Tuesday morning I discovered that our landline was not working. This happens a few times per year. Usually it is something to do with our wiring located in a cistern two lots over. Often it is filled with water and creates our phone problem. Thursday was the first day that they could come, between 5 – 7 PM. Long story short the cistern is full of ice. The tech really had no idea what to do and said someone would be out Friday or Saturday.
We were doing our final errands in Kelowna today and were home by 2 PM only to find Telus waiting for us. We had no idea that someone was coming. Basically he said that our phone wire is deteriorating and that we are now on the third “something” but there is a loud buzz while on the phone. There is a fourth “something” and that it is disintegrating. The first and second “thing” have been destroyed. The park says it is Telus’s responsibly and Telus says that it is the park’s responsibility. Park management told us to get a cell phone as the rest of the world is doing. Telus told us to call Shaw and to get one of their landlines. The landline number is attached to our business and we had have it a very long time. The Shaw land line cost is more that double what we are paying with Telus. We do use Shaw internet but that is not enough to create a cheaper bundle. They count our Shaw satellite dish as something different. Even if Colin were to switch his cell to Shaw it would not work as that also is a different department. We ended our conversation with the Shaw lady saying she would check one thing out and call us back. Four hours later we are still waiting.
BTW I did ask about simply running a new phone line across our rocks from the cistern over looking the lake. They would connect it but not lay the conduit, etc. It is not a big deal, at least we don’t think so. Croft?
Wednesday we found out that the part for my computer repair would not be in before next Monday the 22nd. Nothing we can do about that. It will have to wait a few weeks now as we will be busy with the twins. We did get to find out more about Zoom at happy hour Wednesday.
We had an entertaining Zoom call with friends. It actually was fun. The only other Zoom experience we had was a short business meeting in early November. Not fun and we would rather talk on the phone than Zoom. So this is huge progress for us. Good to get out of our comfort zone.
I got up from the call to take this sunset shot. We haven’t had many lately.
Colin brought the Jeep into the dealership in Vernon Thursday morning and it was just as we suspected. Yes it was condensation in the airlines. Nothing to do about it but we at least know that the car is safe to travel and that we can indeed drive it that way should it freeze up again. We do appreciate your blog comment Frank about the exact same experience with your Jeep. Had we not been traveling on Monday to pick up the dogs we would have let it slide. But driving through the mountains we just needed to have it checked. We paid $182.00 for peace of mind. Not a good a design. Even our RV air suspension has an air dryer to take the moisture out of the air.
Before I forget, sunrise on Thursday morning. Wow!
Colin took these for me. They are lovely.
Shortly after Colin got back from the Jeep dealership we returned to Vernon, yet again. I somehow managed to damage my eyeglasses Wednesday evening and needed them re adjusted. I forgot to mention that we had been to Vernon on Wednesday to see the chiropractor so this made our third trip in two days. We had heard that gas prices were going up ten cents per litre. Using Gas Buddy I found a Petro Station in Vernon that was selling gas for 120.9 🙂 We have a Petro Canada card that gives us an additional 3 cents off plus we have a bonus 5 cent card off. So we should have paid that tank of fuel for 112.9/litre. Most stations were now selling fuel at 134.9/litre. However that extra 8 cents off only works if you use a Mastercard linked to Petro Canada. It was then that I realized that I had neither my Mastercard, nor my Visa and not my Costco card. Quite the panic. Colin paid with his Visa and off we went. I did eventually find those cards in my puff jacket that I had worn last Saturday. Next stop Superstore where Colin could not find his Visa ( he had put it in a pocket after paying for the gas ) so he used the company Visa. Very strange day. Final stop was to get my glasses adjusted. It had started to snow, rather heavily. I had to wait 30 minutes for my appointment. Colin had to wait in the car and the snow was adding up.
Just coming out of Vernon we followed a snow plow and sander for bit. This actually was the first time we we have driven in a snow storm this winter.
I really was very slick. The speed was reduced to 50 – 60 kph ( 31 – 37 mph ). A long, slow but safe drive home.
Once home we met the Thursday Telus repair guy who was early 😯 At this time I was ready to give up on all this stuff that has been happening. We did realize that our windshield wipers were not doing a good job. Colin had just had them changed a few months ago. So that bring us to today. Colin was driving me into town for my appointment and of course the road was full of melting water and dirty slush. While waiting for me he checked the wiper blades and they were replaced. He called the dealership in Vernon and discovered that they had not installed them nor had they charged us for them. Good news in that he did not have to drive to Vernon yet again. Instead on the way home he stopped at the Kelowna dealership and got new ones. $86.00 🙄 So now the car is ready for our road trip.
I won’t have my computer done for a while now, we have no idea how long our landline will last. We definitely have to make some landline changes but it can wait a bit. My glasses are in perfect condition yet again and we had a wonderful visit with friends. The car is as ready as it can be with the air ride suspension supposedly working, the tire pressures have been checked and we have new wipers. I felt like this was a lot to deal with in the past few days but writing this has helped me settle. The next few days will be spent preparing for our new puppies.
We did enjoy the snowfall last evening ( ? 3-4 inches) as well as the winter wonderland this morning not to mention the sunshine.
This week we have had three friends diagnosed with Covid and one passed yesterday. Another very special friend has now moved on to palliative care. Just a few months ago he was 100%. His many new cancers have almost become too much to bear. Prayers to ease his pain are welcomed. The following is meant to bring a smile to everyone. 
