11 January 2012

That Christmas Tree was pretty spectacular...but what now?

Today is Tree-Recycling Day... but the flyers the collection department passed out stated that you need to cut the tree up so that it would fit into your yard waste container. This is no small feat when you have a freakin' TWELVE-FOOT tall tree!!!!

Because I know a thing or two about trees (having majored in Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture in college...yes, that is a real major), I was able to boss guide my husband to a perfect solution...

First, trim off the branches...


 Can you find the loppers?

Working out some post-burglarization frustrations...

Who am I kidding? I don't think I've used my college degree in any job I've ever held. My husband is a born arborist and wields those loppers like a pro without any help from me.

Okay, so this isn't as funny in pictures on a blog post as it was in real life. But I was laughing so hard I almost fell down the stairs.

And this post is saving us from another 'ravings of an insane injured athlete' post. You're welcome :)

14 comments:

  1. Love it. We did that to our 4 ft tree one year to fit it down the garbage chute in our apartment. We weren't even supposed to have a live tree... and we took it down closer to February then Christmas so chopping it up saved us from embarrassment (re: everyone seeing us with it still).

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  2. Oh, and I should mention that a 2ft section of tree trunk falling 14 floors into a metal dumpster sounds like a bomb going off. We probably scared the crap out of anyone doing laundry down there!

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  3. A ravings of an insane athlete injured by loppers post might be funny.

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  4. Oh. My. God. I am in awe! Loppers! I had no idea there was such a thing or that you could "lop" inside! We are going to do our usual - hurl/stuff/push the tree outside then drag it to the sidewalk where we can abandon its corpse whole.
    Wow that lopper thingamajig - and your husband for being so, well LOPPY! Wow!

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  5. Thanks for your comment today.

    Your Christmas tree was huge. Bet you get that a lot. :)

    I don't want to do potty training either. Dread it.

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  6. Pretty impressive lopping. Hope it wasn't too insane of a mess to clean up. Actually pretty entertaining, but next time take a video - THAT would probably have been funnier! :)

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  7. Holy cow! How did you decorate that thing?

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  8. How rad would a totem pole be right there year 'round?

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  9. wow, that looks like an event! Brings back visions of funny movies, might have been a Griswald one, "the tree always looks bigger outside, it will be fine", then when you cut the netting and the tree expands, all the windows blow out :-).

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  10. Hahaha! Who are you kidding? That is hilarious! When we lopped a big tree inside one year I made Aaron leave one branch for a day and hung one ornament on it giving it the Charlie Brown look because he hates that CB tree so darn much! I hope it was therapeutic for Dirk. ;)

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  11. Also, please tell me that once he finished demolishing the tree, you smacked the easy button!

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  12. I am glad you got in a good laugh...I think you probably needed it!

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  13. Omg, what a feat!!! I can't imagine the mess in your house after all that! I think you and your husband have a fun marriage. I first thought this after him videoing one of your swimming posts. He's a trooper. :-)

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  14. Oh my goodness!!! That's a very outdoorsy thing you had going on indoors! They just shove the trees in a traveling wood chipper here I think---everyone has them "whole" at the end of the driveways. Are you still stepping on needles?

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