Jim vs. Tree

Jim scored 1 tree 0......he was the victor.  Mom & Dad have a beautiful tree at the corner of the house that was starting to do some damage to the house so it was time to come down.  Sad day really - don't like taking them out, but sometimes you just have to.  Dad checked on hiring someone to come and take it out, but the $700.00 bill was a little hard to swallow....and if you know my husband....he volunteered to to the job.  I think the folks were a little nervous, but I knew it would get done.  Last Saturday became the day to get the job done.& of course the day the girls had their Lava trip planned.  So guess who his right hand man had to be...you guessed it ME!  Mom joined in and worked herself til I thought she would be sick. 

Jim working on limbing the tree

That metal roof got a little slick with sawdust on it !

Dad wishing he could still be the one with the chainsaw.

The driveway got a little messy - saved what we could for firewood.

Dad chatting with Kaleb - their neighbor came and helped for a bit - thanks Kaleb!

My handsome men - they are hard workers.

The wedge is out!

And here it goes - Jim said to tell him if we saw it move, but I'm pretty sure he couldn't hear us yelling:

And it is safely down.......

.....right where he wanted it to land

Mom inspecting the job

....and the damage ~ good thing we got it down.

It was huge day of work, but we felt good to get the job done.  We hauled two loads in our big horse trailer to the dump & a bunch of firewood home.  It is a good feeling to get a job like that finished, but there were some sore muscles come Sunday morning.  I really hated having to take out a tree that has been there for 35 years, but sometimes it just has to be done.  Nice job Jim ~ maybe we should go into business ~ nevermind, bad idea!