A few weeks ago, M let me know that she had ordered this year's Xmas tree from the Dinuba High School fund raising effort and that it would be delivered to Bill and Rita's (for onward transport to us) a week or so before Xmas. I said 'great' as I remembered that pretty much every year we're a little late to the party and have a tough time choosing and transporting a decent tree to our house.
So, you can imagine my surprise when I learned last weekend that the tree had arrived and was being delivered by Bill that Saturday night - after M's birthday dinner. And you can probably also imagine my further surprise when it was actually delivered and it turned out to be over 11 feet tall.
After some head scratching, sawing of the trunk to fit in the base - suggestions that Bill and Mark did all the work are patently false as it was my saw that they used ;) - and a 6 man effort to carry it inside we finally got it upright and were thankful that our ceilings are of the 12 foot variety.
There it has stood for the past week, wrapped up to keep the branches under control and drinking just about as much water as we would give it until last night when M and Meleena took control of putting up the lights and with a final 3 person effort - that I was very much a part of - we put the star on top and moved it over to the central column to take pride of place in our family room.
Cornflake is delighted; as are we - it's starting to feel Christmas-y now and I'm only sad that I won't be around this week to help/watch the rest of the transformation of the tree and house as the decoration process unfolds. I did, however, manage to get the outside lights up and install a fancy light detecting power unit so they'll be turning themselves on and off at dusk and midnight for the rest of season.
Joy to one and all!
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