. . . a little behind schedule . . .

. . . this is the first year

in a while . . .

. . . that no son or son-in-law

has been living here

at christmastime . . .

{chris, brent, tyler and drew

have always been so great to volunteer}

. . . so ~ this year ~

i've been honing

my own staple gun skills . . .

{bought myself a fancy new electric model!}

. . . i am smart enough

{however}

to enlist the help

of the nicest neighbor

{thanks jeremy!}

to get up on the roof

and light the dormers . . .

. . . all that's left to do now

is figure out

the timers and extension cords . . .

. . . but i ran out of daylight . . .

. . . hoping tomorrow's the day

we flip the switch . . .

{drew [bless his heart] would have had the entire project done saturday

if not for the fact that it was definitely time to replace our ancient lights}