2.16.2018

It was a strange day...Jim's phone hasn't been working for the last week or so which has made our daily communications like one of those "Can you hear me now?" commercials.  So I took it into the Verizon store who said they fixed it by blowing out the microphone (Jim had already done that).  It seemed to work in the store so I was happy.  Until we tried it later to no avail.  So it will be back to Verizon tomorrow and another day of no texting/phone calls.  I know that having this kind of communication is relatively new - Jim and I had enormous long distance phone calls when we first started dating.  However, you quickly get used to just checking in during the day and we both missed it.  Now it will be another day of it...sigh...

The fact that Jim had no cellphone at the property also means no blog pictures day (or tomorrow!).  So, we'll have to rely on good old-fashioned words!

Jim worked in the furnace room again this morning - he sweated all the joints for the return run that he designed yesterday.  It was difficult because many of them had to be sweated in place so that Jim could be assured of an accurate fit. 

Then in the afternoon he transitioned to plastering - the hallway is basically done and he got a good start on the tapered joints in the master bedroom!

The warmer temperatures have made the driveway really slippery again which is why I've stayed away.  Jim said he pretty much slid down partially sidewise coming home!  We are supposed to get some snow tomorrow which will actually help things.

High 41/Low 9