Well, it's 75 (F) outside, which means the temps will again soar into the mid to upper 90s (F). There are a few spotty clouds in the sky, but, as expected, the green grass of my lawn is turning brown. Three years ago we had a dry summer, I think I mowed my yard 5 times during the 3 months of summer. Almost all of the leaves fell off of my river birch trees. Looking out the writing room window yesterday, I saw that they were already beginning to fall.
Of course, yesterday I got 2 quotes on putting 6 new windows in my house. My attic windows are in bad shape. They're wooden ones, with no vinyl coating and they've been exposed to the elements for at least 30 years. Both salesmen were nice, the first a little pushy, but friendly. They both wanted me to sign on the bottom line. I didn't. They want us to be the same way at work, but not me. I'm getting one more quote tomorrow morning, and then I'll decide.
Andersen Renewal windows were the high end, with the quote coming in at $19,000. That's a bit too rich for me. Their salesman did give me some good advice, however. When I told him that after the window replacement, I was going to replace the siding, he told me not to, telling me I should have it painted instead. He said, "that's aluminum, it'll last forever." The vinyl they're putting on houses today is not made to last for decades, while my current siding will. He told me I could save myself thousands of dollars by just having it painted. If they weren't so pricy, I'd by the Andersen just because of his advice.
And I did a polite cancel for tonight's Marriott get together even though the organizer, after being told 3 weeks ago that I was unavailable on the 19th, schedule it for the 19th anyway.
I thought this was amusing.
