T-Day Plus Three
I’m still full, thankyouverymuch.
Despite my newfound rotundness (rotundosity? rotundacy? rotundity?), I still managed to get all the Christmas lights hung by the stockings with care. Er, sorry – that didn’t make any sense, did it? There might be a little tryptophan left in my system.
Let’s try this again.
I put the Christmas lights up all around the roofline, the front door, the banister up the stairs to the front door, etc. We even got a couple of those lit-up deer with the moving heads. The heads are motorized so that passing drivers might think that we have live miniature deer on our lawn, festooned with tiny little lights. There’s a buck and a doe, although I’d really like to spend the thirty dollars to get a second doe. If you’ve got to paint the buck gold and cover him in more lights than Liberace had sequins, the least you can do is give him a second girl to play with. Or a second girl to be seen with, considering our neighbors.
It’s hard to enjoy rigging the lights on the roof, but I explained all that a couple years ago. The results are sure worth it though. Again, we went with the icicle lights
Steve, it’s great that you and Melissa are so in tune and have fun together, but the best is still to come. When little VP’s bright eyes see the tree and the lights, they’ll really become magical.
Here’s something you may not know. Kids always want their Christmas to be exactly the same as the previous one, so you only have this year and next to set your family traditions in concrete. Make sure you like that new topper because you’ll be looking at it for the next upteen years.
This granny will give the same advice. And beware, some of us are too old to be laughing this hard! Are you sure you weren’t channeling Steve H of Hog on Ice?
Dude, you’ve become Clark W. Griswold.
If your wife hurries, she can buy one of those Holiday In A Box type turkey feasts at SAMS. It’s got a turkey breast, wild rice stuffing, and glaze. That, plus a smoked ham and some veggies, was more than plenty for our Thanksgiving, and wasn’t nearly as much fuss ‘n’ feathers to prepare.
‘does shouting “Morty Christ!” in this universe count as taking the Lord’s name in vain?’
Yes! So cut it out.
The lights and tree sound good. You are way ahead of me. Good choice on Ella. Sounds like you are doing it right. It is way more fun once the kid is in on it, as you’ll soon see.