Thank Goodness for Friends and Family

Yesterday while my sister and I were outdoors at my house working on weeding and planting, a big pickup truck with a cap on it pulled into the driveway. I couldn't imagine who it was...until he got out of the truck and walked toward me. It was an old friend from many years ago. He said he had been working in Cortland and came by my house everyday and decided he would stop in and see how I was doing. While we were visiting we happened to talk about my lawn mower and he got down on his knees and checked it out for me. I felt it was vibrating too much and thought maybe the shaft or blades were bent, but he said they weren't and would bring me some sponge pipe insulation to help with the vibration. I thought that was nice but he would probably not remember it and I wouldn't see him again. Well, this afternoon he surprised me and stopped in again. He not only brought the insulation, but he put it on the mower and taped it so it wouldn't fall off. Before he arrived today, I had been working on my storm door. I wanted to take the old one off (because it was damaged at the bottom) and put a different one on, but the screws were rusted and I couldn't get them out. I asked his advice on what I could do to get the screws out. He not only told me, he got them out and together we put another door on that I had in my garage. He had to drill new holes because the screw holes didn't line up with the doorway screwholes, and he had to do some adjustment on one corner of the doorway so the door didn't catch. So now I have a nice door with a screen in it! Thanks to Tom Brady.

After Tom left yesterday, my sister and I went driving in the country and found some wild flowering plants to plant at my house. She has been coming to my house every Wednesday to help me around my house. She gets me going and gets me out in the sunshine instead of sitting in my chair watching mindless TV. We are making a brick patio between my deck and the side of my garage. It is hard work. We have the sand down but will have to level it and lay the bricks yet. Here is a pic of the project in progress. Thanks Pat.