And I woke up to....

I went to sleep to this...It looks WAY better in person, my flash went off and ruined the whole thing. We also have more to put up.

And this is what we woke up to. Just a light powdering in the yard, we have HUGE trees that caught alot of the snow, but you can see the road is snow covered. It is the dryest powder, I used a regular broom and swept the snow off the steps and the sidewalk. This is Down town. You can see the swirlies in the road since it was SO cold! The road was frozen and the snow is dry dry so it make ghost swirls on the road. Kinda cool really. On the way to Hood River, this is I-84...more ghost whispies.Chicken Charlie's Island looked SO pretty out there all on it's own. Below is a picture of the island about two weeks ago.Going up Hwy 35 to Odell where Jason's folks live. We were going up there to pick them up to go get a Christmas tree. Those trees looked so pretty, I had to get a drive by shot of them! Overlooking Odell. It's SO pretty, and this photo does not give it justice!!!

We had little luck with the Christmas tree task. We had planned to go to the Christmas tree farm and pick the tree out and cut it down. We went and no one was there. The trees had not been groomed and shaped at all. They were very inexpensive, but I'm no arborist and definately need to have one already shaped....who knows what it would end up as if I were left to do it! lol So we went on to Walmart to get a tree stand and a couple other things. After that we went to eat dinner with John and Hazel and looked around at the Christmas tree lots. I have become my mother and Hazel in so many ways....I say what I think!!!

So we went to Herman's Christmas tree lot. This guy apparently is known as a crook and not a very nice man.

Me: (Rushing over to a nice big tree) OOOHHHH look at this one!!!

Scroogy man: (Annoyed)Why is it that every woman goes directly to that one?

Me: (Happily)Because it's very nice!

Scroogy tree sales man: Or because it's the most expensive!

Me: How much is it?

Scroogy tree sales man: Well it's a 9foot noble fir

Me: And how much is it?

Scroogy tree sales man: (shakes his head like I should know) 9 foot noble fir would make it $90

Me: Oh, it is nice, how much is this tree? (pointing at a considerably shorter tree, but nice and fluffy)

Scroogy tree sales man: That's a noble fir too!

Me: OK, are all noble fir trees $90? How much is it?

Scroogy tree sales man: It is $45.

Me: Well I'm looking to spend about $25 and don't need a 9 footer, or Noble Fir, I just don't want a Charlie Brown Christmas Tree.

Scroogy tree sales man: (Scoffing) They're all gone, you're too late! This is what a $25 tree would look like (Picking up a 3 1/2 foot tree)

Me: Well we don't have a tree yet, and I'm not putting stilts under that shrimp! How much is this tree? ( Pointing to a 5 footer)
Scroogy tree sales man: (Shaking his head at me again) This is (some sort of) Pine. It's $35.

Me: Well that's not too bad, can you stand it up?

Scroogy tree sales man: (Stands it up and it has a huge gaping hole and wasn't pretty) Do you want this one?

Me: Nope....We are going to keep looking for our $25 tree since we can go cut it ourselves from the woods for $5 and the Christmas tree farms around are $10 for up to 6foot and $15 for over 6foot.

Scroogy tree sales man: Do you understand how long it takes to grow a Christmas tree from a 2 year old yearling?

Jason: Maybe 3-4 years?

Scroogy tree sales man: More! It takes 18 years before I can harvest.

Me: 18 years from a two year old yearling? You need to start using miracle grow!!!

Jason: Laughs!!!

Scroogy tree sales man didn't think I was funny, but oh well, he can keep his trees and we will find our $25 pretty, no holes, no Charlie Browner tree. The area we live in, we can get great prices on beautiful trees and there is just no reason or benefit in settling!

Jason and I are going tomorrow to Ellett farms...they have trees and they don't have Mr Scroogy Tree Sales Man. I'll post up what we end up with! Yeah!!! I've already cleared the spot in our living room for it!!! Wish us luck!

And hopfully we will have more snow tomorrow...I'll keep ya posted!