Riggin' up the lights

[Schtauffer]

Spent all day so far stringing lights, while the wife and a bunch of her friends baked cookies. Now we're off to find the perfect tree.

At least it wasn't windy today... two years ago I nearly died. The peak at the front of the house is 22 foot or so up, and that big extension ladder gets a little shaky when you're that high and the wind is doing its best to knock you down.

The best part is the cookies. num num num

[Huskinhano]

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Put my lights up last Friday when it was warm out. Luckily I own a one story ranch.

[Schtauffer]

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Every time I have to climb up to the roof, I curse myself for not building a rancher. Our original plans were to do that, but it was a little too costly. We built our 2-story for $30k less, and there's about 200 sq ft more floor space. Less foundation and roof; its cheaper to build up than out.

[squirrel]

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We spent some time today putting lights on the Dart and the Camaro..this year the local Christmas parade (50th annual!) is at night, so it'll be fun. Our car club has been in it for the past 20 years.

those new LED light strings work nice with a cheap cigarette lighter inverter.

[antmnte]

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I was putting them up today too. Not bad out there we are going to our local parade tonight too and bringing
flasks with Canadian Club in there.

[Turbo Regal]

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I finished putting lights on the outside of the house.

After having to go the store twice to return new lights that were bad and ones that were the wrong color, restring a couple of sets because they would not plug into the others, I went inside, sat down, had a drink and watched some football.

[Gary 351C]

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For years I was really into decorating for Christmas. Now, I pull the 2 foot tall fiber-optic tree out of the trash bag and plug it in, DONE! ;D