Mark’s present to himself

Posted on January 3, 2015 by Denise Fuller

Two and a half years ago when we sold all our possessions and walked away from our stick-and-brick house, Mark gave up his beloved Harley. He hasn’t been the same since. Recently he saw a bike online that he really liked so he put a couple hundred dollars down on it. The bike was in Dallas so we went up there last weekend to get it, but our plans were thwarted. They offered to send the bike down to Austin this week so we could try again to get it. My cousin, Dan Brim, sent our leathers and helmets from Lynden, WA. They arrived in San Antonio yesterday when we went to the office, so today we went to Austin prepared to pick up the bike. Continue reading →

Movers and shakers

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Denise Fuller

We knew when we got up this morning that it was going to be a busy day, but it was even busier than we originally thought it was going to be. Continue reading →

Starting the New Year out with new things

Posted on January 1, 2015 by Denise Fuller

When my nephew, Nate, was young, my sister Lauryn decided to do the gift giving on New Years Eve so that the family could focus on Christ’s birth on Christmas. She figured it would be appropriate to start the New Year with new things, so the biggest family party of the year has ever since been New Years Eve with Lauryn as the hostess extraordinaire. The food was always fantastic, but the biggest event was the gift exchange, especially the white elephant exchange. Her parties were always the highlight of the year. Continue reading →

Merry Christmas/Happy New Year

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Denise Fuller

Thank you to those of you who have sent us Christmas cards and newsletters (or in one case, a newspaper). I have been holding some of them till today so that I’d be in the Christmas spirit when I read them. Continue reading →

Done, except for the pay!

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Denise Fuller

This morning I was sitting at the table checking e-mails while Mark went to the VA for a fasting blood draw. All the blinds were closed. As I was sitting here I became aware that the chain link fence next to the RV was rattling, so I opened the blinds to see what was happening. What was happening was that the fence company was taking the fence away. I called our boss and he said he was aware of that and they would be bringing a trailer out this afternoon to pick up everything that belongs to Holiday Hills Christmas Trees. Continue reading →

A Dickens Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Denise Fuller

It was Christmas Eve and Bob Cratchett sat huddled over a candle flame trying to warm his hands. Scrooge heard his lack of work, counting money and writing figures, and told him to get back to work. Bob said, “Please, Sir, may I take off a little early tonight? It is Christmas Eve, after all.” Continue reading →

Recognizing Christ

Posted on December 23, 2014 by Denise Fuller

Today was bitterly cold with heavy winds that blew through our tent. Our boss told us to mark all our trees and wreaths at half price, and even at that people tried to get us to let them have a tree for less! At some point today a couple walked in. The man was blind in one eye and they both looked hard up. The first thing the man said to me was, “We’ve had a bad year. We’re hoping you have a small tree.” I showed them our only table top tree which is flocked, and at half price it was $25, but that was obviously too much for them and they left, looking rather dejected. Continue reading →

It’s beginning to look less like Christmas…

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Denise Fuller

It was in the mid-70’s today. Mark and I have let our employees go with a handshake and their final pay. There are so few customers coming in now that we can handle it ourselves. We’re down to our last thirty one Christmas trees as of tonight, and we spent a lot of today beginning the tear down process while remaining open for business. We are so-ooo looking forward to this job ending!

They let me out of the cage!

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Denise Fuller

We got slammed last weekend (Black Friday through Cyber Monday) to the point where I was wondering if I could do this. At least half the trees we had set up disappeared. We had a couple employees knocking them out as fast as they could, but unfortunately they were setting them up crooked. Mark finally took over cutting and drilling and setting up trees, along with flocking. There was no way he could catch up by himself. Continue reading →

Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted on November 27, 2014 by Denise Fuller

Happy Thanksgiving to all my readers! I was looking forward to having a day off for Thanksgiving, but it didn’t exactly work out like that. We had a delivery of trees this morning, so I called in one of our employees. While he and Mark dealt with the trees and some other set-up stuff, I tried to find a Laundromat that was open. It’s been over a week since I’ve had time to wash clothes (let alone dishes)! Continue reading →

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