YAY!

First we heard the city was going to pick up "the trail of the storm" - have all your limbs and branches out on the curb.  Then we found out the city was not going to pick up anything, so Sam spent yesterday bundling backyard branches in 2 foot by 3 foot bundles, ten for our yard waste pick up and ten for neighbor Don's.  Ten was the pick-up limit and all of our neighbors were fine with us putting out ten bundles a week in their various yard wastes on their pick up days until the trees were gone.  After all, we had until November 15 when yard waste pick-up ended for the season.

(Compare that to $300.00 for a dumpster or $60.00/visit to a yard waste drop off facility - our budget couldn't handle it and feed Matt, too!)

Then, I heard the word "easement" from neighbor Alice and we began to pursue "easement".  Three phone calls later, we scored!  The fact that our pine tree was less than 14 feet from the fire hydrant and a light pole put it in the "easement" zone.  And the city is outside right now chipping our pine tree up into memories!  Glory! Thanks be to God!