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Next week a contractor will be here to build a bar in our barn.
Yes, you read that correctly, a contractor… one we will pay. Actual money. That surprised me since the husband has does most of the Barn Mahal construction himself, but this guy also built the bar at our local pub… so instead of having a spouse made amateur facsimile, we’ll have a serious bar.
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With these giant extremely heavy boards the husband has kept from the original framing back in 2012.
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The boards that have been moved, shifted, relocated, bumped into and cursed for 8 long years…. so all I can say is, yay.
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Of course the other day we had to move them one last time.
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Because my other half wanted to get an idea what the future boozer would look like.
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And yes, that’s a driftwood Christmas tree on the right.
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My girlfriend made it, used it one year, then gave it to me for our porch. Unfortunately we experience a cross breeze from our neighbor’s field equivalent to the Ames research center wind tunnel NASA uses to test its rockets. That tree literally flew. Which is generally not what you want Christmas decorations to do.
So it’s been inside the barn for a few years and despite my pleading that it would be a nice addition to the bar room, husband wants it gone.
Tons of useless rusty crap? He’ll find the room. One unique and quirky decorative tree? Bye bye.
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You’ll put it on top of a truck load of HIS useless crap and drive yourself to the dump. Otherwise it stays. On the porch. Tied down. lol
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If only. And if that’s not bad enough…? Our local dump just closed!
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uh oh
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Indeed.
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If the bar is stocked, it isn’t a facsimile, no matter how it is built.
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If my husband built it, it would probably look more like a trough. Which now that I think about it…. isn’t far off the mark.
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Fight fire with fire I say, go and get more Christmas stuff to balance the tree he’s “making” you get rid of……lol.
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I’ve been forbidden to decorate for Xmas in there.
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I think the tree would look nice in the barn. A rustic piece that matches the wood look.
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That’s what I said!
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I’m sure you can make it happen somehow… Do a trade.
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He’s wanted it gone for years, so I doubt it.
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😔 maybe Red Squirrel might like a repurposed timber home.
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Oh Hell, now I’ll have to get rid of it !
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I WILL NOT believe it unless YOU take a picture of HIM throwing it out!!!
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He has absolutely no problem throwing my things out, believe me…
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I really like the driftwood tree and it should be kept as part of the bar. Sure, it’s a Christmas tree, but I think you could use it for seasonal decorations: ornaments at Christmas, little champagne bottles for New Year’s, hearts for Valentine’s, and you could make it disappear for April Fools!
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Funny thing is, when my friend was going to throw it out? He was all for taking it.
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Very nice. I wish I could hire your husband for our place. If we win the lottery, I will buy an old farmhouse and have one men’s barn and one woman’s barness.
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A barness? That’s a great idea!
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Talk about putting the BAR in “barn”!
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Literally!
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Agreeing with Christopher, above. You could multi-purpose the hell out of that tree, for holidays and just whimsical moments. On its own, it doesn’t “look” like a Christmas tree until you mention that. It’s just a tree. You can do whatever with it, and it certainly fits the environment.
One idea: Hang a bunch of those mini-me, trial-size liquor bottles on it. Folks can pluck something they want and make a drink out of it.
Another idea: Those miniature, vintage license plates from states you’ve visited.
Oh, and this: Tufts of red squirrel hair and a tiny bottle of arsenic, a firm warning to a certain evil creature that you are done playing. (Dark, but fun for those in the know.)
I could go on for days…
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You don’t have to convince me. Liquor and squirrel arsenic sound perfectly delightful …. but I fear its days are numbered.
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Too bad we’re not closer. We can’t have a regular Christmas tree now that we have 5 cats. That one looks like it could be multipurpose for us.
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They’d probably climb it like a real tree.
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Exactly! Combo Christmas tree/cat tree. They’d love it!
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Hang beer cans and bottles on the tree so it’s relatable.
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That might work.
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