So Jeremy had to go to Moab for work and I thought I will put up the lights and surprise him. This morning I got the the lights out at 10:45. First I got all the lights out, plugged them in and tested them, most of them worked, I messed with a few that had problems, and I threw a set away. I planned on taking about two hours to complete this task.
Jeremy's one rule was if I was going to try to put up the lights, I couldn't get on the roof. I know how dangerous roofs can be in the winter, but I thought I can do this. I will set the ladder up and climb up over the roof and them just connect the lights to the rain gutter. I climbed the ladder and got to the top and realized the pitch on the roof was much steeper than I had thought. I climbed down the ladder and thought about how the heck I could do this. I didn't have a ladder that was tall enough to set up and hang them while standing on the ladder. I came to the conclusion that I would have to just put the lights in the bushes and trees.
So I began decorating the bushes and I wasn't very happy with the way they were looking. My neighbor walked by and I asked her how she liked my red-neck Christmas lights. She said why don't you use my adjustable ladder and I will hold it for you and you can hang them from the rain gutters. Okay that will be great. We got her ladder and I removed all the lights from the bushes.
She helped me do three-forths of the roof and then I ran out of lights. So I had to run to Home Depot. Forty dollars later I had 7 new sets of lights and 3 extension cords. I got home and we finished the rest of the roof and then I did a few bushes. By this time it was 5:45 and dark. My two hour project turned into 7 hours.
I couldn't believe what a pain in the butt it was.
The sad thing is, is that it isn't that many lights, but I am not doing any more. And next year when Jeremy says he doesn't have time..... I will know exactly what he means.
8 comments:
Looks great Darcie! You go girl! Beautiful job :)
Looks great! I would have never done anything like that, you are awesome:)
hey Darcie, its Alyssa Bateman. I found your blog off of Dari Ortons, how are you doing? Do you remember me from when you lived in murray? We moved also but just by the jordan river parkway
i know, i was so excited when i found your blog. Yes I am a senior now, crazy huh? Haha how old is she now? I remember when she was just little and I babysat her. Well ya know I just might take you up on your offer depending on how things go once i graduate. I was going to go to USU and do ROTC but I think i'm going to take year off and then I will either go there or go to SLCC and get EMT certified. So we'll have to see, I just really want to take a year off of school ya know what i mean? I will definitley tell her hi, tell hayden hi for me if she even remembers me... haha so good to talk to you. lets keep in touch. :D
Yeah, if my husband said he didn't have time to do the lights I wouldn't have any up either - way to go though, they look great!!!
Can I vent for a moment? Jeremy should have some of those clothes pins...but he doesn't! It is a sore spot with me, what "meaning" would they have to her anyway? Grrr. Ok, I am done. K, so your header is adorable. You need to let me know how you are doing it? Over the summer I was trying to teach myself how to do digital scrapbooking, but I am not a very good teacher :( I need photoshop I suppose. I have this program called paint.net. It can do some cool things, but I am to dumb to figure it out. There are TONZ of tutorials on photoshop, very little on paint.net. Anyway, next time I see ya we need to have some blog talk. Lol! So cute!
Darcie, we are a lot alike I believe. You worry too much, I definatley did not think you were being a snot about the red neck decorations. You make me laugh! :) Now, how DO we stop worring so much? The million dollar question.
Your house looks great Darcie! Way to go! Happy Holidays!
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