Lol hogweed, we have three cats here but only one now that can mingle with dogs due to Naya...(Rottie), she's just not sure whether to eat or play with cats as she's not been used to them being in kennels..so shes there now kept apart. Collie raised one of our cats from 3 days old and mothers all of them so we sneak her into bedroom now and again so they can play.
Joint working here too, each according to their talents and abilities. OH lugs boxes, assembles stuff, stands on chairs etc. I arrange stuff as I like it and he agrees that it all looks lovely
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
After nearly 10 years of tears and tantrums (that's me not him by the way!)) regarding sizes of tree, where to put it, how to decorate it etc. my OH has relinquished any decorating duties to myself and now sits in his chair with a glass of cognac and mince pie and lets me get on with the joyfulness of house decorating at Christmas time!! Which is just as it should be ????
Veering off topic a little, but we stopped using real trees years ago. Far too much mess from them with needle drop. At one time a spray was available which prevented drop but it disappeared - I'll blame the EU as most things are their fault
The only problem now is that the artificial tree seems to get heavier each year. Where once getting it down from the attic was a breeze, now I have to stop for oxygen a couple of times (OK, maybe a slight exaggeration, but you get the idea).
I like a real tree and Nordmans don't shed. If you trim the base of the trunk and stand them in a bucket of water for a day or two they take up enough moisture to last and a dose of hairspray helps seal their pores too.
We've tried rooted trees but they've usually just been hacked out of the ground and only one has ever survived and is now a 6m high specimen back in Belgium. I might buy a properly potted specimen for this garden but we'll not bother again for the house.
I do all the decorating of the tree, their all in the spare wardrobe. He asked me if I need any help getting them out, but I say no it's ok. The only time I asked him something is when I couldn't find the plug adapter the ones that are 6 in a row. It took me half an hour trying to find it. I always put the lights away tidy so when it comes to getting them out I don't have to spend a lot of time. I put all the lights on and decorations, he looks at it and says there's a gap where a decoration should be.
Well, my hubby stays well out the way and leaves me to it, cause even if I brake any baubles he knows it will some how, still be his fault. He just keeps the tea flowing just like when I'm in the garden. I'll say "does that look alright" and he'll say"I don't know what your asking me for cause if I said "yes ",you will only go and rearrange it.
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Ain't a problem here as there's only me and cats! Cats and Christmas trees don't mix. I put up a lighted one outside.
Lol hogweed, we have three cats here but only one now that can mingle with dogs due to Naya...(Rottie), she's just not sure whether to eat or play with cats as she's not been used to them being in kennels..so shes there now kept apart. Collie raised one of our cats from 3 days old and mothers all of them so we sneak her into bedroom now and again so they can play.
Joint working here too, each according to their talents and abilities. OH lugs boxes, assembles stuff, stands on chairs etc. I arrange stuff as I like it and he agrees that it all looks lovely
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
After nearly 10 years of tears and tantrums (that's me not him by the way!)) regarding sizes of tree, where to put it, how to decorate it etc. my OH has relinquished any decorating duties to myself and now sits in his chair with a glass of cognac and mince pie and lets me get on with the joyfulness of house decorating at Christmas time!! Which is just as it should be ????
Veering off topic a little, but we stopped using real trees years ago. Far too much mess from them with needle drop. At one time a spray was available which prevented drop but it disappeared - I'll blame the EU as most things are their fault
The only problem now is that the artificial tree seems to get heavier each year. Where once getting it down from the attic was a breeze, now I have to stop for oxygen a couple of times (OK, maybe a slight exaggeration, but you get the idea).
I like a real tree and Nordmans don't shed. If you trim the base of the trunk and stand them in a bucket of water for a day or two they take up enough moisture to last and a dose of hairspray helps seal their pores too.
We've tried rooted trees but they've usually just been hacked out of the ground and only one has ever survived and is now a 6m high specimen back in Belgium. I might buy a properly potted specimen for this garden but we'll not bother again for the house.
Found this site this morning - https://www.facebook.com/pg/diycraftnproject/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1165071980246919
Hours of fun for crafting with kids or family - unless, like me, you save loo rolls for sowing peas and beans.
I agree Obelixx - we've never ever had a shedding problem with a Nordman tree
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I do all the decorating of the tree, their all in the spare wardrobe. He asked me if I need any help getting them out, but I say no it's ok. The only time I asked him something is when I couldn't find the plug adapter the ones that are 6 in a row. It took me half an hour trying to find it. I always put the lights away tidy so when it comes to getting them out I don't have to spend a lot of time. I put all the lights on and decorations, he looks at it and says there's a gap where a decoration should be.
Obelixx, spraying a tree with hair spray, isn't that a fire hazard?
Well, my hubby stays well out the way and leaves me to it, cause even if I brake any baubles he knows it will some how, still be his fault.
He just keeps the tea flowing just like when I'm in the garden. I'll say "does that look alright" and he'll say"I don't know what your asking me for cause if I said "yes ",you will only go and rearrange it.