***It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like CHRISTMAS THREAD***

[GuinnessStout]

Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

Uh oh! Hubs is just going to love the next AmEx bill!

And the consumer electronics store salesman who waits on your friend is going to curl up in bed that night as visions of dollar signs dance in his head!!!

Sadly the Best Buy salesmen know my husband by name and all run to greet him when we walk in the door... If he misses a week going in they have been known to even call and check on him. But we are hoping to get those they only have 5 TVs at some low price that we might have to get in a fight for lol we already warned the husband we are stealing his truck that night because we would have a huge backseat for stuff and its so large and scary people just move out of its way.

[yorkietalkjilly]

Originally Posted by GuinnessStout

Sadly the Best Buy salesmen know my husband by name and all run to greet him when we walk in the door... If he misses a week going in they have been known to even call and check on him. But we are hoping to get those they only have 5 TVs at some low price that we might have to get in a fight for lol we already warned the husband we are stealing his truck that night because we would have a huge backseat for stuff and its so large and scary people just move out of its way.

Sounds like my kinda shopping spree - I love me some fine media - huge bright flat TV's and great big sound where you can hear every single midtone and tiny tinkle besides the beastly bass. Do you dicker them down in price and go out for a fine dinner or to the lingerie shop after with the savings?

[GuinnessStout]

Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

Sounds like my kinda shopping spree - I love me some fine media - huge bright flat TV's and great big sound where you can hear every single midtone and tiny tinkle besides the beastly bass. Do you dicker them down in price and go out for a fine dinner or to the lingerie shop after with the savings?

Well I would have said you would love our football/ movie room but the bass part killed it lol this is our big TV room but an older picture when we had less speakers lol yes I said LESS haha

[yorkietalkjilly]

Originally Posted by GuinnessStout

Well I would have said you would love our football/ movie room but the bass part killed it lol this is our big TV room but an older picture when we had less speakers lol yes I said LESS haha

That is some system! Are those analog speakers or 2.1 or 5.1-channel or another mixture? Most speakers for HDTV really - excuse the expression - suck IMHO and everything is going virtual to satisfy our thirst for ultra thin or invisible. My old analog speakers and subwolfer rock but I only use them occasionally because of the delay. Still, on ProLogic Dolby Surround, turned on low for football games and concerts, they do crowd noise & ambiance as if one were in the stadium or symphony hall.

[yorkietalkjilly]

Put the Christmas Tree up late yesterday afternoon! I don't think I've ever had a Christmas Tree up so early! It means I can now start to watch Christmas movies anytime I want. Next is dragging that big old Santa Clause lifesize figure out of storage and finding the Nativity scene plus my little Ideal Baby Jesus doll in his little manger.

[KazzyK810]

Well, after clearing up the yard the other weekend, I decided to put to outdoor christmas lights while the weather is still nice.

I bought the last few packs of contractor grade icicle lights on clearance at ACE after last Christmas (woohoo...love a sale!) I measured out where they needed to start & end to hit an outdoor plug and up they went.

Now, I knew I needed exactly two more packs (and would be paying full price...grrr), so off I went to the local hardware store. Buy them, get home, start uping them up and discover that...this year, each string is TWO foot shorter than last year, in the same brand! So now I'm 4 foot short over my garage .

Ah...the joys of the holiday season...

[yorkietalkjilly]

Originally Posted by KazzyK810

Well, after clearing up the yard the other weekend, I decided to put to outdoor christmas lights while the weather is still nice.

I bought the last few packs of contractor grade icicle lights on clearance at ACE after last Christmas (woohoo...love a sale!) I measured out where they needed to start & end to hit an outdoor plug and up they went.

Now, I knew I needed exactly two more packs (and would be paying full price...grrr), so off I went to the local hardware store. Buy them, get home, start uping them up and discover that...this year, each string is TWO foot shorter than last year, in the same brand! So now I'm 4 foot short over my garage .

Ah...the joys of the holiday season...

