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Hoop De Do
From the CD
LADIES MUST SWING
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2020 PROJECTS cut down the drive way trees Replace the retaining wall replace the front steps Replace hand rail front door prepare for mom to move in Cut down fence trees back yard
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| 16 NOV 2020 |
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| 16 nOV 2020 |
Added hand grips to the deck
MOVING MOM IN Cleaned out the office upstairs and moved down
stairs. Lot of work, worse was getting our stuff out and cleaning out Annette's stash closet.
MOMS NEW DIGS
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| ALL OF THIS HAD TO BE MOVED DOWN STAIRS |
New office area in the rec room
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| SCAMP THE DRAMA QUEEN ON THE FLOOR |
this beast of a TV had to be gone, mom was bringing hers and the
white cabinet. There was just enough room to fit in the ent center.
YEP...…………..MOM IS MOVING AGAIN
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RETAINING WALL PROJECT
MARCH 2020
OLD RETAINING WALL
YEARS OF PATCHING
NEW RETAINING WALL
DRIVE WAY RETAINING WALLS
NEW DRIVE WAY RETAINING WALLS
NEW DRIVE WAY Was Not Planning on this, but, the two bottom ends of the retaining
wall was not coming loose without tearing into the two slabs. so it had to be replaced.
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| HOLY CRAP SOMEBODY GONNA GET IT |
DRUNK DRIVER
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FRONT BOTTOM STEPS
YEARS OF PATCHING
NEW STEPS AND SIDE WALK
LEADING TO TOP STEPS
Hand rails to be added later, working
a design
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REMOVE THE DRIVE WAYS TREES
Days of trimming these trees are over, takes for ever if you don't
get after them before the they bush out. This area will be replaced with a fence later.
$ 150.00 chopped and taken away, good job taking the stumps to
the ground
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SUMMER
AND SPRING PROJECTS
2019
PLANT GARDEN- SCRAPE
& REPAINT THE DECK SCRAPE & REPAINT BACK OF HOUSE INSTALL BACK DOOR AWNING INSTALL FENCE PANEL AND REPLACE PANELS REPAIR FRONT STEPS PAINT THE KITCHEN COUNTER TOPS
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SCRAPE AND REPAINT BACK OF THE HOUSE
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| SCRAPE AND BASE COAT PAINT |
THE LONG AWAITED
COUNTER TOP PROJECT COUNTER
TOP BY ROSE McCLAREN
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| FINISHED COUNTER TOP |
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| FINISHED COUNTER TOP |
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| FINISHED COUNTER TOP |
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| BASE COAT LAYER |
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| FIRST DAB OF COLOR |
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| 2ND AND 3RD COLOR DABS |
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| FINISHED COUNTER TOP |
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| 1ST LAYER OF SEALANT, ONE MORE AND DONE |
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| STAINED FENCE |
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| ADDED MORE PANELS TO CLOSE OFF YARD |
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| GARDEN #1 |
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| GARDEN # 2 |
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REPAIRING FRONT STEPS
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| 18 MARCH 2019 |
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| 18 MARCH 2019 |
The front steps have been patched over the years, winter 2019 really
took a toll on them. We had a estimated of $3,000. Annette watched a few do it yourself videos and felt confident she can
do a repair using concrete instead of more patch.
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| REPAIR WORK 18 MARCH 2019 |
INSTALL AWNING OVER BACK DOOR
Since the old over hang was removed, the heavy rains hit the back
door and down in between the storm door and back door.
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| NEW AWNING OVER BACK DOOR |
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| OLD OVER HANG 2013 |
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| OLD OVER HANG 2013 |
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WINTER 2019
FLOODING DAMAGE 2019
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| 13 MARCH 2019 |
Tarpped off to help keep any more water going into the foundation or
my window
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| ORIG FLOOR AFTER CARPET WAS SCRAPED AND PULLED UP. |
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| WATERBED FRAME WITH SPECIAL MADE MATTRESS |
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| NEW BOX SPRINGS 30 MARCH 2019 |
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| NEW BED AND HEADBOARD |
Because the ground was frozen and no where to drain, the heavy
rains we got, was forced down the foundation into the rec room and over to my room. The water bed had to be taken
apart to get to the wall and under the bed.
Replace the
floor with new carpet tiles and bought a new bed, that can be moved now. had to buy two box springs, could not use the waterbed
frame any more. the box springs made the bed higher.
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| BACK YARD 20 FEB 2019 |
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| 20 FEB 2019 |
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STAIRCASE STRIPPING AND PAINTING
NOV 2018
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| NOODLE'S THE SUPERVISOR |
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| PREP WORK, REMOVE RUBBER STEP STRIPS |
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| PUT DOWN STRIPPER THEN SAND |
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| SANDED STEPS |
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| SANDEDED STEPS |
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| PAINTED STAIRCASE |
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PAINTING PROJECT
OCT 2018
STAIRCASE AND REPLACE WALL BOARDS
Removing the base board molding, it ripped the panel wall on the
bottom. Repaired with a short panel of bead board and wood molding.
