On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:49:37 -0400, Wes
wrote:

Pete Keillor wrote:

They'll be breaking ground on our new addition behind the house in a
day or so. Part of it will be a small shop for me, 15' x 22'. The
rest is living quarters for our 28 yr. old handicapped son. It'll
give him a greater sense of independence while we wait out the 10 yr.
or so waiting list for him to get the services he needs to live
elsewhere.

Do you mind explaining why it takes 10 years? Fwikt, if I was crippled today, after
paying in to ss since I was 14 or so, it would take 2 years to get paid for benefits.
Likely I'd have to pay a lawyer. I've seen this happen to productive people that got hurt
or had health issues, I'm not talking about gamers or slackers.


This is Texas. The waiting list for HCS services (in home help so
many hours a month for those qualifying (needing it)) is about 9-10
years in Texas. This ranks 48th or so out of the 50 states. And with
the current budget troubles, a lot of the services waiting lists are
actually backtracking. David had these services in Michigan, but
Texas is home. We'll make it work.

I'm looking forward to having a place to work. It'll be air
conditioned, which is pretty much a requirement here in central Texas.
Lately we've been right around 100 F, dewpoint high 60's. Pretty
warm. Still, it's not as bad as where I grew up on the coast. I was
down there re-doing the boat trailer. Dewpoints have been 79 lately.
If you're outside, you're drenched.

I was in Texas once, starting a week before McViegh did his dirty deed, a little bicycle
trip from pecos down to the rio grande though Big Bend National Park and back.

Texas was hot in April. I'd not like trying Summer.

I'm getting ready by building new storage shelves in the garage and
re-assembling the stuff I pulled out of the basement in Michigan. I
do any heavy work before lunch, because the afternoons are a little
too hot with the western exposure of the garage.

No chit this time of year.

As a matter of fact, I'm stopping this now to go sand and paint the
new storage shelves. More later.

Enjoy retirement, you worked and paid for it.

Wes

Thanks.

Pete