We aren’t living in FL anymore…that’s for sure! Being from FL, we aren’t exactly familiar with “winter” so it was a bit of a shock to wake up the other day to what you see above. Needless to say, we have had “snow days” and been telecommuting for the last two days. Some people have been nutty enough to drive to the office, but they are far and few between. Most of us are iced in. The freeways are in great shape, but we can’t get to them! Not so bad though…I spent my day working at home, sitting on my couch with this for a view…
Working at home isn’t my favorite thing to do since I can get a lot more done at the office, but with a view like this, it doesn’t seem so bad anymore. So we are finally getting settled into Seattle. Moving is definitely no easy thing, but it has been soooooo worth it. Aside from the drag of having to unpack everything now, it’s been the best move I have ever done. We had over 15,000 pounds of stuff hauled 4,000 miles and only ONE thing broke that we have noticed so far, and that was a little ceramic top to a sugar jar – not exactly tragic. I have to hand it to Graebel Van Lines, they are damn good. My driver was Don Jordan, what a nut of a road dog, but that old salt can drive. I wouldn’t want to move ever again if that guy isn’t hauling my stuff. I have heard of MANY nightmare stories, but this one is definitely not one of them. So far every single item has been accounted for and made it in the same condition it left Miami. Rockin I tell you. Thank you Graebel, thank you Donny!
So now it’s just a matter of getting used to this insane weather Seattle has been getting this year. From what I am told, this is NOT the norm. I actually think it’s pretty nice. I wouldn’t want to deal with the snow for an extended period of time, or deal with the amount of snow a place like Denver gets, but I can deal with this just fine for now. It’s been clear and sunny the past two days, but it’s cold…damn cold! We are looking at something like 20 degrees tonight, add the wind chill to that and you definitely don’t want to be putzing around outside if you don’t have to. We lit up our fireplace upstairs for the first time last night, and tonight we are trying out the wood burning stove downstairs. I am hoping it will help keep the house warm without the furnace having to work so hard. It’s actually pretty cool, never had one of these before. Check it out:
So that’s the latest update peeps. I know it isn’t anything earth shattering or interesting, but until I can get back into my groove and start getting all techie again, this is the most I can put together. I have a TON of feeds to read and catch up on with all this CES and Macworld stuff this past week. That iPhone is just AWESOME! Wish I could get one, but I have to have Exchange support and be able to get my stuff from work. So far my new Cingular 8525 has been doing the trick just nicely. I hope to blog some more about this soon so standby. Until next time…
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