Pirate Granny;2441892 wrote: I'm so sorry...I know as a child I was famous for pulling the tree down, so much so that my father screwed bolts into the ceiling to be able to tie the tree up to the ceiling. :blush:
We are off to disney tomorrow...is there something special I can purchase to make DD smile. I can have it mailed to your house from disney.
Please, take me up on my offer...today, I truly need to make someone else smile. It's been a long few days ...........
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I'm soooo sorry that happnened! Our entire 10' tree is Disney ornaments, and I'd probably need to be locked up if I lost them!! Sometimes you can find older ones on eBay (I had to do that years ago when my puppy chewed a dated Disney ornament), so don't give up hope!
We've never had a tree fall, but we had something bad enough. Now, this was just prior to us putting the decorations on, but it was still aweful.
For many years we only got real trees. Cut them down ourselves. One year we went to a new tree farm my dad recommended... never went back.
We got a gorgeous tree, and put it up in the house. I was busy, so I waited several days to decorate it. Good thing. We noticed a small brown spot starting on one side, and thought it to be very odd. Wasn't there when we cut the tree down.
Then I was standing in the living room, looking at the tree, and noticed something move. Then another spot, and another... I stepped back, and noticed MANY little black spots moving. They were little fuzzy, jumping SPIDERS!! SPIDERS!!!
SPIDERS!!!!!!!
I hate spiders. Outside, fine. Inside, they must die.
Hundreds of them. Nasty little buggers that tried to jump at my face when I walked up closer to investigate. I screamed, my husband ran into the room, and I immediately instructed him to get Raid spray. I sprayed that sucker until it glistened and dripped Raid. We then left the house for a few hours (the cats had to fend for themselves. We kept them upstairs in the bedroom with the door closed). The tree got chucked, and there we were, 7 days before Christmas, treeless.
We went to our regular tree farm for a replacement. We were telling the owner of the farm what happened, and he felt so bad for us. He drove us around the farm until we found a tree we loved, and even cut it down for us, and gave us a new tree stand for free. He turned a horrible experience into magic. To this day, we still talk about how sweet he was.
Spiders.
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OMG SurferStitch I've never had a real tree and after that story I don't know if I want one!!!! That would creep me out for weeks!!!! I probably wouldnt have bothered with a replacement tree that year!
SurferStitch, I can relate. We had bugs in our tree one year, and from that point on we started taking them out back and hosing them down really good before bringing them into the house. We switched to artificial a few years ago.
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This year more than ever our family is remembering the blessings we have. Things are just objects..but people matter. My husband suffered a stroke and the husband/dad/pappy that we all once had is no longer with us...but he is alive and moving forward and we have to believe in that. Yes some days are tougher than others but you have family and that is what matters more than objects. Memories when you bought a specific ornament are significant but when it is not there the memory still is. Treasure the memory you never know when the day will not be there.
OMG! You guys are great! Once again you've got me laughing.
SurferStitch, jumping spiders are the only spiders with 360 vision. You were at a serious disadvantage.
Momof3girls, I am so sorry for your loss! You are so right. It's so important that we be thankful for what we have, and that often means the people in our lives.
Today, I got a Tinker Bell ornament in the mail from my sister. :mickey:
Interesting note. No villain ornaments were broken in the fall. Suspicious.....
Susanne
Oh my goodness! After Pirate Granny's sweet offer, I was keeping an eye out for a small package from WDW. Well, a very large package was on our doorstep today! I let the girls open it and we all still have huge smiles on our faces! I'm still a little teary too. The girls loved hanging our new ornaments.
Thank you Pirate Granny! :mickey:
Susanne
