Windows are tight!

One of the winter jobs that needs to be done but we can no longer do it is that of hammering in the awning windows on the second floor of the house so that they are tight and not allowing cold air to leak in. The crank you use to open and close the window just doesn't have the leverage to seat the window really tightly. You have to climb up an extension ladder and use a hammer and a block of wood to do the job, and we just aren't doing that any more. No more ladder climbing for me, or Ellen. So we needed help, and yesterday, at church, we asked Tom Yahner and Perrin Scott if their son, David, might be able to help. They texted him and he said, yes, he could come Tuesday, and we arranged for him to come tomorrow afternoon. Today, Ellen wanted to watch the USA/Wales World Cup Soccer game. We got a message from ELiza that one of the girls had come down sick. Ellen decided that would not stop her from going over to the Bergh's to watch the game on their TV, but I decided to stay home and listen on the cell phone radio app. I'm glad I did, because just a few minutes after Ellen left, David texted saying that something had come up that would prevent his coming tomorrow, but could he come this afternoon? I said, "sure," and indeed, at about 4p.m., he showed up. The soccer game was tied 1-1 at that point and almost over, so I turned off the phone and gave my attention to David. I demonstrated how to hammer in the window on one of the accessible first-floor windows, showed him where the extension ladder was, gave him the tools, and let him go to it. Which he did, and very nicely. It was a pretty quick job, but it did involve five trips up and down the ladder. So the job is done, and done sooner than we expected. I did not think to get a photo of David, but here is one from his Facebook page:

David Scott, who said to call if we needed anything else done, and we might just do that!