What a week...

Welll, what can I say? This week suck(s)(ed). I'm on the up-swing and can write about it now with optimism in my heart ... Tuesday morning I awoke to whining pipes during my shower. An hour later, I was mopping up water in my basement; puddles under the floorboards, water spewing across the room; wet insulation and boards inside my walls. The plumber took 1/2 hour to fix it and Servicemaster will be there for weeks mopping up the mess, drying the walls, replacing insulation, and putting the pieces back together.

Yes, insurance will cover a good portion of it but there remains question about separate claims and leaky pipes and moving water heaters and toilets for repairs and how much will be covered with that... But, the bright side is that we will have a new basement for the Little Man when he arrives. New floor, new walls, new pipe, new insulation.

And the fact that my brain jumps mostly to the bright side now is quite a feat given that my propensity yesterday was to belly up (and what a belly it would be) to the bar and order a few stiff ones.

Progress, right?

Tan?

You'd think I could bring myself to write something witty, funny and interesting given all the time I've spent indoors of late. Alas, all I can do is blog about the weather (poster-child for small-talk when you have nothing else to talk about). Today we had a heat wave - it got to TWENTY. That was 30 degrees warmer than the days of late and almost FIFTY degrees warmer than some of the lows of late. I talked to an attorney in Florida two days ago and he was lamenting the cold spell - 60 degrees. I told him that was 63 degrees warmer than our weather. His response? I didn't know it still got that cold in the U.S. I told him he's had too much sun if he was serious. His response? He's losing his tan really quickly.

Wow. That's all I can say.

Imaginary Friend

Hubs and I have both been accused of having imaginary partners. I didn't meet B, Hubs' roommate until a few weeks back when I finally went to visit them in Calgary. B had to put up with me and the two dogs so he found just how real it all was. And I generally attend events and goings-on about town without Hubs because he's not around on a day-to-day basis for those day-to-day events that come up. I've had many comments about my imaginary husband. He's also not the commenting type on this blog so he is generally absent here too. But just so you all can remember or be convinced of his existence, here we are a couple weeks back in Calgary enjoying some time together. Isn't he cute?