Monday, December 14, 2009

Beginning to look a lot like Christmas -- but not feel like it

Still hot here. I had the a/c on yesterday for The Husband's birthday party. (My dad doesn't do hot weather very well, and it was 83 degrees in the house, with high humidity.) Aren't we supposed to be on "free air" this time of year? We're not supposed to slam directly from a/c to heat!! The average temperature for this time of year is 72, and we're about 10 degrees warmer than that. Ick. Once the fog burns off today (dissolves into the already-humid air), it'll get sunny and hot, so I'll just leave the a/c on. Bummer.

Still, we're on Christmas break. This morning, I cleaned up, took the kids to Walmart for a new vacuum cleaner, and made lunch. The vacuum died yesterday, right after we set up the tree, but before we cleaned up the needles. Funny story. Our tree is artificial with pre-wired lights. Only, two of the sections wouldn't light anymore, so Randy and I spent about three hours completely un-wiring the entire tree. We put stuck it in its stand, bought $25 worth of tiny colored lights, and we were in business. Can you imagine being cheap enough to spend six person-hours untwisting strings of lights off a tree? If anyone had told me...

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