making a promise to myself

.... to save my money and buy a real tree next year. i upgraded the tree this year and i still cannot stand the part where you have to arrange the branches and stuff. it is just so painfully fake - not a pleasant thing for an earth girl like me. a little too late now, but a goal to work towards for next year - one of the smaller ones on a huge list, maude give me strength.

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4 Responses to “making a promise to myself”

  1. arline:
    November 28th, 2006 at 11:58 pm

    I must say, I love a real tree. There is something about the smell, and the tree energy. There were a few years when I was growing up that my parents got a live tree with a root ball, and then planted it after x-mass. That was cool. Then there were a few years that we had this ugly ass faker than fake tree. I couldn't stand looking at it. Now they but cut trees.

    I am not getting a tree this year. Maybe I should, it might put me in the holiday spirit. I don't see the point though, as I live alone. There is something about, sharing the tree experience with those you live with and love, and it is'nt the same.

    All that was to say, YES to a real tree.

  2. MOM:
    November 29th, 2006 at 1:20 am

    remember when you were little..5 yrs to whenever. we would go to the market corner and walk the isles looking for the perfect tree. then you and colin and i would put it all together, together. and you guys took turns by the year to put the angel on the top. i love those memories and i pray you remember them too. xoxo mom

  3. Lorin:
    November 29th, 2006 at 7:29 am

    i do remember them, mom! in fact, i told jah isaac last night when he and i were doing this that we had wait until we were totally finished and i would get him up there to put the star on top.

    and arline, i had not thought of the bulb tree... i will definitely check into that. the cutting of the tree has always been a big deterrent for me - if i can plant it afterwards, that would solve that issue.

  4. Lorin:
    November 29th, 2006 at 7:30 am

    p.s. - it looks a whole lot better now than it did when i stopped in the middle of the process and wrote this entry.

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