This is the story of a girl and her dream. People, I can't stress this enough... follow your dreams where ever they take you and make sure you sharpen your saw before you go. (Take that Mr. Covey... 7 habits and so forth... Habit 7 - Sharpen your saw... I'm sorry it still doesn't make sense to me... even after I sharpened the saw... we can address that some other time.. I happen to adore 7 habits.. it's a great book.. read it)
In the life of a simple tree hugging red head even the most basic task can become an adventure. Fellow treehuggers, fear not... I planted three trees in honor of my dream and I love my tree I have named him Big Bruce Spruce. He has brought joy, laughter and smiles to all who have gazed upon him or heard tell of how be came to be....
The following passages graphically depict a day at a tree farm and the aftermath of the falling of a tree. I have diverged from the normal tender story I love to tell and include words in this tale such as saw, chain saw and ropes and fishing line are referenced ... so if these words frighten or offend you please read no further. I can't bear you make you upset. :)
Warning, the story is about to begin...
and here we go...
Some friends and I went to a tree farm and hiked for 3 and half hours until I found what I perceived to be the prefect tree. *thinking back..... yeah I should have looked up* It took 20 minutes to saw it down with a hand saw... *sharpen the saw* The four of us could not lift it.. I estimated visually that it was maybe 10 feet tall... (I was off by 12++feet). I hiked back down the mountain and got into my brother's 4x4 Chevy truck, and even though I have a jeep I have used my 4 wheel drive maybe 3 times... I am not a great driver... but I was determined to get up the mountain to the tree. Well, after rounding up about 3 more strong men... my brother loaded the monster on the truck. (I am darn lucky I didn't get arrested.. the tree was easily 2 times wider than the truck and it hung out the backside of the truck by easily 6 to 10 feet. (a Clark Griswald tree to be sure.. National Lampoons Christmas Vacation).
Okay, a long and stressful, but delightfully humorous ride back to my Chalet in Jabumblebutt.. we quickly notice that the tree is 14 feet wide and will not fit through my front door.... so we take the sliding glass doors off and try to pull it through the front of the house. (Did I mention the tree cost me $20). we cracked the molding on the doors (rough estimate for repair is $100). Well after hours of struggling we surrendered for the night. The tree was stuck in the front of the house..jammed into my dinning room partially and outside on the deck. It snowed over night. In the morning, my neighbors came by and were staring in puzzlement at the crazy redhead with a giant spruce tree in the door. Well, I convinced one neighbor to round up his chain saw and cut half the tree off. Meanwhile my brother shows up with chain saws and ropes and finally we get the mega tree in the house.
I ran to the hardware store and bought an industrial strengthen tree stand..($100). We got the tree upright and everyone had hot cocoa and went home. My dogs were so interested in this tree that they decided to wrestle in it.. It fell over and crushed my island in my kitchen...($$$$).
Well, it's been two days now, and the tree is standing upright in my dinning room and partially into my living room. It's a beautiful tree... I have anchored with fishing line from the ceiling and from the loft.
If you would like to make a donation to the repair fund or have spare ornaments please contact me. :)
In the life of a simple tree hugging red head even the most basic task can become an adventure. Fellow treehuggers, fear not... I planted three trees in honor of my dream and I love my tree I have named him Big Bruce Spruce. He has brought joy, laughter and smiles to all who have gazed upon him or heard tell of how be came to be....
The following passages graphically depict a day at a tree farm and the aftermath of the falling of a tree. I have diverged from the normal tender story I love to tell and include words in this tale such as saw, chain saw and ropes and fishing line are referenced ... so if these words frighten or offend you please read no further. I can't bear you make you upset. :)
Warning, the story is about to begin...
and here we go...
Some friends and I went to a tree farm and hiked for 3 and half hours until I found what I perceived to be the prefect tree. *thinking back..... yeah I should have looked up* It took 20 minutes to saw it down with a hand saw... *sharpen the saw* The four of us could not lift it.. I estimated visually that it was maybe 10 feet tall... (I was off by 12++feet). I hiked back down the mountain and got into my brother's 4x4 Chevy truck, and even though I have a jeep I have used my 4 wheel drive maybe 3 times... I am not a great driver... but I was determined to get up the mountain to the tree. Well, after rounding up about 3 more strong men... my brother loaded the monster on the truck. (I am darn lucky I didn't get arrested.. the tree was easily 2 times wider than the truck and it hung out the backside of the truck by easily 6 to 10 feet. (a Clark Griswald tree to be sure.. National Lampoons Christmas Vacation).
Okay, a long and stressful, but delightfully humorous ride back to my Chalet in Jabumblebutt.. we quickly notice that the tree is 14 feet wide and will not fit through my front door.... so we take the sliding glass doors off and try to pull it through the front of the house. (Did I mention the tree cost me $20). we cracked the molding on the doors (rough estimate for repair is $100). Well after hours of struggling we surrendered for the night. The tree was stuck in the front of the house..jammed into my dinning room partially and outside on the deck. It snowed over night. In the morning, my neighbors came by and were staring in puzzlement at the crazy redhead with a giant spruce tree in the door. Well, I convinced one neighbor to round up his chain saw and cut half the tree off. Meanwhile my brother shows up with chain saws and ropes and finally we get the mega tree in the house.
I ran to the hardware store and bought an industrial strengthen tree stand..($100). We got the tree upright and everyone had hot cocoa and went home. My dogs were so interested in this tree that they decided to wrestle in it.. It fell over and crushed my island in my kitchen...($$$$).
Well, it's been two days now, and the tree is standing upright in my dinning room and partially into my living room. It's a beautiful tree... I have anchored with fishing line from the ceiling and from the loft.
If you would like to make a donation to the repair fund or have spare ornaments please contact me. :)
"Oh Christmas Tree…Oh holy fuckin’ Christmas Tree…Please don’t fall or you’ll surely crush me!
Oh Christmas Tree…Oh holy fuckin’ Christmas Tree…the forest gapes where I cut thee.
I don’t know why you caught my eye.
I was drunk with joy, or surely high.
Oh Christmas Tree…Oh holy fuckin’ Christmas Tree…
You fill my house…utterly. Completely." -R.E.
Oh Christmas Tree…Oh holy fuckin’ Christmas Tree…the forest gapes where I cut thee.
I don’t know why you caught my eye.
I was drunk with joy, or surely high.
Oh Christmas Tree…Oh holy fuckin’ Christmas Tree…
You fill my house…utterly. Completely." -R.E.
