Staycation Day 2

Michael here.  I don’t know if we’ll keep this up daily, but here’s a quick note on day 2: The Day of Three Contractors.

First, the Door Works mechanic arrived to install a garage door opener for our garage:

I think I’ve wanted a garage door opener for that garage since we moved in, and we started the project of getting electricity out to the garage almost 2 years ago (July ‘09).  I was very happy to finally see the garage door opening on its own this morning.

While the mechanic was at work, the second contractor arrived: well, a deliveryman, actually, with 3 cubic yards of compost for our garden.  The kids were delighted to see it dumped on our front walk and spent hours playing king of the mountain on a pile of pit-washed dairy manure.  I reminded them what that pile actually was.  They told me that it was a tradition to jump on it anyway.

While we were shoveling, the third contractor arrived from Roto-Rooter.  Nothing was actually wrong: we just wanted to do preventative maintenance.  The cleaning went very well: he said the pipe looked great and will hopefully be good for many years.  He was fast, too: he came and went before the garage door mechanic was finished.

So, three contractors had come and gone by 11:00.  We spent the rest of the morning and afternoon working in the garden, taking compost to various spots, pulling weeds, chatting with the neighbors, and so forth.  The girls had their last choir rehearsal of the school year, and then dinner was provided by our favorite little Italian joint.  It was a golden day – the kids were happy to be playing out of doors, and we were happy to get so much done on our house!