Saturday, January 30, 2010

Dustbowl 2010

It's the end of week one for our bathroom remodel job. I've been home more than usual as I've tried to be here while our carpenter is here although I probably didn't need to be. It's a new category of time killing since there's really no privacy as he has to pass through all my lounging areas. I feel like a doofus watching TV - even if it's serious TV - while he's breaking his back getting our bathroom done. I've offered to help every day but he says "that's what you're paying me to do".. I like the sound of that. Overall he's a really good guy and I don't mind having him on site.. With his labor and our "designer's" vision I think this will come out very nice - and then we can move (taaaaa daaaaaaa)...

Speaking of moving I see on today's national weather report that the Southeastern states are getting hit hard with a winter storm. So the two places we've been considering relocating to - Roanoke, VA and Charlotte, NC - are getting a bunch of snow and ice. So much for the frequent cheery weather updates we get from our friends and family down there - "It's 60 degrees and we're wearing shorts!!!" "Don't bring your snow blower down here."

No worse place for this kind of winter crap than the south - they're just not used to it. Folks in Minnesota treat such weather like a sun shower. I remember my first winter in Arkansas. It snowed and I drove off to school and there was almost nobody on the road fighting through the 2-inch killer blizzard. I think they canceled classes that day. I can remember growing up on Long Island where it had to be a foot of snow before they even considered shutting down. God, we were tough...(I miss my bathroom)...

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