5C's Que Pasa

Our windows only got washed once last year back in June.  We only got back from Mexico mid April and left four weeks later until mid June.  Then we got the windows cleaned.  It made no sense to have them done again before we left September 27th so they are very dirty.

I was watching for the window washers when I saw these vehicles stopped in the road.  Why would there be a wide load truck on our road?

Of course, a new park model home is coming in.

If you look closely that car to the right of the truck has been moved ( from the previous photo ) as they needed a wider turning radius. But why are they coming this way and having to do three turns?  They are only going about 4 or 5 sites down on the other side of our U shaped street and could easily have backed down.  Much easier.

Colin had already moved our two vehicles for the window washers and then moved the golf cart out of the way as he saw the park home approach.  As the park home got closer we were asked to move the golf cart further away as they thought they might have to swing into our driveway.

The driver was really concentrating.

Two corners completed and one to go. Colin was asked to move the Jeep even further up the driveway he had parked it in, just in case.  That is my Lexus on the extreme left, safe on the neighbours lot. We put storage insurance on my car September 22nd and it will stay that way until the end of June.  You can only insure your vehicle for 3, 6 or 9 or 12 months.  I need it for four months once we get back from Europe but likely will just go for the three months to the end of September.  Certainly not putting any mileage on that car.

I never thought to get a photo of them working, just as they left.  One did the inside while the other did the outside and the window screens.  So nice to have crystal clear windows again.  They use 100% pure water which makes the windows stay clean longer.

Shortly after they left we were informed that our water was being turned off for an indefinite amount of time due to a major water pipe break.  So we filled a few containers with drinking water from our filtered water system.  We could always grab some lake water to flush the toilet as needed.  It sure was difficult for me to concentrate on my paperwork with all this commotion going on around us.

Happy hour # two within a few days. Always fun to have Inger and Steve over and they caught us up on all the things that transpired over the last six months while we were gone.  Here Inger is holding a pair of handmade wine glasses I got for them as a thank you for all the extras that they do for us.  It was another one of my famously long happy hours.  I think that those are the only ones I know 🙂

No dinner for me. Straight into the tub. I figured out how to read my iPad in the the bath without dropping it in.  I actually did nod off once and dropped my book into the tub.  With the print on the iPad turned up to large I could see it while reclining and just had to tap the page to turn it. The bubbles were almost gone and it was time to get out. I do plan to get back to reading real books when I am home but I am trying to learn how to use the iPad before we leave for Europe.

I headed off to bed at 11PM while Colin finished whatever he was watching and had something to eat.

I suddenly had the thought to check the freezer.  Guess what?  We now know what the loud bang was.

This is what 14 hours in the freezer can do.

The neck blew right off.  Such a waste…..

The glass shards were everywhere. What a mess! We have accidentally left wine overnight in the freezer before, but this was a first for us.

This duck was sitting on the roof across the road.

I was working at my desk while Colin did his thing. I was involved in what I was doing and had no idea that he had taken everything out from under the bed. There are no jobs on the horizon yet due to the weather and I have to concentrate on what I need to get done by month end, so Colin decided to start cleaning things out.  He asked for five minutes of my time and that led to a good hour.  In the end we had a few large bags of pillows, blankets, sheets and carpets to donate.  Underneath our bed is a great storage area.  So we emptied it and then refilled it.

Sadly we have been using our infrared sauna as a storage area. So easy to just open the door and shove something inside.  We have very very limited storage in our tiny home. Colin decided that he wanted the sauna clear so that we could start using it again. Done. What was in the sauna is now under the bed and what was there before is now being donated to a thrift store.

The day was spent putting away odds and sods and a variety of other things.  I did manage to get most of my lost mail retrieved and am almost ready to start a four day tax marathon. Pretty colours.  These are my new sun dresses that needed to be sprayed to get the creases out.

The colour of the sunset showed to the north, unusual.

Being as it was a Sunday night we had our first BBQ since arriving home.  Sockeye salmon, fresh grilled asparagus as well as potato covered with grilled onion.  Oh and of course our favorite salad.  Too much food, I did not eat it all.

Turns out I had a very good Sunday.  I would say I was well relaxed.

We got a knock on the door about 11:30AM and I was still in my nightie. But oh what a treat.  I was smothered in puppy kisses.  A neighbour a block away lost her dog a year ago and saw this one online as part of a puppy rescue from the Baja and has had him for just two weeks now.  Very sweet surprise.  I do have to say that as much as I enjoyed holding the puppy that my heart did not feel any desire to get one for us.  We are still not ready plus we are traveling more now.

It was bitterly cold out yesterday . Colin came back in to put long pants on.  He is trimming the berries off the Mountain Ash before they rot and make a mess on our lawn. He did a few other chores as well.

The rain brought more snow to the higher elevations.

I had a long list of things I needed to do before Colin got back with the RV and then we had to go out and do some errands including pick up the printed statements from the bank.  This duck was just hanging out on top of our cedar hedge. It appeared so very relaxed.

Tiny apple trees heading off to be planted in some orchard.

When we left the new veggie burger, beyond meat, had come out that tasted like meat and now they have beyond sausage!  What next?

Including this cannabis store which is right off the the corner of the highway and Commonwealth Road which is the street leading to our RV Park.  They are doing some very brisk business with all the cars leaving and others turning in.  It will be interesting to see what it is all about and how it will affect the neighbourhood.

Sharon and Jim are blog readers who are full timing in their Class A diesel pusher.  She was reading me years back when I was back in Edmonton ( where they summer ) looking after my father before he passed away.  They have been together since 2008 ( ??) and have travelled quite a bit in the US and even all the way down to Lo de Marcos one season.

We talked and talked and shared many RV stories and adventures.

Colin played a few tunes and then I pulled out the Guitalele to show Sharon.  She plays the mandolin.