A Different Twist This Week

Just when we thought Spring had arrived -- all the snow has finally melted, green grass everywhere, birds singing, and now tonight its snowing again.  


We put an ad on Kijiji to sell our motorhome.  I'll miss the adventures in this traveling home but there is nothing to say that we won't buy another one down the road.  Hmmm, that's a catchy title of a blog...'down the road again'....almost a twist on Willie Nelson's song.  


This week should be very interesting.  We're driving to Isobel's house again to strip the wallpaper from the downstairs walls and bathroom.  Then do a few more repairs then help tidy up the clutter.  Bringing boxes with us to pack up a lot of stuff.  When we come back we are bringing my mother-in-law home with us for five days. This should be very interesting.


...there's no place like home, there's no place like home, there's no place like home.

Where in The World Is The Motorhome?

Some of you have been inquiring about the Motorhome.  We left it in Toronto when we flew back to Alberta in the Fall last year.  With the multiple snow storms we've had we have not had a chance to pick it up since we moved to Ontario.  I'm very happy to report that my wonderful husband and his best friend, Rob, drove to Toronto a week ago and picked it up.  It is now parked in our driveway at "Green Acres" but we didn't have a chance to clean it out and back it into the shop before another snow storm hit.  We've decided reluctantly to sell it so if you know anyone interested let us know.

Its hard to let go of it because we have really enjoyed the adventures we've had in it but, alas, we now have other priorities on the old homestead.  Still, if I won the lottery I guess we'd trade it in for an upgrade and then really travel a lot.  Until that happens, reality is....THE MOTOR HOME IS FOR SALE.

We've had a lot more snow here than this area is use to in the last few years.  We relied on a good neighbor that came over with his tractor to dig out our driveway a few weeks ago.  Since then my hubby bought a new fangled shovel that works better than a regular snow shovel but not as good as a snow blower or tractor.  We've decided that a snow fence might be the way to go.  We know that a riding lawn mower will be expensive so we've decided to save for that instead of a snow blower. Dang, I wish we had both but they are pretty expensive.  I just keep my fingers crossed and keep hoping we've seen the last of the snow.  I know I'm dreaming!

Our neighbor up the road came by with his tractor and helped clear out the driveway.

This was a couple of weeks ago.  

Woke up to snowin' and blowin' again today!!!!

At this rate we're going to need our neighbor to dig us out again.  This photo was taken this morning.

...and remember folks, there is no place like home and home is where the heart is.

Our Motorhome Adventure Begins

We didn't pick up our new motorhome until late Tuesday...off to a late start loading "camper" stuff. Both exhausted--barely knew my own name. We didn't get finished and just gave up and went to bed. (we had planned to leave Wed by 9:00 a.m.)

Well.....we had to pack our travel bags AND pack our food AND then clean the house to perfection. A showing was booked for Wed night at 7:30 so we had to be on the road no later than 7;30. Here's the funny part. We left the house at 7:20 and drove as far as Strathmore...stopped at Cdn Tire....stopped to eat and then stopped at Walmart. WE ENDED UP SPENDING THE NIGHT IN THE WALMART PARKING LOT IN OUR NEW MOTORHOME! There were several campers & motorhomes also spending the night there, but for us it was hilarious because we drove 30 km and stopped to spend the night.

I told Brian, 'We are NOT driving back home and dirtying up the house again. We'll just sleep here and get an early start, consider our vacation already started!' We were both so tired that we were in bed by 10:00 pm outside of Walmart and got up at 4:30 a.m. on Thursday traveling on the road.