Happy Thanksgiving Dad,
I had a great drive home from Penticton on Thursday. It was sunny, not a cloud in the sky and really calm, not a whisper of wind. Trees have all started to change so the colors were spectacular. There was hardly any traffic, could not have been a better drive. I made it home in 7 hours, with 5 stops, that’s a record! I discovered there are 5 HUGE wind mills on the Penask summit now that weren’t there in May when I drove that highway. It was very surprising and breathtaking, you come around a corner and they are right in front of you and look massive! I think the mine installed them, it is in the same vicinity. Whoever did it, I was really happy to see them. It was totally calm so they weren’t spinning.
I got home to extremely excited critters! Even Jack came out and explored all the bags and boxes in the truck as we unpacked it. Donn showed she had missed me by snuggling up with me in bed for the first time, she is my sweetie. A lot of excitement!
Barry got all the insulation installed in my new office while I was away, we are going to install the poly this weekend and then we can think about the drywall. After that we build the desk then I can move in… I’m SO excited! I picked up a futon from a friend while I was in Penticton, I’m very happy with it, it looks great in the space and is like brand new. I also found some very cheap, great quality pillows at Value Village that look fantastic on it.
I drove home on Thursday, we had a huge rain storm on Friday and then we woke up to snow yesterday, I got home in the nick of time! Snow again this morning and it’s sticking in shaded areas… the first signs of winter are upon us. The ski hill is all abuzz, they are scrambling to finish their off season projects. We are in the same boat, we need to take a few days and winterize the property. Make sure everything is undercover mostly.
Barry also got the rest of the firewood while I was gone. We just need to go out and get a small beetle kill tree and split the entire thing for kindling. We have all of those wooden boxes of mine (like your coffee table you made for the deck) that we fill with kindling every fall so we don’t have to worry about it all year. The wood Barry got was from the ski hill… birch! Wow is it nice! We have always gone out and taken standing dead, there isn’t any birch in this area. The ski hill has a logging truck of trees brought in. They have a local guy who has a nice little set up cut it to length then Barry and a few others helped stack it all… in exchange for as much wood as we need. What a good deal that was!
It is thanksgiving weekend and we are having a big dinner with all the fixings today. Barry’s brother Darren is coming out for the day. I better get moving, lots to do.
Have a great day … everyday.
Love you, miss you.
Paula
PS give Mom a hug for me.
