Day 159 ~ Tuesday, June 9

We had an appointment in Red Deer this morning, so it was fortunate that Jim was home for the day. He had other things to worry about, however.....this is how we left the truck as we left for RD....

One of our errands in the city was to pick up a couple shocks for the truck. He will have to wait for Wednesday morning to get a piece welded than put the truck back together.

Day 19....January 22, Thursday

I hung around the hotel room until the dealership called that the truck was ready. They picked me up and I paid for their services after hearing how "lucky" we were.....the gear on the back of the water pump had fallen off, causing the water pump to not pump water (go figure). The miraculous part of this is that it fell onto the top of the engine and in spite of being driven for 3 days AFTER it fell off, and also 4 times for diagnostics, the gear did NOT fall into the engine!!!!

Jim was "home" by 6 and spent the evening transfering his things from my truck to his.

Day 16...Monday Jan 19

Hard to believe that only a few days ago the deck was covered with so much snow Emma's little bike had disappeared! Now it is fully visible.



I left the house by 5 am in order to be in DV before 8 to take the truck in to the dealership for 'diagnosis'. We could not get an actual appointment until Wednesday, but I talked to the shop foreman and then gave him the phone to talk to Jim....it doesn't look good - a possible $5 - 10 THOUSAND dollar fix.



After replenishing Jim's groceries, I headed back for home by 9 am, stopping in Wetaskiwin for my own groceries. I was home by noon, feeling as if I'd already done a full day of living. :)



Photo of Lana's Pointsetta that Mel and Ken gave her at Christmas....they forgot it here then (in the midst of being sick, exhausted, and having a dozen trips to the van) and I keep forgetting to take it to her!

Day 14...Saturday, January 17

At 12:30 pm, the computer says it is +3 in NN. It is at least that warm here in DV. What a relief after all the bitterly cold weather we have endured for the last 6 weeks.

I spent the day reading my book and then going through my email – which entailed looking at some new blogs. I also went to the store for Jim.

Jim was 'home' about 7:30... After supper, we went outside and Jim changed the thermostats on the truck. It wasn’t easy but at least it was still above 0C.

Then, he took it for a drive.

That wasn’t what was wrong.

Heavy sigh.

Jim was exhausted by the time we went to bed.

Day Ten....Tuesday, Jan 13

I left for RD early to pick up the thermostats for Jim's truck by 10. It is 1:30 and I am just back. I hurried because there is snow forecast for this afternoon until tomorrow night. It is warm, though. The roads were pretty good – until 822 and 611 and it did not start to snow until almost 611. I feel kind of frustrated…..I cannot take Jim the things he needs because of weather/road conditions, I am afraid to go to Wetaskiwin for fear I won’t be able to get through snow on the gravel – even getting into the driveway is tricky right now. If it snows as much as it is supposed to, I may not be getting out tomorrow morning. I want to go in and be with Kath for a few hours – and I know she is expecting me to be there more than I have been, but I feel like I cannot leave.

I did some tidying and cleaning today, not a whole lot, but enough that I don’t feel like I’ve just sat around all day. For one thing, I got the drawers in the file cabinet organized.

The rig out back is quiet tonight – bright, but quiet. It is snowing lightly and the temp has dropped again. So pretty.

This is the bottom drawer of my filing cabinet....believe it or not, this is cleaned up and organized. This is where I keep various computer cords, batteries, stores of pens, even new packs of cards....among other things.

Day Seven - January 10, Saturday

Seth’s first Birthday…….



Got up late.



To Vinj & Kath’s for BD party – had a good time. Kath seemed to be feeling pretty good.



Jim is having problems with his truck – the thermostat, he thinks. Would not go more than 40 km/hr and had to stop often to let the engine cool down.



Daniel followed me out to Drayton so Jim could use my truck. We got back home about 10.



Jim has a thermostat on order from DV GM dealership.



My hip felt better today.


The Birthday Boy....so cute.