"I guess just one too many..."

Ha, Ha, My favorite line from "A Christmas Story" when dad plugs in the tree and a small fire starts in the outlet. There's about 15 cords all plugged in. Well, I experienced my own little scene yesterday while working on my tree. Every year, I have to put tons of white lights on my tree. I like to wind them down as many branches as possible. And, even though this year's tree seems smaller, I still ran out of lights. So off I went to the local True Value and bought some more, determined to get enough. I laughed to myself as I noticed the box said "connect up to 3 strands" as I literally connected probably my 8th or 9th. Well, as soon as I plugged the new strand in, it lit and then went out. I tried the next one, yep, same thing. I realized that I was blowing the tiny fuses in the strand plug. Of course, this was after about 4 hours of working on my tree. I seriously considered opening up the front door and just throwing the entire tree into the middle of the lawn. Thankfully, Rian came downstairs just in time so I put him on the fuse replacement and I got a couple small extension cords and divided up my lights so there were only a few strands per cord. Finally, after 6 hours, I have a beautifully lit tree...but, no ornaments...that will be today's job...