We had a warm Christmas week. It was so nice that the kids could be outside and we could have fires. After the Michigan in-laws left, the weather cooled. That Sunday (December 28th), we had a storm. Sometime in the night, the winds blew down this tree.
I thought about renting a chainsaw from Home Depot and cutting at least the fallen part down myself. But my lawn crew, ever eager to make a buck, offered to do it for me for $1500. They actually offered to do it for $2600 back in Sept when the tree was still standing, but being unemployed, I opted not to, so I guess my cheapness saved me $1100.
As I get older, I've learned to outsource as much as I can possibly afford. This same lawn crew offered to plow my driveway for $200. My driveway is at least one football field long, maybe two, and it would have taken Nightingale and me hours to do it by shovel.
Because of the once a year bad weather, the kids have been home all week, and likely into next week. Nightingale had Monday and Tuesday off, but had to use PTO for it. She is also home on Friday for an unrelated to the storm reason.
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