Dad thinks Baby Angel is definitely going to survive. She may still take a turn for the worse, of course, but she certainly seems to be pretty much back to herself. Still one sore paw, apparently with some sort of infection, but that is getting better as well.
Very well on the whole. I was mostly sitting at a table selling memberships to Sasquan, the 2015 Worldcon. No actual sales, but a lot of interest and enthusiasm. I brought 50 flyers and exactly three were left at the end of the con. I was also promoting interest for Traincon, a group of fans taking the train to Sasquan. All 40 flyers went. Very encouraging.
Would love to watch that video, Alan, but VT*Grand just fell asleep next to me. Perhaps tomorrow. I'm rather spent anyway, having had a rough day. Working extra hours this week, and it's bee hard to get done all the little things that want doing.
Looks like we may spend quite a bit more on the roof than I'd thought yesterday. It began with Marcus saying he didn't want asphalt shingles because asphalt is toxic. We wanted a slate roof. Well, slate is well beyond anything we can afford. His second choice was zinc, but the roofer we've chosen doesn't do metal roofs because they have to be welded. But he came up with a plastic shingle that looks like slate, is BPA free, and can be expected to actually last 50 years. (The asphalt shingle he had previously quoted us can be obtained with a 50-year replacement warranty but is only expected to last 35.) But this shingle costs about 2-1/2 times what we had been looking at. That's material cost -- installation and the rest of it won't change much. We won't decide until Tuesday, but we're leaning toward going with that. Which means that the total, including stucco work, instead of being toward the low end of the very broad range I was looking at will be toward the high end of the range.
My goodness. It's high time someone pointed out that Howard is first!
ReplyDeleteDad thinks Baby Angel is definitely going to survive. She may still take a turn for the worse, of course, but she certainly seems to be pretty much back to herself. Still one sore paw, apparently with some sort of infection, but that is getting better as well.
ReplyDeleteAh, that is good news, Cat! =^. .^=
DeleteGood news! All the better for being unexpected.
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ReplyDelete—Alan
Thanks, Alan. Interesting conversation.
DeleteHey, Bill, I never did ask you... How did your con go?
ReplyDeleteVery well on the whole. I was mostly sitting at a table selling memberships to Sasquan, the 2015 Worldcon. No actual sales, but a lot of interest and enthusiasm. I brought 50 flyers and exactly three were left at the end of the con. I was also promoting interest for Traincon, a group of fans taking the train to Sasquan. All 40 flyers went. Very encouraging.
DeleteWould love to watch that video, Alan, but VT*Grand just fell asleep next to me.
ReplyDeletePerhaps tomorrow. I'm rather spent anyway, having had a rough day. Working extra hours this week, and it's bee hard to get done all the little things that want doing.
Looks like we may spend quite a bit more on the roof than I'd thought yesterday. It began with Marcus saying he didn't want asphalt shingles because asphalt is toxic. We wanted a slate roof. Well, slate is well beyond anything we can afford. His second choice was zinc, but the roofer we've chosen doesn't do metal roofs because they have to be welded. But he came up with a plastic shingle that looks like slate, is BPA free, and can be expected to actually last 50 years. (The asphalt shingle he had previously quoted us can be obtained with a 50-year replacement warranty but is only expected to last 35.) But this shingle costs about 2-1/2 times what we had been looking at. That's material cost -- installation and the rest of it won't change much. We won't decide until Tuesday, but we're leaning toward going with that. Which means that the total, including stucco work, instead of being toward the low end of the very broad range I was looking at will be toward the high end of the range.
ReplyDeleteSo we start rebuilding our savings, sounds like.