Christmas
I wonder how much money is made off of Christmas decorations and lights. By my estimation it must be a fortune, because of people like me. I decided to clean out my basement on Saturday and went through my Xmas stuff to see where I stood and what my damage was for a year's worth of neglect. Unfortunately my fake pre-lit tree didn't work and my outside lights were in a giant tangled ball like from National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (minute 4:04 in movie below, which I also watched this weekend).
Well I ended up making a trip to Home Depot and Target (Target=death trap for spending money on useless products that are $10 or $20) to add my money to the Christmas collection pot. I wasted my hard earned money on a fake 6 foot tree and outside lights, which will be up for approximately 20 days. At least I am not the lone person on the block who didn't put up lights, although right now I am the only person who has put up lights. I thought I would post a picture of my house for all to see. However, it looks like my house is on fire, maybe I need to take another photo.
Hot Dogs
Also for your amusement I took a photo of my dogs asleep in front of my fireplace. Lazy dachshunds, they slept while I decorated.
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From WikiHow:
Icicle lights make your house look great, but unless you buy new ones every year they are nearly impossible to untangle when you pull them out of storage. This is one way to store icicle lights and make next year's Christmas a little more merry.
Steps
1. Get a roll of plastic sheeting at a hardware store or home center. About 4 mil thickness is about right.
2. Take down one strand of icicle lights and lay it out flat on the ground. Unroll the plastic sheeting and cut off a piece about 1 foot longer than the strand.
3. Lay the first strand on top of the plastic along the edge. Fold all of the icicle strands in the same direction so that they are parallel with the main wire.
4. Roll the plastic from the edge until the strand is completely rolled up inside the plastic. Roll up only enough plastic to completely cover all of the wires and bulbs.
5. Take down the next strand and lay it on the plastic next to the roll that you just created. Like before, fold all of the icicles in the same direction parallel to the main wire. Continue rolling up the plastic until all of the wires and bulbs are covered.
6. Repeat the previous step until you get to the edge of the plastic or you have all of your icicles rolled up. Leave a little extra plastic beyond the last strand to make sure that the lights won't pop out the edge as you handle them.
7. After you have rolled up all that a plastic sheet will hold, a few pieces of duct tape with hold everything together. Don't forget to tape the ends to keep the icicles from slipping out the end.
8. After you have your icicle "log" taped up, you can roll or fold it as much as you want without tangling. You can even put several logs together and tape them, creating an even bigger log.
Hope this helps! Merry Christmas
I am in love with weiner dogs, but my boyfriend does not like them - he'd prefer to get something like an Alaskan Wolfhound. I don't like dogs that shed or slobber or yip and yap (which narrows down the options quite a bit), and I really don't think I'm that much of a dog person, except I love how happy dachsunds are, and that makes me happy.
However, as we're have a small apartment now and aren't home very often, the point is moot - except to say, Zach, please post more photos of your cute doggies so I can enjoy them vicariously!!
I put up my 4-foot tree this weekend, too, fortunately mine still works! I only had a few decorations in the box, though - the rest are somewhere deep in our 10x10 storage unit.
Oh, and Bed Bath and Beyond is another moneysucker when it comes to things that you think you might need or that you just can't resist!
Your house does look "on fire" in the pic. Thanks for describing your Holiday decorating frenzy because the comment someone posted from WikiHow on storing icicle lights is perfect. I may be adding about four strings of those this year. The "kids" do look pretty comfy in front of the fireplace. They could care less about your decorating trials and tribulations.
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