Delighted!!! (actually... "Lighted")

Today we started our Christmas decorating, beginning with hanging lights outside. Last year, we hung our lights on Thanksgiving weekend, and we resolved never to do that again. But alas... with my travels, etc. we didn't get to it until now. The challenge is that at this time of year, daytime highs are only in the 30s, and the roof shingles are frozen. Therefore, our angled roof becomes nothing more than a giant slide, and it's nearly impossible to crawl around up on the roof! Combine that with our underpowered circuits (last year with about double the lights we were continually blowing circuits), and we couldn't go all out in decorating. But hey... we're the first ones on our cul de sac to get our outside lights up, so we still win! :-) Below are pictures of during and after. Merry Christmas (season), everyone!!!