One tree done!

I got my Mom's tree up tonight! Yay! Now I can do mine with no interruptions or guilty feelings! Mom has a beautiful pre lit tree, but this year we had trouble with the lights and could not get 1/2 a string to work! So, I just put on a string of 50 and turned that section to the back! LOL I told her not to put it away until I could restring new lights on it, there were lots that have lost their clear bright sparkle and are starting to look dim, but I think they will hold out for this year. I asked her how long she had had the tree and was really shocked when she said about ten years! She couldn't understand why she was having so much trouble with the lights this year! I also bought some pretty ribbon to put through the tree this year too and she liked it so well that she didn't even want to put her ornaments on it! LOL. After I got most of the ornaments on, except for the red balls she really wanted me to stop there...it was all silver and sparkly and just plain pretty....but she said maybe we could try some red balls and if I don't like them we could take them off, well we got a few balls on and decided we both like it better without the red and started taking them off when my Dad walked in the room and says "Now the red makes it look even better!" LOL so we put the red balls back on!
I am going to go crochet, I want to finish another sock monkey tonight and start some wrist warmers too. Hopefully I can have a pair done to post a pic soon!