Run, Lucy, Run

Goodbye, Tree

September 12th, 2006

We had a not so minor tree disaster in our backyard a couple of days ago. The gigantic carob tree that is very much the focal point of our yard dropped a rather large limb onto some power lines causing much stress and worry for Brian and I. This tree is pretty close to our house, specifically, it is right next to my little office where I usually practice and hang out on the computer, and we were pretty lucky that this break didn’t harm our house in any way. The stupid thing is, we’ve know for quite some time now that this tree is diseased-a huge, bizarre, orange, straight-out-of-Alice-in-Wonderland mushroom appeared at the base of the tree last year and several knowledgeable tree peeps came out and said, “If this was my house, I would get that tree out of here right away.” So what did we do? Nothing. In our defense, here are our excuses:

1. This tree is MASSIVE (the pictures really don’t do it justice) and therefore very expensive to remove.
2. The tree is really beautiful and probably a couple of hundred years old, therefore tugging at the heartstrings of tree-lovin’ folk like us.
3. The tree is the only thing blocking the light for that side of the house, not to mention protecting us from the atrocious view of our neighbor’s butt-ugly yard and house.

We were conflicted. And lazy. Now however, with the bambino on the way, the threat of house-crushing seems somehow much more scary. So, tomorrow morning, the carob tree, she is getting cut down. Sorry, tree. I promise to plant another one in your place and keep the tree to people ratio where it was.

My pregnancy reading list is faring better these days. I finished My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult. I definitely enjoyed it and it was a quick read, but I wouldn’t say it rocked my world. Interesting subject matter though so I will give it an E for Engaging. Next up is either Blink or Cloud Atlas.

Today marks week 37 of pregnancy for me. So far no signs of this kid popping out anytime soon which right now, is fine by me. After this week the house should be a little more ready for the arrvial of the Heir to my vast estate-crib and changing table are being delivered today-and then I can start the full-on nesting process. Before I forget, congratulations to Yvonne who had a baby girl last week-I’m thinking of you guys!

Entry Filed under: Baby Madness, Our Pink House