http://www.frontdorr.com Random musings from Tim Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:44:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's been over two months since my last post. A lot has happened, but not as quickly as I would like. And there has been some bad and good news during that time. At this point, I've wrapped 4 of the 10 vertical light tubes and one out of 4 (started ... http://www.frontdorr.com/2009/06/28/christmas-2009-progress-is-slow/ Plans for our 2009 Christmas Lights Display have been completed and I've moved into the execution phase. The mega tree will be replaced with a Z-tree this year. A Z-tree you ask? A fellow Christmas lights enthusiast, Mike Ziemkowski, built a new kind of mega tree several years ago, and ... http://www.frontdorr.com/2009/03/23/christmas-2009-plans-complete/ We have taken our first cruise on with Disney Cruise Line on the Disney Magic, February 7-14 to the Western Caribbean. There were nine of us. Mary and me, the parents/grandparents, our kids, Tracy and Brett, the kids, their spouses, and the three grandkids, ages 10, 8 and 5. Here ... http://www.frontdorr.com/2009/02/20/disney-cruise/ Our last show of the season was New Year's Eve. Overall we were very pleased with the show and the reception by all who stopped by to see it. It was a very challenging season with a bunch of lights dying that needed to be replaced to keep things going, ... http://www.frontdorr.com/2009/01/31/2008-christmas-lights-display-the-lights-are-put-away/ We've reset all of the circuits, run a test, and all of the lights are back on for tonight, and hopefully until New Year's Eve. Again, we're sorry for any incovenience if you drove by last night and found a dark front yard. We've got to find out a way to ... http://www.frontdorr.com/2008/12/24/christmas-lights-2008-14-lights-are-on-december-24/ The rain today caused several of our circuits to blow, so there won't be a show tonight. We hope that we can get things dried out tomorrow so the show will run tomorrow night, but be sure to check here before driving over. Sorry for any inconvenience. Mother nature has ... http://www.frontdorr.com/2008/12/24/christmas-lights-2008-12-lights-are-off-december-23/ We've had a lot of cars stop and see our Christmas lights display this year, and particularly over the past weekend. At one time we had eight cars out front, jockeying for the best position to see the entire show. Had a limo on Friday, and on Saturday, had a ... http://www.frontdorr.com/2008/12/22/christmas-lights-2008-12-lights-still-working/ After two hours outside tracking down circuits that had blown, all are now working. But remember that if we have wet weather, check the website to see if I've detected a problem. I try to test the lights each day, but something might happen in the interim that makes the ... http://www.frontdorr.com/2008/11/30/christmas-lights-2008-11-lights-are-working/ SORRY If you came by the house Saturday night to see the Christmas Lights Display and you either saw the lights acting erratically, or off completely, we're sorry that you weren't able to see the show. When it rains, some of the connections get wet which trip the GFCI (ground fault ... http://www.frontdorr.com/2008/11/30/christmas-lights-2008-10/ After 100 hours 25 minutes, the 2008 Christmas Lights Display is up, but not after some significant challenges. The new LEDs continue to be a worry. All are working now, but I've had to change out several strings on the mega-tree, which is a challenge. Then the elves decided to ... http://www.frontdorr.com/2008/11/28/christmas-lights-2008-9/