And it is done.

If you've been following my blog, I'm sure you remember THIS MONSTER TREE.

Here's another shot of it. Yes...it was tall. Tall enough to uproot from my neighbor's house and land on our house...all the way down our driveway. As you can see, just a couple feet more to the right, and it would have landed right in the middle of the house itself. We were very blessed it landed where it did.

The above photo was taken right after it happened. I had NO CLUE what it would take to get this tree cleaned up and damage repaired.

So here we are, 2 months later. Thanks to Rick Webb of Webb's House Works in Jackson, TN and his *incredible*, hard working crew, it now looks like nothing ever happened to the house. Check out the finished product below (click the photos to see them larger):

What about them purty white new gutters? Sharp looking, aren't they?

Check out my black whirly birds and Rick even painted the chimney topper to match!

Sagging gutters on the front? No more! They look fab!


Smooth...it all looks so smooth!


Ah...and maybe now, since the gutters are all fixed too, my little studio in the basement won't leak anymore! Hooray!


The end. Thank goodness. I never thought I'd be so excited to see a chapter of my life end...but this is one ordeal I was ready to put behind me. Thanks to Rick, Pete, and the rest of the guys who worked their tails off to get this done!

Roof Work in Jackson TN

The day has finally come....our roof is FINALLY getting fixed from the tree that fell on our house on April 6, 2009. Yes, almost 2 months later, insurance finally paid up. And I tell you what...these guys we hired are FABULOUS! They are working their tails off and doing a great job. I can't wait to see everything all complete.

Webb's House Works from Jackson, TN is the company doing the job for us. Need a roofer? I highly recommend this group! Out of all the people I called (8 people) - Rick Webb (owner) is one of 3 who actually 1) showed up when he said and 2) gave me an actual estimate. We did have two others who provided estimates, however, they were much higher priced than Rick. Not to mention, Rick worked on our behalf speaking to our insurance agent and explaining to him what needed to be done. Insurance paid more to us after speaking with Rick and we have had to put in very little of our own money to cover this work!

I highly recommend Rick Webb and his crew if you need roof work done here in Jackson, TN. Drop me an email if you'd like his number (his website isn't ready yet). Or you can email Rick directly here.

I'll take more photos when they're finished...if the weather holds out, they could be done by tomorrow afternoon. :)

The Cats Response to the Fallen Tree

When the tree fell on our house Sunday night, all but one of the cats were on the carport. In fact, it was seeing their little heads pop up at the firecracker sounds of the tree initially coming down which let us know something big was happening. Bootsie had actually been spotted running from the direction of the falling tree up to the carport. (I TOLD HER to quit using that tree as a scratching post!)

So when the tree hit and shook our house to the core, all the cats disappeared over the wall. Rowdy was the first to come back and explore. In this first photo, he's shown checking out the hole where the tree uprooted from:

A few minutes later, he's shown climbing the part on our roof...going up to explore the roof:

The next morning, here's Oreo, sitting on the fallen tree in the midst of the foliage:

Bootsie checks out the tree...this smells funny!

Bootsie takes a walk on the tree:

Nikko returns...what in the world happened here?!

Rowdy...hmmm...wonder what's under here?

Nikko...this is unreal!

Nikko again...

Rowdy comes back to explore the uprooted portion again:

Bootsie...what am I gonna do with all this mess?

And last but not least, when we finally let Max out the back after cleanup, he runs over to check out this huge, empty spot.

It looks so weird now! Hard to believe the tree is not there anymore! My neighbors are probably even more shocked than I...as they've lived here 30 years and were as much married to that tree as they are to each other!

The tree is gone

After a few hours of hard work, the tree that hammered our house last night is gone. These guys with Bryant Tree Company in Jackson, TN are true professionals. They worked hard, fast, and were kind and respectful and answered many questions. I highly recommend them after what I saw today!

After removing the tree, we discovered my car has a dent just above the license plate. Word has it homeowners insurance will not pay for that...but we'll see. They say car insurance has to pay for that, but the car was under the carport for protection. Not sure how that works, but with this entire deal, we'll see if Allstate lives up to their good name! The adjuster will be here Thursday and will be receiving a CD will all of the photos I've shared here, plus many more!

Notice the big hole in the driveway...there are *3* of those. I've got the contractor from across the street coming tomorrow to do an estimate for me on the house and driveway damage.

So this is what it looks like now. Quite a difference from last night and this morning!

I am exhausted. I hardly slept at all last night, and I had nightmares about this tree when I did. I'll probably end up crazier than I was before, after all this. :)

Cutting up the tree

They're here to cut up the tree! See my previous posts of the night photos and early morning photos of the damage. It's a big sucker!

Daylight photos of tree on our house

Here are the day time photos of the tree that fell on our house last night: