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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”

Monday 11th Worked 9-4 The days are so busy that they kind of blur together. Plus I’m getting a cold, which isn’t surprising when you work with so many children and adults. I do take Airborne and vitamins with extra C. I also have up-to-date flu and pneumonia shots.  Tuesday 12th 9-4 Nothing much toContinue reading “2017 December 11-31 Goodbye 2017”

December Thursday the 7th started cold with drizzle. I stopped at the post office to pick up my new laptop and to mail some birthday cards. Yesterday we had gone to Arik’s for supper and got home right around 9. I started hand washing my white gloves in the morning and let them soak allContinue reading “2017 December 7-11”

Monday 27th started bright and sunny at 60°. The Leander Senior Center was open again after the holiday, so Ella spent her morning there while I worked at the mall. On the way to work, traffic was very slow. As I got a little further down the road, I saw why: There had been aContinue reading “2017 November 27-30”