div><br />See? Now I feel better! After all, maybe our tree will be just fine with a little love. <br /><br /><img alt="Custom order on Etsy, $10.00. For a customers Charlie Brown Christmas tree." class="pinImage" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/66/4f/2a/664f2a8c5ccb09fd59c2e33bb05aa504.jpg" style="height: 666px; margin: 0px auto; padding: 40px 0px; width: 570px;" /><br />(To order this adorable sign, go to: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/168974966/custom-order-la-dawn-chaffin">source</a>)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfmxD1t2roOTTEFu3GEH-PWUfBassi1SCjBqWnhAYkz0gPssrBuBAzhR5DJNuDzUybwardHbeFscZd2N85lF7tjhWJxeyKC73sj8sKVWRsEvx08vTpm_dIbqYd6Mas8zmHmGbVpY5zXj4/s1600/Christmas+Tree+13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfmxD1t2roOTTEFu3GEH-PWUfBassi1SCjBqWnhAYkz0gPssrBuBAzhR5DJNuDzUybwardHbeFscZd2N85lF7tjhWJxeyKC73sj8sKVWRsEvx08vTpm_dIbqYd6Mas8zmHmGbVpY5zXj4/s1600/Christmas+Tree+13.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br />Now my tree just doesn't look so shabby to me. How about you? How's your tree? How's your decorating coming along? <br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">(NOTE: Sources for the images are noted, otherwise, they are images from Google and Pinterest, and didn't have a source listed. Please also note that I'm not really making fun of any of the above trees. They're all adorable in their own way!)</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

(DOH) Christmas Tree, (DOH) Christmas Tree

      I'm a little behind in decorating for Christmas. Three weeks ago, I WAS ahead . So far ahead, my family made fun of me. By Thanksg...

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Making an Outdoor Christmas Tree

