stuff to do today

[mellowtigger]

I hear the frogs singing again today, same as yesterday. They don't do that for long. I expect today or tomorrow to be the last day I can hear them from my house, a block away.

Here's the dwarf cherry tree, blooming in north Minneapolis in my back yard. I suppose I should start a water drip for it. I don't want the tree to feel water stressed, making it drop all the fruit immediately after it forms. I really hope this year I finally get a crop of cherries.

I have an appointment this afternoon for Minnesota Rusco to give me an estimate to replace some windows, and tomorrow morning Renewal By Anderson will do the same. MN Rusco is where I ordered back in 2019, and that turned out extremely nice. That was expensive, though, and I worry that inflation these last few years will make it even worse now.

I need both end windows upstairs to change from casement to double-hung, so in theory a window air conditioning unit could be hung in each bedroom. Meanwhile, I want the current double-hung windows in my bedroom to switch to casement, because it is SUPER COLD or SUPER HOT in my room with the current wind blowing through the rotted out windows. The money I've collected for the last year at my current job had this expenditure in mind. I just hope it's enough. I'd hate to get down to zero savings again. I know that's how most Americans live, paycheck to paycheck with no buffer for medical emergency, but it's not fun living like that. I've been there.

And I should go to the grocery store this morning too, before the appointments begin, so I'm ready for next week at work.

Comments

[mellowtigger]

That's a reasonable idea. Unfortunately, it's hard to get someone to work out here. I contacted some handymen a while back, just trying to get my front patio door replaced. It took a while to find someone to do it. He did a great job, and I really appreciate it.

(Strangely, I see that I mentioned needing it done, but I don't see a post mentioning when it actually got done.)