Well we are here! The computer died last week - Bob and I took the time yesterday to check it out; he does the hardware and I messed with the software. Not sure what I did but we're back up and running.
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It was quite a trip. 191 was a bit hairy - but there's no amount of money in the world that could change my mind on the route or the destination. We spent one night in Idaho Falls (where my Mom was born), had a fantastic lunch at Clark's Crossing in Montana (the coleslaw was amazing!!!) and spent the last night on the road in Glendive - funny stories abound.
The farm is beautiful! Right now the snow on the lake is just starting to melt, the mobile home is a "fixer-upper", but it's great to be home. Our first night here we had dinner at the Decoy Bar in Medina. What a cool little neighborhood place. Killian's Irish Red on tap - wheeeeeee
It's a balmy 65F in here. The ductwork for furnace is all whackado, needs some 12" insulated flex hose to connect the ducts on the west side of the mobile. Bob and John did fix a couple leaks underneath, and put some OSB (chipboard) and tin up as temporary skirting on the west and north ends of the mobile.
It was too windy to get up on the roof with temps in the 20's so they did a lot of "hole plugging" inside with more insulation, paneling, and glorious[color:red]duct tape [/color] (also used to tape off the unused floor registers that are blowing cold air).Furnace is working much better with the leaks plugged and the "skirting" up.
The first night here it was 15, the second 18, and we've been running night temps in the 20's the last few days, and we're on a warming trend. It snowed last night, but like all the previous snow it has pretty much melted. The lake is nearly frozen across. It's supposed to snow this afternoon but we don't need to go anywhere so "no problem".
Tomorrow it should get up in the 40's so they can get the water pipe glued and strapped up under the trailer in the insulation. The underground water and sewer lines are 8' (yes FEET) underground. I'm managing to boil water for dishes and light washing up. Baby wipes, and some shampoo that they gave me in the hospital (no water needed) are sufficing for baths.
We've got the bedroom set up so we are comfortable, needs some re-arranging but that's down the road. The dining room is pretty well organized and the living room is comfortable - needs work, but it's going to be nice. The actual "living room" is the staging room for boxes right now, eventually we'll make in a den with a wood stove, our desks, and lots and lots of book cases. One bedroom will be the "pantry" and the other a dedicated guest room!
The worst part of this whole expedition is the State of California. Since Bob gave them a new mailing address they decided to hold his unemployment check until he has a phone interview this coming Thursday!
Puts a crimp in lifestyle - but it's all good.
Life is good
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) his old company may need someone to do contract work in ND! We'll have to wait and see - but he's not terribly thrilled.