<div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm3Rcbu6J6EX0tdUdZng-dGd0ByE1taFYCQXEwum2m5702c9kQuo_Nv2BAVN0ddVmEGZN2OjihmOROGTCa33-qyh2xcghSkxdHQpmMIoZq2V1A7DiBO9qlTKXiws4ifxehiTDjafAePcY/s1600/aug+2013+013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="build a tree, make a christmas tree, build a christmas tree" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm3Rcbu6J6EX0tdUdZng-dGd0ByE1taFYCQXEwum2m5702c9kQuo_Nv2BAVN0ddVmEGZN2OjihmOROGTCa33-qyh2xcghSkxdHQpmMIoZq2V1A7DiBO9qlTKXiws4ifxehiTDjafAePcY/s320/aug+2013+013.JPG" title="" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>Our front yard of full of trees. It's beautiful, but at Christmas time, there's one glaring omission - not one pine tree to wrap in lights. Last year we decided to try and wrap a couple of the maple tree trunks with lights. It looked kinda cool. But we wanted a more traditional look. <br /><br />(Planting a pine tree isn't an option because we like the look of the yard exactly as it is the rest of the year.)  <br /><br />So we had the <em>great idea</em> to build a tree. (Reeeeaaal traditional, I know!) Oh, we were well aware that this could be a total waste of time, but we like to live on the edge. <br /><br />Off to Home Depot. <br /><br />We didn't have a list or a plan. <em>We talked about ideas in the truck.</em> That was our plan. <br /><br />After walking around Home Depot aimlessly for a while, here's what we bought: <br /><br /><strong>4 x 1/2" x 10' of conduit pipe</strong> (these are super fun to carry around in Home Depot - I didn't look back to see the carnage left behind..)<br /><strong>1 x Conduit T</strong> or Junction Connector <br /><strong>3 x 1/2" x 2" Re-rods</strong> <br /><strong>Zip Ties</strong><br /><strong>A Twinkle Light Star</strong><br /><strong>Twinkling Icicle Lights</strong> - we got the kind with random twinkling so it looks like they're shimmering. Here's a link if you're interested! <br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004HLJ6QM/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B004HLJ6QM&linkCode=as2&tag=fymoho-20">Celebrations Lighting V84B4112 Shimmering Icicle Light 100</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=fymoho-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B004HLJ6QM" style="border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIAP0Ccj1Ho1vRc1H0oOMMcchR64t4n0_lbxBeSdLyBxiqSPiR8bRLXdo3cm2Eb5P9fqyIUlZapKS5irDi_QUl0tkBJVbH0bYi-Rp5D6Ltled6BLKgtswoHz9jsyxgIn7LB0dNUCr6N-g/s1600/conduit1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIAP0Ccj1Ho1vRc1H0oOMMcchR64t4n0_lbxBeSdLyBxiqSPiR8bRLXdo3cm2Eb5P9fqyIUlZapKS5irDi_QUl0tkBJVbH0bYi-Rp5D6Ltled6BLKgtswoHz9jsyxgIn7LB0dNUCr6N-g/s320/conduit1.jpg" width="232" /></a></div><br /><br />Looks like a tree already, huh? Can you see it yet? Me either. <br /><br />We needed the pipe bender. (We spent 45 minutes searching our basement for this thing! If you're looking for yours - look on the table in plain sight - that's were it will be.) <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm_ikNxVlKu18Si1gC5tEr1g9cwPA9gRVLRyST0mFvbc46Xe-RfKIG8f7L-JglIwBstk9snVQYv0XDBiyHtfqrLvhJsvt40KdEKJB4VfEwGBNf7RoW2114cuA9NGWXOYyIRbaLrkNn7D8/s1600/pipe+bender1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm_ikNxVlKu18Si1gC5tEr1g9cwPA9gRVLRyST0mFvbc46Xe-RfKIG8f7L-JglIwBstk9snVQYv0XDBiyHtfqrLvhJsvt40KdEKJB4VfEwGBNf7RoW2114cuA9NGWXOYyIRbaLrkNn7D8/s320/pipe+bender1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />It was sunny, but frigid outside, so we were working fast! The whole project (not including searching for the pipe bender) took about an hour. <br /><br />The first thing we did, was use the pipe bender to bend the conduit about 66 degrees, so that it would fit into the T and taper down to the ground. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMFL3rCpMsAtmFuUD5sYtH_7JKtqrJmLegAUdBFe2xZ9ZofKMEf4imSEiFqdLPVx2venkGmiil55AXmuUXon2MqHf1KlctT3WxBkOIF5R1SL6UMjmaNQeofl8hGnPy4u7pSB18Rd4a6o4/s1600/junction+connector.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMFL3rCpMsAtmFuUD5sYtH_7JKtqrJmLegAUdBFe2xZ9ZofKMEf4imSEiFqdLPVx2venkGmiil55AXmuUXon2MqHf1KlctT3WxBkOIF5R1SL6UMjmaNQeofl8hGnPy4u7pSB18Rd4a6o4/s320/junction+connector.