The Christmas Tree Saga

As part of the title of my blog says - I can't make this stuff up... *sigh*

Here is a glimpse into the strangeness of my life that finds me more often than you might believe...  :D

This is Jeffrey, my Christmas tree that my mom and I got from Costco last Thursday (What? Doesn't everyone name their tree?)

He stayed like that until last night. But man-oh-man was he dry! The water seemed to just evaporate, no matter how often he was watered! 

Still, here he was and he needed decorating! That's the point, after all, isn't it? So last night, I pulled out loads of Christmas decorations.

Slight back story - last year a new kitten joined the household. So I purchased (and had some from the last kitten, years ago) some plastic ornaments. Anyone with cats or big dogs (and I have both) understands this move. Last year - nada. Penny sat in the branches a couple times, but that was it.

So this year I decided to pull out all the cool, *glass* ornaments I have! They are beautiful, don't ya' know.

Got the tree allllll nice and decorated, yes siree Bob it was! I leaned down to wipe something up off the floor just after giving him more water - and the floor was wet. 

Yep. The trees stand was leaking! And must have been for *days*! The rug seemed to wick up most of it so the hardwood floor wasn't damaged. But since the only bare feet in my house belong to doggies and kitties, well... it was easy to miss. The water must also have been drying quick.

*sigh* Guess what this afternoon entailed?

Yep - had to UNdecorate the tree. Someone came over to help, the tree was laid down (if I'd stuck to the plastic ornaments they might could have stayed on during this process), tree stand changed out, set back up - and REdecorated.

I. Kid. You. Not.

So here, finally - is the completed, decorated, un-naked Jeffrey the Tree!

If you ask nice, maybe sometime I'll tell you about the lady who yelled at me all the way across the parking lot yesterday morning. Yep - true story, lol.

:)