Some of my good readers (all 10 of you) might be wondering what the Ogre does on Black Friday (other than complain about printers). After wandering about and doing some shopping (why not? It's loads of fun watching everyone else), he spent the afternoon putting up outdoor Christmas decorations. Have a look:
That's 3 large blow-up decorations, and what didn't make the picture -- see those candy canes in the foreground? There's another 45 of them off to the right. Really. It's totally Griswald. On the right, that's Santa coming up out of the ditch and a 12' tall Moose behind him. 
The snow globe on the left is new this year, but I still need one more new thing (I'm limited to 2 new things a year...)
Oh, and tomorrow will be indoor decorations -- blog decorations are in the works.
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Wow, I'm almost too overcome with competetiveness and wondering if I've been visiting long enough to count as a "good" reader to comment on the shiny decorations.
I said almost. Totally shiny decorations, I love the snow globe!
Posted by: uber at November 25, 2005 07:30 PM (8LdKN)
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Would you please come decorate my yard? The kids would love it. BTW, what flag is flying? Steelers?
Posted by: vw bug at November 25, 2005 09:01 PM (Xl/Yt)
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And I thought adding two porch Christmas trees was going overboard ... j/k -- looks wonderful.
Posted by: Jo at November 25, 2005 09:09 PM (eXI8W)
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Heh. Shiny things are always good! The snow globe is really cool. If you haven't seen them this year, they have popcorn stuff flying around in them like real snow globes -- really cool.
Flag? The only flag on the pole is out of the picture -- The American Flag.
Thanks for the kind words, everyone!
Posted by: Ogre at November 25, 2005 10:43 PM (uSCkp)
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I love to see the houses all lit up and decorated for Christmas. It's amazing how excited we can still get just by plugging in a string of lights and having them actually light up! ;-)
Your house looks happy and festive. Nice job!
Posted by: Patty-Jo at November 26, 2005 06:11 AM (tIPJZ)
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It is fun, isn't it, Patty-Jo! Thank you!
Posted by: Ogre at November 26, 2005 07:39 AM (uSCkp)
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I'm soooo jealous! I'm very limited this year and there are NO out door decorations - but still - that's beyond my wildest imagination!!
You Rock Ogre!!!
Posted by: Tammi at November 26, 2005 12:08 PM (7tCra)
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Um...I'm confused. First I thought Ogre's lived in caves and second, if the first is true...then how do they get electricity?
Inquiring mind and all.
Seriously, looks lovely. The decorations battle part II have begun here. And I just got a shiny new digital camera. The better to take pictures with my dear!
Posted by: Lee Ann at November 26, 2005 12:21 PM (wqPlW)
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Thanks you two!
And Lee Ann -- it's called an extension cord. The neighbors won't notice until the January electric bill...
Posted by: Ogre at November 26, 2005 01:25 PM (uSCkp)
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Oh.My.Lord, you could compete with my husband. People have joked that the airport uses us at Christmas to direct air traffic. One year I called Florida Power and Light to see about getting a power pole.
Holy crap. We start tomorrow.
Posted by: Bou at November 26, 2005 10:46 PM (iHxT3)
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You'll need your own hydroelectric dam if you keep that up, Ogre!
Posted by: Laurie at November 27, 2005 08:10 AM (hT4+I)
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Yay, Griswald lights!
And Laurie, I'm in NC -- with all the sun we get I'm thinking solar power all day to store the energy used at night...
Posted by: Ogre at November 27, 2005 09:17 AM (uSCkp)
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Stay away from my house... stupid christmas lights.
BTW, you have NOTHING on my father... who was the model for the Griswald house.
Posted by: Contagion at November 28, 2005 09:09 AM (Q5WxB)
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You know, yesterday evening while watching the Dolphins and eating more turkey, I thought of a way and a place to add a giant (about 8' tall and 14' wide) manger scene to the yard...involving plywood and lumber...
*DROOL*
Posted by: Ogre at November 28, 2005 10:03 AM (/k+l4)
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One thing you're missing, Ogre. You need some good old fashion white fluffy snow.
Cold weather sucks, but Christmas decorations without snow just don't seem right!
Posted by: Echo Zoe at November 28, 2005 10:36 AM (K+h36)
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Oh, and I MISS snow. I'm going to WV this weekend to see some up close.
And there's a company that makes powdered snow (just add water) that lasts for awhile (until it rains a lot), but man would it be expensive to cover the whole yard!
Posted by: Ogre at November 28, 2005 10:43 AM (/k+l4)
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