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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
 Posted - Jan 05 2008 : 9:09:49 PM
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You girls are nice girls....for some reason this year, as pretty as it was, I could not WAIT to get it down. Now the birds are enjoying it outside with oranges and strung berries and cheerios.
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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Lainey
True Blue Farmgirl
2401 Posts
Elaine
Waco
Kentucky
USA
2401 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2008 : 05:45:47 AM
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Well, I took the decorations off yesterday and they are in boxes in the middle of the living room. The tree is still up although bare right now. I really have to put everything away as I'm having to walk a path between all the stuff in the floor here.
Farmgirl Sister #25
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junkjunkie
True Blue Farmgirl
1306 Posts
Judy
Lawrenceville
NJ
USA
1306 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2008 : 06:04:13 AM
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Mine is gone...*poof*...lol!...and put away, along with the decorations, until next year.
"To have life in focus, we must have death in our field of vision." Benedictine monk John Main |
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HeathersHeartfeltStitches
True Blue Farmgirl
440 Posts
Heather
Lancaster
OH
USA
440 Posts |
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AFMom
True Blue Farmgirl
100 Posts
Erica
North Dakota
USA
100 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2008 : 07:36:41 AM
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| Mine has been gone since the Friday after Christmas! I feel too cluttered if I leave stuff out too long around the holidays...I like to decorate and whatnot, but don't like it out for a long time...just me:) It is this way with all holidays around here. Hugs, Erica |
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GaiasRose
True Blue Farmgirl
2552 Posts
Tasha-Rose
St. Paul
Minnesota
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cajungal
True Blue Farmgirl
2349 Posts
Catherine Farmgirl Sister #76
Houston Area
Texas
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Posted - Jan 06 2008 : 08:52:47 AM
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We usually keep the decorations up until after mid-Jan. I just couldn't do it this time. The day after Christmas the whole family was ready to get back to "normal". So, down came everything and organized (for the first time!) and put away in the shed.
Everything except.....the front porch lights. I just noticed them yesterday and said "Girls, we need to take those down or we'll look like rednecks" My oldest was offended because she likes being "country" and made reference to Gretchen Wilson's song that sings of "keepin' Christmas lights on my front porch all year long" They're still up....not sure for how long though.
Blessings
Catherine
Farmgirl Sister #76
One of the best compliments from one of my daughters: "Moma, you smell good...like dirt." |
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
4439 Posts |
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Dixie_Amazon
True Blue Farmgirl
125 Posts
Dennise
Baton Rouge
LA
USA
125 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2008 : 10:35:28 AM
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Mine is still up. I will take it down Tuesday while the boys are at school.
Dennise with 2 n's
Farmgirl Sister #47 **~~** Country girl raised in the city. |
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laluna
True Blue Farmgirl
295 Posts
New York
USA
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Posted - Jan 06 2008 : 10:38:04 AM
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I didn't even put a tree up this year! All the Christmas decorations were put away last weekend, though, because I hate going back to work knowing that the "clutter" still needs to be dealt with :-)
"I believe in God, only I spell it Nature." -- Frank Lloyd Wright |
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kissmekate
True Blue Farmgirl
890 Posts
Kate
Delano
Minnesota
890 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2008 : 10:52:22 AM
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Guilty. 
I am taking mine down tomorrow. I have the day off from work,(shhhhhhhhhhhh don't tell the kids!)I had vacation time to use it or lose it.
I am doing that and other stuff I didn't get done over the holidays. We were running here and or doing this every day.
Don't miss out on a blessing, just because it isn't packaged the way you expected. ~MaryJo Copeland |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2008 : 11:03:38 AM
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Ours came down last Tuesday, New year's Day. It was dry!!!! Even though we religiously watered it. I miss it! Love to sit at night and enjoy the lights. My mantle is still decorated and I have two wreaths still on the doors.
Ours at church is still up, and I was there by myself yesterday setting up for communion. I turned the tree on while I was there just to enjoy the lights and sparkle. It was so quiet and pretty in there. I love Christmas trees!!!! Any other decorations I could let go of if needed, but not a tree.
