The last couple of days have been busy with trying to get the camper unloaded and put away. Marilyn was sure she had taken a lot less this year, but by the looks of what had to come into the house, that can't be right...and she certainly didn't buy a lot of stuff to bring home.
We noticed the furnace in the house was making odd squealing noises...perhaps a bearing going out somewhere...when the squeal turned into a hum, we knew there was a problem. Marilyn called a couple of places, but no one would be able to come out until Friday...three days. Good thing we have a gas fireplace. Perhaps Marilyn shouldn't have been in a hurry to get the camper cleaned...the furnace works fine in there.
Al was busy running around town getting everything back to normal...the mail and newpapers, trying to fit in a rad flush on the half ton...not a good area to have no heat for the winter. He squeezed in some time to go with Roger to check out a toy collection that someone was selling.
The only thing we had left to move was the tractor and cart, which was still down at Carlyle. Al took the General down early this morning and got it loaded up...by himself...that was a first. Kim was getting some grain moved around, but he showed up in time to help chain down the load before Al took off.
It wasn't a pleasant ride back for Al...no heat in the General, remember. He thought since it was going to be a sunny day that the cab would be sort of warm. Nope. When he got back to town with the load, he called Marilyn to meet him out at the Yorkton Auction yard so we could unload.
That went a lot faster than the loading and once he had the empty trailer hooked up to the General, he took off for Saltcoats to park it where the combine trailer had been left. Marilyn went back to her unpacking and waited for Al to get back so she could give him a ride back out for the tractor, but she got a reprieve when the neighbour was able to take him back.
He got the tractor and cart into the yard and spent another evening trying to thaw out in front of the fireplace. How convenient there was a World Series baseball game, an NFL and a CFL game to watch. Lucky guy.Tomorrow we combine some straight wheat a half a mile from home...
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