tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2859748852940300750.post9159065368606492410..comments2023-04-04T09:18:42.393-05:00Comments on From the Mixed Up Files of The Amazing Idiot Girl: And So It Beginscathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12507895793724303891noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2859748852940300750.post-22714377379428989362008-12-15T23:04:00.000-06:002008-12-15T23:04:00.000-06:00Well did you ever get your tree situated any bette...Well did you ever get your tree situated any better?? That sounds like a tree ordeal from one of my Christmases past :)Terah Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00115741956893135228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2859748852940300750.post-71341634483153729012008-12-10T13:48:00.000-06:002008-12-10T13:48:00.000-06:00I thought the eye hook was a good idea too, Mom. ...I thought the eye hook was a good idea too, Mom. But we surmised that there was too much slack or it was placed too low or something to be effective.<BR/><BR/>Fishing line, hooks, curtain rods, bailer twine, and a Big Ugly tree stand! That's what my tree is missing!! :)cathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507895793724303891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2859748852940300750.post-84435026371866955932008-12-10T09:19:00.000-06:002008-12-10T09:19:00.000-06:00Those big ugly tree stands you snubbed are actuall...Those big ugly tree stands you snubbed are actually better than the petite kind you bought. I tried to snub the big uglies and go for the kind you picked and my wiser, tree-experienced father told me that those other ones (like the one you have) don't support the tree very well... So I have a big ugly. You just cover it with an Xmas tree skirt and no one is the wiser! =)<BR/><BR/>That Christmas parade looks awesome! I'm jealous!! I love looking at Christmas lights so that parade at night looks right up my alley!Mars Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11403414048823693159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2859748852940300750.post-64904212012165226592008-12-09T21:06:00.000-06:002008-12-09T21:06:00.000-06:00Oooh, what kind of tree is that? I hope you'll pos...Oooh, what kind of tree is that? I hope you'll post pictures once it's all decorated up.<BR/><BR/>Some of my favorite childhood Christmas photos are from the year we bought a tree so wonky and lopsided that we had to anchor it to a curtain rod with a piece of bailer twine. Classy!Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743934761931818560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2859748852940300750.post-29656042155476071472008-12-09T21:05:00.000-06:002008-12-09T21:05:00.000-06:00The only thing that comes to mind at the moment:TH...The only thing that comes to mind at the moment:<BR/><BR/><BR/>THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS<BR/><BR/>even if you win, you're still retarded...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2859748852940300750.post-35135598447822965912008-12-09T20:07:00.000-06:002008-12-09T20:07:00.000-06:00What a cute tree! Now please send pictures when i...What a cute tree! Now please send pictures when it's all decorated!! If you were here, you could pick out a tree from our little tree farm!<BR/><BR/>I remember last year when I called "Frank and Marie" the morning after Christmas and was told there was a "tragedy" (well, tragedy by Marie standards). I went dashing up the driveway to see what happened (fully expecting to see Frank on the floor grabbing his chest or the house ransacked). What I found was their giant Christmas tree (fully decorated of course since it was the day after Christmas), laying in the middle of the floor! Now you can IMAGINE Marie's hysteria!!! She kept saying "I TOLD him the tree was leaning and he said it was my imagination. Does this look like my imagination to you?" I had to stifle my laughter and quickly try to salvage ornaments and then help re-prop-up the tree with some fishing line, hooks, etc. It stayed up the rest of the season!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2859748852940300750.post-89087392577229300262008-12-09T17:42:00.000-06:002008-12-09T17:42:00.000-06:00it's not exactly a "charlie brown" tree, but I got...it's not exactly a "charlie brown" tree, but I gotta hand it to you, it looks pretty funny with the floppy topper. HA. <BR/><BR/>I thought Daniels' idea of an eyehook sounded reasonable, wonder why it didn't work? Maybe many, many, eyehooks are in order.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, it's a pretty tree and I'm sure once you get it standing up and decorated it will be beautiful! If worse comes to worse you may have a lovely tree to decorate for spring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com