steel is the new gold

it has traversed icebergs, fought polar bears and finally, it has arrived.

so now all hands to the deck. the steel joist is being lovingly prepared, basted with stuff and primed for its new job of holding up my house. it weighs in like a gold bullion and needs four people to lift it in to place....yikes.

and then the wall can come tumbling down...

all hopefully taking place tomorrow - will take photos and keep ya posted.
much excitement.

snow drift

ok, i usually love snow. its the best thing ever and there is nothing better than fresh snow fall...on the alps. now it is starting to get my goat (if i had a goat).

our steel beam, crucial for the wall op, is lost in england. our builder, crucial for whole house op, is stuck in lanarkshire. me, crucial for not a lot, hijacked at work (there are definite cons to being a press officer in the transport industry during a snow crisis). my phone, crucial for a lot of business organisation, lost somewhere in the snow.

basically a right sticky-wicket.

s'no joke