OUTDOOR......Christmas Lights

Okay.... I am going to start off this blog by saying I am pregnant and (occasionally) emotional. So Mike went golfing Saturday morning and I decided to run into Longs to grab something (I don't remember what) and stumbled upon outdoor Christmas lights. I figured this was a great project to work on for the next few hours. Mike thinks Christmas lights are a bit trashy, so I was going to prove him wrong and make him an outdoor Christmas light lover. I was sure, after I was finished...I would have a masterpiece for Mike to come home to and we would start a new tradition of putting up outdoor lights. (thanks Niclole B.) Well, when Mike got home I was only half way done. (only one side of my front entry path) I had packages of lights, ground stakes, and powercords sitting in front of the front door. There are no outlets in the front of the house so I had to be creative. I had extension cords going every which way. I hate to admit this, but one cord was crossing the path in front of our house to get power to the other side. ARRRR. When Mike walked up he said " babe, someone dropped a whole bunch of clutter at our door step". I was immediately put on the defensive. He then said "what is all this". I tried to explain my BIG plan. He was not having any of it. I looked around and realized it was not the masterpiece I thought it was going to be. I looked at the extension cords thinking this is actually dangerous, people could trip coming into my house. Mike said " We live in a HOME not a FORT, do you want me to help you put this away?" I said "no". I sat on the step and started getting teary. Mike saw the water works coming, and at that point decided it was better to help me complete my masterpiece rather than take the lights back to Longs. We finished our first outdoor light project about an hour later. It's not quite the masterpiece I imagined, but it's a start. I quietly put away another box of lights I had bought for a bush in the front yard.

I believe that every experience is meant to teach us something. I think the moral of the story here is compromise is important in every situation/relationship...... because when you compromise, it's because you are willing to understand another point of view without undervaluing your own.