Luck Runs Out

The last significant snow was back in November. Over the past two months, we have had remarkedly nice weather, for winter that is. Sunday night, that all changed. T estimates we got about 3", while I am suggesting a little bit less. It continued snowing lightly through much of the day Monday. Not surprisingly, no one showed up to work on Monday. The high today is supposed to be 27F, so we are not expecting any work today either. With the continuing cold temperatures forecasted throughout the remainder of the week (high tomorrow of 13F), we expect the snow to hang around. Hence, I am expecting nothing to be accomplished this week. While we cannot control the weather (this is pointed out to me frequently by "Our" Mike), the frustrating part is that, for the most part, we have not taken full advantage of the good weather we have enjoyed.

Nothing more has transpired on the issue of the cupolas. We will not be placing the order until we have a definitive plan for the ventilation. I had suggested to Mike that we may want to sit down and discuss the options with Frank (HVAC). Since I received no response, I may call him at some point.

As for the glass roof project, despite the assurances last week from Tyler (architect) that he had nothing more to review with respect to the design, he subsequently exchanged several notes with Jim (glass roof) attempting to clarify and verify the dimensions. Some of those exchanges indicate there may still be some alterations required. The last notes were exchanged yesterday, at the end of which, Tyler stated he was satisfied. Subsequently, Jim requested that Tyler have Mike send his approval so that he could start the fabrication. We'll know that approval has been received when Jim comes back to us for the next payment. The lack of such a payment request was what prompted my inquiry notes last week. Seems we have pushed issue past the point of finger-pointing and denials,

so we will claim a small success.