Ze tree, she is up. The picture over on the right (the link to the streaming video) is of my current favorite ornament. We went for a “small” tree which means when you’re at the tree lot you look for something about exactly half the height and width of what you think you want/need. So we get this tree that looks like it will fit on the counter, and it’s not the one junior wanted, but it was only $18 and that had EVERYTHING to do with why I liked it.
Well, now it’s in the house and decorated and I think it looks absolutely perfect. It is exactly what I had hoped for, I’m glad I forced myself to go for the “too small” tree. The branches let down some inside and it looks fuller. Plus, this tree is very green. I have a feeling this will be the best tree, fallen needle-wise, we’ve had in years.
Mr. Dump came with us to buy it, and he and I were stuck trying to remove the bottom of the tree because we forgot to have them do it at the tree lot (which is actually the Lunenburg Fire Station). So we used (or tried to use) in order: hedge clippers, a branch pruner thingie, a chainsaw that wouldn’t start, a Ginsu steak knife, a Ginsu cleaver, and the pruner again. We broke both of the Ginsus in the attempt (no big whoop, actually, as I got the whole set for $2 and they seems very flimsy to me from day one). So that commercial where they show it sawing a branch? Not so much.
Anyway, the order we did it in seemed to have helped. And in all it only took Mr. Dump about 15 minutes to saw off the bottom. I swear, we bought a damned hack saw two years ago, but that puppy must be long gone. We couldn’t find it anywhere. I guess I’ll have to put that on my list of things I need to get eventually.
Oh, and I put two of my Department 56 houses on the mantel, and some lights around the two windows in the front of the living room. This room is freaking festive.