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once the pipe was bent, we put it into the T and tightened the screws. This is what the top of the "tree" looked like: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP-ZaLT-MWjifUggr6Uc8hpJcPdCfo7HRO0sIXuutkr1k9KfE7xTVwo32I_LmZt2GQSfAB4rTex6bOxjL4z4fOSWg5RR3_QSYxP5D7d2N0j62368qmvQdiLPTwmIxHPHD7SZVv2joGvHU/s1600/top+of+tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP-ZaLT-MWjifUggr6Uc8hpJcPdCfo7HRO0sIXuutkr1k9KfE7xTVwo32I_LmZt2GQSfAB4rTex6bOxjL4z4fOSWg5RR3_QSYxP5D7d2N0j62368qmvQdiLPTwmIxHPHD7SZVv2joGvHU/s320/top+of+tree.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">It's about 8" across at the top, but don't worry, it's 10 feet tall so it looks pretty pointed once it's lit.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">To keep the frame secure we used 3 re-rods which Big A sledge hammered into the dirt. This is where the blood came in. Poor Big A sledged hammered his finger! We then fit the conduit pipe onto the re-rods. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_KBAS-rvJvoFjZw0Eed2C5vt5hgC3hYV9mpEpAk4_CF0LLkvxGVXzkT6B-UAEaLS__rRLusPIU_SwoMsgIHO7OEwppAmTJxyjvDHvF6a4ehz1bdiSBZAnr1aVVkSp0xJMbHxC5Rz_a0o/s1600/tree+frame2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_KBAS-rvJvoFjZw0Eed2C5vt5hgC3hYV9mpEpAk4_CF0LLkvxGVXzkT6B-UAEaLS__rRLusPIU_SwoMsgIHO7OEwppAmTJxyjvDHvF6a4ehz1bdiSBZAnr1aVVkSp0xJMbHxC5Rz_a0o/s320/tree+frame2.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">We wrapped the icicle lights around the tree frame at 6" intervals. We secured the lights with about a million zip ties. This took FOREVER. (Maybe it was only half an hour, but at this point our feet and fingers were frozen.) </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXOYcgC9N_Its9T6kF3W_0nlXBCW5OqN1SBQC5i48rd3jbfO1FonCcm5FjVhO3H_yelDNPGZkN4rhckpaVO0Go3IGhtg2Q-XZHfVAu7mGjs0iiJgG7q6UakkmV1jNKMXdRU76Lq3n3Ak8/s1600/lit+tree1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXOYcgC9N_Its9T6kF3W_0nlXBCW5OqN1SBQC5i48rd3jbfO1FonCcm5FjVhO3H_yelDNPGZkN4rhckpaVO0Go3IGhtg2Q-XZHfVAu7mGjs0iiJgG7q6UakkmV1jNKMXdRU76Lq3n3Ak8/s320/lit+tree1.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP-ZaLT-MWjifUggr6Uc8hpJcPdCfo7HRO0sIXuutkr1k9KfE7xTVwo32I_LmZt2GQSfAB4rTex6bOxjL4z4fOSWg5RR3_QSYxP5D7d2N0j62368qmvQdiLPTwmIxHPHD7SZVv2joGvHU/s1600/top+of+tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a> </div>Once the lights were on, we put the star on top. This proved a little tricky. We drilled a hole in the top of the T and put a tine of the star in the hole, but it was too wobbly. Solution - silver duct tape the "you know what" out of it! <br /><br />Done. <br /><br />The actual frame cost about $20. (The lights, star and extension cords are worth about $100 extra). <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_KBAS-rvJvoFjZw0Eed2C5vt5hgC3hYV9mpEpAk4_CF0LLkvxGVXzkT6B-UAEaLS__rRLusPIU_SwoMsgIHO7OEwppAmTJxyjvDHvF6a4ehz1bdiSBZAnr1aVVkSp0xJMbHxC5Rz_a0o/s1600/tree+frame2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZwHXkGliZY_2UF1MpBCcsokH2bvaxTMQY9-8OMpUx6jV3VCuq9ZrkulLBBCQfwulPUwx9Y4HfX-AGwB7_YdFWILhKuNORsUNwEkXqey5RDNI0bXChs65QlKw0dXx5svh_pALNpZsP5hg/s1600/xmastree1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZwHXkGliZY_2UF1MpBCcsokH2bvaxTMQY9-8OMpUx6jV3VCuq9ZrkulLBBCQfwulPUwx9Y4HfX-AGwB7_YdFWILhKuNORsUNwEkXqey5RDNI0bXChs65QlKw0dXx5svh_pALNpZsP5hg/s320/xmastree1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />It looks tiny in this photo, but it's actually 10 feet tall and 5 feet wide at the base. All in all we were pretty pleased with ourselves. We might have high-fived. In fact, we might build a couple of smaller trees to keep it company. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzy7CkGc6EJhnuRsiS2JfOfxoAKVa1PzKKnPptfGv_vvvtCkEcqQWSDBBF2OS-ChjeQw9IhLapLpBGkxiQfl88a4Ewf-PPRqa_0P0Udr4tqWbicoMNBTGzNDBMGmXUDr5HgxZ0c1NxsZA/s1600/christmastree6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzy7CkGc6EJhnuRsiS2JfOfxoAKVa1PzKKnPptfGv_vvvtCkEcqQWSDBBF2OS-ChjeQw9IhLapLpBGkxiQfl88a4Ewf-PPRqa_0P0Udr4tqWbicoMNBTGzNDBMGmXUDr5HgxZ0c1NxsZA/s320/christmastree6.jpg" width="182" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm3Rcbu6J6EX0tdUdZng-dGd0ByE1taFYCQXEwum2m5702c9kQuo_Nv2BAVN0ddVmEGZN2OjihmOROGTCa33-qyh2xcghSkxdHQpmMIoZq2V1A7DiBO9qlTKXiws4ifxehiTDjafAePcY/s1600/aug+2013+013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a> </div><br /><br /><br />

Making an Outdoor Christmas Tree

   Our front yard of full of trees. It's beautiful, but at Christmas time, there's one glaring omission - not one pine tree to wrap...

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