First thoughts

Today was a pretty nice day, for a Wednesday. I spent much of my thoughts on "what if". What if I could afford to move to a nice old house in Glenora or Highlands? What if I could come up with a spare $100K and I could radically modify the house I'm in now? What would that look like? I'd love to make my one-story addition into a 2 story but, in reality, I'd have to tear the whole thing down and start again. That would entail getting a variance from the zoning/planning people at the city because my house, like many in central Edmonton, encroaches on the property lines. Putting a 2 story building there would require a better foundation too, I think. The upside would be a be a full basement (for some reason half the addition has basement while the rest is a dugout) the downside would be some how doing without a bathroom or a kitchen for 6 or 8 months. It can be done but it's not anyone's idea of fun! But this is all a pipe dream because I don't have a spare $100, leave alone a $100K! It would be a good investment though because the neighbourhood has improved so much since I bought there 5 years ago and I'd more than get my investment back.

I also daydreamed about my upcoming lampwork class. I started lampworking a month ago and I'm totally, hopelessly hooked. I can't wait! :-)