Saturday, January 22, 2022

Partially Fixed

January issues continue to drag on.  Our home still isn't repaired from the flood at the beginning of December.  Our insurance and the restoration company are squabbling over the last $148 and can't seem to come to an agreement.  It doesn't help that the guy over our restoration project has gone radio silent, and no one can get a hold of him.  Sigh.  It's frustrating.  Meanwhile, we had someone come out to repair the rear windshield on Wednesday, but there was a hiccup.  The black seal around the glass is a custom size for our car, so the glass people need to order it from the manufacturer.  He had the glass, but not the right sized seal.  He cleaned up the broken windshield and saran wrapped the opening, but now we have to wait for the seal to come in.  We haven't driven it, because it's been so cold, and honestly, I don't really want my husband flying down the highway with only saran wrap on the back of his car.  We're crossing our fingers that the seal will be here by Tuesday of next week, so they can finally fix it.

I'm hoping for a better February, because January has not been our month. 

Tuesday, January 11, 2022

An Expensive Surprise

Back in the Fall we had a tree trimming company give us an estimate on cutting back the tree in our front yard.  It had branches right on up the roof, and we were concerned it would damage the roof with a good wind storm.  I had no idea trimming trees was so expensive, but I suppose it makes sense since it's 2 stories high.  We approved it and then never heard anything.  

After a couple of months we forgot about it until today!  I got a phone call saying they would be there in 20 minutes to trim our tree.  I was completely shocked.  I think we assumed they had forgotten and we would have to schedule it again in the Spring.  It makes me laugh, because timing seems to always be just slightly off.  I had just done the budget and paid all the bills 24 hours earlier.  I wish I would have known 24 hours earlier about the tree trimming.  Aw well.  Such is life.  It's good that it's trimmed even if it was an unexpected January expense.