Ornament Disasters

Day two of tree decorating was my most butterfingered day in my long and storied history of tree trimming. I purposely decorate alone to prevent breakage and hard feelings. My high opinion of my skills was dashed today as I broke ornament after ornament.

I have to climb the 12 foot ladder to decorate the top of the tree. So I don’t have to go up and down the ladder too much I fill a small basket with about 20 ornaments and carry it to the top of the ladder. Not once, but twice I dropped the basket from the top of the ladder. Thankfully it wasn’t full each time.

Then I dropped glass globes I thought I had hung securely only to have them jump off the tree to a certain death. I dropped a mirrored glass house and a hand painted glass ball. If all that wasn’t bad enough I rammed two balls together breaking both of them at the same time.

Just when I thought I had done all the breaking because I was almost done, I crashed a ball into the leg of the ladder. The total loss today was eight different beauties gone forever all due to my own clumsiness.

I still have house decorating to do. Please god let my breakage spell to be done. I can’t afford this streak.