The Tree that wouldn't fall

Sorry Mom. I know you loved the trees in the yard but this one had to go. It was massive and growing against the foundation and repeatedly into the sewer line. I tell you what though, it did not fall without a fight.

I had one chainsaw that broke twice. One of the limbs broke the trim on the garage as it came down. We had to call the electric guy 4 times to take down my line, which was four seperate days without electricity. Someone cut off and stole 70ft of the 100ft rope we were supposed to use. The chainsaw I borrowed from my neighbor went missing from my porch for a couple of days before I figured out who had it. And later the chainsaw went missing really, and while I was price checking chainsaws to replace my neighbor's, he later told me he had needed it and so came and got it. When I gave up and hired someone to finish the three remaining limbs that we couldn't get without a cherrypicker, there was a wind/rain storm that day.

So No, I can't say I feel bad now that it is down. I am going to take a chunk of it and hang it on my wall like hunters do with deer. It will be a trophy mount. I killed it.

Now we'll see how long it takes the guy to come and haul away the trunk and finish slicing the stump. So far it's been a week and he hasn't made it back to finish it yet. With my luck I'm betting on a doozy of a snowstorm that buries the trunk until spring...