{"id":9338,"date":"2013-12-21T02:04:03","date_gmt":"2013-12-21T07:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madeeveryday.com\/?p=9338"},"modified":"2013-12-21T10:02:48","modified_gmt":"2013-12-21T15:02:48","slug":"im-dreaming-of-an-orange-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madeeveryday.com\/im-dreaming-of-an-orange-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m dreaming of an orange Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nothing says the Holidays like a Christmas tree of presents sitting on my front porch.
\nYipee!
\nAnd much of this pile comes from my favorite orange home improvement store.\u00a0 Yep.
\n\"f\"<\/a>
\nHome Depot!
\nNow I know what you’re thinking….it’s a pile of powertools and towel racks for the new home<\/a>, right?
\nTotally wrong.\u00a0 In fact the contents might surprise you because they sort of surprised me.<\/p>\n

Home Depot<\/a> contacted me a month ago, asking if I’d like to try out some of their products and share my shopping experience with you. \u00a0 Ummm….you want to give me free stuff from my home-away-from-home?\u00a0 That place that smells of delicious fresh-cut cedar? with pretty paint samples, lovely bath fixtures, and plenty of bags of sand for our sandbox<\/a>?
\nYes please!<\/p>\n

And I’m happy to report:
\n\"b1\"<\/a>
\nThey sent me a gift-card and asked that I use it to buy a gift for someone else.\u00a0\u00a0 So naturally I headed off to purchase Casey a few new gadgets (gadgets that I might benefit from as well)
\n\"f1\"<\/a>
\nI walked my favorite aisles, making my way to the tool section and being greeted by multiple orange aprons along the way.\u00a0 Seriously, I love the staff at Home Depot!\u00a0 They are always helpful and friendly.\u00a0 We’ve been going to this location for 4 years now, ever since we moved to Texas, and have only had great experiences.\u00a0 And this time around I stumbled on something kind of different: a funny display of bracelets.\u00a0 What?<\/p>\n

Jeff who works there, and was totally cool to pose for photos, explained that they’re paracord survival wristbands and that many climbers and outdoorsy people like to wear them.\u00a0 Then if you ever find yourself in an emergency situation outdoors, you can unwind and use the paracord.\u00a0 It’s always on you.\u00a0 Brilliant!
\n\"b3\"<\/a>
\nI thought Casey would like that.\u00a0 He loves a good outdoor adventure and goes on annual trips with my brothers….canoeing, hiking in the snow, biking, launching a camera into outer space? (theoretically, that one is happening soon).<\/p>\n

So after chatting about bracelets, Jeff mentioned to me that Home Depot carries an entire line of Outdoor<\/a> products on their website.\u00a0 I thought he meant things like outdoor bbqing or a firepit.\u00a0 But NO, there’s an entire sub-section for Camping and Hiking!<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 I was not expecting that at all!\u00a0 So I jumped online to shop around.\u00a0 And boy oh boy, there were too many things that I wanted! (I mean, that Casey wanted).\u00a0\u00a0 They even have metal detectors\u00a0 (Yes, I’ve always kind of wanted one of those)\u00a0 So here are the treats I landed on:
\n\"b5\"<\/a>
\n1. Multi purpose AM\/FM weather radio<\/a> (santa hat not included)
\n2. Coleman warm weather sleeping bag<\/a>.
\n3. Tent light with batteries <\/a>(the kids are gonna love this)
\n4. LED Magnetic hands-free work light<\/a> (these are so cool!)
\n5. Paracord wristbands and carabiners.<\/a>
\n6. Coleman cooler quad chair\u00a0<\/a> (the chair has a zippered cooler on the side for holding small drinks and treats!\u00a0 cool!)<\/p>\n

I’d say Casey (and any of the guys in our extended family) are going to have a nice Home Depot-y Christmas this year:
\n\"b6\"<\/a>
\nThe only thing left was to wrap it all up—with paracord for ribbon of course!…and a wrapping paper tag<\/a> to go along.
\n\"b7\"<\/a>
\nThen I used the shipping paper that came in the box to wrap a big bow around the entire chair of loot.\u00a0 It’s a bit gaudy.\u00a0 But hey, reduce, reuse, recycle!
\n\"b8\"<\/a>
\nThank you Home Depot<\/a> for the fun shopping experience!\u00a0\u00a0 We’ll see you soon, I’m certain.
\n\"b9\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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