What a difference a week makes

So last Saturday we arrived back in Nipawin in the dark. I dropped Marilyn off in P.A. where her car was and we met up in Nipawin. We got parked on the driveway in front of the garage and settled in for the night. One week later, almost to the hour and its hard to believe all that has happened in seven quick days.

Monday morning Craig came to look the place over. He hadn't much more than left when the idiot appraiser showed up. She might as well have stayed under whatever rock she crawled out from for all the help she ended up being but that's a whole 'nuther story. I can't remember when we gave Craig a price but I know we were still arguing with the appraiser about whether it was reasonable to use mobile homes sitting on their wheels as comparable properties. Craig came back out with his mom and dad and then he made a counter offer which was really pretty close to our asking price so we accepted it.

Since then the race has been on. We had already got Glenda (Karla's friend) started taking some of the furnishings that we knew were going to be surplus. Until we were sure that the place was sold we didn't want to get rid of too much stuff just in case we ended up spending the winter here but as the week went on it became increasingly apparent that it wasn't likely that we would be here much longer. Now that we have a deal Glenda has gone into overdrive hauling stuff away.

I got a construction roll-off garbage bin dropped here on Monday and we have it pretty well full. I hope its going to hold everything. There seems to be no end of junk that has to go into it but surely it will stop at some point. We've arranged with Craig to continue to use the little red barn for storage for one full year. We'll also leave the boat in the metal shed over the winter.

Craig has purchased most of the tools in the garage. I'm going to add a few to the bus complement and keep a few in storage for whenever we finally come off the road. I may even take some extra tools with us in the summer. Bernie has a little workshop at Whispering Pines where I might be able to make some sawdust in return for fixing the occasional picnic table.

We've got some really busy weeks coming up now. We both have contracts that we are working on during the day. In the evening we have been packing. So far the weather has cooperated but it will get to be a serious challenge if it gets really cold. The bus is good to about -15, maybe -20 but anything past that is going to be a big problem.