Snow Turkey

Kiddos and I played in the snow on Saturday!! Since it isn't Christmas yet we decided to make a snow turkey!!

The power of a stubborn Woman

The birch trees in Idaho Falls have been getting sick the last few years and one by one they die. Ours took it's last breath and slowly started looking like a scary dead tree. It lived right in the front yard and became a big eye sore. Oh I so hated seeing it. So I started calling to find out how to take care of the poor thing.

A few calls and I one estimate later I found out it would cost $300 + to cut down the tree!!

WHAT?!?!?!

I told Shan I would do it myself!!

Shan of course refused saying I could get hurt......

I didn't know how.......

and the big one!!!

I could hit the house, break a window etc.

Well, Shan went out of town and I went to work *giggle*

I had no ladder so I climbed the tree and would reach as high as I could and started sawing with my dead rusty blade. I would hide behind other branches and tucked my legs back when it was time for timber and only got a few bruises and scratches.

When I knew a branch would hit the house I tied dog leashes to the branch and then would tie that to a different tree in the yard so the branch would fall the way I wanted it to.

I would saw a little over 3/4 threw and then climb down grab the leash and pull in the right direction.

I got the craziest looks from neighbors and others passing.

Cars would slow and I had a real show going :o)

There were times my heart would pound and my body shake because of scary perches but I kept going.

I had one neighbor stop and say "I didn't know you knew how to do this" and I would respond with "I don't!!"

After 2 weeks I finally only had a stump and my little saw would not go all the way through it so I got my incredible neighbor over with his chain saw and the job was done!!

Cost?!?!

NOTHING!!

Gain?!?!?!?!

The right to say......

I AM WOMAN!!! HEAR ME ROAR!!!!

First day of School 2010

Belle 5th Grade Mrs. Beljeni

Xave 3rd Grade Mrs. Dodge

Dax 1st Grade Mrs. Biggs

Alissa Kindergarten Mrs. Moeller

Alissa wanted to be in the picture with the big kids and since she doesn't go til 12:00 I hadn't put her together yet :o)

Wow! My last child is in school!! I have very mixed emotions about this but she is so very ready!! She is a social butterfly and had the best pre-school teacher EVER!!