11 Days to Go

There are some pluses to living in a development.  What on earth could be that be, you are wondering.  I have two words for you.  Christmas Lights.  There is nothing nicer than driving home at night, looking at all the displays that you only see this time of year.  Yes, when we moved here there was an inflatable Easter Bunny and a few eggs hanging from trees.  And then for Halloween, more houses were decked out in spookiness.  Oh, one house had 2' tall Barbie looking things wrapped in gauze bandages, looking like an 80's mummified girl band.  SIDEBAR!  So, one day we drove by and the one in the middle had fallen over.  The thing looked like she was doing push ups!  If that wasn't funny enough, a few days later she was standing up, but her bandages were a bit misplaced and she looked like she belonged on the cover of Cosmo or Playboy!  I felt like I should cover Cassie's eyes, but she was further along in her puberty than this doll was.  Or the doll had a Brazillian wax, but I've sidebarred too far.  Back to the blog....

The lights, as beautiful as they are, can be a bit tacky, annoying, or just plain confusing.  There is one house on the main street in the Village of Liverpool that really bother's Pitman because of its extreme lack of organization.  All sorts of lights, all willy nilly.  He'll holler about that house for hours if we let him.  Kind of like a pergola, but that is another blog entirely on its own!  Another house in our development has a strand of lights on the top of the house and a huge Bumble (from Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer) in the front yard.  Another house has a small Snoopy house with Snoopy and Charlie Brown next to it.  I don't care for this one because its kind of like they aren't even trying.

However, this year I've decided to give out the first annual "Most Annoying Christmas Decoration" award!!!  This inaugural award goes to Hailey R's family on the corner, only 5 houses away from mine.  I'm so glad we are 5 houses away, any closer and I might have to commit a felon, or at least a misdemeanor.  See, they have this huge blow-up of 6 Snowmen carolers.  It has lights that flash all over it and it plays tinkling Christmas Carols the whole time its lit up.  We walk the dogs to the Nutcracker Suite, We Wish You a Merry Christmas, and a medley of other tunes.  Non-stop.  Earlier tonight, as we returned from dropping our puppies off at various houses for a weekend sleep over, I was overcome by the Nutcracker Suite and had to do a quick ballet for Pitman.  He thought it was cool until I jumped at him hollering "CATCH ME!!"  He actually looked a little scared at that point.  But I was just foolin'.  I like him too much to hurt him that way.  But we found something we can agree on, and that is that we are both happy that we do not live any less than 5 houses away from the Snowmen Musical & Light Review!