I have ornament attrition issues as well. Between two kids and two dogs who like to play around the tree, the ornaments are always in jeopardy.
I go online sometimes, but everyone's spelling is really bad. It's... depressing.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Gudanov - Dec 04, 2008 6:43:45 am PST #4227 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
Hil R. - Dec 04, 2008 6:45:45 am PST #4228 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Considering that many people with Christmas trees have small kids, why don't they make ornaments out of stronger material?
tommyrot - Dec 04, 2008 6:47:03 am PST #4229 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I've never had a tree since I left home (except for that two-dimensional tree I drew on paper and taped to the wall, with electric lights taped on). But I'm tempted to, because I'm curious if it'd become a cat toy. Oh, and then I could put a cat nest in it....
Gudanov - Dec 04, 2008 6:47:03 am PST #4230 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
Come to think of it though, the kids also generate ornaments so maybe it's a wash. The dogs though, NSM.
Jesse - Dec 04, 2008 6:47:22 am PST #4231 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I don't have many breakable ornaments, myself. I don't go for the balls, and have a lot of crafty or metal ornaments.
P.M. Marc - Dec 04, 2008 6:47:35 am PST #4232 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
My ornaments have been carefully selected to survive cats and kid. Loss is minimal.
Lee - Dec 04, 2008 6:50:29 am PST #4233 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Non-breakability and cheapness are definitely key factors in my ornament selection, due to cats.
Kat - Dec 04, 2008 6:52:39 am PST #4234 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I am scared to put up a tree as Noah is Grabby Hands. But there is one at daycare that got knocked down only once and that wasn't by a kid, but by the daycare kitten, Holly.
Lee - Dec 04, 2008 6:55:38 am PST #4235 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I was thinking of putting my pink tree up on the front table, but then I remembered that Perkins the cat has Issues with anything being on his table.
Trudy Booth - Dec 04, 2008 6:58:05 am PST #4236 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Considering that many people with Christmas trees have small kids, why don't they make ornaments out of stronger material?
Because Radkos are SO FREAKIN COOL.
I have almost enough glass this year to do the entire tree in them. And I have a big enough place to have a proper tree. SO exciting.