Austin. Mom. Blog. » Home Depot http://www.austinmomblog.com An Austin Area Mom's Blog Sun, 10 Jun 2012 17:29:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Found the Almost Perfect Christmas Tree http://www.austinmomblog.com/found-the-almost-perfect-christmas-tree/ http://www.austinmomblog.com/found-the-almost-perfect-christmas-tree/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:24:02 +0000 Dianna http://www.austinmomblog.com/?p=114 I searched and searched for the perfect Christmas tree. I found one, but it wasn’t perfect. We looked at Hobby Lobby, Wal-Mart, H-E-B, Garden Ridge, Lowe’s, and finally Home Depot.  Our choice ended up being at Home Depot. The price ended up being our final factor. There were other trees that were just as nice at Lowe’s and Hobby Lobby. I put up the tree yesterday and with the new technology in trees, I thought it would be easier this year. That wasn’t the case. It’s pre-lit and only has three pieces to hook together. Well, the time consuming part was spreading all the branches. It took me over two hours. Our old tree took just as long. It was the old fashioned kind where you put each branch on at a time. On the old one, I would spread the branch before I put it on the tree.  So, I was looking for an easier and less time consuming set up of a tree, but the easy part just ended up not having to put the lights on it.  Don’t get me wrong; it’s a beautiful tree and I’m happy we got a new one, but my expectations weren’t met on the time. Maybe we will get a fresh live tree next year. Then again, I wonder what my husband will say on that.

]]> http://www.austinmomblog.com/found-the-almost-perfect-christmas-tree/feed/ 1 Free Kids Workshop at Home Depot http://www.austinmomblog.com/free-kids-workshop-at-home-depot/ http://www.austinmomblog.com/free-kids-workshop-at-home-depot/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:23:49 +0000 Dianna http://www.austinmomblog.com/?p=78 It was a great Saturday. I felt like a productive mom today. I took the boys to the kids workshop at Home Depot (in which I will go into detail later), we went and ate at Chick-fil-a, went to the park, visited my mom, and ended the day playing with the neighborhood kids. It was a filled day.

The first Saturday of each month Home Depot has a free kids’ workshop at their locations from 9 to 12. My oldest son has ten pins on his home depot apron so I believe we have been participating for ten months now. It is a totally free workshop for the recommended ages of 5 to 12. Each month is a different project. Today we made a trivet. I usually only bring my oldest son, but decided to bring my youngest also. My youngest son doesn’t like to stay still for long. However; he did very well today. I believe it was because the project didn’t take as long. It was a simple project, but I still did not get it correct. The project consisted of four wooden pieces and I didn’t line them up right. The boys didn’t notice, but I did. When I got home, my husband noticed also. Oh well… The boys worked together on it, had smiles on their faces, and we got an end result. That’s all that truly matters. Home Depot’s goal on these projects is for families to have family time. I believe they have been successful. My oldest son looks forward to these projects and treasures the pin and certificate he receives after the completion of the project. Today my youngest son also seemed happy about the completion. My husband works weekends so he isn’t able to participate, but I really wish he could. I think it would be easier for him to follow the written instructions. I seem to end up having extra pieces at the end. I’m told that’s not supposed to happen. Fortunately, my brother is able to take my son sometimes. Before the event, home depot has a posting on what the project will be and I thought it looked easy enough for me to get. I guess not. The next project looks even harder, so I’m hoping my brother will be able to step in. I really think this is a cool event that home depot has for the kids and totally recommend it.

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