What A Mess!

It's been a wonderful week here with the visit of my brother and niece.  My kids haven't seen her in years and the surprise on their face when they came in was priceless.

Not too long ago I wrote about our tree falling in my post Random Friday.  Here is what it looked like before the storm.

That's the tree.  I didn't capture how tall it was in this picture..it was 40ft tall.  

Here is what it looked like after the storm.

It broke at the base and was caught up in the surrounding trees.  I waited for my husband, Corey, to get back home from his trip to Canada to deal with this situation.  If not taken down right it could destroy our shed.

He started taking the tree down by sawing off the outside limb.  I was scared because he was up in the tree w/out a harness.  To be honest this kind of excitement is not my cup of tea.  Side Note:  Please take all precaution when cutting down trees or leave them to a professional.

The after..

Corey got the tree down without damage to the shed but part of the tree did fall into our neighbors yard with damage to the fence and having taken down a small tree of theirs.  I guess we have a ton of clean up to do.  I am happy to say that no one got hurt as I wipe the sweat off my brow..WHEW!

I hope your weekend is a little less eventful.. LOL.

Random Friday

I am so happy it's Friday!  I was looking forward to this because my kids are at a friends house swimming which leaves me with some peace and quiet for several hours.  Can you hear my sigh of relief?  I thought you could : )

We have had an exciting past couple of days with severe weather hitting us yet again.  I don't know about you all but I am so over it.  Very happy that today has ended up being beautiful.

Two nights ago we headed on down to our tornado room and I prayed asking God to keep us safe and that nothing would hit our home.  Well, little did I know while I was praying that one of my trees broke from the base.  Here is the pic I took just yesterday.

That tree is massive.  If it fell toward our house...well, I would be calling the insurance company.  It is in the same position today caught up in two other trees.  Our friend Steve, Passion for Simplicity, said that the tree is not going anywhere by the way it landed.  My shed is safe for now until my husband can chop it all up for firewood : )
So thankful that God heard my prayer.

I also wanted to share with you a runner I designed for the tables in the teachers lounge.  I just got it today and am so excited!

They are 8'6" in length and the fabric came from Hancock. Thanks to the wonderful Diane for sewing them for me.  I think I need to take up sewing..don't you think?

Have a wonderful weekend all and stay safe ; )