Tales of A Tree

The tree in our front yard is massive.
When we first moved into this house word on the street was that there was a tree killer in our neighborhood. A gentlemen had been going around poisoning trees so that he could get a better view. Lucky for our tree, he lived one street up from us.
Our tree is quite beautiful though.
During the spring and summer it is full of leaves. During the fall the color changes and it is still lovely. Albeit slightly messy.

Now granted, there were still a lot of leaves left on the tree when this picture was taken.

That should give you a general idea about what kind of undertaking clean up is.

We were primed and ready to go.
Operation "dead leaf" was go for launch.
This year we had a plan.
Our plan was kiboshed though.
Little did we know that a good strong wind and 10 inches of snow would rid us of our leaf problem.

The real question now is "How do we rid ourselves of all this snow?"

Tuesday Toilet Musings

We went to the "new house" to do some cleaning prior to moving in.

As I was scrubbing the shower, that had an obscene amount of soap scum in it, I had some deep thoughts. Why oh why would anyone think that blue toilet water is a good idea? I understand that putting a tablet in the toilet is good for helping it stay clean. I don't understand the blue. It makes it so that you can't really see if the toilet is clean, leading me to believe it is not. If you cleaned it regularly would you really need a blue tablet to prove it? Furthermore when you pee in a blue toilet it makes the water turn green. I am sorry but in no place is green pee good. I would also like to pose the question, "Are we on an airplane or living in the 80's?" If you were the previous tenants and are in fact "living in the 80's" than I am sorry. Not only for your need to put teal blue in places that they don't belong but also for the fact that you most likely have 80's hair and probably have hammer pants in many colors. Which makes me want to bust out in "Can't touch this."

You know that you are singing it too.

Oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh can't touch this. Music hits me so hard....