If you have been following along with my Christmas saga this year, then you know that my first attempt at the Gi-Normous Tree was a disaster. My buddy CC and his wife, Barb, were able to capture the fun and folly of my attempt at immortality. You can view pictures and highlights here: Ginormous difficulties for the Ginormous Tree.
Even though my first attempt was a failure, it did not stop me from reaching new heights. The Gi-Normous Tree lives and has withstood several bouts of 40mph winds that have blown through here over the last month.
Friday, December 02, 2005
Progress!
I spent the last few days trying to be more proactive in my approach to my decorations. To recap:
On Tuesday, Paul the Electrician came by and installed two new 20 amp circuits to my electrical box. He also installed two 4-outlet boxes below the electrical box with weather proof covers. This setup will allow me to run all my Christmas lights to these outlets and turn them off at the panel. No more worries about tripping a circuit if my wife decides to blow dry her hair! LOL!
On Wednesday and Thursday night, I set up my three animated reighndeers and sleigh. I placed them along the North side of the house in a configuration that makes it look like Santa has just parked his sleigh to deliver some toys. The reighndeer are attached together with two 18-foot lengths of blue rope light. The blue rope light represents the reigns for the sleigh. I also setup my SnowMan plywood cut-out. The SnowMan is wrapped with a blue ropelight and I also put an accent light in front of him so you can see the details. I put my animated drummer boy and one of my rope light Christmas trees on the North side of the yard as well. Oh, I also hung my Gi-Normous star that I built (you member? the star was soo big that it caused the Gi-Normous Tree v1.0 to buckle) on our Yucca tree. It looks pretty cool.
The yard is looking great! Now I need to start on the outdoor house decorations. I think I will go ahead and put the icicle lights like I had them last year. I also need to decorate the front patio area.
So all in all there is still a lot of work to do this weekend, but I am confident that I can have it all done by Saturday evening!
I will post more pictures on Saturday!
On Tuesday, Paul the Electrician came by and installed two new 20 amp circuits to my electrical box. He also installed two 4-outlet boxes below the electrical box with weather proof covers. This setup will allow me to run all my Christmas lights to these outlets and turn them off at the panel. No more worries about tripping a circuit if my wife decides to blow dry her hair! LOL!
On Wednesday and Thursday night, I set up my three animated reighndeers and sleigh. I placed them along the North side of the house in a configuration that makes it look like Santa has just parked his sleigh to deliver some toys. The reighndeer are attached together with two 18-foot lengths of blue rope light. The blue rope light represents the reigns for the sleigh. I also setup my SnowMan plywood cut-out. The SnowMan is wrapped with a blue ropelight and I also put an accent light in front of him so you can see the details. I put my animated drummer boy and one of my rope light Christmas trees on the North side of the yard as well. Oh, I also hung my Gi-Normous star that I built (you member? the star was soo big that it caused the Gi-Normous Tree v1.0 to buckle) on our Yucca tree. It looks pretty cool.
The yard is looking great! Now I need to start on the outdoor house decorations. I think I will go ahead and put the icicle lights like I had them last year. I also need to decorate the front patio area.
So all in all there is still a lot of work to do this weekend, but I am confident that I can have it all done by Saturday evening!
I will post more pictures on Saturday!
Monday, November 28, 2005
Way too much to do this weekend...
I was just looking in my garage where I have all my lights and decorations and I realized that I am not anywhere near close to completion. We were out of town over the long holiday weekend and we will probably have to go out of town this weekend again. I just don't know how I am going to get any of it done.
Bah humbug.....
Bah humbug.....
More Power!
The Dad of one of my soccer players is coming over on Tuesday to upgrade my electrical system at my house. We are going to up the house to a 125amp circuit (it currently is 100) and he is going to add two new 20 amp circuits just for my christmas lights. The circuits will feed 8 outlet boxes that will installed below the main circuit box.
More power....whoo....hoo!!!
More power....whoo....hoo!!!
Dueling Snowman
SantaPaws has created a really cool animated Snowman Snowball fight display. 
Check it out!
Hey, SantaPaws - how about uploading some video of the fight!
Check it out!Hey, SantaPaws - how about uploading some video of the fight!
Sunday, November 27, 2005
Light Design Research...Yeah...that's what I will call it....research...
Hi Ho!
Me and the wife just got back from Las Vegas. Where I was conducting light design research....yeah...that's what I will call it....research....
We spent 3 nights in Sin City taking in the sights and playing Black Jack. We had a ton of fun. We had been trying to get away just by ourselves for the past year, but between her MBA, work, soccer games, and other kid activities we just couldn't swing it. Also, we hosted Thanksgiving at our house for both of our families last year and it was quite the event. I told me wife that if we were able to pull it off that I would take her to Vegas for Thanksgiving next year. Hey....a promise is a promise. So off we went.
More notable highlights of our Vegas trip:
1. The upgrade to the Jacuzzi Suite is well worth the cost!
2. Never hit a 15, when the dealer is showing a 3.
3. Riding on the "The Duece" bus in Vegas is slower than walking.
4. The Vegas Monorail system is pretty cool and fast.
5. Every casino/hotel has at least 4 Starbucks in it.
6. Do not play Black Jack until 4am the day you are leaving.
7. AmericaWest Airlines' employees are not as happy nor as friendly as SouthWest Airlines' employees.
8. The view from the top of the Stratosphere is amazing - there is a Starbucks up at the top too.
9. I wonder how much the street vendors that hand out the pornographic literature get paid.
10. What ever happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas....hopefully...
Me and the wife just got back from Las Vegas. Where I was conducting light design research....yeah...that's what I will call it....research....
We spent 3 nights in Sin City taking in the sights and playing Black Jack. We had a ton of fun. We had been trying to get away just by ourselves for the past year, but between her MBA, work, soccer games, and other kid activities we just couldn't swing it. Also, we hosted Thanksgiving at our house for both of our families last year and it was quite the event. I told me wife that if we were able to pull it off that I would take her to Vegas for Thanksgiving next year. Hey....a promise is a promise. So off we went.
More notable highlights of our Vegas trip:
1. The upgrade to the Jacuzzi Suite is well worth the cost!
2. Never hit a 15, when the dealer is showing a 3.
3. Riding on the "The Duece" bus in Vegas is slower than walking.
4. The Vegas Monorail system is pretty cool and fast.
5. Every casino/hotel has at least 4 Starbucks in it.
6. Do not play Black Jack until 4am the day you are leaving.
7. AmericaWest Airlines' employees are not as happy nor as friendly as SouthWest Airlines' employees.
8. The view from the top of the Stratosphere is amazing - there is a Starbucks up at the top too.
9. I wonder how much the street vendors that hand out the pornographic literature get paid.
10. What ever happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas....hopefully...
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