We were supposed to have the kick-off meeting with our house designer this afternoon at 1:15, but we started getting tornado warnings pretty early in the morning so we bumped the meeting until 11. There was a little bit of a storm and a good amount of wind at the specified time, but thankfully, it passed us up.
The meeting was great. We had it at the designers house. He is just a little older than me and he and his wife have very similar ideas about what they want their house to be as Lorena and I. Of course, it is nice to think about all the great things that are possible and that is fun, but the disconnect between what one can afford and what is possible is often very wide. Fortunately, Lorena and I have done this enough times that we know where we want to spend a little more money and, mostly, where it is OK to skimp. We liked the designer a lot and are looking forward to working with him.