DISASTER strikes!

..and when i say say strikes, i mean clobbers! oh dear. the next few months will be interesting as our 'fixer-upper' has flabergastered into a 'fixer-way-upper' and certainly no longer a do-it-yourself endevour. looks like almost every rafter in the attic has been cracked or snapped completely. two trees total came down in a wicked wind storm that came across the entire pacific northwest thrusday night. two doug firs came down ontop of our house, one of which might likely having been the tallest in our neighborhood -- nearly 100 feet tall and other not small by any means around 70 feet tall. initially, the triage assesment called for a crain to pull the big guys off, but cranes are expensive and the arbor company is thinking of cutting small pieces off at a time. it will be an engineering feat in itself to remove the timber without causing more damgae. tomorrow will be revealing on that end. no one was hurt and by a mild stroke of luck both cars were out of the driveway, and somehow my motorbike dodged a bullet as well as ashlee's cute bicycle cruiser. not the same can be said for my cruiser and a thrid spare bicycle that took a wallop in the house's adjoined storage shed that suffered the most visible damage. the event actually turned itself into an oppurtunity to meet some of our neighbors and nearly one out of three cars driving by stopped and uttered something in the realm of of "...ohhhh my..." with some strangers even taking picutres. the local paper might come by tomorrow. what can i a say, maybe a glib paraphrased cliche, you need to walk through valleys/ to climb a great mountain/ so that someday you may see the view that inspires... -whew, that was a corny one.

-stay tunned the saga certainly will continue.