The season's changing and there's a feeling of fall - not that it's cool yet.
After a couple of super sweet fall weather days, it's back in the 80's now and for the foreseeable future.
At least the nights are cool enough to turn the AC off!
We spend a little time most evenings sitting on the driveway, often with our dear neighbor, Ilene.
If we eat a larger meal during the day, a light supper with our wine works for us.
After doing some serious thinking and praying about things here at home that need to be done, Louis Dean and I decided to take some of our resources and hire professionals to trim our trees and paint the house and replace the den windows. LD is old school and it's been hard for him to accept the fact that he can't do all the things he used to do. He really can't keep his focus long enough these days to stay on task.
He still likes to work and DO things so he's been busy moving debris away from the storage building and he's been pretty creative about it!
He put up some boards along the fence and relocated his pvc pipes, boards and what have you up there.
All the way down the fence line!
He worked all day long on Saturday and it made him feel good!
Sunday morning I was up early and at Home Depot by 9:00!
NO make up but I did wear earrings, a cap and perfume.
We made it to Valley Ranch for not one but TWO hockey games!
The first one was Trystan, Kailey and Logan's Texas Heat .
They played so well and won their game against a Houston team.
I wore my red sweater and had a gray blanket in keeping with their colors.
Then we stayed for Harrison's game.
I had gone to the car and switched my colors to purple!
Complete with a purple water bottle.
This particular rink is THE coldest one they play on.
As soon as the game was over, we were waiting to see Harrison and, since Louis Dean was freezing, he went outside to stand in the sunshine.
Kailey keeps a close eye on her granddad and when she went to check on him and he wasn't there!
He had walked around the buiilding and was sitting on the hood of our car.
I teared up to see Kailey sitting with him!
She and her Granddad have a truly special bond but she loves me, too!
And I love how SHE loves HIM!
Another light Sunday night supper!
I had asked our lawn guy for an estimate to trim all the overgrown tress in the back yard.
He arrived at 8:00 and went right to work.
Louis Dean came in and asked me, "What in the world is going on out there???"
He starts every day with a clean slate and that's not always a bad thing.
This old elm tree died several years ago and the stump has rotted and slowly started dropping off huge chuncks of bark.
Now we have firewood for the winter and plenty of kindling.
The overgrown jungle is no longer there!
Louis Dean is going to make the remaining stump into a table top to set plants on.
The grown cover back there will come back and I hope to do some landscaping as well.
NO limbs over the gazebo!
This is what I call a trash tree and I pull them up all the time, but this one is in my neighbor's yard and it has grown and grown!
Same way with the tree over the storage building (where I store my seasonal decorations - or SOME of them!) as it's in our neighbor's yard next door.
The catalpa tree is huge and also in our neighbor's yard. I enjoy looking at it but am glad it's trimmed back now. Bruno does work for them as well as for Stephanie on the other side of us.
Here's Bruno!!
He is so good and did a great job!
Brenda uses him, too!
It's wonderful to know good people who do good work and I highly recommend him to all in the DFW area.
When he gave me the estimate for the yard and for the two pecan trees in the front - which he will trim after the pecan harvest is over - I asked him if he knew anyone who did painting.
He did and the next day Hector came over and gave us an estimate for painting our house and outbuildings as well as replacing the four front den windows!
He arrived at 9:00 this morning and worked hard all day!
Replacing the windows was the first order of business.
I love to see guys working!
First window IN!
I absolutley LOVE these!!!
They are so cool - no mini blinds needed now.
Just my sheers. They are the paned look and cream colored.
I did NOT want white.
Windows IN and the front is ready to to paint in the morning.
These guys are the BEST!
They took down all the lights and debris for me.
When they left for lunch, Louis Dean and I went out to admire the work and that's when LD spied all their Ryobi tools and chargers and batteries and instinctively started gathering them all up!!
I told him they all belonged to the workers so he put them back and then said, "I better not come out here until they are finished."
I agreed. I don't want to take a chance on him taking and losing their tools!!
Tomorrow the painting begins!!
I ordered 5 gallons of Fudge Bar for trim and 5 gallons of Stone Brown for the house -
the same colors I have because I love them!
13 comments:
I am glad you hired some professionals to help. Sometimes we need to do that.
You got to some games - awesome.
I am like you - I like to eat a bigger meal at lunch and a smaller dinner one at dinner.
Love how the grandkids love you both!
To me, Kailey is amazing and so wise for her age! Instead of asking Granddad to get off the hood, she sat with him!! I'm glad you are having these things done to the house before winter sets in. And when you own a house, there is always something to do, so Louis Dean will still have plenty of projects!
Love all the work they did! It's not easy to find good help here...
hugs
Donna
You were wise to hire people and glad that LD still has projects he is doing on the side.
That is a lot of maintenance and repairs! We are still able to do most everything ourselves, but last time I was on the roof cleaning the chimney I was not as stable as I used to be. Maybe time to hire someone to do that!
The hardest thing for me is finding people I can trust to do work. It's nice when you know other people who have used them and know they did a good job.
Wow, your home is going to look brand spankin' new in a few days. I'm glad you have hired people to do the labor for you. This adjusting to new way of life is hard but it seems LD is doing it pretty well. I like the way you said that every morning is a new clean slate. You my dear are doing a wonderful job!!!
Sue
I get so excited for home improvements, even when they're not at my house. I'm glad you hired those guys, they're quick and the work seems good, windows look beautiful. I do love the pic of your granddaughter with Louis Dean...how lovely is that? I can't wait to see all the "after" pictures!
Della
I know how glad I was to finally get new windows!
Our house is an old GI house, which is a no frills house. We redid some of it, ( The kitchen floor and cabinets. It all needs painting again!) I know you will really enjoy it daily and during the holidays when you have company. That isn't that far away! ( Scary, huh!?) Love you, my friend. Take care of you and Louis Dean!
WONDERFUL POST...LOVED IT AND YOU.
It was a smart decision to hire the professional folks. As much as we want to do everything for ourselves, sometimes the job/jobs are just too much. Your windows look great. I know you are proud of them. It is looking great around your place.
love those windows, wish I had them, out tree that came down this week was done my Texas guys from Longview, I think that is pretty close to yooou
Linda, I too love that your granddaughter is loving and sweet to you and LD. I remember when our Emma was 4 and told Ted, "scooch papaw" to get in his chair with him. She stole his heart then and there. After that she was always in his chair with him even when her legs were longer than his. She'd kind of perch on the arm of the chair then. Miss those great moments in life. Hot dog, new windows and paint and cleaned up trees. You are doing the right thing. Blessings and love to all, xoxo, Susie
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