so we bought the christmas tree......

SPEEDY MCCREADY

Danimal wrote:

I just noticed in the second pic the a/c is out of the window! HAHAHAHA. I was gonna comment on that too.

a/c is still there in second pic....

SPEEDY MCCREADY

releaselauren wrote:

Lovely tree!

One question: Chicago isn't cold enough for you that you still have your A/C unit in your window? Do you turn it on to make the tree still think it is outside?

that a/c is what you call....

permanently installed...

Danimal

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

a/c is still there in second pic....

Oh yeah I see it now. The blinds are closed.

releaselauren

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

that a/c is what you call....

permanently installed...

hmmm. Thanks, I wondered about that.

When I look at photos, I always notice the stuff in the background. It's the inner detective or "Nosy-Rosy" in me.

Poncier

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

its getting there..........

http://s14.photobucket.com/albums/a305/mccready_/?action=view&current=Picture558.jpg

Is that Snap, Crackle and Pop near the top?

cory

My tree was up and decorated the day after Thanksgiving. Then again, we're not lazy motherfuckers like SOME people from Illinois;)

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MattCameronKicksButt

How long until Christmas?

I haven't even sent any cards out yet!

Flannel Shirt

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

we got it home..
we put it in its stand.....

and we only screamed and yelled at each other once.....hehehehehe

tomorrow we may even decorate the fucking thing.....

its universal. very funny....

ideal fantasy land putting up the tree =
everyone wearing a nice sweater and scarf, chopping the tree down on a nice tree farm, hayride back to the car, strapping in on the roof no problem, christmas carols on the way home, warm fire in the house, start sipping on eggnog or wine, smililng and laughing putting it in the stand, everyone putting decorations on the tree, hugging and kissing under the mistle toe, plugging the lights in and they all work...

reality...
its fucking cold out here. I dont know which one. whatever one you want. help me pick one. pick one already. cut the fucking thing down already. its fucking cold. i have snow in my asscrack from being down in the snow under the tree with a saw as dull as the backside of a butterknife. drag 2 miles back to car. sap everwhere. i cant get the fucking thing tied down to the roof. my hands are numb. im getting in the car. i hope this thing makes it home. stare at the front of the tree you can still see through your windshield over and over again, getting annoyed at the same christmas cd you heard 50 times already. get home (its now slid down the trunk of the car clinging for life), get it in the house after you finally get the twine off the car and tree, get it in the stand, the bolts dont fit, breakdown cardboard to use as a brace to go between tree and bolts, its crooked, it has a bad side, its leaking from the ice that was on it, its just too tall, take out of stand, cut it down, repeat thing with cardboard, run lights, they dont work and are upside down, rerun lights after finally finding the dead one, decorate tree, too many "red ones over here". cat is in tree knocking shit down. done. bedtime. that was fun.

edit: hold mistle toe at beltbucke...wife tells you that you're an asshole
ahhhhhhh, the joy of christmas

Poncier

^ Thats pretty accurate.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

chromiam wrote:

Buying my tree tonite.. if all goes according to plan, which means no stupid bastard asks me if I need help or tries carrying the thing to my car wtf am I an invalid who can't lift a 40# tree???

so???

was it a success????

chromiam

got the tree last night.. a nice 6- 6 1/2' balsam fir for $28... and it actually was put up last night. Now all that's left is to decorate.

Best part... it took all of 15 minutes to pick out a tree, no one asking stupid questions and I actually had to search for someone in home depot to wrap the thing for me. I think I've found my new Christmas tree lot

SPEEDY MCCREADY

chromiam wrote:

got the tree last night.. a nice 6- 6 1/2' balsam fir for $28... and it actually was put up last night. Now all that's left is to decorate.

Best part... it took all of 15 minutes to pick out a tree, no one asking stupid questions and I actually had to search for someone in home depot to wrap the thing for me. I think I've found my new Christmas tree lot

right on....

josevolution

haven't got mine yet with the motherinlaw passing and all, we won't get it till this saturday i told my wife if she didn't wan't one i understand but she said her mom allways want's one so we will buy it this saturday plus my kids won't have it any other way ....

MattCameronKicksButt

Here's our finished product:



It's craptacular!

SPEEDY MCCREADY

josevolution wrote:

haven't got mine yet with the motherinlaw passing and all, we won't get it till this saturday i told my wife if she didn't wan't one i understand but she said her mom allways want's one so we will buy it this saturday plus my kids won't have it any other way ....

i am very sorry to hear about mom....

ajedigecko

good to know that "christmas tree fights" are not limited to my home......it amazes me that my wife can eat all her food through a straw after the fight.

and no........i am not kidding, she is good at it.

josevolution

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

i am very sorry to hear about mom....

thanks at least she is now at peace no more suffering, so by next week we will be full blown into the xmas spirit will drink plenty of eggnog spiced up a bit with added rum uhmmm good have a great one speedy ...

PJaddicted

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTs5eKZ0i1E&feature=related

SPEEDY MCCREADY

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

we got it home..
we put it in its stand.....

and we only screamed and yelled at each other once.....hehehehehe

tomorrow we may even decorate the fucking thing.....

well we just took the christmas tree out to the alley.....

i wish i could say we only screamed at each other only once......hehehehe

at one point kathy said to me....and i quote...

"shut up before i put this tree up your ass"

hehehehehehehehehehehe......

in_hiding79

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

well we just took the christmas tree out to the alley.....

i wish i could say we only screamed at each other only once......hehehehe

at one point kathy said to me....and i quote...

"shut up before i put this tree up your ass"

hehehehehehehehehehehe......

WHY DID YOU WAIT UNTIL FEBRUARY TO TAKE DOWN THAT TREE?????