Farmgirl Sister # 31
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AmyEllen
True Blue Farmgirl
235 Posts
Amy
McPherson
Kansas
USA
235 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2008 : 3:08:46 PM
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Normally mine would be, as I usually chose a very large, and due to my allergy to pine , expensive fir tree. So we keep it up as long as possible to get the full use out of that pricey tree. However this year it was a small fake tree. And since we are moving it is all packed away. This coming year I plan to purchase a very nice large real looking fake tree. I can not see spending nearly 100 dollars every year to keep throwing it away, also I hate killing all those trees. So I will just by some pine or whatever scented candles and burn them, LOL
Hugs
Amy
My Blog
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CountryBorn
True Blue Farmgirl
1545 Posts
Mary Jane
New York
USA
1545 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2008 : 3:46:05 PM
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I just took all the decorations down yesterday and the tree today. What a job!! I am glad everything is back to normal, but I do miss the lights!It's so cozy with the tree on and the fireplace going. Glad someone said wreaths, I just realized my is still on the front door.
MJ
There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do. Freya Stark |
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amyartgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
991 Posts
Amy
Junction City
Ohio
USA
991 Posts |
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Beemoosie
True Blue Farmgirl
2077 Posts
Bonnie
New York
USA
2077 Posts |
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lmillward
True Blue Farmgirl
111 Posts
Lorie
Riverton
UT
USA
111 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2008 : 5:30:45 PM
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Mine is still up too. I love to decorate but hate to clean up. It usually stays up until one of the kids gets embarrassed and takes it down.
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2008 : 5:44:18 PM
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Mine too..this is the longest I have EVER had mine up. I am for sure getting it down tomorrow while the kids are at school!!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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abbasgurl
True Blue Farmgirl
1262 Posts
Rhonda
USA
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Posted - Jan 06 2008 : 6:58:48 PM
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OK, I should NEVER tell this story... We once had our tree up for 3 1/2 YEARS! LOL Seriously...it started as a running joke because I left it up to decorate for our Jan. birthdays, then of course it was NEARLY Valentine's day anyway... We added hearts. Weeeelllll our youth group kids though that was REAL funny and begged us to keep it up longer, so we did...
Eventually, we became sort of a Christmas legend...don't ask. So when friends, youth groups, or bands came to stay, they bought an ornament for THE tree. I vaccumed it, dusted it, and finally when I could no longer stand it standing in the corner of the room I shoved it out of an upstairs window!
Man, that tree was dry...
...kidding. It was, of course, an artificial tree.
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Georgia Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
212 Posts
Denise
Atlanta
GA
USA
212 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2008 : 7:12:37 PM
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Mine is still up and it has NEVER been up this long. I have also never been working outside of my home at Christmas. I just don't have the gumption to take it down this year, I guess that is called laziness huh? It is coming down tomorrow. The girls and I are here alone because this is the last hunting weekend so we are doing that first thing tomorrow (like it or not)
Denise
Proud Farmgirl Sister #113
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
4033 Posts
Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
4033 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2008 : 7:20:57 PM
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My Christmas decorations got put away New years Day, it was our tradition as a kid, to start the new year new. I do still have my little ceramic Christmas tree up and the bah humbug tree of coarse!!!!!
We put up all blue lights outside this year and they are still up cause those puppies are frozen. thus choosing the blue so it won't matter!!!!!
listening to the quiet moments
Farmgirl #39
www.Quitemoments.blogspot.com |
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JessieMae
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Jessie
Raleigh
North Carolina
USA
702 Posts |
Posted - Jan 07 2008 : 11:01:25 AM
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bohemiangel
True Blue Farmgirl
2087 Posts
Bridget
Ligonier
pa
USA
2087 Posts |
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farmgirl blessings
True Blue Farmgirl
777 Posts
Lea
TN
777 Posts |
Posted - Jan 07 2008 : 1:38:53 PM
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Mine is still up too. I think I'm going to leave my little sewing tree up all year. It is small and I think I'll just add seasonal ornaments. I have so enjoyed the atmosphere that those white lights make each evening that i just can't bear to put it away.
Blessings, Lea
www.farmhouseblessings.blogspot.com
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