My youngest brother came yesterday (4 hour trip) & spent the night. He is fishing tomorrow with a friend who is an hour away from our house.
Anyway, he is super mechanical & excellent at figuring stuff out so he:
Fixed the PU truck lid that was stuck 1/2” from closing & wouldn’t go up or down.
Fixed the hose bib on one side of the house that had no water flow.
Figured out a “hack” for a damper on some of my HVAC ductwork (HVAC wanted $600 to put one in)
Got a large pine branch down that had broken off & was hung up in the tree.
Consulted with him on putting rails along the basement steps & reversing the gate at the top (my idea will work :-)
Great visit!
Wow. God blessed you with quite a brother!
Fantastic! It’s wonderful to have handy men in the mix!
I ‘Tom Sawyer-ed’ Mom into helping me clean up the landscaping across the front of the house today that had been decimated by the PUPPIES raised last season.
Took us about 30 minutes and things look good as new and aside from one Sedum that doesn’t seem to be coming back, all else is well. I DO need a few bags of brown mulch to really freshen it up, but I think a trip to Menard’s is on the docket for this upcoming week, so that’ll be covered. ;)
Beau said to Mom this afternoon, ‘I see she ‘Tom Sawyer-ed’ you into helping her today.’ Mom said, ‘I know what she’s up to even before she asks me to help!’ LOL!
Mom was also VERY helpful in the THREE of us tackling Ithaca (the Mule), today. He had somehow gotten his halter over one ear and it was rubbing on his head and causing him some pain. Ithaca LOVES Mom to the Moon and back, so she was able to coax and settle him down enough with carrots, apples and Milk Bones so we could rope him, steady his head and cut the halter off of him. She’s aces.
Never a dull moment around here, for sure! ;)