trailer home

 It was not without incident… but the trailer is home in it’s winter berth. We picked it up from Kirsten’s on Thursday: Carm wiggled the truck into place and we got hitched; we backed out past the giant red shed and after a quick run for the dogs were on our way…

At the halfway point the truck threw a check engine light. Oh oh. Pull over on a narrow road with a crumbly shoulder as wide as a tootsie roll, bounded by a deep ditch. No weird noises, no smells, oil pressure good, tranny temp fine, so we started down the road. It may have been a miracle but we got home safely with the truck running fine. Carm put a code reader on it and the code suggested that the air filter needed changing… at least we hope that’s what it is!

The final challenge was backing into the laneway - this is fraught with fight at the best of times and yesterday was not the best of times. In the end, Carm did get the trailer into place and we are still married.

new grow lights

Friday was sunny but cold so I bundled up to empty the trailer of freezable goods and of course all the food. Anything that we will need has been brought inside; anything that we might need over the winter (i.e. the next 6 months) is stowed in the trailer in accessible spots.

The house will be a shambles until everything finds a nook or cranny. Ugh.

Carm picked up a 20kg box of chicken wing tips on Thursday, so as soon as we were home with the trailer we got busy with baggies. They will be awesome for bone broth, or at least I hope they will be. My other option was chicken necks, hummm, maybe they would have been better as there’d be no skin to deal with. 

Friday night Trudie & Leo came by for an after dinner drink. As usual we covered every topic for an interesting evening.

Today (Sunday), Jo Ellen and Don came for a mid afternoon lunch - Sunday dinner at my great grandparents was always in the afternoon and I was actually thinking that it might be nice to reinstate that tradition.

So now it’s time to get into winter hibernation mode. This year should be easier than last but I’m still going to have to make a concerted effort to stay out of the doldrums. I worked really hard at it last year and managed to pass the winter without any depression. I’ll take the same tact as last winter: cooking and baking, nice suppers at the table with a bit of dress-up, and lots of music. There should be more friends over this winter. Depending on the covid situation I may even start taking Adia to PetSmart for a bit of training.

I might even get on the treadmill on a regular basis.

Awesome!

“trailer safely backed into its spot at the side of the house”

“a bit of sunshine for our trip”

“Adia did a long sit, stay while Carm unhitched the trailer”

“a bowl of ramen noodles - Costco’s brand is my favorite”

“trying Trudie’s butter”

“making my own butter”

“Sunday dinner”