Well, I managed to put up the
last of my Christmas tree ornaments. Since I saw some friendly interest
(thanks, Strayer, in particular), here is a photograph. The star is about one inch from the
ceiling.
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| Many ornaments were gifts, some from my teen years! |
Below is one of my favorite
ornaments, purchased a decade or so ago from The Christmas Store in Manteo,
on North Carolina’s Roanoke
Island. That place also has an awesome Halloween department, gifts
for the home, and beautiful art. I can’t help thinking of Pam Jackson with that
lovely purple gift bag the artist worked in.
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| Love those 'fuzzy' sparkles! |
As for my man’s cleverness,
he helped me out yesterday with his earlier fix for a painful pinky. Holding
down a key for his video game character to ‘run’ caused the overused first
knuckle to ache. I found the same problem yesterday from slapping the back
arrow key in the process of copying and pasting edits between MSWord and
Scrivener documents.
The solution? Use first aid
tape to stabilize said knuckle. I needed to cut the tape in half along its
length so as not to mummify the entire teeny appendage, and taping it feels
wrong when I’m flat-out typing, but I’m keeping the stuff handy. It's difficult photographing your own finger, I discovered, even with your dominant hand.
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| Not the Actual Pinky as I'm right handed. Heh... |
As for my oopsy, it’s quite
amusing. For the sake of my husband, who is a Halloween fanatic, I’ve kept out
some of those decorations, including our creepy clown monster. His leer is
astonishing.
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| Gah! |
Soon after I moved my
Christmas bear to a better location to ‘converse’ with Dancer the reindeer, I
entered the room at just the right angle to help explain the creep’s
expression. Check out what he’s touching.
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| Proctologist Clown |
I have since moved the clown.
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| Santa Bear got a clean bill of health, at least. |
Was it OCD, as my oh-so-funny spouse suggested, to move the clown?
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Yikes on the finger. I hate it when I can't do what I want to do comfortably.
ReplyDeleteLove your tree.
I laughed out loud about the moving of the clown and why.
Have a fabulous day and weekend, Darla. ♥
So glad to make you laugh! The finger isn't too bad. I just overdid. Be well, my dear.
DeleteYour first two sentences could be referring to the clown! In fact, I thought they were at first!
Delete~giggle~
DeleteI think I would have moved the clown too (although, that is a creepy clown--I think I wouldn't have had that thing out).
ReplyDeleteHave you seen the video that was going around about cutting the end of a bandage so that when it sticks, you can move it around a knuckle? It would keep the joint mobile. I'd look for it, but I'm sneaking blog reading in while I have an AP world history class, and I don't have my search history handy. Maybe later...
He is pretty creepy. ~grin~ Actually, I want the joint (mostly) immobilized. Heh... Thank you for the tip, though!
DeleteTree looks awesome, we'll probably get our tree this wkend, but we won't put it up yet. We typically only do that a week or so before, but it could be even later this year as we're waiting on a furniture delivery and Christmas stuff will in the way...so. Hope the new piece comes soon. Sorry for your ouchy. The clown creeps me out. Hope you feel better soon.
ReplyDeleteOh, I hope you're happy with your new furniture! The finger is better already. Thank you!
DeleteYour tree is beautiful. The clown is too funny :) Glad your hubby found a solution for your injury.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteThat is a creepy clown! I have my tree up and I love it. It's plastic but the cats can't climb it. But it's still tied up to make sure.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you're enjoying your tree! Our old gals don't seem interested. Heh... Be well, my dear.
DeleteOH...I LOVE the purple bag. Thanks for the mention! Wow, that is one big fat tree, I love it. I have not put up my big one in several yrs. I really like my skinny one. Don't take up much room. As for the clown, I love my clowns but I probably would have moved it too.
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure. ~grin~ Thank you for the kind words. I have a skinny tree, as well, bought at auction benefiting a no-kill animal shelter where I used to volunteer for dog walking. It's covered with doggy ornaments. And one Hello Kitty ornament gifted by my brother one year. Heh...
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