Woke this morning to the sounds of rain...seems to have rained through the night. At 6:30 am, it is already 75 degrees....have we somehow skipped winter and moved back to summer again?
Looks like we might have got close to an inch total and it's still raining lightly at 9:45 am...the sky is dark with clouds and the air feels nice and cool. Thought we might see the sun earlier, but for now it looks as if we will be having liquid sunshine instead.
The only real color change for Fall around my yard, with the exception of the Virginia Creeper, is the Chinese Tallow Trees...Sapium sebiferum ...which unfortunately are considered an invasive species in our area. We have two or three of these and they are beginning to show the orange/yellow on their leaves. Some of the Sycamore trees and the Sweet Gums are also beginning to show their Fall colors...unfortunately, I don't have these in the yard here. Our Oaks are the varieties that pretty much stay green throughout the year. Most won't lose their leaves until almost January. The pines are always green, unless they are dying...ours are looking pretty good. I have noticed that our Crape Myrtles near the front pasture are beginning to lose leaves as well...some have changed to yellow already. Wasn't a very good year for Crape Myrtles in our area...none really seemed to bloom this year.
Hubby is home from work..its not even 11 am yet...seems their job site for today is not ready...and then tomorrow, they are expected at two...crazy way things get done sometimes...sigh...just cuts into our finances.
We ended up going to the U-Pull-it place to get a steering column for my nephew's truck...he's already paid for the parts and labor...all we have to do now is get him here for the job to get completed.
Made the call and he's had a slow day also....seems he just started another yard (he's a yard service)so it will be after 5 pm before he can get here....long as he's here before we lose daylight. It didn't take long to pull the one we got and hubby could probably do this in his sleep...its a Chevy.
While he was waiting on his truck to get back together, he fired up his string trimmer and offered to do my trim work around the half moon garden...said sure, just watch for the hidden plants...it was quite overgrown. I also told him he could take it down to the rocks...of course he hit a fairly large one....it zinged past hubby and I and hit his back glass...what luck! The window was still making popping sounds when he left to go home. We are checking to see what the rear window kit will cost...and also what the local glass place will cost to have it replaced. RATS!!! So far, I can't get the kit at the local parts store...not available...well, that sucks! Hubby also says this year of truck takes a special tool to cut that window out...great. He's pulled countless windows and windshields and NOW he needs a special tool. Well isn't that just marvelous!
I called my nephew to let him know what I had found...he says he needs it replaced before the weekend...well that ain't happening on our end...hubby does work. Seems the kid can't back with the mirrors and since he's hauling equipment and a trailer...he can't see through the cracks in his back glass to back. Was a bit surprised at my sister when I called her...her response was " Well can't M put it in for free? After all, he was doing the trim for you? " Like I told her, hubby is never unfair with anyone, let alone one of the family...anyway, the nephew volunteered to cut the moon garden....and if it had been MY window I'd have had to put a claim against his insurance for the business....told him that's what he should check into anyway. I ended up having to hang up as she was on the other line (call waiting) and we were leaving. Guess I'll talk to her in the morning. So now it's like she feels it's OUR fault he hit his truck window? I'll stop allowing hubby to do any work for family members if this is what is to be. Damn! It's not like everyone isn't willing to run out and pay whatever SOMEONE else feels is a fair price for their labor....but when its MY husband, oh he should do it for free??? The man practically gives his labor away the way it is already...and so now because it's family he should do it for free? This window is going to involve Hubby going and pulling it out at a salvage yard, then pulling the one out of the nephew's truck, and finally reinstalling the window. If he breaks the window, the replacement will have to come out of our pocket....again, he should do this for FREE????? Not happening....family or not.
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