570News Blog: Lisa Drew

My husband is not Clark Griswold…and I am not Martha Stewart.. as much as we both try.
Yesterday the annual light display went up.
We had our annual “disagreement” on certain things.. like what electrical cord goes where…and… our vision in general.

This is nothing..we have finally learned after years of frustration that we do not wallpaper a bathroom together.

This year wasn’t as bad…. we’ve both grown…
and this year we let the kids do more of the design… we even bought one of those blow up things -  a six foot tall penguin.
(it is so.. not… Martha..but makes one  ten year old laugh)

Also new this year:  a big star on the chimney, lights up the flagpole.. snowflakes..and swags.  I have the
one tastefully done windowbox  with the twig lights and evergreens and dried hydrangeas. 

We could have made things easier by just hiring someone..( there are a number of local companies offering this service around Kitchener and Guelph this year)  or just by going to one of the hundreds of How-To websites out there.
Among the official expert advice:..use a ladder…
do it on a dry day… and count on it taking about two hours for the basic display.  When connecting a couple of strings together.. wrap some electrical tape around the plug connections.
Other advice:… salt the driveway first.  My husband hit the ground three times yesterday.  (He wasn’t on the ladder for this!)

On a plus note: Our display was up before the neighbour’s across the street…

lisa