No more real trees for me.

I'm a huge fan of a real tree, but this year almost has me converted. After spending way to much time stringing lights and decorating, I had a strand of lights go out. I spent hours finding the culprit bulb, only to have another strand go out the next day. I couldn't find the rebel bulb, so I resorted to replacing an entire strand, which involved defacing most of the tree of ornaments. After redecorating for at least the third time (counting kiddos mishaps), we discovered the tree was not drinking and had to re-trim the bottom. The electric saw died half way through and shook most the decor off the tree. Finally, tonight, I decided the tree needed to be turned just a tad. It didn't like that idea, and decided to fall on top of me during the process. Now my 7 foot, half dead, tree has a total of five ornaments left and is sitting in my living room, waiting for Patrick to intervene. I am done!!!