Dad’s Weekly Report

Dear Family,

We are at the end of a week long snow storm. Over the past week we officially got 45.7 inches of snow. Today is Saturday and the worst snow day was Thursday. That day we got 19.6 inches of snow with 4.3 inches water. In the evening the snow turned to rain which melted some of the snow so we only have about 30 inches of snow on the level. Here are two pictures that Sandy took from our back deck.

One is at the start of our week and one is near the end. We have been shoveling snow several times a day and I am getting pretty sore. Today we dug Allen’s car out of the snow. We haven’t used it this week and it had about 2 feet of snow on the roof. They have been plowing our condo’s parking area and road at least once a day and the piles are pretty high. Hopefully they will come back today and move the snow that we knocked off Allen’s car. Here is a picture of where Allen’s car was.

I was told that they never close my work. Thursday I went to work in the morning. It was snowing hard. I left before noon, put the chains on my car and drove home. Friday they canceled work. Several places with flat roofs had their roofs collapse including the local ice skating rink and JoAnn’s Fabrics store, (Sandy is sad about that.). We are supposed to have a couple of days of sunshine before the next storm so hopefully the snowplows will have a chance to keep up. They are generally doing a great job.

I have been to my new job for 2 weeks now. It is a lot different than my previous company. They make tubes that go into your blood vessels to repair aneurisms. Since it is an implantable medical device they are closely monitored by the FDA. So there is lots of regulations and lots of forms to fill out. There are papers to fill out and procedures to follow for about everything. Nevertheless they are quite behind the industry norms in Supplier Quality which is my job. So there are lots of chances for me to help them. So far I have been meeting people, reading procedures and generally trying to figure out what I am supposed to be doing.

Our house is still up for sale. The real estate agent is convinced that we need a fence to enclose the back so we are going to spend some money to have a fence built. We both think that it will not be a great idea but hopefully the agent knows better than us. Yesterday we heard that the garbage disposal broke in the basement apartment. Luckily we purchased insurance when we listed the house that will cover the repair.

Sandy and I have been driving around Flagstaff to see where we might want to buy a house. Unfortunately there are not too many for sale. I sure hope the house sells soon so that we can get on with our move. It is kind of annoying not having all our stuff.

Well that is all the news. I hope that all is well with you. Take care.

Love,

John