The October (one-day) Blizzard

On October 26, 2011 northern Colorado got dumped on!  Really dumped on.  We had about 12" on our back porch.  Although we'd had a fabulous and gorgeous autumn, all the leaves were still on the trees and the weightof the snow damaged about 20% of the trees in town.  Our rental house was no exception!  It is bordered by 70 year old elm trees. The little locust trees completely snappped and they're goners!  The old elm trees were damaged but luckily noen fell on either the house or the one next door!  We'll be doing tree-survery next spring!

Additionally, we got two calls from one tenant in three days!  Two stove burners not working, furnace won't turn off,  toilet leaking, water leaking in laundry room.  Diagnosis:  clean the do-hickies on the burners, replace the water supply line on the toilet, fidget with the spring in the thermostat, and replace the pressure relief valve on the hot water heater.  Of course, this was easy for my fabulous husband.  It would have cost us an arm and leg if we'd called a plumber, a furnace guy, and an appliance repairman.  God bless my handy husband!