Sunday ; Overcast and cool.
I did the last, large, pre-winter job on the camper today. I disassembled the fridge burner and igniter assemblies (again), and cleaned them. That was more difficult than I had expected. However, the results were better than I had expected. Hopefully today’s work will resolve the recent problems we had with the camper’s fridge, and extend its life for a few more years. Which might be too much to expect. Our camper’s fridge is now 23 years old. RV fridges typically last about 12 years !
We visited with our neighbour/friend Jeanine for a couple of hours late in the afternoon. So … we were a bit late preparing for supper, and … implemented “Plan B”. WOO-HOO … Kelly’s Doukhobor Borscht, purchased on our recent fishing and mushroom hunting trip ! MMMMM … that woman makes good borscht !
WHEW … my injured finger certainly is sore !
Monday ; Overcast and cool.
On our early exercise walk I harvested four excellent Shaggy Mane Mushrooms, which Joanne used in dinner tonight. After lunch we headed into town ( Keremeos ) to run errands. Refilled the camper’s two propane tanks at FasGas. Refilled our five gallon water jug. Renewed the minivan annual registration and insurance and put storage insurance on the truck for the winter. Bought stamps at the Post Office. Bought groceries at Buy-Low. Back at home I worked on more “prepare for winter” chores.
Tuesday ; Mostly sunny, cool.
Winter preparations continue. Today Joanne removed all the plants/flowers from our front yard rock slope, completing the yard and garden work. We did our early exercise walk before lunch, and a pool exercise session before supper. I reinstalled the refilled propane tanks in the camper, then did some camper and truck and minivan maintenance and winter storage work.
Wednesday ; Overcast, cold, windy.
Routine winter preparations continue. Had my weekly medical weight management clinic group session Zoom meeting late this afternoon. One of my homework assignments was to find and try a new recipe. OK … tried a new fish batter recipe on a Halibut fillet for supper. HMPH … sort of ruined an expensive piece of Halibut. Watched Amazing Race after supper.
Emma has been moping around for a couple of days as if she’s not feeling well. We think that she has hurt herself, but we don’t know where. The “how” is from falling off our dinette table … twice … in the last few days. Vertigo ? ? ?
Thursday ; Westbank aka West Kelowna
Sunny and cold in the morning, mild in the afternoon, very cold in the evening.
We spent a very long and very tiring day in Westbank today running errands. Primary reason for going to Westbank was to have the snow tires that I purchased three months ago installed on the minivan. We left home at 10 AM and arrived back home at 7 PM. Good thing I had an appointment at the tire dealer’s. He was overwhelmed today with people wanting to purchase or have snow tires installed TODAY due to the weather forecast for snow overnight tonight. When I was there at 11:30 AM his earliest available service appointment was … wait for it … three weeks from now !
Friday ; SNOW ! Lots of snow !
We woke this morning to the sight of heavy snowfall, with much snow on the ground already. It continued to snow heavily all day ! The good news is … yesterday I got our snow tires installed ! The bad news is … I needed one more day of outdoor work to be fully prepared for winter.
I cleared snow. And I finished the remaining “prepare for winter” chores, although most of them were made much more difficult by the accumulated fresh snow. Our two exercise walks today were done with full winter clothing, including snow boots. Yeah … that consumes the calories !
Saturday ; Overcast and COLD !
This afternoon Joanne did laundry. While the laundry was washing and drying we visited our friend/neighbour Jeanine who lives near our park’s laundromat. I started a “home improvement” project to remove our home’s 120 volt AC smoke alarm and replace it with a 9 volt DC smoke alarm, but … I need more hardware. I did some preventive maintenance on the minivan. BRRRR … too cold to work outdoors.
DSK
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