Sunday ; Today was cloudy and mild.
Thanksgiving has passed, my birthday has passed, our anniversary has passed, my sister's visit has passed. Life returns to "normal". The trailer toilet needs to be repaired ! We fought yet again over Joanne's difficulty in getting the truck in and out of our new home's "parking area". I took Bo to the dog park to play with other dogs ... twice today. Joanne did a lot of laundry. I mounted the fire extinguisher I bought yesterday. A few days of antibiotics for Sully seems to have solved his upper respiratory / allergy problem.
Monday ; Today started out sunny and mild, but became cold and raining by late afternoon.
I was up early this morning to be ready to be at my desk and on the phone promptly at
9 AM, working on sorting out this "two sheds" fiasco. After about an hour of phone calls back and forth to a Penticton shipping company and a Vancouver shipping company ...
I finally sorted it out ! The correct shed is at the Vancouver shipping company. The wrong shed is at the Penticton shipping company. That's the one that I refused on Friday when the truck driver got belligerent with me. So ... the refusal actually worked in my favour. Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good ! HA HA HA ! Hopefully, the correct shed will make its way from Vancouver to Penticton to me tomorrow, and the wrong shed will be on its way from Penticton back to Vancouver and from there back to the manufacturer. Wish me luck.
I had just finished sorting out the shed fiasco ( I hope ! ) about 10 AM when I got a call from a Penticton RV dealer who needed a “rush” trailer delivery job, from West Kelowna to Penticton. Okay ... I’m on my way ! We had breakfast and jumped in the truck, heading for West Kelowna. Bo was excited to be able to go on a “drivey” on a nice day.
Keremeos to Penticton to Summerland to Peachland to West Kelowna. We picked up a very large, very heavy fifth wheel trailer that was jammed into a somewhat tight, small site in an upscale RV park. Good thing I have such good trailer handling skills ! We hauled it back to the Penticton dealership. All in all ... pretty easy money ! We took the opportunity to run our weekly errands while we were there in Penticton, avoiding the planned trip to Penticton tomorrow. As we were leaving Penticton around suppertime it began to rain lightly, getting heavier and heavier as we drove home. It was really pouring by the time we arrived home.
Tuesday ; Mostly sunny and mild today.
The shed drama continues ! ! ! The correct shed, due to arrive here today ... didn't ! ! ! ! ! I'm trying to remain calm ! Not succeeding ! Some things seem doomed from start to finish, don't they ?
Yesterday in Penticton we bought half a yard of gravel. Today we used it to level the shed base at the same time as we completed the construction of it.
And we fought ... and we fought ... and we fought ! ! !
Wednesday ; And fought ... and fought ... and fought ... and fought ... and fought ! ! ! ! !
Today was sunny and mild. Hopefully the shed drama is over. The correct shed arrived this afternoon. Delivered by same passive aggressive a*****e truck driver as last Friday. Passive aggressive meets overt aggressive. I win ! ! !
Thursday ; Today was sunny and mild, probably the last nice weather day for awhile. Our fighting has finally ended ... at least for awhile ! After 38 years of marriage, this wasn't our first protracted battle. I don't suppose it's the last, either ! Now it's time for some healing and fixing !
This morning we went into Keremeos to run some errands. This afternoon we worked on "fall pre-departure" preparations. Mostly cleaning and storing outdoor items before the bad weather arrives. Complicated by having to decide "stay at park model" or "load into trailer".
Friday ; Cool and wet ! Late fall / early winter weather has arrived.
In between bouts of light rain we moved the trailer from lot 89 back to lot 4. Not much room left for the trailer on lot 4 now that the shed base frame is built. We repaired the toilet in the trailer. Once again, the trailer is ready for travel. Hope no other problems arise in the next two weeks. I'm getting hitch itch, especially now that the weather is turning bad.
< sigh > Just spent the evening "killing" Similkameen Day Tours. Two summer seasons and no success ! Sure seemed like a good idea at the time ! Oh, well < shrug > ! Ya win some, ya lose some ! Similkameen Trailer Towing ... the afterthought ... has already generated enough revenue to offset the investment / losses in Similkameen Day Tours.
Saturday ; Mostly sunny, quite cold. BRRRRR !
This morning for brunch we had a modified version of "biscuits and gravy", a popular breakfast in the "South". Like ... in Alabama ... where Bo is from. This was the first time we've had "biscuits and gravy" at home in the eight years that we've had Bo. Therefore ... the first time in eight years that Bo has smelled "biscuits and gravy". Emphasis on the peppery "biscuits and gravy" special gravy, I guess. HA HA HA ... he went berserk !
HA HA HA HA HA ... he must have had "biscuits and gravy" as a kittle redneck puppy in Alabama. And apparently loved it ! He was probably thinking ... GAWD ... I've been waiting eight years for these stupid Canadians to feed this to me !
This evening we attended Taste Of Our Valley in Keremeos, the annual fall harvest festival. Lots of sampling of local wines and foods. MMMMM ! However, while it is local heresy to say this out loud ... we certainly do produce some terrible wines here in the Similkameen Valley ! As I suppose all wine producing areas do. But ... saying so is akin to "the emperor has no clothes".
DSK
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