Comments on: Friday miscellany: The fancy tree, and the 2024 Patreon curriculum https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/12/friday-miscellany-the-fancy-tree-and-the-2024-patreon-curriculum/ Writer, Author, Speaker Wed, 13 Dec 2023 02:14:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/12/friday-miscellany-the-fancy-tree-and-the-2024-patreon-curriculum/#comment-487925 Wed, 13 Dec 2023 02:14:53 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19391#comment-487925 In reply to Lori C.

@Lori C – yep, it doesn’t have to be either/or. We got a live tree from the fire house fundraiser and put the family ornaments on there. The fancy tree is artificial and will be brought back out every year…

]]> By: Lori C https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/12/friday-miscellany-the-fancy-tree-and-the-2024-patreon-curriculum/#comment-487873 Tue, 12 Dec 2023 14:54:50 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19391#comment-487873 The tree is beautiful! I would love to have a fancy tree too. I was always considering it an either/or situation, but I guess we could have a second tree.

I missed the memo on the goal setting session, and that’s my favorite one, so I’ll move things around and be there today for sure! Appreciate the reminder!

]]> By: cara https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/12/friday-miscellany-the-fancy-tree-and-the-2024-patreon-curriculum/#comment-487775 Mon, 11 Dec 2023 17:51:30 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19391#comment-487775 The fireplace came with the house which cost xxxx and the property taxes on the house are xxx
Is it a gas fireplace… so do you just flip a switch.. can you share a pic of it? How much did gas fireplace cost and how much energy does it use… say vs. heat provides.. who maintains it… can you get the fireplace vendors or folks who maintain it to sponsor this post ? like as a referral to them… and biz for you ?

]]> By: Cara https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/12/friday-miscellany-the-fancy-tree-and-the-2024-patreon-curriculum/#comment-487774 Mon, 11 Dec 2023 17:50:00 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19391#comment-487774 In reply to Cara.

Like basically say the tree cost Xxx with the ornaments.. this is how much time it took to pick up the ornaments… and the tree or did the house manager pick up the tree and have it delivered… the house manager costs $1000 a month and this took x amount of her time.. this way people can say wow that is amazing.. but I cannot do that or I can do that … so it is say reasonably factually aspirational the sharing… I thought it was really helpful when you shared that you have a house manager for holiday decor.

]]> By: Cara https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/12/friday-miscellany-the-fancy-tree-and-the-2024-patreon-curriculum/#comment-487773 Mon, 11 Dec 2023 17:46:18 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19391#comment-487773 If your house manager say ordered or participated in the tree being there and being so beautiful, I think it would be good for you to mention this bc women reading this might thing you did all this by yourself and then they might feel badly about themselves like you are bragging about it. Of course your tree is beautiful and if it makes you happy and your fireplace make you happy that is great and motivating to share maybe it could make someone else happy too or give someone else something to aspire to or make someone else feel ok about say enjoying Christmas or frankly the pagan symbol that is a Christmas tree etc. It is ok to appreciate beauty and be happy and peaceful. But if you don’t mention the house manager or that the tree fell down in other years(I saw this on the bottom of this post as a related post and I loved that bc it shows you sort of on this arc of self improvement of say taking things and making them better and learning and growing from them) maybe people will like hate you and feel badly about themselves when you are trying to be aspirational and helpful. Just mentioning this bc it is really important maybe for feminism and being pro women not to set unrealistic expectations for women @ happiness …

]]> By: Elisabeth https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/12/friday-miscellany-the-fancy-tree-and-the-2024-patreon-curriculum/#comment-487771 Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:57:48 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19391#comment-487771 The fancy tree is very fancy…and very beautiful!

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/12/friday-miscellany-the-fancy-tree-and-the-2024-patreon-curriculum/#comment-487601 Sun, 10 Dec 2023 00:24:21 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19391#comment-487601 In reply to Claire.

@Claire – it came with lights – I think a lot do. And then we bought ornaments. From Balsam Hill – they’ve got a lot of sets.

]]> By: Claire https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/12/friday-miscellany-the-fancy-tree-and-the-2024-patreon-curriculum/#comment-487482 Fri, 08 Dec 2023 18:30:38 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19391#comment-487482 I didn’t know pre-decorated trees existed! Where did you find yours?

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