Freaky Friday

This is a big Friday night...when your our age.
We shopped for presents for Grandma, my husbands mother, we visited her-at the HOME-then went out to dinner with his sister and brother in law. Now for the excitment...we went driving to see Christmas lights. I was so excited and feeling happy everyone was not as bah humbug as me. But we were sadly disapointed this year. Either everyone has lost the holiday spirit or, and this is more likely, it got so cold so fast that people couldn't get their lights out. Last night it was -20, still is. So many of the places we go by every year had little or no lights.

We would get all excited and say, lets go see the house with the, yada yada, get there and freaky...nothing.
The last few years one family had the whole house & yard lit up with music and flashing lights and santa and his sleigh jumping over a creek etc...it was the WOW factor. The guy had it set up with his computer and it was something. We drove over there and nothing, freaky. Later we heard his neighbors had him shut down...so sad. But I suppose if you were the neighbor it would drive you nuts too. All the cars everywhere, lights flshing. It would be like having the swat team at your neighbors every night!

Finally, we heard Brainerd had a drive through park, went there, donated our $8.00, and saw several lights etc, it was very nice. (Nothing like Florida's but again the cold factor.)

I am sure looking forward to the boat parade and the Holiday parks! Florida here I come!