Monday, December 26, 2005

Posted by Reverend Ref + at 11:54 PM

VACATION

Have I mentioned that I'm on vacation this week?

I'm on vacation this week.

So today Mrs. Ref and I made a Bozeman run. We needed to get a new Christmas tree and I figured that they'd be on sale today. Yes, we do the fake tree thing, call me a heretic.

However, there are some plusses to this. With the cost of a real tree at $15 minimum and upwards of $50, it will pay for itself in two or three seasons. I don't have to install the back branches so that it fits nicely against the wall. Limbs bend so you can hang heavy ornaments properly. It doesn't need watering, so no mess on the floor. It doesn't drop needles, so no mess on the floor. And, most importantly, it won't burn at 500 degrees in under 25 seconds.

We donated our last one to SWTS, but chances are that nobody there knows or cares where it is anymore.

I bought a book, Mrs. Ref and I bought some new shoes, and we made a mini-Costco run. Not bad for the first day of vacation.

Did I mention I'm on vacation?

I'm on vacation.

3 comments:

Anonymous | 2:18 PM, December 27, 2005  

awesome on vacation! you go with that!

and strange - i think that there are several things that we've given to swts that have been forgotten - oh, the insitutional memory... :)

have a great break! rest well!

(and i'm allergic to pine - so i don't mind your fake tree at all...)

heather

Susie/Nueva Cantora | 4:40 PM, December 27, 2005  

We got our first real-fake tree this year... we never had room in the SWTS apartment for a normal sized tree. But LUke is also allergic, so ours is fake. And, turns out that I like it just fine.

Brooke | 12:48 AM, January 01, 2006  

I've had a fake tree for several years, at first because I lived on a college campus and couldn't have a real one; then because the apartment was so hot that a real one would've been an awful fire hazard; and now mainly because it's only me (and cats) in my apartment and it's crazy work to do a big real tree by myself. I actually got a new tree this year, because I have too many ornaments to fit on my smaller old one!

I do miss the scent of the real ones, but my fake ones are easy enough to put together and look quite nice (i.e., real!) when decorated.

They both squish right in the box when done. And I don't have to wait for the random yard waste date for the tree to be picked up. :)

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