At my little cottage! We put up the tree yesterday and she is a beauty! Tall and fat and thick and just lovely (pictures at a different time). And so well lit! This year I resolved to throw away all my old, sporadically working lights and invest in all new lights. Some of the old lights were close to ancient (but Midwest girl that I am, they were working so I had to stand by them). Since I've been in this house I've used 3 strands of colored lights - one never twinkled, one sometimes twinkled, and one twinkled. Yes, kind of drove me nuts. This year, the day after Thanksgiving, I bought 6 boxes of white, 100 bulb, strands of Christmas lights. And yes indeed, all 600 lights are on my tree. It is beautiful and cheery and makes me smile hugely. And, for the first time since I've been in this house, all of the ornaments are on the tree. This is partly because H is home for the weekend and she likes to decorate the tree. It was fun - we have many ornaments that have stories behind them.
Of course, M needed a tree as well so we took care of that Friday evening at his place. He has a mere 400 lights on a tree that is larger than mine, but still, his is a beauty as well. It's his first live tree ever and I think - hope - he is sold on how awesome it is to have a live tree. He seems to be.
Friday was family night at M's house - all 6 of us were together for M's birthday dinner. Yum! We made Tuscan chicken, which was pretty much amazing. Given the small quantity of leftovers, I think we did a good job. We followed that with a couple of games of Right-Left-Center. Family nights and game night are just about the best thing ever!
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