Author Archives: Tom

When I awoke at 6 a.m. the furnace fan was running but it was just blowing cold air. Which means I need to go out and turn on another LP bottle. It got down to 30 degrees last night outside but it stayed comfortable enough inside. I sent a text to Ella. She said sheContinue reading “2018 January 09 Tuesday”

I spent the night at Adam and Leigha’s. The couch in the TV room makes into a bed. Once I found a spot between the support bars, it was alright. I didn’t sleep well though… different bed and no wife. I woke around four and shortly afterward Adam and Leigha left for their “gladiator training”.Continue reading “2018 January 08 Monday”

I didn’t sleep well without my bed partner. I woke several times during the night and then again too early in the morning to get up and do anything. I didn’t have to fix breakfast because our church has a breakfast bar. So I just lay abed waiting for time to get up. Once up,Continue reading “2018 January 07 Sunday”

2018 January 05 Friday I turned the new milkhouse heater on low before going to bed. As far as I know, the furnace never ran through the night. However, we woke to a pleasant 60° in the RV this morning. We dressed, opened all the window shades (to allow as much passive solar heating asContinue reading “2018 January 05-06”

Thursday. I know I said last night that I was going to use my electric heaters or night. However, the furnace / thermostat was working so well that I decided to forgo the auxiliary heat. So it wasn’t too great if a surprise to awaken to a cold RV this morning. 52° I turned onContinue reading “2018 January 04”

2018 January 03 Wednesday means Grandies. But before we could get there, we had to get out of bed. 18° outside and 48° inside. Yep, the thermostat failed again. So, we grudgingly got out of bed and dresses in cold, cold clothes. I started the coffee perking and the bacon cooking. Then I fired upContinue reading “2018 January 03”

Tuesday 12th Wednesday 13th I dropped Ella at Grandies and then proceeded to the mall. The

For some reason our furnace did not run overnight. The electric fireplace was running which kept us from becoming popsicles. It was 58° inside and 20°outside. We slept plenty warm between flannel sheets with a deeply quilted comfort and Sherpa lined blanket throws. I got breakfast started while Ella grudgingly crawled out of that niceContinue reading “2018 January 02 Tuesday.”

Even though we went to bed around 9:30 last night we were awake for the new year to start. When we got up this morning it was 49 degrees inside the trailer and 18 degrees outside the trailer. There’s a skiff of snow on the ground, ice on our porch and, ice on our truck.Continue reading “2018 January 01”