It’s been a while since I’ve posted, but I’m getting in the groove again, and today is as good a day as any. Today, we cut down the tree. Now this wasn’t just any tree. And it wasn’t the closest tree to the house. But it was a tall fir tree, about 120 feet, and it was dead, and it was standing 20 feet from my house. After last year’s storm, I had dreams of that tree falling onto my house and breaking the back of my roof. So we cut it down. Today. I had gotten an estimate from a tree service, and they told me $700 to cut it down and buck it. After hearing that estimate, my honey and his friend cut it down in 10 minutes. We still have some splitting to do, but we’ve got all winter to do that. This is an example of dyi — do it yourself.Â