Father's Day Weekend

What a busy weekend we had. Friday Kenney Construction came over and took care of my tree. The landscape of my front yard sure is different, still takes me a second look everytime. I had called them on Thursday to see what it would cost to have them do it. Said they would take a look. Thursday night a man came over and said that he would cut up the tree for $550. He doesn't have the equipment to haul off the tree or take care of the stump plus he wanted Gary to help him. For that kind of money we would do it ourselves if we had a chainsaw. Took his number.

Friday morning from 10-2 I was in South Park attending the Stand for Children event for the DUI Task Force. Gary called and said that Kenney Construction was already at the house and removing the tree. We weren't too sure how much this would cost, as they never did get back us on that. We were afraid to get the bill. The bill came Monday afternoon and he only charged us $637. He removed the debris, took out the stump and filled in the hole. Now we just have to decide on what to do with the empty spot. We are not putting in another tree.

Friday night we went to Billings for a get together with our friends the Breckenridges. They live in Casa Village and right across the lot is a casino that was having a live band. We were able to sit on their back deck and listen to the music. We had pizza and beer. It was an enjoyable evening spent with our good friends.

Saturday we went back to Billings. Gary changed the oil in the bike at the Breckenridges. I was dropped off at the tattoo parlor to meet with Kitty and Sandi. I was moral support for Kitty as she was getting a tattoo and her husband didn't know it. Sandi had gotten one on Friday. Apparently this is what you are to do when you turn 60. Afterwards we went out for a cup of coffee, then ate left over pizza for lunch with the Breckenridges.

When we got home, jumped into the pickup and headed over to Mom's to clean up the tree debris at her house. We took about 7 pickup loads of the large stumps and branches. One of her neighbors cut up some of the branches. We think that her neighbors dumped off their tree limbs in her yard. She only has one tree in her back yard and it didn't have that many branches. Will have to look at my photos to make sure. There was one stump that we couldn't get, it was bulky and pretty heavy. She will have to get somone younger and with more muscle to remove that. She is definately going to have to restring her clothes line. That limb snapped the line right in half. All we have left to do is rake up the gazillion twigs, but that can wait for another day.

Sunday we went on the HOG Chapter ride to Cody. It was pretty cloudy and cool when we left Hardin. We got to the dealership at 9:00 and they were serving free pancakes, so we had breakfast there. Not very many people attended the meeting. It was raining pretty good in Billings. We had 15 people for the meeting. Due to road construction between Bridger and Belfry, we went to Red Lodge over to Bear Creek to Belfry and the on to Cody. Got into rain at Red Lodge and again in Cody. Our meeting was at the Irma. It was pretty crowded and you should have seen the looks we were getting by the other patrons. Gary and I were the only ones who ate the buffet. I won one of the raffle prizes and it was a wine glass. Will have to win another one to have a set.

We took the same route back home. We left as a group to Belfry, when most of them turned off headed to Bridger. There were four of us who went back to Red Lodge. Just didn't want to go through that construction, especially since it had rained. We got into rain on the way home too, in Cody and then again in Joliet.

Yesterday I went to Mom's to take in her mail and that stump is gone. Don't know who took it, but at least it is gone and it looks like someone picked up some the gazillion twigs.