Oh, no! Two feet shorter! Wow! Everything we buy but TV's is shrinking! I got some Little Debbie Christmas Tree Brownies a couple weeks back and when I was poking around in the Christmas Closet, I found a box from last year's Little Debbie Holiday Cakes that Danny or someone had stuck empty in there when putting away Christmas things. It was red, had Santa Claus on it, all Christmas-y looking and I guess he thought it was a decoration or, being a man, just didn't even notice so scooped it up with other decorations in the kitchen and off it all went. Anyway, I brought it out to throw away and thought it looked different. I put it beside this year's box and last year's box of cakes was 1/3 larger than this year's. I can't believe how dinky this year's box of goodies looked next to that old one and I think it was the same price or higher! Even the 3 liter Diet Cola's are 2.5 is some stores now.

I think those icicle lights are so pretty. I wish we had battery operated ones for placing along a table or something for inside.

[yorkietalkjilly]

Now that it finally got cool/cold here, lots of trucks up and down the alley delivery wood for fireplaces! I know because Tibbe announces every single one of them and barks until they leave.

[Micah my love]

Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

Put the Christmas Tree up late yesterday afternoon! I don't think I've ever had a Christmas Tree up so early! It means I can now start to watch Christmas movies anytime I want. Next is dragging that big old Santa Clause lifesize figure out of storage and finding the Nativity scene plus my little Ideal Baby Jesus doll in his little manger.

Jeanie i did opposite i got santa out first

[yorkietalkjilly]

Originally Posted by Micah my love

Jeanie i did opposite i got santa out first

Haha. I usually drag my Santa out first, too. But I just had to plug up that tree to be sure it worked. And oh, Santa is standing way back behind some big dolls this year. I've got to move them first!

Shirley Temple is still standing where she was when she came and I put her in the den one year ago!!! Changed her outfit at Easter but she's in basically the same spot, same position!!! She is standing right beside the Christmas Tree, just where I always envisioned one would stand if I ever got an Ideal 35" ST!

[Micah my love]

Jeanie that sounds so wonderful is ST wearing her coat

[yorkietalkjilly]

Originally Posted by Micah my love

Jeanie that sounds so wonderful is ST wearing her coat

Not yet. Going to wait a bit and enjoy her in the fancy party dress by the tree and then take it off so it won't get too crushed, put her in a red velvet dress I have and the white fur coat over it! I'm so excited. Boy, do I wish I could find that red coat/hood that that ST wears on the front of that ST book! I'd have her in the white fur one year and the red coat the next!

[GuinnessStout]

Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

That is some system! Are those analog speakers or 2.1 or 5.1-channel or another mixture? Most speakers for HDTV really - excuse the expression - suck IMHO and everything is going virtual to satisfy our thirst for ultra thin or invisible. My old analog speakers and subwolfer rock but I only use them occasionally because of the delay. Still, on ProLogic Dolby Surround, turned on low for football games and concerts, they do crowd noise & ambiance as if one were in the stadium or symphony hall.

That room is actually set up 7.2 all Klipsch reference series.... My husband has a umm SMALL Klipsch addiction we make fun of, last we counted we are at 42 speakers around the house

[yorkietalkjilly]

42 speakers. Bet your neighbors love you! (kidding)

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Cleaned my hall for over 2 hours. It sparkles top to bottom. Decorated the house a bit more. Kept bath today changing things and redoing - ugh! Am so sore from all the climbing, crouching, crawling, scrubing, cleaning up and down and up and down a zillion times I doubt I'll sleep much tonight. Every muscle screaming OUCH!!!

[GuinnessStout]

Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

42 speakers. Bet your neighbors love you! (kidding)

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Cleaned my hall for over 2 hours. It sparkles top to bottom. Decorated the house a bit more. Kept bath today changing things and redoing - ugh! Am so sore from all the climbing, crouching, crawling, scrubing, cleaning up and down and up and down a zillion times I doubt I'll sleep much tonight. Every muscle screaming OUCH!!!

I am sure I have lost my mind this year because I have decided I want to make my own ornaments for my tree... We will see how long that last haha

Yea that is why he got two of these shirts coming from Santa lol
On the front it just says Klipsch and back