Comments on Id Rather Be Blogging: It's Tradition

Oh man! I LOVE not decorating my home!!! I have ...

2008-11-21T06:45:00.000-06:00

Oh man! I LOVE not decorating my home!!! I have a rinky dink little string of ghost lights for Halloween, but that's about it. Bet it looks great when it's all done though!!! :-) :-) :-)

This is why we don't put lights outside anymore. ...

2008-11-20T12:39:00.000-06:00

This is why we don't put lights outside anymore. And half the people in our neighborhood just leave theirs up year round.

But you can get those plastic thingies where you wrap the lights around them and it keeps them tangle-free.

At least you aren't of the camp who leave their li...

2008-11-19T16:59:00.000-06:00

At least you aren't of the camp who leave their lights up all year becase to take them down would be a summer job, then they'd just have to go back up...

I am totally in agreement with the conspiracy. Se...

2008-11-19T16:54:00.000-06:00

I am totally in agreement with the conspiracy. Seems that lights are manufactured in batches and then distributed. The batch molds are then destroyed and new batches are created that are 'different'. When you need to replace on strand....forget it.....you have to buy all new. I have run into this first hand, so I know it is true.

I think that they pull these guys aside in high sc...

2008-11-18T18:37:00.000-06:00

I think that they pull these guys aside in high school to teach them the routine for this tradition :)

That's great! I think we all know exactly that fee...

2008-11-18T18:16:00.000-06:00

That's great! I think we all know exactly that feeling! I'm sure it's a conspiracy from the Christmas light companies to drive us all crazy!

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It's not really a custom that we have here in the ...

2008-11-18T05:16:00.000-06:00

It's not really a custom that we have here in the Netherlands, thank goodness. When I lived in the States, my then husband decorated the house with lights each winter and made quite a spectacle of it. I didn't care for it that much. All blue lights in the hedge? Pretty horrible. Still, he was proud of himself. I was always rather embarrassed.

Babs: Har! I think you may just be correct.

2008-11-17T20:50:00.000-06:00
Babs: Har! I think you may just be correct.

Technodoll: Nothing is easy when dealing with them... er, or at least with MINE.

Jay: It's a memorable time, alright. Even though I try to forget.

EttaRose: Thank you and welcome! Oh no! Another conspiracy-theorist!

Ed: Well, I offer to help, and I do the lights on the deer in the yard... and while he procrastinated all weekend, I did laundry, dishes, vacuumed, cleaned a fishtank....

Jeff: I am so NOT showing that to hubby.... you men. Always stick together. ;)

Lady Banana: Is it not custom there? I would say 90% of the houses are lit up here.

Vegas Princess: I was THIS close to doing the exact same thing! (well, try to do it myself, that is). Sounds like you have adopted my husband's wily tactic to get out of all the other chores around the house... break a plate, ruin a sweater... never get asked to help again...

I usually put up with half of this debacle before ...

2008-11-17T18:14:00.000-06:00

I usually put up with half of this debacle before I grab the ladder and try to do it myself. Which is how I almost fell and broke my neck last year. I'm not allowed to use ladders any more. Or the stove. Or the iron. Basically I make myself as useless as possible so I don't have to do anything. I'm wily that way.

After that I'm relieved we don't put lights up out...

2008-11-17T15:41:00.000-06:00

After that I'm relieved we don't put lights up outside! lol

Christmas lights ARE a scam! I just bought 5 boxes...

2008-11-17T10:33:00.000-06:00

Christmas lights ARE a scam! I just bought 5 boxes of C9 replacement bulbs and guess what... NONE of them work in the strings I already own! So now I have to either try to find bulbs that work or go out and buy totally new strings and all new bulbs. Grrrr!

My wife says, "we" need to get a lot of projects d...

2008-11-17T08:13:00.000-06:00

My wife says, "we" need to get a lot of projects done around here, also.

I like your blog. I want you to know it is a consp...

2008-11-17T06:26:00.000-06:00

I like your blog. I want you to know it is a conspiracy. See, lights have to be newly bought every year. They are not made to last more than 30 days, unless you are a redneck that leaves them up on the trailer all year.

Hahahahaha!!! I'm so HAPPY that we don't decorate...

2008-11-17T03:44:00.000-06:00

Hahahahaha!!! I'm so HAPPY that we don't decorate the outside of our house for Christmas! I don't think it would be divorce exactly, but close. Very, very close.

LOL!

Ha ha! Lordy... "Men", eh?

grins

C...

2008-11-16T21:15:00.000-06:00

Ha ha! Lordy... "Men", eh?

*grins*

Can't wait to see what my man comes up with when we have a house next Christmas... hoboy!

Ha ha! You know I tend to agree with him in that ...

2008-11-16T20:06:00.000-06:00

Ha ha! You know I tend to agree with him in that it's a bit strange that most strings of lights don't seem to work when you get them out of the box, after very carefully packing them the previous year!

I think they put some invisible timer in them, that stops them functioning after six months!