That is until Friday morning when I saw this:
And this:
My love/hate relationship with our giant Palo Verde came to an end. It was a good tree, offering shade to the front of our house and a home to many a spider. It will be missed.
Saturday morning, armed with leather gloves and his electric trimmer, Spouse went outside to do his sad duty and remove the corpse. Spouse salvaged one lonely limb that was still intact and painstakingly tied and staked it hoping to restore the tree to a fraction of its former glory. It was a pathetic, sad branch that didn't stand a chance, but Spouse didn't have the heart to cut it off. Soon our big hearted neighbors were out there helping Spouse cut and pile the branches into our neighbor's trailer. One neighbor must not have noticed the intricate support system Spouse had built for that lonely branch and without thinking, chainsawed it right off. Aye carumba! Apparently 'save that branch' was lost in translation.
While Spouse was sweating outside to clear the broken tree, I was oblivious inside finishing Breaking Dawn.
12 comments:
I hate losing trees (we have lost 2 from wind. It is sad, to see two years growth gone in a matter of minutes. How did you like BD?
So, are you done with it yet? You'll have to let me know what you thought--I wasn't very impressed, but it's a teenage, vampire romance--could it be my expectations are too high? Hey, it kicks the crap out of Mansfield Park though (take that Jane Austen!)
Oh bummer. Can't fault a neighbor trying to be helpful hey? I was too cheap to buy BD so I am just waiting for someone to finish it so I can borrow it. You want to throw it in the mail to me :)
I can imagine Spouse's disappointment. So what are you going to plant in its place? I also would like your review of BD, since this book tends to brainwash people. The best part was that Bella was not so miserably helpless. That was really getting annoying. It also seems she could finally make her own decision, showing fewer signs of a personality disorder
Sorry, but I thought your description was very funny. I tend to laugh in situations like this, which the BK doesn't really like. Glad there wasn't damage to your house. Also, I am with everyone else, please let me know if BD is worth my time. I was sorely disappointed in 3rd and am hoping this ridiculous series picks up a bit.
Sorry about your tree! Now you will get a letter from the HOA asking you to replace it!
I loved Breaking Dawn! I am today looking around for a new book to start.
Breaking Dawn, here it goes.
I had fairly low expectations going into the book. The things that annoyed me are probably the same things that bugged everyone else. Namely, a dangerous, obsessive relationship between Edward and Bella; Jacob; the tediousness between pages 200-700 (approximately); Bella, the ultimate helpless, brainless, needs to be saved female..... But all this was expected.
I'm not going to spoil anything here by saying that the book is pretty much over after the first 200/250 pages. The foreshadowing is too heavy and the plot became predictable. I was let down by the ending... everything was little too convenient. I would have preferred a little more drama.
Despite all this, I would still give this book a thumbs up. Why not read it? It's a fun story; not a complete waste of time. Take it for what it is without comparing it to more serious literature. I love that Stephanie Meyer is so creative. Despite the flaws in her writing and storytelling, she has a wicked imagination.
MJ: Yes, it was refreshing to finally see Bella as someone worth being interested it.
P Pod: Go ahead and read it. It brings closure to the series (maybe too much closure!) and all you're really going to loose is about 11 hours of your life. But remember, low expectations.
Jami: It would be in the mail right now if I hadn't borrowed a copy myself!
Audrey: Didn't you see the sign? No Jane Austen haters allowed. :)
Daisy: 2 trees! What a loss. Sad.
Awww shux, you missed the Jonas Brother's?! Now that is a pity. (totally kidding... their pre-pubecent voices aren't exactly on my HOT list) :) hehe...
Sorry for your Palo Verde tree... you forgot to mention all the pods/mini leaves that it drops year round too! :) But it IS so nice to have the shade... so that does stink!! :(
I finally finished the book last Sunday... and I could not agree more on your observations. I am looking forward to the movie 12.12.08... hopefully it'll be as good as my imagination! :)
Jenni that is so sad! However - I've tried everything to get rid of my PaloVerde with no such luck. So I guess I'm half sad - half jealous.
We see eye to eye on Stephenie Meyer and her books. So when is life so perfectly wrapped up at the end of a book. No one dies, everyone gets a girl and life is just perfect. Only in a Stephenie Meyer book. I hear that "The Host" is a trilogy. I can't wait for more books with little conflict and happy endings. ;) Maybe the reason so many people like these books is because there virtually is no drama or tragedy.
That being said, I keep reading them and I do like them. (That last sentence was so hard to write.)
Oh! We lost a 25' blue spruce in our back yard a couple of years ago. So sad! Now we get a ton of cotton from our neighbor's Cottonwood tree in our yard. The blessed spruce blocked it before.
So, what did you think of Breaking Dawn?
Hmmm...maybe I should actually READ the comments (in my defense the laptop was going dead) before asking questions!
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