BRRRR!!!!!

Have you ever heard of the sound of a tree slowly crashing to the ground from the pressure of ice? Well, if you haven’t, please take a trip to my house. Since about 4 o’clock this morning, all, yes ALL of our trees have fell victim to the thick layers of ice that have come with this terrible storm. It is such a creepy sound and now the branches are threatening to hit our house. Our neighbor’s tree is now on the ground in our back yard and slowly taking the power to our house with it. Our power has been going in and out all morning long. So now, every time we hear a crackle of ice, the tree falls and the power flickers. Now we’re just waiting for that one big branch to fall and we’ll be stuck without power. I’m scared!! Chaz’s grandparent’s don’t have any power right now. They said they are huddled in bed together, trying to stay warm. So sad!!!

Here is a picture of what’s left of our beautiful, 70-year old tree in our front yard. I cringe even posting this picture. This tree is my pride and joy and what drew me to the house. I’m sick knowing that come next spring, I will have 30% of my tree left. :( (Click on the picture so you can see it better)


People have been driving by looking at our house like a tornado has struck. Our neighbors have come out of their houses to gawk. We have no experience with trees so I’m not sure if we’re supposed to do anything yet regarding their removal. I know we can’t do anything with the one touching the power line. Does anyone have any ideas??

Here’s the tree in our backyard that is wrapped up in the power line that feeds into our house. The limbs have already begun to touch the ground. This is what is making our lights flicker:


Moving on from the de-forestation of my house, I wanted to show you this adorable picture. We kept our friend’s, Drew and Amanda’s chiuahaha, TEDO, this weekend and I got them to pose for my camera. TEDO is so tiny compared to my babies:


It's so cold, Zena had to put her fur coat on:




UPDATE: As I have been typing, our power has officially gone out. We are packing up and heading to Chaz’s parent’s house. Yipes!!!