I kicked some sprinkler blowout booty yesterday in the 83709, but with the current requests in the zip code I will need about 3 more days to finish them all. No worries, though. The weather is great, with no sign of winter storms on the horizon like we had the last few years. I remember 10 inches of snow on the ground this time a few years ago. I've been actually working on my tan while doing sprinkler blowouts!
Just to cover my bases for all those worried their sprinkler system is going to instantly freeze the very SECOND the temperature turns to 32 degrees, I have some pictures of sprinkler blowouts last year in December WITH snow on the ground AND 13 degrees out. I would be more than happy to post them here for all you non-believers. I know I say this every year, but it takes a good amount of time for the ground temperature to get cold enough to freeze sprinkler piping. ESPECIALLY if you have poly pipe.
A customer yesterday sent me on my way after doing her sprinkler blowout with a hot bowl of Rice A Rony and some leftover halloween candy for dessert. She has been a sprinkler blowout customer for at least 8 years, I think. We don't just build customer relationships; we make friends.
Today is my wife's birthday, and as all my long-time customers know I usually take this day off since my wife rarely sees me during this time of year, and I don't have time to give her the attention she deserves. This year however, I will be working a half-day stopping about 3:30 so I can get prepared for a special engagement that we have planned. That being the case, I am going to work sprinkler blowouts around my own subdivision and some surrounding area until I need to quit for the day. So today I will be in the Meridian 83646. I have about 21 homes on my list, and they are close enough together I hope to be able to do them all within a 6 hour time span, but I really never know what I am going to be up against with a sprinkler system I am not familiar with. There are times even ones I know really well develop problems and put me behind. A route map is posted below. I will be beginning at Glennfield Place, and ending at 12th Street if there is enough time. I CANNOT be late on my wife's birthday!
I am quite behind on billing, so be patient if you are anxiously waiting on your invoice. Don't forget, this is usually a one-person operation for the whole enchilada.
Oh, and if you would to cancel your sprinkler blowout so that someone else can take your place, click here: Cancel Sprinkler Blowout
We have received only 3 donations so far for the Meridian Food Bank Turkey Drive, with a total donated amount of $95. I used those funds and bought nine turkeys at Winco ranging between 12-13 lbs. each. I believe there is about $5.00 left. I was really hoping for about 100 turkeys. The drive is on the evening of the 10th that I am participating in, so there is still time today and a little bit of time on Thursday to donate, so please do. At $.78 a pound it doesn't take a lot to make someone's Thanksgiving holiday a little brighter. Click on the "donate" button below.
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