Originally Posted by
blue-eyed soul 
trying to shoot a limb off a tree he had cut that was hung up in another tree
Welcome blue-eyed soul!! I had to giggle when I read this. Not that it's at all funny, but I still have visions of looking out the front window and seeing my AH shooting into our tree (in the pouring rain) with my 12 year old standing below holding a huge fish net. Apparently there was a racoon up there and he thought if it jumped out it would be a good idea for a child to catch it. Of course I ran out and stopped the whole shenanigan before anyone was injured. We live in a nice neighborhood, and I'm sure our neighbors think he must be off his rocker!
It's this sort of thing that has added up to make me think, like you, it's not how I want to live. Sounds like you are on the right track, and further ahead than lots of us when we first found this place. Hope you keep posting!