I know, I said the blog was going to be about Sascha and our new sport, dog scootering.  Something else came up though.  One of the storms this summer tore branches from the big Freeman maple tree in the front yard.  One of those branches bent up the gutter over the front door pretty good.  Rich bent it back into shape, sort of.  That bend along with the bend over the bay window meant we really needed to get new gutters.

I called around trying to find someone willing to do the work.  A couple of places didn’t call me back.  I finally got one company to come out and give us an estimate.  But then I talked Rich into changing the color.  The original soffit and gutters were dark brown.  My vision for the house called for a different color.  So I called the company to get an estimate for the additional work.  No takers.  The guy never came by and I never heard from him again.

I went back to trying to find someone to update the soffit and gutters.  On my second try, I got a callback.  I explained to this guy, Pete, what I wanted.  Pete made arrangements to come by the house to provide an estimate.  He arrived a little late, but enough to beat the falling darkness.  After measuring up and writing down the numbers, we had an estimate.  Then the sales pitch and pressure was on to sign up right then and there.  Finally, someone who wanted the job!

Yesterday was Day 1 of the project.  Two guys, whom I assume are Polish from their accents, show up and start ripping things down.  Unfortunately, the compressor they had with them didn’t want to cooperate, so they left after lunch.  Bright and early this morning, they returned.  All day, I heard hammers, saws, and air nailers as they put up soffit all around the house.  It finally got late and they called it quits for the day.  They promised to return in the morning.

The Sascha connection in this story is that the Polish guys set up shop in her part of the yard.  While they are working, I can’t put her out to sit in her yard.  I’m hoping she doesn’t go into withdrawal if she can’t terrorize squirrels for a couple of days.  Maybe they will finish up tomorrow and Sascha’s days will get back to normal.

I’m just hoping my house looks nice and the gutters work better than the old ones!.  Then it’ll be on to step 2 in my devilish plans to improve the house!