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Showing Original Post only (View all)Jane Fonda: SCREW IT! I'M GOING TO DECORATE! [View all]
SCREW IT! IM GOING TO DECORATE!JaneFonda.com
December 17, 2020
Link: https://www.janefonda.com/2020/11/screw-it-im-going-to-decorate/
SHOWING OFF MY TREE (beautiful photos of her ornaments)
December , 2020
Link: https://www.janefonda.com/2020/11/showing-off-my-tree/
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It may well just be me at Christmas time.
Ive posted pictures of my Christmas tree over the years. Its 14 feet tall and plastic. My daughter, Vanessa, persuaded me to stop using real trees about a decade ago and I must admit plastic ones are easier cause the lights are already attached (but I add some red heart-shaped lights). Its also easy to put up but the decorating part takes 2 days each way 2 days to put up and 2 days to take down and this Holiday Ill be on my own to do it with a very tall ladder.
Still, Im going to do it. I decided today. Ill start the day after Thanksgiving. I mean, if Im going to do it I might as well have it up a full month.
My squirrel can see the tree through the window. Shes quite fat now. Were talking liposuction fat. Should I stop feeding her? There are squirrel experts among you thats why Im asking. BTW, when Im late putting peanuts (in their shells) in her feeder, she comes onto my porch and looks through the window for me.
Most of my time these days is spent writing climate articles and my opening for our weekly virtual Fire Drill Fridays and reading. I read about a book a week. I stop everything around 6pm, watch the Rachel Maddow show and then scroll around for shows to watch. Ive pretty much scraped the bottom of the barrel watching things I never thought Id see. I wont name names. But last night, the new season of The Crown started and its really good. Also, a multi-parter on Showtime about Ronald Reagan which tells the real story of his rise and the effect he had on American politics. Finally the truth!
Ive posted pictures of my Christmas tree over the years. Its 14 feet tall and plastic. My daughter, Vanessa, persuaded me to stop using real trees about a decade ago and I must admit plastic ones are easier cause the lights are already attached (but I add some red heart-shaped lights). Its also easy to put up but the decorating part takes 2 days each way 2 days to put up and 2 days to take down and this Holiday Ill be on my own to do it with a very tall ladder.
Still, Im going to do it. I decided today. Ill start the day after Thanksgiving. I mean, if Im going to do it I might as well have it up a full month.
My squirrel can see the tree through the window. Shes quite fat now. Were talking liposuction fat. Should I stop feeding her? There are squirrel experts among you thats why Im asking. BTW, when Im late putting peanuts (in their shells) in her feeder, she comes onto my porch and looks through the window for me.
Most of my time these days is spent writing climate articles and my opening for our weekly virtual Fire Drill Fridays and reading. I read about a book a week. I stop everything around 6pm, watch the Rachel Maddow show and then scroll around for shows to watch. Ive pretty much scraped the bottom of the barrel watching things I never thought Id see. I wont name names. But last night, the new season of The Crown started and its really good. Also, a multi-parter on Showtime about Ronald Reagan which tells the real story of his rise and the effect he had on American politics. Finally the truth!
I did it myself. It took 2 days. I put the TV music station on a listened to cool jazz. My college music.
I'm sure there's a lot of her family history hanging on that beautiful tree, with tons of memories.
Not religious any more but I do miss those days long ago when my wife (RIP) and both kids were little and the annual ritual of getting all the decorations from our attic, and the days of fun watching it all come together. Some days, getting old just sucks.
KY......
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You're quite welcome. Feels great to celebrate some normalcy with someone we admire.
KY_EnviroGuy
Dec 2020
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