I was hoping it could look like a lamborguini

You know what I love. . . finding out you can get something done that would have cost us hundreds of dollars for FREE! We have a giant tree in our front yard.

I forgot as usual to take a before picture. . . so here is one from two summers ago after Jonathan & my Dad trimmed the tree. This trimming was nothing in comparison to what happened on Monday. Before scrolling down. . .please take note that in the middle of the day. . . our whole yard is covered in shade because that tree is so dense.

So. . . here is the story. Our neighbor was having a tree trimmed so I asked the tree trimming man what they would charge to do ours (it needed MAJOR surgery). He said some number north of $500 which we have been told by other tree trimmers this was a very fair price. Ouch. We would like to have grass. . . and maybe bushes that don’t die (our 5 bushes we planed last year died in the shade this summer) so trimming the tree had to happen. Oh yeah. . .and we were afraid about a limb falling and killing someone. . . that may have been a factor. But then the previously mentioned tree trimming man casually mentioned that the tree was on city property and he would have to get a permit. I asked a few questions and got him to tell me that actually the city is responsible for trimming the tree. So I called them. In July. And this week they showed up and trimmed our tree. Yahoo for FREE!

Like I said . . .major surgery. . .

And here it is mostly finished:

Yahoo for a thinner tree! Note. . . the tree looks weird in pictures on the right b/c you can’t tell that some of that foliage is from another tree in the neighbor’s yard. . . our tree isn’t weird and lopsided looking.  Jonathan got home from work that day and said, “I don’t think I’ve ever had to squint at the sun in our front yard before.” True story.

During the whole tree thing (it took a long time complete with noisy tree chippers and chainsaws) I was emailing Jonathan updates. . . here is a sampling:

me: they are having to take a LOT out. . . said there were a lot of splits and breaks that they couldn’t see until they got up there. There are 2 guys in buckets and a huge chipper and our house looks like a circus. The head guy said he is going to try his best to leave it looking like a tree. It is pretty much a mangled mess right now.

jonathan: Lol… great… love the line about going to try to leave it looking like a tree.  I was hoping it could look like a lamborguini when he is done.  Could that be arranged?

me: umm. . .no.

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In other news. . . Evie has her first stomach flu. Bummer. Two kinds of bummer actually. . . the first and obvious bummer is that my baby is sick. . . and miserable. . . and puking. The second bummer. . . lots of laundry because almost one year old’s don’t exactly shout out a warning before they puke. You’re welcome for sharing.

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I am going to participate in the Pinterest Challenge. Because I pin a lot. And I should make things I pin. In the interest of full disclosure. . .I am making an owl costume for Evie. . . which if you take a look at the calendar I need to get it done during the time of the challenge and was going to do it anyways. . . but why not join in the fun?

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Today I am thankful for my hubs.