A few years ago DH (aka computer guru) and I took Christmas lights to another level after seeing a local guy in the press who used his computer to animate his light display. I have ALWAYS loved Christmas lights and the lights were my thing and the computer control thing was his.

We started the first year with a smaller static Christmas light display with lights up on the roof and a few things down in the yard-- no more then a thousand lights.

Nearly three years ago we bought the equipment to animate and basically took the static display from the first year and animated it. Last year we added some additional lights and another control board to be able to animate more elements in our display.

This year, we've added yet another control board and we've invested a considerable amount of money on new lights for the house which are LED, so we're actually quite "green" now with 90% of our lights being LED. Last year we even had three dedicated circuits added to our electrical panel to handle the lights and hooked these circuits to outdoor outlets.

The way we work the music for the animation is through a low power FM Radio transmitter. A visitor in the car would tune to a particular frequency and listen to the music that is synced to the lights. There's a sign in the yard to tell people where to tune to.

Now to my question...
We did a website and in 2008 I started a blog with the idea to document the process of putting together the show. Outside of the Christmas season, I don't find my life that interesting to actually blog about, so I'm left with the question.. so do I bother and keep the blog active at all??

I know a few others here blog, so I'm curious.
Shannon

ps. If anyone is interested in what I'm talking about in the animated Christmas lights... check out www.cincylights.com... there are some videos.