Ramble: Shrubs fall to the Black Widow

So we were trying to get rid of 3 pesky bushes near the foundation of our house recently.

I had trimmed them all down and the next step was to yank them out of the ground. A daunting task for a computer nerd like me! We talked about pulling them out with a friends truck, and then had the opportunity to talk with my sisters b/f. He recently built his own crane and offered to bring it over and yank them out for us.

Meet the Black Widow...

Needless to say, we're SO greatful that he offered to help. I can't tell you just how comical it would have been had I tried pulling them out myself. I'm sure we all can imagine the scenario. Me with a tool of some kind (probably the wrong one), attacking sections of the inanimate bush like I were some crazed monkey.

In fact, I probably would have dislocated my shoulder.