Mr. Whipple and I decided to re-landscape our backyard which begins a whole new journey for us. With recent weather & schedule restraints the yard is progressing slowly with only a "few" hiccups. So begins our story...once upon a time there were 5 lil trees sitting in my backyard. We decided they needed to disappear. On a sunny Saturday afternoon we pulled the truck into the backyard and began our efforts.
With a tow rope snug around the 1st tree and Mrs. W in the drivers seat, she began to bounce the truck forward & backwards to loosen the roots and out came the 1st lil tree.
With similar set up, the 2nd lil tree also came out very graciously.
Tree #3 was a bit more stubborn & decided to come flying out of the ground, flying until even with the front cab of the truck, striking dead air within a small 5 foot span between the truck & the house. Yay, for small miracles.
Tree #4, though smaller than the rest, was much stronger. He required a bit more coercion. And soon just as you all predicted, he came flying from the ground with impressive speeds, slamming into the tailgate of the truck and completely shattering. All Mrs. W could see in the rear view mirror was a blast of wood & dirt and feel a giant "thud". Yes this was bad, but it also gets worse. There were sheet rockers working in our sun room who quickly yelled for us to come. And look what we found...
With a tow rope snug around the 1st tree and Mrs. W in the drivers seat, she began to bounce the truck forward & backwards to loosen the roots and out came the 1st lil tree.
With similar set up, the 2nd lil tree also came out very graciously.
Tree #3 was a bit more stubborn & decided to come flying out of the ground, flying until even with the front cab of the truck, striking dead air within a small 5 foot span between the truck & the house. Yay, for small miracles.
Tree #4, though smaller than the rest, was much stronger. He required a bit more coercion. And soon just as you all predicted, he came flying from the ground with impressive speeds, slamming into the tailgate of the truck and completely shattering. All Mrs. W could see in the rear view mirror was a blast of wood & dirt and feel a giant "thud". Yes this was bad, but it also gets worse. There were sheet rockers working in our sun room who quickly yelled for us to come. And look what we found...
The blast against the truck had sent shrapnel flying. It did not shatter all at once, but slowly & painfully over 10-15 minutes we could hear & see cracks working their way throughout our entire door. It was quite interesting watching tempered glass work its magic, but this time I did not laugh. I did, however, say a few choice words. Right next to this beautiful door lies our most recently broken window. This makes 5 windows/door broken since purchasing our home in September 08. And to think, we have a sun room full of windows and glass doors. Keep your fingers crossed that our luck with glass improves.
Minutes after the shattered glass we were working with the chain saw to cut some trees out of the fence. The chainsaw caught and lunged straight towards my face. Mr. W was able to stop the chainsaw a mere 12" from my face. Thank goodness.
We are nearing the end of our story and yet you are wondering what has happened to our 5th lil tree. Well, he has been luckily saved by default. After the above incidents, we called it a day realizing at some point things could always get worse...and I don't think we could have handled it getting any worse!!
2 comments:
i'm glad my yard didn't come as such a disaster.... :)
Nicole, Nicole! Have you not yet learned valuable lessons with your windows?! LOL! You're awesome!
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