View of the day-A frosty Friday. The grass was white with frost this morning...could be whiter before the weekend is over.
Another early day as we were getting a visit from the water conditioner man...our old one tends to think the brine tank is bottomless and floods the garage when it regenerates if we are not there to pull the plug. It would be nice to have one that works on it's own...or at least properly...it had twenty good years. We will wait to get it installed until we get back for good.
More unpacking...surprise, surprise...and still not done, but we did take time off to go into town to get some items picked up...still no Walmart. It's kind of like quitting smoking...you think you've made it a month, what's another day...or week. Actually Marilyn figures if she has to get into a Walmart, the first time back will be a good one...no small town stuff for her...there's a brand new Supercenter Walmart that just opened in Jamestown, ND...what a perfect way to break the fast.
We stopped in at Staples to get some copying done and everyone was glad to see us back...and they wondered if Marilyn can start back at work today. Al said she is not getting this fall harvest off like she did the last couple of years...and she doesn't want it off. During the fall harvest Al does the combining and Marilyn gets to haul the beans...ah, the life of a trucker...now she can sit on the tailgate of the pickup watching the geese fly by...maybe take a nap in the fall sun...oh, it will be great. Al will be slaving away in the combine, switching between his XM radio for the baseball playoffs and hockey, and the Sirius radio for football...wait a minute...that doesn't sound like hard work either. No terraces, no hills, no rocks, no cart driver puddling along picking you up on the go...that's just not right. Shut up and drive.
Al went in to see his Terriers hockey team lose again...and against their highway 10 rivals the Melville Millionaires...oh, the shame of it...socks need to be pulled up. Marilyn worked on the computer most of the evening, never turning around to see the bags of stuff multiplying...but she checked in with Donna's Bed, Breakfast and Cat Emporium in Pingree where they will be staying. Donna said it was raining out and it was expected to do the same all weekend, so we might have an extra day reprieve to get the last of the stuff put away before heading south. They aren't supposed to get the snow we are...yes...snow...the weather band said we are in a 'winter weather watch' this weekend. Hopefully we won't get the 9 inches that Deadwood, SD got.
And tomorrow is Al's nephews wedding in Grayson...
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