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NEXT MAJOR PROJECT
THE MAPLE TREE
31 OCT 2018
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| THE BIG DAY |
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| HEY RUFUS, SOMETHINGS UP, THINK OUR TREE WILL BE HERE NEXT YEAR |
home to the racoons and squrriels, they stayed until the
very end.
WHAT A BIG FRICKEN CHAIN SAW THAT IS, I'M OUTTA HERE
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| I HAD TO JUMP ON TO THE ROOF, GOT NO HOME NOW |
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YARD PREP FOR TREE
SERVICE BOOM TO GET IN Remove the new fence at the back gate, a chain link
fence and two fence panels by the tree
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| ALL THREE PANELS HAD TO GO |
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| NEW FENCE HAD TO BE TAKEN DOWN |
HARD PART WAS GETTING THE FENCE POST UP OUT OF GROUND...…….HOW
TO DO IT UTUBE VIDEO
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| THE PROJECT MANAGERS |
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| GET IT LOOSE AND POUR WATER AROUND IT |
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| BLOCK OF WOOD AND A CAR JACK AND A PIPE WRENCH |
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SUMMER PROJECTS FOR 2018 APR 2018
PAINTING THE NEW DECK
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| PAINTED DECK 7 Jun 2018 |
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| painted deck 7 Jne 2018 |
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| painted deck 7 Jun 2018 |
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| DECK RUG |
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YARD AND GARDEN CLEAN UP Clean
up the garden and remove the
planter boxes
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| MOM AND ANNETTE FIRST WATER MELLON |
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| WATER MELLONS TOOK OVER THE SIDE REACHING OUT TO TOUCH SOMEBODY |
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| JAY McCLAREN |
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NEW FENCING BACK GATE AND PATIO
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| ANNETTE AND BROTHER JAY |
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| NEW FENCE BACK GATE |
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| NEW FENCE AND REPLACE LEFT SIDE SLAB |
NEW PROJECT
EXTEND THE PATIO & REPLACE DRIVEWAY SLAB
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| REMOVE THE OVER HANG 4 Apr 2018 |
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| SLIDING REPLACED 4-20-2018 |
PREP WORK FOR THE DECK
| 4APR 2018 |
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| 2 HOLES FOR DECK POST EACH SIDE OF DECK |
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| SIDEWALK HAD TO BE EXTENDED 4 APR 2018 |
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| DECK POST SUPPORT 4-23-2018 |
BULDING THE DECK
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| FRAME WORK 4 -24-18 |
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| DECK FRAME 4-24-18 |
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| RAMP FRAME 4-24-18 |
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| INSTALLING BOARDS 4-24-18 |
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| DECK 4-24-18 |
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| FINISHED DECK 4-25-18 |
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| FINISHED DECK 4-25-18 |
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| DECK FINISHED 4-25-2018 |
OFFICE PROJECT MAY
2016
REMOVE CARPET
AND REPLACE WITH FLOOR TILES AND PAINT WALLS
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SPRING STORM OF 2013
9 April 2013
Freezing rain, 1/2 inch on the tree limbs, power lines. City looked like a war zone. Branches
fell, ripped off tree, downed power lines, loss of power not only for hours, but for others DAYS. Then it snowed, 7 inches,
weighted down the lines and trees some more. AND THIS IS APRIL.
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| FIRST BRANCH TO FALL ON NEW SHED |
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| Branch hit the edge of the roof and took out the lettice fence |
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| IN BETWEEN THE HOUSE TOOK OUT THE AC UNIT |
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| TREE TRIMED IN 2008 |
2500 Tree trim job in 2008, after large branches broke off and fell
all over the yard and roof. The 3rd branch, no where near the roof, broke off and landed smack in the middle of our roof,
knock the chimley in half, broke the gutter and to make it even more special, knocked the cone right off the DISH.
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| TREE ON THE ROOF |
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| CAN IT GET ANY WORSE |
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| GOD IS HOLDING THIS UP |
Then the power went out for 15 hours, my waterbed was getting alittle
chilly. No internet and no TV. Once the power came back, there was no signal to the dish, went out and checked the front of
the house. That tree rolled down and hit the dish, knocking off the Cone.
