Originally Posted by Fish n Chips 56

Oh Boy, Not You As Well...

We live in Christmas tree country, within a few miles of my home there has to be a million or more of them, we had a Christmas tree farm in our back yard until developers built homes.

We had real trees for years, my wife always wanted the perfect tree, we'd find it, chop it down and bring it home, it was always too tall, and getting it in that stand perfectly was always a challenge, Id sometimes give up and shim one corner with books.

We had a few different stands, some had screws in the side, my favorite was the one in which you had to drill a six inch hole in the trunk, if you didn't get it exactly right you'd have to cut off six inches and try again hahahaaa...

We'd have to get two tree's, one for us and one for my parents, plus dress them both, finally about five years ago we bought a Martha Stewart tree, it rotates with lights built in, it was nice and still is except ever since the 2nd time we used it the lights were a problem, some work some don't, every year we seem to waste an hour trying to make them all work. Ahhhhhh its Made in China.

We always give up, it doesn't rotate and we put our old lights on it, My wife always sneaks out and gets some pine cones off a tree that hangs over our fence, at least we don't have to clean up needles and worry about sap.

I still have a big old red and green stand Trotty if you want it...

Originally Posted by trottytrue

You know you have to find the humour in this. Right now the tree is straight. Only because I have a book squeezed under one side of the tree stand. I wouldnt mind but I had a really good stand that I used for years but decided to sell it last year Didnt think I would need it. Dah.


Mummy..The dog trying to bite my feet was the last straw, the more I tried to move my foot around the more she thought I was playing. Everything was dry this morning. I kinda smell like a Christmas tree, must be in my hair. I think the remark that got me today was my dear hubby telling me that there was a bare spot with no lights

Originally Posted by Easterndawn

Hi Everyone,

Well, for those who were asking about Wee Mac, he is lovely and although it might be because I am his mommy, he is quite smart. He already follows me all over the house and has to be close to where I am sitting to go to sleep. He loves to cuddle, I was also taking care of my friends wee dog and I was not sure how Rudy would take to a new puppy, but they got on great together, although I am not sure if Rudy thought that Mac was a wind up toy or not He has also started to get a hand on the potty training part of his life and that is always the hardest part of the puppy years.

Originally Posted by trottytrue

Mummy..The dog trying to bite my feet was the last straw, the more I tried to move my foot around the more she thought I was playing. Everything was dry this morning. I kinda smell like a Christmas tree, must be in my hair. I think the remark that got me today was my dear hubby telling me that there was a bare spot with no lights

Originally Posted by Easterndawn

Hi Everyone,

Well, for those who were asking about Wee Mac, he is lovely and although it might be because I am his mommy, he is quite smart. He already follows me all over the house and has to be close to where I am sitting to go to sleep. He loves to cuddle, I was also taking care of my friends wee dog and I was not sure how Rudy would take to a new puppy, but they got on great together, although I am not sure if Rudy thought that Mac was a wind up toy or not He has also started to get a hand on the potty training part of his life and that is always the hardest part of the puppy years.

Originally Posted by sallysimmons

When I was 7, I fell and hurt myself. I can't remember what I did, but there was a dressing and removing it was painful. One night I started crying before my mum started to remove the bandage. I remember sobbing and saying 'I'm sorry for being upset."

Mum said 'why are you sorry?"

I said "because it means I'm not brave."

And she pushed my hair back from my face and said "oh sweetie ...being brave doesn't mean not being upset - it means the opposite. It means that even when you're upset, you find a way to get through it."

So I think you are every bit as strong as you appear, and whether you cry or not has nothing to do with it.

Originally Posted by trottytrue

I thought I would add some seasonal tone here. Pull up a chair and listen.

A few days ago my daughter called and said that she hoped we would have a tree for Christmas. I had thought I would not bother but decided not to disappoint anyone. So we bought one and a stand. A cheap stand but I thought only for one year. I had got rid of my good one during my garage sale

We put the tree up my hubby fitted it into the stand and I filled it with water, put the lights and ornaments on and stood back and admired my beautiful tree.

My hubby went to bed and I came on the computer which is in the next room. All of a sudden I heard a loud thud I ran thinking my hubby had fallen but no he was in bed. When I went into the living room there was the tree flat on its back ornaments all over the place , water everywhere.

Fixing it proved difficult. We put it back into the stand my hubby tightened the screws again and made sure it was straight. We stood back to look at it and while standing admiring it the dam thing started to ever so gently lean forward and fall again. We both made a dash for it and caught it before it fell. Hubby concluded that the cheap stand I had bought was not strong enough to hold the dam tree. So we put it back into the stand me lying on my belly water soaking me, the dog thinking I was playing was chewing on my socks and trying to pull them off. Having decided the stand would not be able to hold the tree in place we now have rope tide around the middle of the tree and tied to the curtain rail While I was trying to tie it to the rail I turned around and the dog had decided that the rope was a toy and was pulling on one end of it. She thought the whole thing was playtime. Racing around like a speeding bullet. Eyeing up the ornaments till I shouted at her.

It now looks like a very sad tree, leaning slightly towards the curtain rail branches broken and the tree skirt soaking in water. I can guarantee as soon as my son and daughter walk into the room they will ask why is the tree leaning and I will immediately obliterate them both.

I sit here with wet feet my nighties all wet and I am quite calm

Originally Posted by trottytrue

DDL..My favourite person is Charles Dickens. My hubby bought me a collection of his works years ago I still have them. I will make sure to take that walk when I come home.

Originally Posted by Easterndawn

Hi Everyone,

Well, for those who were asking about Wee Mac, he is lovely and although it might be because I am his mommy, he is quite smart. He already follows me all over the house and has to be close to where I am sitting to go to sleep. He loves to cuddle, I was also taking care of my friends wee dog and I was not sure how Rudy would take to a new puppy, but they got on great together, although I am not sure if Rudy thought that Mac was a wind up toy or not He has also started to get a hand on the potty training part of his life and that is always the hardest part of the puppy years.

Originally Posted by Easterndawn

Hi Everyone,

Well, for those who were asking about Wee Mac, he is lovely and although it might be because I am his mommy, he is quite smart. He already follows me all over the house and has to be close to where I am sitting to go to sleep. He loves to cuddle, I was also taking care of my friends wee dog and I was not sure how Rudy would take to a new puppy, but they got on great together, although I am not sure if Rudy thought that Mac was a wind up toy or not He has also started to get a hand on the potty training part of his life and that is always the hardest part of the puppy years.

Originally Posted by Fish n Chips 56

Id like to wish Everyone a Merry Christmas, I will be gone for a week or so, you guys take care and have fun, I wont forget about the lonely people this Christmas.

Originally Posted by DDL

We've really been hammered with snow here in Greater London. Glad I don't have any travel plans.

Watched the "Strictly Come Dancing" final tonight. Can't believe how we've been glued to this programme every Saturday night for the past 3 months! Now we're looking forward to all the upcoming Christmas programmes, especially the Dr. Who Christmas special that will feature Michael Gambon.

And a big Thank You to those posters who stick to the subject of this thread.