All her work — i.e., my 17-year old daughter who lives for Christmas. For the last 5 (or maybe 6) years she has insisted on doing all the outside lights herself. At first she wanted me there, holding the ladder. No she insists on doing it ALL herself. Very proud of it — & we are very proud of her. Amazing job.
I do the lasers & just today I got a new laser for 2023. So, I think we will have 4 lasers this year. We probably have more, but that would be overkill.
Now that Christmas 2022 is in the rearview mirror I did not see a point in turning on all the Christmas lights. I have a good idea what the electric bill is going to be like. C’est la vie. Part of the Christmas joy. I just thought I will turn on the 3 lasers which are all on the same circuit.
Above was the sight that greeted me during my midnight amble. Looks good. I liked it.
It took longer than normal but the outside lights, for 2022, are finally up — or as much as will be going up this year. All Teischan’s work. I just installed the 3 MAIN lasers. She installed another smaller one — for the garage. She is still unwell. So, she will not be putting lights up on the trees this year. Pity. They look so nice. She won’t let me do them! It is her ‘thing’. But, it still looks nice & we light up the road.
Tesichan, a bit ‘under the weather’, is, to her chagrin, a behind schedule with getting all the outside lights done. But, she won’t let me help her or attempt to do some of it myself. Given that she has been doing all the lights herself for the last few years she thinks I am no longer capable. I am OK with that.
She did, however, let me put the 3 lasers up though she was NOT happy that she was not able to standover me & supervise! She might go & mess around with them tomorrow. That is OK. Christmas is all for her.
To my surprise & delight the ground was NOT frozen. For once I was able to get some deep holes made without undue trouble. So, I was able to set them firmly in the ground — though I did bolster them with a few rocks.
I am never satisfied with the lasers. Just this morning I was looking to see what new ones they had. So I might not be done for the year. Might have to get another. This year I have enough wiring laid out for a FEW more! SMILE.
