Busy, Busy
It's hard to believe that five months have passed since my last post. It's not that I have nothing to blog about DE Shaving, it's just that I have been very, very busy! If you picked up on a post last year, you may have guessed that I was one of those unfortunate Hurricane Harvey flood victims. We got over 65 inches of rain in just a couple of days, and then the Army Corpse of Engineers dumped three dams on top of us. I had never seen flooding like this in the 60 years that I have lived here. Never had water standing in the street! We ended up with about six feet of water in the house. It has been a long nine months and we are still not back in our house. Hopefully it will be no more than two or three months until the rebuild is finished.
There has been so much to do. Working during the week and then shopping for everything from door knobs to furniture on the weekends! My poor wife is about to pull her hair out. All the colors, choices in flooring, tile, windows, doors, countertops, remodeling of the house; it all really gets to be mind boggling. Then considering the hundreds of homes in our town that has to be rebuilt, the craftsmen are literally running from one job to the next and then to wait for them to make the rounds back to our house.
If you do not have flood insurance, BUY IT! We have purchased it for the last 40 years and this is the first time we had to make a claim, and I am so glad we had it. So many people in our town did not, and it has been a real struggle for them. The premiums are small but water is extremely damaging to any home, Even just a few inches can do more damage then you think. And the recovery from that is quite expensive. Don't think that just because you have never flooded, that rising water may never get you!
During this time, shaving has been both therapeutic and interesting! I have learned to live in a bathroom with a sink that literally has no counter space, and a shave den that is a Wal-Mart tote carry. Learning to adjust to that took some time and I'm still adjusting!
Things To Look For
Over the next few months I hope to post some interesting things that I have experienced since the first of the year. Some of these are:
- Using the Shaving guy products
- Various razor blade experiences, (Big Ben, Crown, Zorrik, etc.)
- My new Merkur Progress razor (Really, really nice!)
- Shaving technique changes
- Razor bump problems
- Various soaps under $10.00
- Reviewing my 2 plus year old synthetic brush that has over 750 shaves
- And who knows what else.
In the mean time, I am will be finishing up the rebuild of the house, moving back in and getting ready for retirement and who knows, maybe even grow a beard!
Until my next post, keep the lather thick and slick!
