Bow Tie o’ the Day gives us Christmas bulbs for use in Christmas light strings. Ah, back in the day, when one dead bulb broke the closed circuit, and the entire string o’ lights went dark. Was that enough inconvenience and disappointment? Nope. Because the light string couldn’t light up at all, you had to go through each bulb in the string to find out which one was dead.
Alack and alas! You had to run to the store for a new bulb. And, of course, every time you bought a replacement bulb, you bought plenty o’ spares. But no matter how many spare bulbs you bought you could never find one when the same bulb crisis happened the next year. Back to the long holiday lines in the store, you go. Perhaps in a one-horse, open sleigh.
Anyhoo… While working in the garage this week, Suzanne found a stack of her old photos. Check out Suzanne in her baptism picture. What a beauty! Suzanne says the barrette in her hair weighed a couple of pounds, so she’s surprised it stayed in her flowing locks. Check out her skirt that looks like a set of 70’s living room curtains. I don’t know how she could walk while wearing it. Maybe that’s why she’s sitting. And look at the pink shag rug upon which she sits. Wow! It’s Suzanne sitting on her throne. It’s the only throne she’s ever had. I know she doesn’t have a throne with me, because I have put her on a pedestal.
The pedestal is not covered in pink shag carpet. That would be going too far.
HOLIDAY TIE TALLY: 17 Bow ties. 34 Neckties.