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| AIN'T THAT JUST SPECIAL |
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| GUTTER DAMAGE |
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| IN BETWEEN HOUSES- HIT THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE |
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| BROKEN FENCE PANEL AND CHAIN LINK BAR BEHINE FENCE |
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| NORTHSIDE OF HOUSE- ATTIC WINDOW FRAME |
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| THE FRONT YARD |
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| THIS IS WHERE THE BRANCH SNAPPED OFF |
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2 Days of freezing rain, could it get any worse
THE SNOW
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| YEP- THE SNOW CAME ALL WET HEAVY 7 INCHES OF IT |
if I hear anybody humming the song WINTER WONDER LAND is gonna
get smacked
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CLEAN UP
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| TOTAL TREE SERVICE $1510.00 TO CLEAN UP THE MESS |
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| This had to be dragged by bob cat to the pile out front |
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| LIMB STUCK IN ATTIC ROOF |
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| Temp patch for hole in the roof |
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| Branches cleared away from moms RV |
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| NEW BRANCH PILE FROM BACK YARD |
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| clean up in between houses |
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| 2nd pick up the city made |
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THE REPAIRS
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| TEMPORARY REPAIR TO UPRIGHT BACK ON IT'S BASE |
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| New AC $ 2443.00 |
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| New Stack replaces brick chimley $ 271.00 |
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| New Roof $ 3264.00 |
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| New DISH. No charge |
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| Fence piece repaired by Annette |
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| Jon and Annettre fixing attic frame |
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| New frame will fit over this patch job |
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| SHED ROOF REPAIR 6-26-2013 |
PAINTING, REPAIRING, REPLACING
APR-
OCT 2013
screw Angies list
Annette
and Mom do it yourself
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| South side needing painting |
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| Annette on the ladder |
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| south side |
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| southside new shutters |
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| sanding damaged boards northside |
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| New attic window frame $88.00 from Menards |
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| Painting north side damage |
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| aug- painting north side |
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| AUG Painting front of house |
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| Patched damaged boards |
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| New shutters northside |
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| new shutters front of house |
MUCH NEEDED NEW FENCE
Rope and bungie cords just wasn't
doing it anymore
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| Fence just fell down with a huff and a puff |
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| New fence post |
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| New fence panel |
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| landscape timber to be added to fill in gaps under fence |
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| Fence stained and landscape timbers added |
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| adding plants |
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| first visitor |
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| Fresh paint on the steps and retaining wall |
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| drive way retaining wall painted |
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WHERE DID IT ALL GO
To the city Leaf drop off site. In the fall you can bring your leaf
bags and dump it for $2.00 a car load, compared to what our trash peeps charge $3.50 per bag. We can stuff close to
30 bags per leaf clean up into the ranger and maybe make 1-2 trips. The city is not charging for the tree branch drop off.
Those piles are from all over the city, home owners and commercial drops offs.
A contractor was suppose to mulch, but has gotten delayed. and the
mulch is free if you want to come and get it. The city save us all some mooola, by making the pick up's, they made three
passes and also by not charging for dropping off branches.
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2001
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| Summer 2001 |
THE WINTER OF 2001
what a cold winter, shovel, dig, snow blow and do it all over again, and of course thanks to you
PLOW TRUCKS for pushing it all in the drive way , just loved that hard packed ice berg.
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| Winter 2001 |
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| winter 2001 |
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| winter 2001 |
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| snow storm2001 |
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| snow storm 2001 |
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2006
THE SUMMER 2006
The fix it things year, plant flowers, repair damaged retaining wall from the 2005 drunk
party from across the street, drove up on the sidewalk, landed on the retaining wall and took off, never did find out
which moron did it. Damage to the wall was 1500.00 to replace it. The insurrance company would only cover 100.00.
It took a year for annette to get sick of looking at it, She and her mom, did the repair work, cheap
labor, they worked hard and it was hot out too. Material cost less that a 100.00.
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| summer 2006 amazing what photoshop can do |
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| summer 2006 |
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| summer 2006 |
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| a little after the rain fall flood 2006 |
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| wall damage |
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| Drunk driver rode up on the wall 2005 |
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2007
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| repaired wall 2007 |
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| painted steps and side walk 2007 |
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| painted steps 2007 |
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2008
THE BACK YARD REMODEL PROJECT SUMMER 2008
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| remodel back yard project 2008 |
THE UNEXPECTED FALLING TREE AUGUST 2008
Well kinda. The tree over the roof of the house was a concern for quite some time. In the past branches
have fallen off, and some very large branches, but we were able to cut it up and get rid of it, A couple weeks before
this tree came down, Annette had the Arbor care people come over and gave us an estimate on getting the brances off over
the roof.
for 2500 and very little to be taken off, this company did not have a bucket, so their people climb
and hang. We decided to wait and I said, let it fall, we'll pay the 500 deductable and let the ins co take care of it.
IT FELL ALRIGHT, on the wrong side of the house, it came down in the back yard A freak storm passed
through about 2am and the one bad limb cracked and brought the rest with it. Lucky our outside kitties were not inside the
shed, they would had been nailed.
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| AUG 2008 |
THE CLEAN UP
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| clean up the mess |
THE NEW SHED
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| SHED BEFORE IT GOT SMASHED |
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| NEW WOOD SHED |
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| ANNETTE AND HER HANDY WORK |
THE MAJOR TREE TRIM PROJECT
Total tree company trimmed alot of tree for us at the cost of 1325. We still have more to trim,
but the major concern was the roof. Our next door neighbor took advantage of the tree company being here and had his branches
cut off his roof. The tree sits right on the lot line, so anything that falls in either yard, your responsibility, who ever
made that rule GET THE ROPE.
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| our neighbors roof, limbs hanging for a couple years |
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