From One Tree To Another

It's taking forever, but the kids are still doing it. We'll see how long this lasts...

An Unexpected Gift

It took me days to get all the ornaments onto my Christmas tree this year. I just couldn't get into the holiday spirit. But, we got it done, and all was good.

Today I got a phone call from a friend of Junior's. He asked if we wanted his old Christmas tree, because they were getting a new one. Now, their old tree is about three years old, and they are getting rid of it because it is a pre-lit one and the lights won't light. (this is something Junior could easily fix, but i like my twinkle lights anyway, so no big deal) I was prepared to put the new tree away, and use it next year.

Oh, if only I got my way. Right now the kids are taking the ornaments from one tree and putting them on the other. I am staying out of the way. But, I am sure that before long, they will get bored, and i will be left doing all the work.

At least that is what usually happens.

Best Picture Of The Day

We were at the lake this morning, and I couldn't resist taking some shots of the trees in all their beautiful Fall colors. I love how I got the reflection in the water. This is going to be my screen saver for a while. I took a bunch of other shots, too, and will post them over the next few days.

Tree Down

This is a picture of the tree that fell in our yard a few weeks ago. You can see how muddy my yard was. It still is, actually. I will be happy when it warms up enough to dry it out, but I don't see that happening any time soon. In fact, Junior called this morning to say it was snowing on his way to work. I didn't hear the phone...I was sleeping, so me and the kids missed it!

Close Call

I mentioned on my other blog that my yard is one big mud puddle. Or maybe that was facebook. Either way, our yard is a soggy swampy mess. When we went out this afternoon, hubby decided to park on the other side of the fence and walk over to our house, because the van was getting stuck in the mud. Who knew that would be the best decision we would make today.

About an hour after getting home, I am sitting here blog hopping, and all of a sudden we heard an awful cracking, followed by a whoosh.

A huge pine tree in our yard toppled over!

And landed in the exact spot where we usually park our car!

Thank God we parked it on the other side, or we would be hurting right now.

And thank God it didn't land on the house.

As soon as I get my computer back I will post pictures.