Christmas Lights

One of the things I like about commuting on public transportation is the time it gives you to get lost in your own thoughts. No radios, no tv, and (generally) no one trying to talk to you. Yesterday, for example, I came up with a solution to a difficult programming problem I was having at work that afternoon.

Today I was thinking about Christmas lights as Renee has been talking about doing some outdoor decorations this year with our new house. It happened to spark a childhood memory of the light displays Dad would do when we lived at the big house in Arlington. He would run long strings of lights from a single point on the roof down to the ground in a conical shape, creating a sort of wire-frame Christmas tree. I got excited about attempting something like this ourselves, although on a much smaller scale.

We went to Home Depot tonight to look at lights as well as pickup the list of stuff we have been collecting. Their selection was a little disappointing and I’m not sure how much I want to invest in this. We are thinking about starting small this year and buying a bunch of lights on sale after Christmas, for next year. We also got two bags of free lights via East Dallas Freecycle but most of them are indoor only so I’m not sure I can use them, not that they look any different than the outdoor rated lights.