There has now actually been five consecutive days with snow up here. That, together with some definitely sub-zero temperatures, and it finally feels like winter. Our work crew arrived yesterday, but they haven't really gotten started yet. They checked out what it would take to get the slant out of the house, and then waited for confirmation as to what they should do if they can't straighten the house. We did get three crates full of stuff on the last sea lift, and as it turns out, there is new flooring, a tub, vanity, low-flow toilet, light fixtures, doors, and a few other things. I guess that the point would be, not to bother getting any of the other things going, and then straightening out the house afterwards. That way, everything that they do will get thrown off kilter when the house gets straightened out. But, now that they seem to have been given the green light to ignore the slant of the house, and just go ahead with the other renovations. The problem is, the beams are sunk right into the ground, and the frost is right solid. Now, there's no way to get the jacks under the beams to lift up the house. It's really no big deal to us, since we have gotten used to the slant by now anyway. My biggest beef when we got up here, was the pathetic shape that the rest of the house was in. If the guys do manage to get most of what came up in crates installed into the house, we should be in pretty good shape. I guess that the down-side of the whole ordeal, is that a few weeks ago, there was just me a Fran in the house (which we have gotten quite used to), but now not only do we have Rory in the house, but we have our new guest Peter as well. It's a bit of an adjustment.
On unrelated matters, our sales are up enough that if we didn't even open the doors tomorrow, we'd still be up for the week. There definitely are some bright sides going on up here, it's just that I'm not always 100% convinced that the pros are outweighing the cons. Oh well, I'm sure that we'll persevere.
Stay tuned.
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