For some unknown reason we were up at 6:30am...didn't have to be, just couldn't sleep. Must be the "old age" thing...next thing you know, we will be standing in line at MacDonald's for coffee before they open in the morning.
Marilyn got busy emptying the tubs that she had brought in from the camper...all 12 of them...only to recycle them back out to the camper to fill up again. Al got all the equipment organized so we could get it all washed and ready for "storage". Marilyn went back to the camper to continue on with her work.
Brenda came out and had "volunteered" to help us get things cleaned up, so Marilyn gave her instructions on what to clean on the header, then left her with a full tank of fuel and the burner turned on for hot water.
After she finished the header, Marilyn moved it over to the neighbour's yard, then got Brenda working on the tractor and cart. Once she had got all the heavy crud off with the hot water, Marilyn came over with the soapy brush and did some polishing on the tractor and cart. The tractor is going on the selling block, so it has to get spiffed up.
While we were doing the cleaning, Al was moving the combine and tractor/cart trailer out to Danny's farm. They have spent the last few winters out there and we were lucky enough to book them in for another year.
The last thing we had to clean today was the biggest...the combine. Al said at the rate we were going, we would never get it cleaned before sundown. He doesn't know us very well, then. Brenda was Marilyn's manager at Staples for the five years she has worked there and there were many a cleaning blitz that went on in the store into the wee hours of the morning as we got everything into tip-top shape. Yes sir, when it comes to cleaning, there is no such thing as "too much".
While Brenda did all the washing, Marilyn was back filling tubs in the camper...and carrying them out...four steps down the camper, four steps up to the house, then down the hall...34 more trips. Finally the camper was empty and now it just needs to be cleaned, then hooked up to the Dodge to go into town tomorrow for the furnace repair.
Brenda was done for the day...wet and tired...there were likely a few new muscles making their presence known, but at least we had the big stuff looked after.
Marilyn and Al went into town to pick up a parcel that had been brought up from Minot...more about that JCPenny story another day. We stopped for some fuel...that pressure washer went through three tanks of it...then we grabbed a snack, before taking Al out to the auction yard to get the General and bring it home. It's work is not quite done yet...it will be taking our old sofa and love seat out to Yorkton Auction tomorrow...then it should be done.
Now to get these tubs unloaded...
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