My very disgruntled elf

[Marty]

The best laid plans failed miserably for my annual Christmas Decorating Party.

The plan was for the boys and their girlfriends and other friends to come over to light up our front two acres and fill it up with thousands of little lights.

I bought out Walmart and prepared a feast complete with every kind of junk food a teenager would dream of and set up a buffet for all the hungry elves. But our little elves didn't show up. The girls (sisters) got themselves grounded and the guys all ended up having to work which left my boys and myself to decorate....and eat!

Things didn't go well at all. After two truck loads of decorations taken out of storage in the loft, we still have a couple more truck loads to go. We worked all day Saturday and all day Sunday and didn't even put a dent in getting all the lighting up. I'll do what I can during the week, but I gave up on climbing ladders years ago. We keep some 200+ strands of lights in storage but found out that whoever the elf was last year, failed to put them up nicely. It reminded me of Chevy Chase's movie, Christmas Vacation. Little Dan took one look at "his project" which is to hang the icicle lights up on the roof and I think the expression on his face is priceless. But we sure ate good.

 

[luvmycritters]

Oh my goodness - I cant begin to imagine!!!

The look on your son's face is too funny - ( sorry - think the movie you mentioned - Christmas Vacation!

) Thanks for sharing!!

 

[rabbitsfizz]

Oh look, just plug it in as it is, for goodness sake, it will look FINE!!!!

 

[Narrow Way Farm]

We accidently left all our Christmas lights at our old house under neath in the crawl space, we have an even bigger house and I want lights.,...kids want lights and they sure want that HUGE frosty or the snow globe they have at Lowe's

So now we have to go and buy new lights..... Little Dan looks so cute, it does remind me of Chevy Chase's christmas movie

 

[AppyLover2]

I agree with Rabbit. Just plug it in...and if anybody asks...it's a snowball.

 

[RAPfrosty]

That snowball idea sounds good to me too LOL

! Dan looks so funny in that picture, I think it deffinatly says it all!

 

[MeadowRidge Farm]

decorating party????? gee, I would LOVE to have one of them! I have just begun , got the inside of the house just about done, after putting up all the trees..but now onto outside, that was suppose to be my weekend project (notice I say MY!!!) but it was so windy couldnt do a darn thing! Of course Marty, when your done with your boys...and if you need a break from them..

there welcome to come on up to my house and help me, they will be very experienced at decorating

Corinne