ABOUT DAMN TIME

[rikibeth]

The tree people are here and they are CUTTING DOWN THE INTERNET-EATING TREE! Yay!

I feel like I ought to be sad that an apple tree right in my yard is going away, but the apples from it were never especially good, and it was growing right against the corner of the house WHERE THE CABLE GOES IN. And whenever it would get windy, the tree would yank on our cable, and we'd lose Internet.

Also, they are getting rid of one right next to it that I don't think was an apple tree, but had grown into some sort of tangly thicket that made it basically impossible to go around that corner of the house to access the basement door.

This might have the side effect of letting a little more daylight into my east window. I'm for it.

When they showed up, I went outside to remind them that the point of the exercise was to keep the tree from eating our cable, so please don't cut the cable while you're about it, okay? Because, seriously, when we moved in, our internet was delayed because some tree guys had done JUST THAT.

*happydance*

Comments

[egwenna.livejournal.com]

Yay for problem resolution with extra day light bonus! Hopefully they're done quick and aren't too noisy (which is always my complaint about tree work).

[txanne.livejournal.com]

Yay! Moar Rikibeth in my computer!

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

Ha. Until my system adjusts to the St. John's Wort dose, I am liable to be Posty McPostALot. Expect a lot of Hyperlocal News.

[txanne.livejournal.com]

Sorry for the insomnia. Yay moar Rikibeth!

[shadowflyer.livejournal.com]

Only a pity you haven't got a fireplace for all that wood.

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

If we had a fireplace it would just be a way to suck heated air up the chimney and out of the house for limited decorative value -- I love fireplaces, but they're totally counterproductive in centrally heated homes unless you get airtight inserts that turn them into flush-mounted stoves.

Also, these were skinny scraggly trees, and the wood might have been okay for campfires but wasn't much of a size for serious logs.

[roadnotes.livejournal.com]

Hurrah! I hope the insomnia wears off, though I am enjoying the appearance of Posty McPostALot.

[shadowflyer.livejournal.com]

True enough. My sister has a proper wood stove in her living room at the house in Foster, but it's in a vaulted two-story room onto which the second floor hall opens on a balcony beside the stairs. So it helps with heating the upstairs hall and bedrooms more than the room it's actually in.