...or as it turned out, several problems.
We decided to make getting the Christmas tree this year as easy as possible. There's just too much snow on the ground to get very picky about the tree. We just need a tree.
The decision was to find one not too far from the driveway so that we could haul it in the car to the house.
Once the tree is cut down the steps are as follows:
Haul the tree from the back of the car to the front deck.
Measure and cut to correct length
Trim any dead branches
Add the tree stand
Oops!
This step was not part of the plan. At least it was a soft landing.
I helped him get up since he was kind of floundering on top of the snow berm. We managed to get the tree in the back of the car and back to the house.
We have a tarp to place on top of the carpet in the living room so that the snow that's frozen on the tree branches can thaw out.
Our next problem was finding out that we did not have enough of the colored lights for the tree. Several of the strands were no longer working, so this was as far as we got with the decorations. There will be a trip to the store tomorrow to buy more lights.
There's no rush getting it decorated so tomorrow will be fine. Miss Lady was really curious about having a tree in the house, but after several "no's", she has adjusted to the thing.
Later, Jon told me he had a Christmas gift for me, which would be extremely unusual since it's not even close to Christmas Day yet. He said, "I'm going to give it to you right now. Follow me."
Here it is! He sorted his socks and threw away all of the old ones. An empty drawer, to fill up, just for me.
Merry Christmas!
(I think it's the first time in our more than fifty year marriage that he has ever sorted through his socks and thrown some away.). There's a first time for everything, even after fifty years.
I almost forgot to add this photo. It was getting too dark for a decent shot, but here it is anyway. Two bull elk crossing the pasture and I got to my camera in time for one photo.
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