Yes, we got our tree on the side of the road. Amander, you are correct!
Last year, we bought a tree at a tree farm that we cut down ourselves. It was nice, but then we were driving home and realized that we kept seeing trees everywhere on the sides of the road. So last year we decided, never again are we paying $40 for a stupid tree, when there are plenty to spare here in Oregon.
However, it did require us to be quite stealth. I drove around during the day and found one that I thought was acceptable (I am generally pretty picky about my Christmas tree). The problem was it was on a fairly busy street. So we went back at night, I dropped Nick off, drove away, then he called me once it was cut down. We shoved the tree in our trunk as fast we could and sped off.
That's right, we are tree thiefs. We are living outside the law.
Movie of the Week
I had heard a lot about this movie and was excited to see it (I have been watching a lot of below average movies on netflix). It was good, but I think that's all I can say about it. I loved learning more about Jackie Robinson, and I always appreciate a heroic sports movie, but there wasn't anything particularly amazing or special about it. Just a good quality movie.
Current Read
I read this book for my most recent book club, and I absolutely loved it. It's a great length, not too short and not too long. It kept me interested the entire time. It was mostly about art and art Degas specifically. I felt like I was constantly learning all about the art world which was fascinating. I highly recommend to anyone who has even a little bit of interest in art.
Picture of the Week
Brizzy Boo in Hawaii, 4 weeks old. May 2009
The Brizzness
Baby Holland (would be 2 1/2)
Baby Girl #3
The Ainge Fam
The Cottle Family
4 comments:
That is so freaking funny!! I just read that to Michael and we both had a great laugh! I can just see you guys. I do agree, however, that Oregon does have a lot of beautiful trees to spare. I thought about that as we were hiking through the snow to find our "perfect" tree. It was definitely about the experience for us and our Charlie Brown tree got a good home.
I think I remember you saying you wished you had just gotten one off the side of the road last year - and I thought that was so funny!
Excellent story!
i'm not sure if we can be friends anymore...
hahaha! That is hilarious! Tree thiefs... you HAVE been living in Oregon too long! Next thing you know you'll be cow tipping...
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