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You Know the Joke....

18 years ago

if you take your Christmas lights down in January whatever will you do on Easter Sunday?

*snort*

Guess who took a few of her Christmas lights down today?

That's right folks.

Me.

First I had to clean the big front deck of snow and six inches of ice to remove two strings. The second string of lights, I'm afraid, is a goner, as part of it is still buried in ice (six inches) from where it fell off during a wind storm.

The small back deck has two strings down but two still remain. You got it. Parts of it blew down and is buried in ice.

Lights on the fences?

Ha!

Forget it!

The snow is as deep as my knees and drifted higher in places. Perhaps next month I will take them down?

*sigh*

I rarely say this, but, I am sick of winter!

There's nothing pretty about snow this late in the year.

It's has settled and is no longer white and pristine; rather dirty and grey. In some places the the snow is melted but left mud up to you ankles and it's slick 'cause the frost is still in the ground.

I got a gurney's catalog yesterday and I can't bring myself to look at it. Torture. That's all it would be. Pure torture....

Lori

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lindasewandsew
18 years ago
Here's a greeting from Southern California taken on Feb. 26th. We get the joke about Christmas lights here too. At least you have snow and ice for an excuse, lol. We'll send some springtime weather north soon. Linda
linda_in_iowa
18 years ago
I am sick of winter here. Most of the snow melted and then yesterday I woke up to snow covering my lawn. Today the snow is gone but it is supposed to snow again later in the week. How can Easter be here when we still have snow? This has been the longest winter!!
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Eliza_ann_ca
18 years ago
I hear you Lori!
We had tons of snow during christmas holidays,and the lights on my shrubs disapeared and some of them are just now peeking out from their icy,snowy graves.
I expect I'll be able to retrieve them sometime before may.
I still have two feet of snow and ice out on my back deck.
NO!It sure doesn't feel much like easter around here either.
And yes!
I am so ready to wave good bye to this terrible winter!
LorifromUtah
Original Author
18 years ago
Ack!
yer breaking my heart linda!

I could handle four inches of snow on bare ground cause it ain't gonna stay.

It's when we get four inches of fresh snow on the two feet remaining on the ground I get depressed. At least the new snow covers up the ick...

*sigh*

Lori
joyfulguy
18 years ago
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Anybody wanna buy some?

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Lillie1441
18 years ago
ummmmmm......guess we need to get busy! I think there are still some lights on my side yard fence from the last time we put up Christmas lights,like in 2004 and we can't even use ice and snow as an excuse!LOL Guess we are just "trailer park trash" after all! LOL
Happy_Go_Lucky_Gayle
18 years ago
I have Lights in all my trees in the back yard year round. When we entertain, it makes for a neat atmosphere. My Neighbors say they love it.

I don't put lights in the front of the house.

Gayle
dances_in_garden
18 years ago
But if we took them down Easter weekend, whatever would we do right before Halloween?

*blink*

*blink*

I have large plastic light up snowflakes wagging around on the porch roof as we speak. It is cold and wet and rainy. There they shall stay at least for a little while longer. Should we turn them on to light the easter bunny's way? Tee hee!
pawsitive_gw
18 years ago
I still have 3 strings of lights AND garland on the front deck. No snow there, so no excuse. Will have to take them down sometime so I can oil the railings. There was an editorial in the paper sneering at people who still had their lights up. Wanted to write back and ask who died and made them the Christmas light police! Our neighbor leaves his up and lit year round because his late wife LOVED Christmas.
ronf_gw
18 years ago
Talk about being sick of Winter; we're in a freakin' winter storm watch for tomorrow night and Friday. 4 to 6 inches of wet, heavy, snow.
I'm dreaming of a white Easter....

Ron

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