Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Another Adventure


Hello!

Kiki and I sure did have another adventure today. A tree came down on our house. At 4 the house shook like I never felt anything shake. I looked out my front window and saw nothing but tree. I looked out the front door and our front tree greeted me. I called my husband at work, told him to get home, and took the baby, dog and books down to the basement to wait out the storm. My neighbor called about 45 minutes later to make sure I was okay and to tell me the storm had passed. I spent the rest of the evening meeting my neighbors and discussing the tree. Thank goodness Kiki, the dog, and I were all okay. The house seems fine so far, but tomorrow the tree will be removed and we will see the damage (hope there is minimal).

Mother Nature has a funny sense of humor because just this morning we had an exterior door put on and now it is covered with a tree. At the same time, Kiki, dog and I are fine and we got a chance to socialize with our neighbors. When you put it all in perspective it could have been worse. We were lucky and we are all safe.

The picture above was taken by one of my neighbors. My neighbors have all been great. They have taken pictures, stopped to check on us, and one neighbor even offered to bring us dinner. We are lucky to be surrounded by such nice people.

I hope everyone's evening was less eventful than mine. Talk to you all later.

4 comments:

Memories of us said...

geez Nicole,
that picture makes it look like part of your sidewalk is missing to. I was down in your mom;s area yesterday afternoon and I called to see if she was around. I was going to stop to let her see the baby, but... No answer... probably was still at work!

Memories of us said...

geez Nicole,
That picture makes it look like part of your sidewalk is missing to!! I was down in your mom's area yesterday so I called to see if we could stop by so shge could meet Jillian, but... No answer, probably was still at work!!

zarnic said...

Hey!
It was the craziest thing. The sidewalk was actually fine, but the earth was not. It really looked like something right out of the movie Twister. We still have people coming by to check on us.

Anonymous said...

Yo N -

This sure was a freaky day. I couldn't believe the sight of your fallen tree. It complete engulfed the front of your house. I am happy you and Kiki are safe. You all are the best neighbors in the world!

K