The good ole days

It's hard to think that this is the same week that dad was sleeping on the porch. (There goes that thing with time again)

I finally took it upon myself to get out my holiday box to put up some decorations.  Still no tree, but I figured I'd at least put lights up.  When I think about Christmas these days I feel less compelled to celebrate it..my thoughts are you celebrate it if you have kids or a significant other. I have no kids and am single, but I bought lights last year and figure we need to get in some type of holiday spirit around here!!!!

So I head outside to figure out how to hang these lights on my house when dad comes outside to join me.  I'm glad he was there to help.  It reminded me of being a kid again at our house climbing behind him on the ladder to get on the roof and help.  For some reason I loved being up there, seeing as far as my eye could see, spying into our neighbors yards lol.  When I first did it mom was a bit worried, dad knew I was smart and coordinated and seemed to love the help. Those were definitely the good old days!!

Now the tables have turned, and my dad is helping me.  We didn't exactly have to get on the roof, or actually I couldn't figure out if it made sense as it was getting dark and I have spanish tile and didn't want to crack one in the dark.  So we made due with what we had, a step stool and some ingenuity.  Dad held the trail of lights, while I put the gutter clips on the lights and then attached them to the gutters.  We managed to get two thirds of the lights up.  I asked my neighbor to borrow his ladder, but it was too short to reach the tall part so we had to leave the rest for tomorrow.

I know dad felt a sense of accomplishment and felt useful, like a normal human being should feel.  He's so excited about finishing up tomorrow he won't stop talking about it.  Most rely's on my neighbor to get his tall ladder loose from some overgrown bushes and my client appointments.  If we don't get it done tomorrow, we'll definitely finish on Sunday. As he likes to say, "Teamwork makes the dream work!"

Here's to creating new memories!!!