What a story Kathy.  Next Spring when those lilacs are so fragrant you can
think back on the lilac bush story.  Smile.

Vicki

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 10:49 AM
Subject: It's gone! Yea!!


> HI Guys,
> Well it's gone! Yesterday, a big truck came, and the buyers came and
> after some very tense moments , our mobile home went up the driveway,
> blocked the traffic at the end of the driveway, and finally, went away!
> Yea!! Do you remember that lilac bush that I was so worried about last
> summer, well, I'm starting to think that lilac bushes are like cats, with
> nine lives or something. The truck pulled the home right over my bush. Oh
> man, you should see it! There are tire tracks on either side of the bush,
> but the home just sort of knocked it down and it popped up again once it
> was passed. They also ran over a rock wall that we had built along our
> driveway to protect our lilac bushes. The wall got dismantled, and one of
> the rims on one of the tires of the home got bent so once they got the
> house on the road they had to stop and change a flat, and then, we had to
> cut some of the limbs on one of our neighbors trees, hope they'll still
> talk to us, but with a scrape and a reall scary moment when the home
> almost tipped, it is gone! The best part is that Caleb and Liz were here
> to see it all! It was great. The buyers are coming back later with a flat
> bed truck to take away the front and back porch and all of the blocking
> and so forth. Poor Honey, she climbs the porch steps and there is no
> house to go into. She is so funny. Now, we're just waiting for Rick to
> come and finish up the landscaping and finish hooking up our water supply
> properly. What an adventure!
> Kathy
> ,
>
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