Old Posts- Trees & Furniture 09/11/08

Well we've been talking about planting some trees in our yard (aka- a field) for some time now. James had the day off on Tuesday and went to a few places where people have told us we could dig up some trees. He came home with 3 maples (my favorites), 2 cotton woods (we think- they look somewhat like a poplar, but the bark isn't white, and has triangular leaves but they flutter the same as a poplar), 2 wild cherry, and 1 oak tree. I was pleasantly suprised when he came home with this many trees! I was expecting 1 or 2. The wild cherry trees are the smallest, about 4 feet tall, and the oak is the tallest at about 10-15 feet tall. The bigger trees look somewhat like Charlie Brown Trees, but beggers can't be choosers and I'm estatic! If you want to hear a good story you'll have to ask him how he fit them in the Jeep. It was defintately a chore getting them out of the cramped quarters. It must have been hilarious to see him driving down the road with the tops of the trees hanging out the back.

We've planted trees in the yard before (about 60 pine trees) but most of them bit the dust, or were mowed over (I'll admit it was mostly my fault). They were very small, about 1 foot at the tallest, and didn't care for our soil. I don't blame them I can't stand the clay we have either!

Last night after getting home I worked on putting our "office" together. We recently acquired a commercial quality desk, credenza, and filing cabinet. We're using the credenza as an entertainment center. The desk and filing cabinet have gone upstairs (I was sore for 3 days after moving all the furniture with James). I took the piles of paid bills that we've had laying around and started filing, I stopped for dinner, and finished around 9:30. I was filing stuff from 2006! I think we had a good excuse that year for neglecting our filing system, we were building a house for goodness sake. I can't believe I just admitted to how unorganized I can be. I can be a control freak (it will be interesting to see how that plays out when we have kids!). Even the file tabs are organized- monthly bills at the front and quarterly bills at the rear, with the file tabs in an organized fashion. So I'm crazy, everyone has their own quirks and faults.