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A Farm of My Own:  Thanksgiving surprise! And NOT a good one  |
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Fabulous Farm Femmes
True Blue Farmgirl
792 Posts
Diane
Lakebay, Tacoma
WA
792 Posts |
 Posted - Nov 26 2005 : 12:45:37 AM
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well, the Jensen family celebrated Thanksgiving with an early Christmas surprise...a christmas tree...IT FELL THRU OUR ROOF!!!!!
A lovely 70 foot fir tree crashed thru our roof at 10 pm tonight, due to the drenching rain we have had I am sure.We have holes in our ceilings inside in two places,the window frame is smashed, goodness knows what daylight will bring. And as you all know, hubby just had his neck surgery...the fun just never ends around here.Thank the Lord it missed our bedroom (barely),the power pole and the wood stove stack.
Well, guess we won't need to put up a tree in THAT ROOM this year!! |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Nov 26 2005 : 07:33:49 AM
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so sorry to hear of your woes. there was a huge beautiful tree behind our cabins .. close to the house .. (before we moved here .. but i saw glorious photos of it) .. the previous owners told me that because a huge limb fell onto one of the historic olde cabins (no damage .. thank goodness) .. they hated to .. but had to .. cut that lovely olde tree to the ground. (and it was SUCH a graet 'swing-hanging tree too!) now we don't have any large trees immediately surrounding the cabins. i love the look of big trees close to a home .. but ahhhhh .. the trials and tribulations .. such as yours. i sure hope you have some good insurance to help fix your home up again. (we had friends in maryland .. and a GIGANTIC tree also fell through their roof .. demolishing 1/3 of their home! and ya' know .. it is soooooooooooo beautiful today with all the 'fixing' up they did. good thoughts for a speedy recovery for both your honey and your home!
xo, frannie |
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westernhorse51
True Blue Farmgirl
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michele
farmingdale
n.j.
USA
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Posted - Nov 26 2005 : 1:09:20 PM
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Oh Diane Im so sorry. I do understand the stress of everything your going through. You are right, it's a blessing it didnt crash on top of anyone. Has is your husband doing? I hope you have someone who can help you. Our neighbor has a huge tree in their yard & when the wind blows, you see it just bending over my little mobile home. Good luck with everything. Michele
she selects wool and flax and works with eager hands Prov.31:13 |
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bubblesnz
True Blue Farmgirl
291 Posts
helen
New Zealand
291 Posts |
Posted - Nov 26 2005 : 2:16:41 PM
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| Wooooooooo Dianne, must have scared the life out of you!! Liked your sense of humor, re: "no tree needed for that room." I am sure that humor will get you thru this. Thinking of you and prayers coming your way. |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
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Posted - Nov 26 2005 : 6:07:07 PM
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Dianne - I am so sorry you have so many things to deal with right now. It always seems to happen that troubling and stressful times come in groups!
I am thinking of you and sending prayers. I guess those of us in hurricane territory are not the only ones that have trees come through the roof!
Keep strong, and we all wish we could mend everything, but we will pray for you! Hopefully that will help you feel some support.
"Sell cleverness and buy wonder" |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Nov 26 2005 : 6:59:23 PM
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Oh my gosh!!! What a happening!! I hope you all are able to get through it all with that same humour!! I wish I could come over and help with cleanup!! You hang in there! I will sure keep you in my prayers!!
Jenny in Utah
It's astonishing how short a time it takes for very wonderful things to happen...Frances Burnette |
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The Handmaiden
True Blue Farmgirl
214 Posts
Kim
Shreveport
Louisiana
USA
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Posted - Nov 27 2005 : 12:29:27 PM
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Diane, My mom always sez' bad things come in 3's. If that's true, perhaps now you are done for awhile. The sun will shine again...REST ASSURED!
"Faith shall finish all that Hope begins."
joan walsh anglund |
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Fabulous Farm Femmes
True Blue Farmgirl
792 Posts
Diane
Lakebay, Tacoma
WA
792 Posts |
Posted - Nov 27 2005 : 1:33:29 PM
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Thanks for all your replies, Girls. Called all the fellows we knew and enough showed up to take care of the tree part. My future son in law, the movie stunt man, showed his stuff yesterday and did all the hard dangerous parts..he is a treasure, and what a hard worker. Now we just have to wait for the Insurance guy and go from there. What a relief to at least have it off the house!
Hubby stood around and felt guilty, which is so funny as he is ALWAYS the first one to help anybody in trouble- as I reminded him many times.He is doing really well, thanks be to god and prayers. |
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Kay in Kentucky
Farmgirl in Training
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Kay
Dunnville
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Nov 27 2005 : 4:50:21 PM
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My goodness! Were you scared? I would have. I do hope you don't have serious structural damage, windows can be replaced fairly easy other things maybe not so easy. Keep us posted on developments.
Kitty
My blog;
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Krisathome
True Blue Farmgirl
90 Posts
Kristin
Iowa
USA
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Posted - Nov 27 2005 : 8:24:04 PM
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| Good heavens!!! I can't imagine the shock! I'm glad that you have people to help you out. |
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Fabulous Farm Femmes
True Blue Farmgirl
792 Posts
Diane
Lakebay, Tacoma
WA
792 Posts |
Posted - Nov 27 2005 : 11:45:23 PM
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| It WAS pretty scary...well, for me at least. When the noise started at first, we both instantly thought it was an earthquake..for those who have never been thru a good one, you get a low rumble sound in the begining (us here in the Pacific Rim are used to them..well, as used to them as one can get anyway) Anyway, then when the house didn't move I thought it was a drunk driver careening down our driveway and into the house (we are downhill at end of dirt road)and then finally with the BOOM!! and the ceiling blowing apart my husband VERY calmly says "Well, a tree just fell on the house" (heis just so used to emergencies from his job as a Sheriff and on the Search and Rescue squad i suppose). |
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ByHzGrace
True Blue Farmgirl
348 Posts
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Posted - Nov 28 2005 : 05:06:52 AM
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(((Diane)))
i be so sorry! didja get a swimming hole/crater in the yard?
sweeter dreams sawwing the good zzzzzs from here on in
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greyghost
True Blue Farmgirl
650 Posts
Lynn
Summerville
Georgia
USA
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Posted - Nov 30 2005 : 1:43:07 PM
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Oh my goodness! And what an awful time of year for that to happen too (is there any good time?). You must be FREEZING!
Your hubby's calmness is a wonderful thing. I'm sure that's the stuff for stories - a tree falls on the house and he's deadpan about it!
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