Well yesterday we saw snow on the roofs of some houses up on Higby Road - a road that is another world when the weather turns bad but is the easiest route to the Mohawk Valley from my house.  Today I will take that route again to do a drive by for a client in the village of Herkimer and then back to Utica/New Hartford for another appraisal.  It's getting colder now but with the wonderful summer we had I am not complaining - just dreading the outside work when it is really, really cold.  Thank goodness for laser measuring devises they do help when you have a wall to hit with the beam and they are very accurate.  I didn't trust them at first but I invested in the Leica Disto D5 and after testing several times feel confident in their use.  Plus the laser beams shows bright even in the brightest sun and the maximum distances.  My only problem is that I cannot figure out how to measure them on a straight wall even after reading the directions several times so I will have to keep my 100' tape for now.  Hope you are all having a great day and that you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving.  Joyce