I was very mathematical about it this year. I measured all the various portions of the house, added up the lengths of each strand of lights, and I mapped out the perfect way to use the lights without having too much or too few at the end. It was all planned out.
As you may have guessed, it didn’t quite work out as smoothly as I had hoped. I got the first strand and a half up and found that the measurements on the box of lights were way off. They stretched a lot farther than I was expecting.
Then I climbed onto the roof... Now, I’m not afraid of heights. The Tower of Terror and the Maliboomer are some of my favorites at Disneyland. I also really like the drop tower ride at Knott’s Berry Farm. I’ve even been on all three rides at the top of the Stratosphere in Las Vegas and thought it was awesome. I don’t understand it. On the Insanity, I dangled 900 ft. off the ground, spinning in a circle, facing down, with nothing but a lapbar holding me. But on a roof, 14 ft. up, I freaked.
That’s when I joked to Jenn about Ken offering to help us with anything we needed while he’s back here in Utah. Maybe he would help with this, I snickered. That’s when she told me that Ken has no fear of rooftops. Perfect! We called him up, and he was happy to help!
Boy, am I glad he was. I still did some of the roof stuff, but he did most of it. And I refused to go near the corner of the house. He, on the other hand, was leaning over the edge, completely unfazed. That’s about the time I turned the lights on, and two sections of one strand didn’t work. (Yes, we tested them before we went up there, but you know how it is.) Ken fiddled with them and got one section working, but the other section would only flicker once in a while. So, he re-adjusted the lights and tucked the non-working section in the rain gutter.
With the hard part over with, we took a break and ordered pizza. Ken stuck around and helped with the rest of the house. And in the end, we had about a foot to spare. It was perfect, thanks to that non-working section.
Pictures...
And the finished product...
Now we just have to get our tree up. :/
1 comment:
I'm glad you called Ken. He told me that he enjoyed helping. He's a handy guy to have around.
It looks really nice. I wish we could have some nice lights to show some holiday spirit, but we only have two small strands, that we bought last year, that barely make it around our tree. Every year I think I will get some on sale after Christmas, but we never have the money to do so, so oh well!
I can't wait to see the pics of the tree. I bet it will look awesome!
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