o christmas tree...

o Christmas tree...how lovely are thy branches! Loyal readers will remember and friends will recall hearing...we didn't set up our Christmas tree last year. Life was HECTIC with my work, hubby's schedule with finalizing school obligations, T&T, and preparing to be gone for over a month...so I was extra excited this year to pull out the tree...

well...{of course there is a story to follow...}

Hubby just finished a tough rotation this last month {one of his favorite though} and weekend also marked the halfway point of 2 weeks straight on-call. So...when he was able to take a nap on Sunday I decided to get the Christmas tree out of the garage, out of the box, and set up myself...yes I'm impatient {hello I've waited 2 years to put my tree back up!!}. I thought it would be a great surprise to have hubby wake up to a set up tree. Well...I was successful in most of the steps and even got the 2nd section of the tree up and was fluffing it...when...it began to tremble...and I got queasy. My stomach dropped as I knew what was happening...the tree stand broke the last year we had it up and I had super glued it back...I reinforced it Sunday with more super glue...but it was now proving not to be holding...OH MY! With the 2nd section on it is now well over my head and I am about to panic with how in the world am I going to gently lay down this entire tree...I kid you not..hubby walked out of the bedroom from his nap. {ok so I was going for a different surprised look then...grab the tree PLEASE!!!} What perfect timing...my hero! The visions of solving this issue and then the thoughts of...why didn't you wait for me to help you...were becoming overwhelming and the tree wasn't standing much longer!

I'm assuming you would like to see a picture of all these events... sorry ...can't multi-task that well!

So after more super glue and JB weld and still no luck...I headed to Low*'s for a new stand...with my bum legged one in hand of course! After quite a while at Low*'s starting in the Christmas section with the white-haired gentleman I ended up in the Lumber section with a young man not yet convinced that my crazy idea of fixing my current stand was possible...I refused to give in {I was not buying a new tree because of bum legs!}. He so very nicely gave me some scrap lumber and showed me the screws he recommended...and sent me off wishing me luck chuckling {I'm sure}!

Hubby fixed the tree. It is standing. Now decorated and has a cast on its bum leg...you'll never notice though {if you don't lift up her skirt}!