When in Rome.......

Do as the Romans do, right?

Well, when in Washington,

put up your Christmas lights

before any sane southerner would even

dream of pulling out the Christmas storage bins.

I get it though.

The weather here can turn on a dime

and when it does,

it's all over for roof climbing and

light hanging.

So, we followed suit

and started decking our halls

this week!

We haven't done anything inside yet,

except run our fireplace to take the chill out of the room.

But a glowing fireplace always makes me

feel all warm and holiday-ish, so to me

it's sorta like a Christmas decoration.

We'll start working indoors

this weekend after Thanksgiving.

Michael and David worked outside

adorning every possible area with

white lights.

Our neighbors have cornered the market

on flashing, chasing, colored lights

that are synchronized to music,

so we thought,

"why even try?"

ya know?

I love the elegant simplicity of all white lights though

and thankfully,

so does David, so there are no

"my way"/"your way" arguements over how we decorate.

They climbed on the roof
and got the job done pretty quickly.
They told me that the view from way up there
is completely different and
utterly awe-inspiring.
They think I should go up there
and see it for myself.
As much as I love beauty,
I also know that my knees melt when
I'm navigating unprotected heights,
and having just dealt with
a bone crushing injury,
I can't even imagine risking
it again.
So, I'll just take their word for it.



Here is our work in progress
glowing at night.

And yes, that is my crazy daughter silloutted in the window!

She got talked into checking out that fabulous view

that I'm too chicken to see!

We've still got a few things to do around the top floor windows
{and by "we", I mean David and Michael}
but it looks pretty good so far, huh?
Anyone else out there crazy enough to
put up their decorations
the week before Thanksgiving?