When do you put up your Christmas tree? (China: purchase, storage)

[forest beekeeper]

Originally Posted by Zymer

Some people have different priorities. They might choose having fun over making their yard look like something out of BH&G. Some people have a psychological need for perfection and will expend enormous sums of money to have their yard project a particular appearance while others simply couldn't care less.

As one who has been known to let yardwork fall by the wayside, I can understand it. I'd much rather fill up the gas tank on my bike than the tank on the mower, and go cruising down the road with the wind in my face. Life is too short to worry about the grass. When I'm about to cash in my chips and go for the long sleep under the grass, I'm sure as heck not going to be wishing I'd cut it more often. Anybody what don't like it can come and do it for me if that is how they want to spend their time.

LOL

Cute

I do recognize that for some folks the decorations are important.

It is kind of like the whole idea of lawns. As we have moved so many times, into different homes. Surrounded by neighbors who love lawns and mowing. I hate mowing. So I have consistently converted lawns into gardens, most places we have lived.

They both require work.

To me a garden is performing a function.

I don't think of decorations as doing anything.

So I don't usually do much decorating. The last time that we had a 'Christmas tree', I bought a small potted tree and planted it in our front lawn, at one home. That was a few years ago though, the property manager told me that last summer they had that same tree cut down as it had gotten too big.

My parents are both 'stuck' in the Great Depression mindset, so they never did much holiday decorating. They still don't now.

I do not intend any insult to folks who do like to decorate.

[boonelsewhere]

yard what's yard, the area that look like you can walk on it because my dog and i been there and walk on it.

Originally Posted by Zymer

Some people have different priorities. They might choose having fun over making their yard look like something out of BH&G. Some people have a psychological need for perfection and will expend enormous sums of money to have their yard project a particular appearance while others simply couldn't care less.

As one who has been known to let yardwork fall by the wayside, I can understand it. I'd much rather fill up the gas tank on my bike than the tank on the mower, and go cruising down the road with the wind in my face. Life is too short to worry about the grass. When I'm about to cash in my chips and go for the long sleep under the grass, I'm sure as heck not going to be wishing I'd cut it more often. Anybody what don't like it can come and do it for me if that is how they want to spend their time.

[jacq63]

As one who had her first White Xmas this past year, I gotta say, I thought you New Englanders did really well in prettying up your places. I'm not one for all the Xmas stuff myself, but really enjoyed the N.E atmosphere!

Some folks did go overboard on the yard decorations but I think it goes well with all the snow. Those inflatable jobs look really sad when they're, er...not so inflated. I don't think they should be left around like that...it looks like they've died there on the lawn!

[Maineah]

I suspect we will get a tree this weekend or the beginning of next week sometime Then I get to put up my favorite home made decoration. DW made some toy soldiers out of old fashioned clothes pins about 20 years ago. The ones without the metal spring. She painted them up with little red uniforms and glued little black pop poms on top for a hat...they were cute. She gave me one to decorate and I painted a butt in his mouth and the hand is flipping the bird. I know it was completely childish but the kids always look for "the nasty soldier" on the tree!

[tcrackly]

Originally Posted by Zymer

Some people have different priorities. They might choose having fun over making their yard look like something out of BH&G. Some people have a psychological need for perfection and will expend enormous sums of money to have their yard project a particular appearance while others simply couldn't care less.

As one who has been known to let yardwork fall by the wayside, I can understand it. I'd much rather fill up the gas tank on my bike than the tank on the mower, and go cruising down the road with the wind in my face. Life is too short to worry about the grass. When I'm about to cash in my chips and go for the long sleep under the grass, I'm sure as heck not going to be wishing I'd cut it more often. Anybody what don't like it can come and do it for me if that is how they want to spend their time.

Amen.

[juststoppinby]

My Christmas tree is patiently waiting for DH to find out if there is a mouse in it or perhaps a dead mouse
Last year we lived in an older apartment with a partially finished attic for storage. I swore there were mice up there but of course DH assured me that there were not any mice up there. (I am pretty sure that he feared having to live through an episode of me sitting on a bar stool for 9 hours...again.) Anyway, this past summer we moved into a much nicer townhome type of apartment and we have a full nice, clean basement. The christmas tree has been in it's own little box just as I left it last time, patiently waiting for me to come get it. Well..I did. I brought it into the livingroom 2 days ago, finally opened the box last night and found a nest of some sort. I freaked out..DH insisted that since the box had been in the livingroom with the new kitten there was no mouse in there. He thought it would make me feel better to know that if there had been a mouse in there he was not in the box any longer...to me that meant if there was a mouse in there and he is no longer in the box he is...where????
This is not good....no...not good at all.

[CoastalMaine]

If the nest is indeed empty, the mouse probably was from your last place and you don't need to worry about it anymore.

[Maineah]

Originally Posted by CoastalMaine

If the nest is indeed empty, the mouse probably was from your last place and you don't need to worry about it anymore.

I know how you feel.... we're empty nesters now too!

[darstar]

Originally Posted by Zymer

Some people have different priorities. They might choose having fun over making their yard look like something out of BH&G. Some people have a psychological need for perfection and will expend enormous sums of money to have their yard project a particular appearance while others simply couldn't care less.

As one who has been known to let yardwork fall by the wayside, I can understand it. I'd much rather fill up the gas tank on my bike than the tank on the mower, and go cruising down the road with the wind in my face. Life is too short to worry about the grass. When I'm about to cash in my chips and go for the long sleep under the grass, I'm sure as heck not going to be wishing I'd cut it more often. Anybody what don't like it can come and do it for me if that is how they want to spend their time.

I never owned a lawn mower , and , I never will......there are " people" that take care of that. Now , big boulders , and water effects , thats a different story....

[fxtrader]

We went to the tree farm today and got ours. We usually cut our own but with the bad weather we picked one out that the farm had already cut. We also got a couple of nice wreathes and a kissing ball. I have never heard of one of these before, maybe a new version of a missle toe.