Not really surprising!

Well, the guy came out to grind the huge stump and 'ginormous' roots yesterday, and.....wouldn't you know.....the crazy huge roots broke the grinder!!! Yes, even the professionals are having problems with our tree!!! Well, Mr. Huge Tree....the man WILL come back for you....Soon. Yes, very soon!!!!!!!

Just not enough room for it!!!

Do you see the man in the background? Well he is standing on a very large stump. No, I need to start at the beginning.......Way back, a year and a half ago, when we moved into this house, we very quickly noticed a problem......a VERY LARGE PROBLEM!!! No, I need to go back farther. When our house was built, 40 years ago, apparently the owners decided it would be a good idea to plant a sycamore tree in our yard. A good idea, right? Well, not if you are planting it in the 10 square feet of land between you and your neighbor's house. I guess they just didn't know what a sycamore tree was....that or they just didn't care!! Needless to say, in the 40 years since, this tree has grown, and grown, and GROWN. We decided, it was time, and we had it cut down. O. K., now we can landscape and everything will be alright, right? NO WAY!!! Over the years, this tree's 'anaconda roots', to put it lightly, had reeked havoc on our driveway and our neighbor's driveway. Every time we backed out of our driveway, it felt like we had just ended a small animal's life.....nope, it is just the crumbling concrete!!!! Finally, this past week, we had the concrete dug up and re poured. YEA!!!!!
Luke thought it was pretty cool!!!
Do you see how hard those roots were to get up? Is that thing supposed to be that high in the air? I thought he was about to tip over. The guy said, " Those weren't roots under there, those were trees!!!" It was unreal to see how big they had gotten, and they were headed for the house!!!
We had some entertainment for the day, but it was bright outside!
Here they are pouring the nice, smooth, concrete!!! Next step, new landscaping!!!! I am so excited!!!

For the past week.....

Brian and James-headed for the A-Day game at Auburn!
Anna-smelling the last bloom on my Easter Lily
Luke-with his balloon
My latest accomplishment!!! I was asked to do the fruit for a shower and I said, "Sure, I will make a fruit mountain!" I didn't actually say that I had never tried this before, but I was sure acting confident enough, as though I had. Thankfully, it turned out pretty cute. Of course, I had to add the tinted dip served in a cantaloupe.....just for fun!!!

I am in TRAINING!!!

Yes, for the past week, I have been training for a mini triathlon. You did read correctly. I......am training.....for a MINI TRIATHLON. You know, it doesn't seem like a big accomplishment when they put the word 'mini' in front of it!!! I am here to tell you, it absolutely is no 'mini accomplishment. The competition is in July. Brian and I are planning to race together, as well as my sister and her husband. I am so excited. I have spending most of my time on the bike, well the stationary ones they use in spin classes because I don't actually have a bike of my own. This does pose a problem seeing as how we have to ride one for nine miles in the race!!! Oh well, hopefully I will fix that soon. I also have been improving my time on the 5k. What's funny is that when I started, I couldn't even run a 2k!!! So, biking and running are going well, but swimming......oh, swimming!!!!!!! I don't know if there are many swimmers out there, but WOW! Today, I swam for the first time since I started training. I didn't even get a fourth of a lap swam with the correct form! My arms were doing alright, but my legs were doing whatever they could to get me there!!! I think this is going to be the killer!!! Of course, I didn't have any goggles on and I am sure that would have helped a little bit. I did end up being able to swim the entire 400 meters though. YEA!!! It may not be pretty, but I am at least going to try my hardest!!! Huh, 'mini' nothing. From now on, I will call it the 'special' triathlon........No, that won't work either......I will keep thinking on the new name!!!

A new month already!!!

Happy April the 1st!!!!!!!!! Month 4 of 2008. Wow! I am loving spring. I am just going to act like it isn't 45 degrees outside right now!!! I can't wait to get all of my new flowers planted this week. I hope everyone has a blessed April!