All things considered, today was somewhat productive. I renewed my vehicle registration, updated my license, mowed the front and back, cleaned out the carport gutters in the front.
While I was mowing, a guy stopped by about tree work. He says he'll be in the neighborhood on Monday and can give me a deal on taking out the 'Leaning Tower of Oak' in the back yard. Admittedly, the tree isn't doing well and more than half of it is dead. He mentioned the lean that it had and I told him that it's been that way for 30 years, and shows no sign of falling.
He said if I keep the wood, he an take it to the ground for $2,000. I told him that my definition of 'to the ground' was a minimum fo 15' up. He was fine with that. And then he turned and saw the other large oak nearby that is nearly dead as well. He said he could have the crew cut out the dead wood at no extra charge.
All of the debris created would be ground up and hauled away. I didn't think to ask about leaving the resulting chips. Chances are, he wouldn't be willing to do that as their chipper is truck mounted and shoots the stuff into the back of another truck. (Plus, I don't feel like moving all of those chips, even if they are free.)
The water heater going out really toasted the budget. I had everything saved for property taxes, but that went toward the new heater.
Between the taxes and the trees, its almost $5,000. I suppose I could put it on plastic... again.
