Storm clean up...it takes a village

Once the ABP was sent out (by Karen Danielson - thanks, Karen!) that Mr. Culloton needed help the phone starting ringing! We're still getting calls and it's all been cleaned up. We have dear friends and neighbors who were so willing to help out. Several Honors Choirs kids & parents came over and Mark, the guy with the chainsaw, is our neighbor. They cut it all up and loaded it into a truck. The guys even drove the branches to the recycling place and said that the even exchange was the firewood that they're going to take. Fine by us!

Thank you Honors Choirs families for stopping by to help us!! Also, thanks to the people who just stopped by to make sure we were OK (Grant!). We feel very lucky to have people we know we can call if needed.

This, of course, is insignificant given the circumstances, but look at my poor geranium!

Also, we should inform you that we had a tree expert stop by (Bill Connelly, our daycare provider's husband) and said that our big tree still has several years left in her. I think we should give her a name now that she survived this storm. Any suggestions?? She is rotting from the inside out, but Bill said that trees can survive for several years like this. He also suggested trimming her (along with the big tree by our garage) and planting some new Maple trees on our boulevard. We lost two pretty big trees a couple of years ago by the city. The city has never replaced them, so I guess it's up to us. Once again, more $$$$$$$$!!